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VIDEO: An NXT Stable Got A Lot Smaller After This Week’s Show

September 9, 2020 • Admin

It was nice while it lasted. Stables are one of the best ways to get a lot of people on television at once. With so many wrestlers around WWE, you can only get so many people doing something at the same time. Even the most famous stable in history, the Four Horsemen, were created because they were thrown into the same interview due to a time crunch. One such stable seems to have taken a big hit after a bad loss. While it is not the most serious stable in the world, the Robert Stone Brand has been a rather entertaining group over the last few weeks. Stone has been a wonderfully goofy manager and has a few women to fight his battles for him. This includes Aliyah and Mercedes Martinez, the latter of whom has been helping Stone fighting off Rhea Ripley. That may not be the case any longer. It didn’t go well. Check out what happened after NXT: This week on NXT, Ripley defeated Martinez inside a steel cage, during which Stone had been attacked by Ripley. WWE has released a video from aft..

More On Marty Jannetty Claiming He Killed Someone

September 9, 2020 • Admin

That’s a relieving explanation. Back in 1991, Shawn Michaels sent Marty Jannetty through the Barber Shop window in the most famous tag team split in WWE history. Michaels went on to become the top star in the company a few years later and became a legend. On the other hand, Jannetty became a running punchline in wrestling, with the accomplishments he has had over the years being completely forgotten. Now something else has been forgotten, which might be for the best. Back in August, Jannetty made a post to Facebook claiming that he killed a man in self defense back when he was a teenager and threw his body in a river. This got a lot of people’s attention, as you might have expected, including the local police department who mentioned that they would be looking into Jannetty’s claims. Somewhere along the lines it went a bit too far though and Jannetty has changed his tune. In a new post to Facebook, Jannetty said that he made the whole thing up as it was the start of a wrestling story..

Vince McMahon Gets Some “Bad News” About His Financial Status

September 9, 2020 • Admin

So that’s where he is now. Vince McMahon has changed the way the wrestling world works and that might not be for the best in everyone’s eyes. The WWE has become the dominant superpower in wrestling and has been the case for decades now. As a result, McMahon has become one of the wealthiest people in the world, but where does he rank exactly? It might not be as high as you would expect. While McMahon is the most successful person ever in wrestling, he has not had the most success outside of the industry. He has had notable failures such as the World Bodybuilding Federation, ICO-PRO and the XFL among various others, all of which have cost him quite a bit of money. Those losses add up, and now we know just how much damage they have done to McMahon’s bank accounts. According to Forbes.com, McMahon has dropped off the list of the Top 400 Americans, mainly due to the losses from WWE’s lack of live events and the XFL, including its launch and bankruptcy. McMahon’s net worth is estimated to ..

WWE Performance Center Undergoing Major Changes

September 9, 2020 • Admin

It needed the work. This has certainly been a strange year for WWE, along with everyone else for that matter, as the Coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot of things about everyday life. One of the biggest changes to WWE was the moving of their major television shows to the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The building served as a makeshift home for WWE, but it was unable to serve as the company’s training facility. Those days may be over. The Performance Center is a world class training facility but there is only so much that can be done there when it is being used as a television studio as well. As a result, the trainees have moved over to a warehouse to train in the meantime, even as WWE TV has moved over to the Amway Center. Now we know a bit more about why the students have yet to move back. According to Fightful Select, the Performance Center is currently being renovated and remodeled. It is not clear when the students will be allowed to return to the facility or when th..

New NXT Champion Crowned, Joins Exclusive Club

September 9, 2020 • Admin

History has been made! The NXT Title has gone from a championship that was really just around for the sake of having something to fight for on an internet show. Over the years though, the title became a big deal as a who’s who of wrestlers became champion. After that much time, the NXT Title is a prestigious championship and that made this Tuesday all the sweeter. Back in August, NXT Champion Karrion Kross was forced to vacate the title a mere four days after winning it due to a shoulder injury. As a result, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Adam Cole and Finn Balor competed in a four way sixty minute Iron Man match for the vacant NXT Title. The match ended in a draw though as Balor and Cole had two falls apiece. A tiebreaker was needed and that took place this week. During this week’s NXT, Balor defeated Cole in a singles match to become the new NXT Champion. As a result, Balor becomes the third man to hold the NXT Title twice, along with Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura. The match end..

