Report – How to re-build Samoa Joe in One Year
Current NXT champion Samoa Joe has been part of WWE’s NXT promotion for a full year now. As Joe noted Friday on Twitter, it’s just Year One of rebuilding one of the top wrestlers in […]
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WWNLive announces time change & EVOLVE Title match for NYC return
WWNLive announced a time change for their July 16 show in New York City. The show has been bumped up to a 4:00 p.m. start time prior to WWE’s live show at Madison Square Garden […]
New tag match for WWE Extreme Rules; updated PPV Line-up
During this week’s Smackdown episode, WWE officially added a tag match to the Extreme Rules PPV on Sunday. It will be The Club’s Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows against The Usos in a Texas Tornado Tag match. […]
Video – NXT tag team TMDK given new WWE names
WWE has re-named the popular TMDK tag team and their individual names. – TMDK (The Mighty Don’t Kneel) is now TM-61. – Shane Haste is now Shane Thorne. – Mikey Nicholls is now Nick Miller. […]
Dolph Ziggler on Fox Business’s “Kennedy” show – 2016 presidential election like wrestling storylines, when wrestling is fake, more
WWE star Dolph Ziggler appeared on the “Kennedy” show Thursday night in prime time on Fox Business. Ziggler, who often tweets about political topics, was one of three panelists on the show reacting to the U.S. […]
TNA announces trio for AAA’s Lucha Libre World Cup
TNA has decided on its trio representing the U.S. at the second Lucha Libre World Cup scheduled for June 3 and 5 in Mexico. Ethan Carter III, Tyrus, and Eli Drake will represent TNA in […]
5/18 Lucha Underground Viewership – mixed bag performance
This week’s Lucha Underground audience fell seven percent from last week. There was also a mixed bag in the key demographics… Lucha Underground Ratings Tracking May 18: Lucha Underground’s combined audience was 164,000 viewers for both airings, […]
The Rock expanding movie empire to series of spy thrillers
“The Rock” Dwayne Johnson announced a major movie project on Thursday, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. Rock and Universal Pictures are collaborating with Captivate Entertainment and Mythology for a series of movies based on the spy novel series […]
WWE holds latest try-out camp, prospective wrestler reveals where he was recruited from
WWE held their latest try-out camp this week at the Performance Center in Florida. Included were past Tough Enough call-backs, athletes from various backgrounds, and independent wrestlers. One call-back is Van Stokes, a former pro […]
Stephanie McMahon Interview – The chief business lesson from Vince McMahon on learning to eat (crap); how it captures WWE’s Flight or Fight set-up
WWE’s internal personnel dealings can be described as a fight or flight response. This is based on one of Vince McMahon’s favorite business lessons to “learn to eat s— and like the taste of it.” […]
Rebuilding Triple H – Stephanie McMahon reveals why WM32 may not have been Hunter’s last Mania match
WWE executive/wrestler Triple H is in an interesting position as far as his future as a pro wrestler goes. Hunter’s father-in-law, WWE CEO Vince McMahon, said during the build-up to WrestleMania that he thought it would […]
John Cena talks WWE future, his goal returning from injury, says he owes his career to anti-Cena hardcore fans
WWE top star John Cena says his goal remains to be the same being “in wrestling for as long as I can,” even as more mainstream opportunities pop up, like hosting the ESPYs July 13 on […]
John Cena ESPYs Interview – when did the hosting gig come together?, his style as awards show host, more
John Cena says he’s still trying to process the idea of hosting ESPN’s annual “ESPYs” awards show after it came together “just a couple of days ago.” Cena talked to ESPN.com about being named the […]
Breaking – John Cena to host 2016 ESPYs Awards Show on ABC
ESPN issued a press release to PWTorch announcing that John Cena will host the 2016 ESPYs award show, which is airing on ABC this year. The annual ESPN awards show is scheduled to air on […]
Andre the Giant at 70 – WWE remembers Andre on his birthday, plus New York Daily News feature
All-time wrestling attraction Andre the Giant would have turned 70-years-old today (May 19). WWE released a two-minute video package documenting Andre’s history and headlining role in WWF/E. Also, the New York Daily News published a […]
New Japan announces replacements for Young Bucks in BOSJ tournament; updated A & B Blocks
New Japan Pro Wrestling has decided on the “emergency pinch-hitters” for the injured Young Bucks Matt & Jackson in the annual Best of the Super Jrs. tournament that begins this weekend. David Finlay, the son […]
Rey Mysterio Interview – Lucha Underground filming schedule & time off, Mundo’s maturity, which WWE stars does he watch?, return to WWE? (w/Video)
Rey Mysterio was interviewed on the Busted Open satellite radio show about Lucha Underground, his WWE past, who he currently watches on WWE TV, and more topics with hosts Doug Mortman and Dave LaGreca. Mysterio talked […]
Natalya Interview – Reaction to being in “Main Event segment” of Raw, low of 2015 vs. high of 2016, Triple H’s message before famous Takeover match vs. Charlotte, will a Women’s match main-event a WWE PPV?
WWE women’s wrestler Natalya says she was shocked when she arrived at the building Monday night to find out that her Women’s Title contract segment with Charlotte would close the show. Being in the final […]
Adam Cole Interview – When was he told about Bullet Club addition?, big 2016 role in New Japan, how Global Wars ended with Bullet Club invading Lethal-Cabana, ROH’s shift in booking philosophy
Former ROH World champion and new Bullet Club member Adam Cole says he was told about being added to the group about a month before Ring of Honor’s “Global Wars” PPV. “I found out about […]
Ethan Carter III announced for big CWE fall tour
Prior to kicking off the big “Back to the Future” tour, the CWE promotion announced former TNA Hvt. champion Ethan Carter III for their big fall tour. ECIII headlines the “Destined for Greatness Tour” running September […]
Tag Title match added to “NXT Takeover” special
The Revival will get their NXT Tag Title re-match against American Alpha on the next “NXT Takeover” special June 8 on WWE Network. WWE announced the Tag Title match on this week’s NXT episode following […]
Jimmy Snuka is competent to stand trial, according to second doctor; UPDATE – third hearing scheduled, 1983 audio tape is missing
MAY 18 UPDATE Jimmy Snuka is competent enough to stand trial in the death of his 1983 girlfriend Nancy Argentino, according to a forensic psychiatrist called by the prosecution at Wednesday’s competency hearing in Lehigh […]
Lilian Garcia updates father’s cancer battle after returning to WWE TV
Update: Lilian Garcia released an update on her father’s cancer battle, which pulled her away from WWE TV for a few weeks until returning to Raw TV on Monday night. Garcia said her father has been […]
Third WWE NXT announcer released this week
A third NXT announcer has been released from WWE in the past month. Backstage NXT announcer Alex Reyes was cut from the company this week, reported PWInsider. The recently-released trio of Reyes, Kyle Edwards (Arda Ocal), […]