Monday, November 2, 2026
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Backstage Speculation On Hiroki Sumi’s Addition To The Greatest Royal Rumble Match

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The Wrestling Observer Radio has provided some insight into why former sumo wrestler Hiroki Sumi was added to the Greatest Royal Rumble match. Sumi was a surprise entrant in the 50-man Royal Rumble match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Sumi famously wrestled as Hishofuji over his twelve-year career. In the Rumble, Sumi entered at #7 before being eliminated quickly, following a staredown with Mark Henry. Dave Meltzer noted on the Wrestling Observer Radio that the price in Saudi Arabia was the one who wanted to bring the company to Saudi Arabia. The prince himself reportedly spoke with Vince McMahon to organize the show. A number of wrestlers were reportedly discussed by the prince. He wanted some of his favorites in The Undertaker, The Ultimate Warrior and Yokozuna to perform at the show. The prince was uninformed, not knowing that the latter two Superstars have sadly passed away years ago. So what does this have to do with Sumi? While at this time it is unconfirmed, Meltzer highly believes..

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Leading Independent Wrestler Will Ospreay Reveals New Finisher

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Leading independent wrestler Will Ospreay has revealed his new finishing maneuver during a recent match against a talent from NJPW, as confirmed by Ringside News. During a recent NJPW show, Ospreay was scheduled to face KUSHIDA, who had got the best of him in the past. To the shock of everyone, including KUSHIDA himself, Ospreay debuted a new finisher. He would use this finisher, which he would title “The Storm Breaker” as a safer alternative to the OsCutter, taking out the “Time Splitter.” Check out the move through the GIF below: .@WillOspreay gets the better of KUSHIDA this time around! #njHINOKUNI ?? https://t.co/8n90d75Nfk pic.twitter.com/AwWj9oueuk — TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) April 29, 2018 Ospreay responded to this by saying the following: May I introduce you to, “The Storm Breaker” Just as strong as the OsCutter. But less of the risk. Either of these moves shall put an end to the Time Splitter. https://t.co/31RWPX0QV7 — ????????? (@WillOspreay) April 29, 2018 Fan..

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Update On Female Superstars Being Paid For Greatest Royal Rumble

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PWInsider has provided an update on if female Superstars in WWE are being paid for the Greatest Royal Rumble, despite not having the opportunity to work the event. Recently, Jerry “The King” Lawler indicated on his “Dinner With The King” podcast that WWE was intent on paying their female talent for the Greatest Royal Rumble show. This is despite not being able to appear on the show due to the culture of Saudi Arabia. PWInsider have said they’ve confirmed female Superstars are being paid as if they were on the show. This was something beyond the control of WWE and the women themselves. WWE is reportedly making major money from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the new 10-year deal the two sides have made. There are now expected to be more events held in the future. Take a look back at the Greatest Royal Rumble below in a video uploaded to WWE’s official YouTube channel: [This post contains video, click to play] It is unknown if every woman on the main roster in WWE received the mone..

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The Rock And John Cena To Work Together On ‘The Janson Directive’ Film

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The Rock has now confirmed that 16-time World Champion John Cena will be joining him. Together, they will work on The Rock’s new film, “The Janson Directive.” As WWE.com write, the two Superstars will be reuniting in the thriller, “The Janson Directive.” This film is based on a novel by Jason Bourne creator Robert Ludlum. The book has been on the radar for The Rock for some time, and it now appears that his studio Seven Bucks Productions alongside Universal Pictures will be coming together to create the film based on it. Cena was cast as the leading man in the film, a huge role for the growing Hollywood star. The Rock took to his Instagram account to comment on Cena’s new role: Found my star! Congrats to my good bud John Cena on landing the lead role for our movie, THE JANSON DIRECTIVE. A project that myself, @sevenbucksprod, our production partners and Universal Studios have been developing for years now. Congrats man and I’m excited to go on this journey with you. Thank you for you..

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Moose Shockingly Admits He Hated His Wrestling Name, EC3 In WWE

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Impact Wrestling star Moose recently spoke with WSVN-TV Entertainment Reporter Chris Van Vliet, where he shockingly admitted that he initially hated his wrestling name. He also discussed EC3 in NXT. He hated the name “Moose”: “A teammate of mine gave it to me during my football days. Hated it. Couldn’t stand it. Hated everybody who called me Moose and now Moose makes me money.” His thoughts on his friend EC3 signing with NXT: “I talk to him every day. I’m so happy for him, he’s doing great things with the company he’s with now. Everybody knew he was going to be a star wherever he goes. He looks like a Greek god and he talks great on the mic and his in-ring work is great. We all knew he was going to do great things.” The differences between an NFL locker room and an independent wrestling locker room: “It’s definitely different. You’ve got to understand, in an NFL locker room we probably had the best-looking locker rooms with TVs all over the place and you can get comfortable. In a wre..