VIDEO: WWE Wrestler Undergoes Gimmick And Name Change

September 9, 2020 • Admin

There’s the change. Sometimes in wrestling, including WWE, you need to change someone up. That could come in a variety of forms and some of them are better than others. One of the best ways might be to just change the wrestler’s name. The old name might not be one with the best reputation so just starting from scratch can help. If it is someone you don’t even recognize, it might be even better. While there is a good chance that you don’t regularly watch the show, 205 Live has been doing some nice things in recent weeks. The show basically started from scratch and is building things back up, which means that there are some spots available for fresh talent. One of them has been getting a little somewhere, and now he has appeared on NXT under a new name. During this week’s NXT, 205 Live wrestler Tehuti Miles appeared under the name Ashante “The” Adonis in a loss to Velveteen Dream. Adonis has been wrestling as Miles on 205 Live and occasionally NXT for most of the year, though he has on..

AEW Dark Results – September 8, 2020

September 9, 2020 • Admin

If you would like to see this show in full, you can watch it right here for free: Dark Date: September 8, 2020 Location: Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida Commentators: Excalibur, Taz For reasons I don’t quite fathom, this is the third episode of Dark in eight days because we needed a special one before All Out and then the regular shows as well. At least tonight’s show along with Friday’s were a little shorter than usual, but we’ve got squashification waiting for us so let’s get to it. Taz and Excalibur give us the rapid fire intro. Sean Legacy vs. Will Hobbs Hobbs starts fast with a running shoulder before lifting Legacy up by the wrist for some arm cranking. Legacy’s crossbody is knocked out of the air with ease and a release gordbuster knocks him silly again. An Oklahoma Stampede finishes Legacy at 2:59. Result: Will Hobbs b. Sean Legacy – Oklahoma Stampede (2:59) Tony Donati vs. Brian Cage Non-title. Cage hits a release German suplex in the first five seconds and then do..

NXT Live Coverage And Results – September 8, 2020

September 9, 2020 • Admin

NXT Date: September 8, 2020 Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida Commentators: Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett, Beth Phoenix It’s time for the sequel to last week’s four way Iron Man match with Finn Balor vs. Adam Cole for the NXT Title. This could be a classic, but it could also be a way to set up a title match at Clash Of Champions as well. Call it a hunch, but one more Sorry, But Your Champion Is On The Next Show wouldn’t surprise me. Let’s get to it. Quick recap of last week’s Iron Man match. NXT Title: Finn Balor vs. Adam Cole The title is vacant coming in and they’re not wasting time tonight. After the Big Match Intros, it’s a battle over a headlock to get things going. Cole takes him down into an armbar but Balor reverses into one of his own and slaps on a headscissors on the mat. That’s broken up and Cole hits a basement dropkick, followed by some chops against the ropes. The fireman’s carry backbreaker gets two on Balor and we take a break. Back with Balor working..

Backstage News On Why The IIconics Were Split Up

September 2, 2020 • Admin

The surprise explanation. There are times where WWE presents an angle or plot point that changes something in a hurry and it doesn’t make the most sense. That can be a good or a bad thing given the circumstances, but unfortunately it tends to be the latter more often than not. There was a rather surprising change this week on Monday Night raw and now we know why. During this week’s Monday Night Raw, the IIconics lost a match to the Riott Squad where the winners received a future Women’s Tag Team Titles. However, the losers were forced to disband forever, meaning the IIconics are no more. They have been together for a long time now and even knew each other from their high school days in Australia. The team is now done, and as random as it seemed, WWE has their own reason. According to PW Insider Elite Audio, the IIconics were split up for the sake of pushing Peyton Royce as a singles wrestler. The plan had always been to push Royce on her own and WWE is deciding to pull the trigger no..

WWE News: Finn Balor Wants To Form A Dream Team

September 2, 2020 • Admin

Holy dream team! Tag team wrestling has rarely been WWE’s strong suit. Yes they had a great run back in the 1980s, but other than that and the period of Edge and Christian, the Hardys and the Dudley Boyz, there have not exactly been a lot of great times for WWE’s tag team divisions. They have a tendency to group big names together as bigger tag teams, which one wrestler is teasing doing again. While it has died down a bit in recent years, there was a time when the Bullet Club was the hottest group in professional wrestling. The team went from a group of wrestlers in New Japan Professional Wrestling to one of the biggest things around, to the point where they had quite a bit to do with the rise of AEW. Over the years, the stable has had quite a few members, but now two of them may be up for a WWE reunion. Finn Balor was recently interviewed by CBS Sports where he mentioned a potential tag team with AJ Styles. Balor spoke about his respect for AJ Styles but said that their scheduled ha..

