Everyone has a fighting chance
WWE announced today it will be headed back to the UK in November for eight shows. Below is the current lineup: * Brighton – Brighton Centre (Wednesday, November 3, 2021) * Sheffield – Utilita Arena (Thursday, November 4, 2021) * Birmingham – Utilita Arena (Friday, November 5, 2021) * London – SSE Arena Wembley (Saturday, […]
AEW President Tony Khan spoke with Bloomberg Business of Sports earlier this week about the breakdown of AEW’s audience. Khan noted it’s the “youngest skewing audience” that is wealthier than any other wrestling promotions. “Well, it’s the youngest skewing audience of all sports programming on all of television,” Khan said. “There have been more weeks than […]
Matt Cardona did a Q&A on Twitter today and was asked if fans could expect to see him in more deathmatches in the future. “I have retired from Death Match Wrestling,” Cardona responded. In July, Cardona defeated Nick Gage in a deathmatch to win the GCW World Championship at GCW Homecoming. He then retained the […]
This past week’s Dark Side of the Ring told the story of WWE’s “Plane Ride from Hell” that took place on May 5, 2002. The episode included how Flair allegedly exposed himself to a flight attendant. Flair has denied these allegations. Both Flair and Tommy Dreamer trended on social media with Dreamer getting heat from […]
AEW President Tony Khan spoke with Bloomberg Business of Sports earlier this week and discussed how he’s handling COVID vaccinations within AEW to avoid outbreaks among the talent and staff. Khan noted that while most of the roster is vaccinated, it’s not mandatory within the company (h/t Fightful for the transcription). “Most of the roster […]
Earlier today WWE star Mia Yim commented on her status with WWE after being off TV since Retribution was broken up back in March. “I’m not injured,” Yim wrote on social media. While she didn’t indicate the reason for being absent from WWE TV, often times it’s about creative not having something for a star. […]
The early betting odds are out for WWE Extreme Rules and the champions are all favorites at the moment, according to BetOnline. WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is the biggest favorite at -800 against Finn Balor (+450). The closest odds right now is WWE RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte (-150) vs. Alexa Bliss (+110). WWE SmackDown […]
AEW stars Matt Hardy and Marq Quen were at a Battleground Championship Wrestling event at the 2300 Arena last night. Hardy was in tag team action and teased his partner was going to be his brother, Jeff Hardy. “My partner…is family. Now cue his damn music!” Hardy said. The Hardy Boyz WWE theme began playing […]
NJPW G1 Climax 31 began earlier today featuring B Block matches. In the main event, Kazuchika Okada defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in a match that nearly went to the a 30 minute draw, but Okada won in the final seconds with a tombstone and a final rainmaker. The round-robin tournament runs through October 21 with the […]
Renee Paquette joined Busted Open Radio today for the first ever “Keeping It Real” segment, that will feature Paquette appearing on Busted Open weekly to give her takes on the world of wrestling. Her first topic was Big E winning the WWE Championship this past Monday on RAW, something she felt was a great moment. […]