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Tyler Breeze Reveals How He Was Almost Fired Several Times In His Career

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Tyler Breeze and Fandango were recently interviewed on Edge & Christian’s Podcast of Awesomeness where they discussed how Breeze he was nearly fired on several occasions. Fandango first explained how he and Breeze weren’t complacent and pitched gimmicks to get themselves on TV: “It was just example of, like, before tagging with Breezy, you weren’t really booked on TV, so it’s easy just to sit around every week at TV and being frustrated, but I think we utilized the [WWE].com guys really well, just kind of being proactive. And trying to almost, like, pitch our own little gimmick there and I think it’s just a good example of being proactive and just trying to make something happen. And I talk to Breeze all the time and we’re really proud of what we did because no one really gave that to us. We kind of put in the work for that.” Breeze explains that Vince McMahon didn’t understand The Fashion Files. However, he asked that they keep it going due to the popularity it had on social media: “..

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Batista Says WWE Ghosted Him On BattleMania Plans

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He waits alone? WrestleMania is built around the idea of drawing in the biggest names in wrestling for a short term appearance. Sure the full time wrestlers are going to play big roles, but the part time stars are the ones that matter the most. Celebrities have a history of playing major roles as well, and with good reason. If you can draw in people who don’t usually watch wrestling, you can get in a fresh and additional audience. Now one would think that combining those categories would be great, but WWE seems to disagree. The idea worked very well here. [This post contains video, click to play] In a new interview with 106.7 The Fan (Washington D.C.), Batista spoke about WWE wanting him back to team with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34. Batista was interested and wanted the match to set up another match with Triple H at WrestleMania 35. WWE seemed interested in the idea but, according to Batista, just stopped responding to him. He tried to contact them again ..

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Batista Says WWE Ghosted Him On StruggleMania Plans

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He waits alone? WrestleMania is built around the idea of drawing in the biggest names in wrestling for a short term appearance. Sure the full time wrestlers are going to play big roles, but the part time stars are the ones that matter the most. Celebrities have a history of playing major roles as well, and with good reason. If you can draw in people who don’t usually watch wrestling, you can get in a fresh and additional audience. Now one would think that combining those categories would be great, but WWE seems to disagree. The idea worked very well here. [This post contains video, click to play] In a new interview with 106.7 The Fan (Washington D.C.), Batista spoke about WWE wanting him back to team with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 34. Batista was interested and wanted the match to set up another match with Triple H at WrestleMania 35. WWE seemed interested in the idea but, according to Batista, just stopped responding to him. He tried to contact them again ..

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ROH’s Cheeseburger Reveals What His Relationship Is With Chris Jericho

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ROH star Cheeseburger was the latest guest on James Walsh’s Interactive Wrestling Radio where he discussed what his relationship with Chris Jericho is, among other topics. On taking part in the ECWA Super 8 Tournament: “Oh, I had a blast. That was definitely one of the things on my bucket list. I, unfortunately, lost in the first round to a great competitor, Anthony Greene. I’ve been wanting to have a singles match with him for a very long time. It was a wonderful experience just knowing the history of the tournament, getting to be a part of the opening ceremony and them talking about the previous winners. It was a great experience.” On other items on that bucket list: “The list that I put out, there was like 1 or 2 things. I’m a big fan of wrestling tournaments. The Super 8 was one, the Young Lions cup for CHIKARA which I have done was another, King of Trios for CHIKARA is another one, CZW’s Best of the Best, and the IWA Mid South TPI Tournament. That one is a big one on my list. Ano..

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Goldberg Talks How Bittersweet It Was To Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame

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2018 WWE Hall of Famer and former Universal Champion Goldberg was interviewed by the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling, where he discussed his bittersweet Hall of Fame induction. Goldberg first discussed his new show on the History Channel, titled ‘Forged in Fire: Knife or Death’: “It is something that is not out of the norm for me taking on things that I am not an expert at and try to sound like I know what I am talking about. It has given me a great opportunity to learn about something that I am not an expert at like I said. I kind of feed off of the people that are around me, the weapons expert and the blade expert and we’ve kind of got the best of everybody in each given discipline and I try to tie it all together with a little bit of excitement. And heck, my wife is a blacksmith and now I can have a conversation with my wife about forging knives. If I don’t gain anything at least I can talk at the dinner table coherently with my wife about that process.” He continues, explaining wh..