New WWE Signings Receive Different Kind Of NXT Contracts

September 2, 2020 • Admin

The more things change. Wrestling is a weird sport as you never know how things are going to go from one day to the next. What might be a longstanding tradition could change almost overnight, or things that change on a regular basis could suddenly become the standard. That makes for some rather interesting moments and WWE is changing something new about NXT. Earlier this week, news broke about WWE signing a group of five wrestlers who had all worked for Evolve Wrestling before the company had folded. That was quite the new batch of talent and that is something you don’t get to see show up every single day. This time around though the new signees might be in for something that previous groups who came into WWE might not have experienced. According to PWInsider Elite Audio, the newer WWE contracts are now for six months trial periods for lower pay rather than the traditional contracts. It is not clear what has caused the changes, but NXT wrestlers are not currently working their usual ..

VIDEO: Released WWE Wrestler Wins Major World Title

September 2, 2020 • Admin

And then things changed. The wrestling world is changing in a big way these days and that has caused some rather fascinating changes throughout a variety of companies. That isn’t the kind of thing that you see very often and some of the changes have been better than others. One of the biggest was WWE releasing dozens of wrestlers in a few days back in April, many of which have found work elsewhere. One has made it to the top of another company in a hurry. While AEW seems to be the most desired destination for a lot of wrestlers, there are other companies that can seem rather intriguing for some of the people looking for work. Some former WWE stars have been successes elsewhere before and in this case, one recently released WWE star has found his way back to another promotion and is already doing rather well there. This week on Impact Wrestling, Eric Young won the World Title by defeating Eddie Edwards. Young was released from WWE in April and made his return to Impact Wrestling at Sl..

Renee Young Reveals WWE Heat Over Coronavirus Diagnosis

September 2, 2020 • Admin

Are you surprised? The Coronavirus has changed the way a lot of things work in wrestling, including having everyone associated with wrestling and the wrestling companies having to do a variety of things to keep the virus from spreading throughout the company. This has gone fairly well in WWE over the last few weeks, but there was a bit of an outbreak over the summer. Some wrestlers made their situation public and that did not go well. Back in August, Renee Young confirmed that she was leaving WWE after an eight year run with the company. It was a pretty big loss for the company as Young can do almost everything asked of her and that is the kind of thing you can’t get from almost anyone else most of the time. Young was in the news again earlier this year due to announcing her Coronavirus diagnosis, but it turns out that WWE wasn’t exactly pleased. Young was a guest on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast and spoke about making her diagnosis public. WWE was not pleased with her reveali..

AEW Announces Violent Grudge Match For All Out

September 2, 2020 • Admin

Keep em coming. Wrestling feuds are designed to build over time and set a big match later on. Depending on how the story goes, a violent match might be the right solution in the end. Some feuds are built around people wanting to hurt each other and that allows for some interesting options for the big blowoff match. If the match is done right, things can go well in the end and hopefully that is the case again. AEW has found a rather violent feud between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara. The feud had already begun but then was amped up when Guevara threw a chair at Hardy’s head and busted him open hardway. Hardy was not pleased and busted Guevara open during a tables match, but things were not done yet. Now they have another match set up on the bigger stage. AEW has announced a Broken Rules match between Hardy and Guevara for All Out. The match will be contested under Last Man Standing rules, with the match ending when someone cannot answer a ten count. In addition, Hardy has agreed to lea..

NXT Title Match Ends In Controversy

September 2, 2020 • Admin

Not quite. The NXT Title has been moving around a lot as of late and that can make things rather interesting in a hurry. Keith Lee won the title from Adam Cole back in July but then lost it to Karrion Kross less than two months later. However, Kross was injured during the match and had to vacate the title that same week. We needed a new champion and a title match was set for this week. Last week on NXT, General Manager William Regal announced a sixty minute Iron Man match between Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole and Tommaso Ciampa. It was one of the biggest matches in the history of NXT and certainly the longest. This was a way to settle everything and set up a new champion, or at least that was how everything looked on paper. The Iron Man match wound up in a two way tie, with Balor and Cole earning two falls apiece to Gargano and Ciampa’s one apiece. As a result, Regal came to the ring to announce that the two will meet each other in a one on one match the following week, one f..

