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Following his WWE release, Aleister Black went on Twitch to reflect on the news and his run in WWE. Black revealed he was set for a big moment but revealed why it did not happen. “There was a moment where I was supposed to win, I think it was the U.S. Title, but then Vince’s […]
Several WWE, AEW, NJPW and Impact Wrestling stars took to Twitter today and reacted to the latest round of WWE releases. As noted, WWE released 6 Superstars today – Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana, Buddy Murphy, Ruby Riott, and Santana Garrett. You can find backstage reports on the departures here and here. You can also […]
Willow Nightingale is the newest wrestler to be added to the Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship tournament. During this week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday episode, Willow received her Ticket to Gold from Maria Kanellis-Bennett after her match with Alex Gracia. Willow has wrestled for several promotions such as WOW: Women Of Wrestling, Shimmer Women […]
Tom Phillips (Tom Hannifan) has seemingly confirmed his WWE departure, and says he’s excited for the future. As noted, it was reported back on May 27 that Phillips had been released from the company after 9 years on the job. WWE never announced the departure, but Tom acknowledged the departure on Twitter tonight when plugging […]
MLW CEO Court Bauer announced on Twitter that Mil Muertes has signed a multi-year deal with the company. Bauer tweeted this evening, “One of the most popular wrestlers since The Restart is staying with @MLW for years to come as I have signed @Mesiasaaa to a multi-year deal. Let the body count continue!” Mil Muertes […]
Killian Dain vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott has been announced for the “Takeover: In Your House” go-home edition of WWE NXT on the USA Network. WWE just announced Dain vs. Swerve for next Tuesday’s NXT show. The match was made after a parking lot showdown between Hit Row Records (Swerve, “Top Dolla” AJ Francis, Ashante “Thee” […]
Monday’s live Memorial Day edition of WWE RAW, featuring Drew McIntyre defeating Kofi Kingston in the #1 contender’s main event, drew an average of 1.418 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via PWTorch. This is down 12.5% from last week’s 1.621 million viewers, and is the lowest audience in RAW history. For […]
Former WWE Champion CM Punk took to Twitter this evening and broke down why he thinks WWE is a “trash” product that still has viewers. Bloody Disgusting editor John Squires tweeted about WWE after it was announced today that Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana, Ruby Riott, Buddy Murphy and Santana Garrett were released. Squires wrote, […]
There’s been a lot of recent speculation online and within WWE about a potential sale of the company. WWE has made a number of budget cuts as of late, with one round taking place in mid-April as they did in April 2020, another round coming in mid-May, and then today’s 6 releases – Braun Strowman, […]
Hours after being released from WWE, Aleister Black took to his wife Thea Trinidad’s Twitch stream to discuss what happened. And at least for the time being, Black came across as upbeat. “I am not sad, I am not depressed,” Black said. “I am, I’m okay. I’m sure there’s going to be dark days coming […]