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Video: Bray Wyatt And Matt Hardy Cut Promo On Being Reunited

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Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy have had an amazing week. They captured the Raw Tag Team Championship by defeating The Bar at the Greatest Royal Rumble. They also appeared on Raw this week and appear to be stronger than ever. So much so that Hardy took to his official YouTube channel and posted a video featuring himself and Wyatt where they discussed being reunited. The video is interesting, if slightly poorly edited amongst the higher-quality WWE videos. Check it out below: [This post contains video, click to play] Follow @SOSNH1995 Let us know in the comments below or over on our Facebook page or Twitter account. Additionally, you can find me on Twitter at @SOSNH1995. We also want to remind you that we have a Newsletter you can sign up to. This will allow us to send you the best news in one place via an email. We also have the Wrestling Rumors app that we encourage you all to download to get updates faster than they release on our various pages. It is available for Android and iOS devi..

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Flip Gordon Will Have Another Chance To Get Booked For The 'All In' Show

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This may be Flip's last chance. Since the announcement that The Young Bucks and Cody are going to be presenting their self-financed show entitled 'All In', a number of wrestlers that have been booked for the show have been revealed. Names such as: Jay Lethal, Britt Baker, Chelsea Green, Joey Janela, the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and others have been declared official for the show on September 1st. One man that has been consistently and vigorously attempting to get on the card is Flip Gordon. Flip Gordon was regulary featured in numerous episodes of the 'Bullet Club's' 'Being The Elite' YouTube series where he would seemingly fit in with the rest of the crew but could not seem to garner the liking of the former ROH World Champion Cody. "The American Nightmare" announced via Twitter today that Flip failed to gather the three full votes needed to get booked for 'All In' so he is providing the 26-year old with ano..

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Report: Danny Burch Inks A New Deal With WWE

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The hard-striking Brit will be exclusive to WWE. Martin Stone, better known as Danny Burch from the NXT brand has reportedly inked a new deal with WWE. During the summer of 2015 Burch did a number of appearances for NXT despite not being signed with the company. While Burch has been competing in NXT he was working matches on the independent wrestling scene for numerous promotions around the United Kingdom. Danny Burch is regularly featured on NXT TV where he has aligned himself with Oney Lorcan. Earlier today, Burch competed in a singles match against Josh Briggs for 'Beyond Wrestling' and the match would ultimately end up being his last for the promotion as PWInsider has reported that WWE offered Danny Burch a new contract last month and he accepted and has now inked a new deal with the sports-entertainment company. What a match between @strongstylebrit and @TheJoshBriggs in Martin’s last match ever for @beyondwrestling #WelcomeHome pic.twitter.com/tLLpsaYNGj — MikeyLaFr..

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Vanes Martirosyan Speaks On Upcoming Fight With GGG: "When They Called I Was Ready"

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Fightful.com was sent the following, announcing Vanes Martirosyan's fight with GGG: Two-time world title challenger and 2004 Olympian VANES "THE NIGHTMARE" MARTIROSYAN (36-3-1, 21 KOs), from Glendale, Calif., challenges undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY "GGG" GOLOVKIN (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The recently announced world championship rumblebetween the 2004 Olympians is only 14 days away and takes place on Cinco De Mayo -- Saturday, May 5 -- under the stars at StubHub Center and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. Martirosyan was one of a handful of boxers in the conversation as Golovkin's May 5 opponent following the cancellation of the Canelo rematch. Martirosyan was ready to go when the call came. He had been sparring with a couple of undefeated Russian boxers. "Throughout the year, two camps started on and off. Every time we started somebody pulled out.,' said Martirosyan. '..

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Chelsea Green & James Ellsworth Call Out 'Blackcat Events' For Not Paying Them And Other Wrestlers

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Called them out. Over WrestleMania weekend the marketing and booking agency 'Blackcat Events' had a number of wrestling talents scheduled and booked for meet and greet sessions. The owner of 'Blackcat Events' had two talents in particular call him out on the spot via social media today about not being compensated for their appearances. Former IMPACT Knockouts Champion Chelsea Green and former WWE star James Ellsworth made it known that they were two of many who were booked but not paid by 'Blackcat Events'. The man behind the agency's Twitter account sent out the following message on April 17th which recently caught the attention of Chelsea Green who was not too pleased about the entire situation. The truth will come out soon. — Blackcat Events (@BlackCat_Events) April 17, 2018 LOL BRO! The truth came out. You’re a fraud and we’ve made sure the wrestling community knows that! Goodluck surviving in this industry. https://t.co/5YVZP9opEW — Chels..