205 Live Results – August 28, 2020

September 2, 2020 • Admin

205 Live Date: August 28, 2020 Location: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida Commentators: Corey Graves, Vic Joseph I’ve run out of ways to figure out what to expect from this show and in a way, that’s rather good around here. There is only so much you can expect with the rather limited roster around here and I’m not sure what to expect from that. We had a Cruiserweight Title match this week on NXT so it might be time for a new opponent. Or maybe a rematch since there was a loaded mask involved. Let’s get to it. Opening sequence. Tehuti comes to the ring for a match but during his entrance, Miles talks about how a rookie like him should be learning from the veterans. He might be rookie of the year though and this show exists because of him. Hopefully a veteran can bring the best out of him. At least he has an opponent. Tehuti Miles vs. Brian Kendrick Brian hasn’t been around for awhile. Miles has to spin out of an early armbar and Kendrick drop toeholds his way out of a hammerlock. Some..

NXT Live Coverage And Results – September 1, 2020

September 2, 2020 • Admin

NXT Date: September 1, 2020 Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida Commentator Wade Barrett, Vic Joseph, Beth Phoenix It’s Super Tuesday and they have a big time main event this time around. Tonight it’s a four way sixty minute Iron Man match for the vacant NXT Title. Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole and Finn Balor are facing off for the title and that could make for a pretty major moment. Let’s get to it. Long video on the Iron Man match. Legado del Fantasma vs. Breezango/Isaiah Scott Street fight with weapons around the ring. It’s a huge brawl to start with everyone going after each other and hitting/throwing people into the weapons. A table is set up at ringside and Fandango puts a ladder on his head for the helicopter spot. Scott kicks a trashcan lid into Mendoza’s face and then knees Escobar in the face. Breeze sprays a fire extinguisher to clean house and we take a break. Back with Scott kicking his way out of trouble but being knocked to the floor for ..

Main Event Results – August 27, 2020

September 1, 2020 • Admin

Main Event Date: August 27, 2020 Location: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida Commentators: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton We’re off to the Thunder Dome for the show and I’m not exactly expecting it to make that much of a difference. It’s also the last show before Payback, meaning we will be building to a show and recovering from another one at the same time. That could mean a few different things around here, though none of them are exactly thrilling. Let’s get to it. Opening sequence. Mustafa Ali vs. Arturo Ruas Ali has to duck from an early kick to the head but a knee puts him down. Ruas kicks him in the arm to keep Ali in trouble and the martial arts are on full display. We hit the armbar on the mat but Ali gets in a few rollups for two each. Another shot to the arm cuts Ali off though and it’s off to an armbar to send Ali over to the ropes. Ali comes back with a rolling…Codebreaker to the arm instead of the X Factor actually. A Crossface sends Ruas over to the rope for a change and Ru..

Update On Rey Mysterio’s Injury Status And Recovery Time

September 1, 2020 • Admin

That could be worse for Mysterio. One of the worst parts of a wrestler being injured is waiting to see how long they are going to be out. You never know how long it might be and wrestling fans do tend to like playing medical expert by trying to figure out how long someone is going to be on the shelf. This time around we might be getting some slightly better than expected news. On Sunday at Payback, Rey Mysterio teamed with his son Dominik Mysterio to defeat Seth Rollins and Murphy in a tag team match. That is quite the win for the family, but it did not have the happiest ending as Rey tore his tricep at some point. Rey has a history of being injured and has missed a lot of time over his career due to an injury. This one might not be as bad as originally thought though. According to F4WOnline.com, Mysterio’s injury is not a full tear of the tricep, meaning that he will not require surgery to fix the issue. It is believed that the injury will only put Mysterio out of action for about t..

WWE RUMOR: Vince McMahon Pushing Star “To The Moon”

September 1, 2020 • Admin

It’s a good place to be. There are a lot of wrestlers in WWE at the momenta and some of them are going to be much bigger stars than others. At the end of the day, what matters more than anything else is what Vince McMahon thinks of you. If the boss finds someone interesting, they are going to a big star in a hurry and that is the case with a newly promoted WWE star. Last Sunday at Payback, Keith Lee defeated Randy Orton in the biggest victory of his career. It was Lee’s first major match on the main roster and he defeated Orton in less than seven minutes, clean with his signature Spirit Bomb. That is the kind of thing you don’t see too often but it shows you that someone thinks something of Lee. That someone is McMahon himself, and he has important plans for Lee. According to TalkSport, McMahon told Orton to make Lee a star at Payback as McMahon wants to “push Lee to the moon.” This comes after Orton had expressed a desire to work with NXT talent such as Adam Cole or Tommaso Ciampa b..