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NJPW Hi No Kuni Quick Results (4/29), A New Champion is Crowned

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NJPW Hi No Kuni is in the books and a new IWGP Intercontinental Champion has been crowned as Tetsuya Naito captured the gold by defeating Minoru Suzuki in the main event. Evil & Sanada also held onto the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when they defeated the Killer Elite Squad in a rematch from Wrestle Kingdom. Also, Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi picked up singles match victories over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Here are the full NJPW Hi No Kuni quick results: IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito def. Minoru Suzuki to win the title IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Los Ingobernables (Evil & Sanada) def. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) to retain the titles Hiromu Takahashi def. Yoshinobu Kanemaru Bushi def. El Desparado by DQ Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & Kushida def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay) Suzuki-Gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, ..

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WWE Stars Experiencing Travel Issues

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In what was a long week for some, just got longer. After traveling to Saudi Arabia for the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event in what is nearly a 12-hour flight, immediately after the show concluded this past Friday the wrestlers who competed at the event where transported on planes from Saudi Arabia to the United States at midnight. According to PWInsider, a majority of the talents made it back to the U.S.Saturday afternoon coming through New York City's 'JFK' airport before getting on the flight that would take them to their respective homes. For some of the talents they only had 24 hours to enjoy home as they had to fly out Sunday to get ready for the TV tapings in Canada this week. The site notes that some talents were scheduled to fly back to New York and then connect at 'LaGuardia Airport' for a flight to Montreal. For the talents who had this schedule, after arriving to New York they discovered that that their flight to Montreal had been canceled..

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CONNECTING THE DOTS: What Made Jinder Mahal Fall Down

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Welcome to another edition of CONNECTING THE DOTS The semi-regular column that dares to ask the tough questions even when nobody cares about the answer In Today's Episode: WHAT MADE JINDER MAHAL FALL DOWN On Friday, during the "Greatest Royal Rumble," aka "The World's Most Expensive Six Hour House Show," aka "The Extra Most Bestest Propaganda Afternoon Where All Women Are Indecent And So Is Sami Zayn" aka "The Thing That Will Put Stephanie and Shane's Great-Great-Grandkids Through College", there was a US Title match. It saw new RAW superstar Jinder Mahal try to reclaim the belt from new SmackDown superstar Jeff Hardy on the ONE NIGHT A YEAR WHERE THE SUPERSTARS OF RAW AND SMACKDOWN GO HEAD TO HEAD IN IN-RING COMPETITION EXCEPT FOR ALL THOSE OTHER NIGHTS THAT TOTALLY DON'T COUNT. Jeff Hardy was able to retain the championship, because no titles changed hands at The Greatest Royal Rumble because it was The World's Most Expensive Six Hour House Show. Unles..

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Fight Size Update: Austin Aries Loses One Of His Titles, Vader's Health, Jack Hager Calls Out A Wrestling Promotion, More

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Here's your Fight Size wrestling Update for the morning of April 30th, 2018. - The "Belt Collector" Austin Aries has lost one of his championships. Yesterday at 'Defiant Wrestling's 'No Regrets' show Austin Aries was defeated by Rampage Brown and lost the Defiant Championship. Aries still is the holder of the DEFY, IPW:UK World, IMPACT World, IMPACT Grand, and WSW Heavyweight Championships. #AndNew DEFIANT Wrestling World Champion #NoRegrets #WeAreDefiant#NoRegretsRumble is NOW https://t.co/N0ECLTk6Te pic.twitter.com/KiK237yNX4 — FITE (@FiteTV) April 28, 2018 - The following is video from NJPW's YouTube channel that features a post-match highlight from the tranquilo Tetsuya Naito. - NJPW announced via Twitter that will begin broadcasting live in France. - During a recent edition of the 'Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast' Sam Roberts & Peter Rosenberg discussed and analyzed the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event that took place this past Fr..

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Tetsuya Naito Is The New IWGP Intercontinental Champion

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Los Ingobernables de Japon have a new champion among them. On Sunday, New Japan Wrestling held the Hi No Kuni event in Kumamoto, Japan which featured some of the promotion's biggest names and two championship matches. Los Ingobernables de Japon members Evil and Sanada defended their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and then in the main event Tetsuya Naito defeated Minoru Suzuki to capture the IWGP Intercontinental Championship giving the stable three current champions among their ranks. Los Ingobernables de Japon will soon be touring North America as part of the Ring of Honor War of the Worlds tour where the promotion will visit four cities in the United States and Canada. This reign is the 2nd time Naito has captured the Intercontinental Championship. He lost the championship last June to Hiroshi Tanahashi after a 259 day reign. Fightful Wrestling has results for the entire Hi No Kuni event and often has live coverage of other NJPW events. There will also be coverag..