As if Friday wasn't indication enough, there's still heat on Jaxson Ryker within WWE. As we mentioned recently, Ryker had been home in North Carolina and hadn't been brought to Orlando to the site of WWE tapings in months. At one point, Ryker wasn't even featured on internal WWE roster sheets. It should be reiterated, there w...
2020-12-05 02:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe heard a lot of positive reaction in response to the Kevin Owens/Roman Reigns angle on last week's episode of Smackdown. Not that it would be a surprise to anyone, but the Roman Reigns performances and execution of his angles have been well received ever since he reappeared at Summerslam. After Owens was relegated to little...
2020-12-04 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWWE plans on filming Tribute To The Troops this Friday, in a much different manner than usual for obvious reasons. Wrestlers have a very early call time from what we understand, with talent from Raw and Smackdown informed that they would be on the show. When Fightful inquired about it, we were told Vince McMahon was insistent...
2020-12-03 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI spoke to Jordan Oliver ahead of GCW Silme Season, and he informed me he was still under contract to MLW, and appeared at their Restart tapings. He said that he was initially nervous signing a contract at such a young age, but badly wanted to work on TV and gain that experience. He also mentioned there were many non-MLW star...
2020-12-03 20:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe're dropping an interview with her shortly, but we spoke to GCW's Allie Kat, who is one of the most booked wrestlers on the independent scene. She told us that she hasn't had any conversations with major companies, but is keeping her ear to the ground as that seems to be her ultimate goal. Still, she was excited for the con...
2020-12-03 17:57:49 +0000 UTC View PostLots was made about IMPACT Wrestling working with All Elite Wrestling after Kenny Omega and Don Callis announced the former would be appearing on Tuesday's IMPACT show.
Some within IMPACT Wrestling had heard of the news, but were told there wasn't much to it when they'd asked management about it at the most recent set o...
2020-12-03 16:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
- Women's tag title rant
- Fightful Championship/BTE Championship
- WrestleMania plans
- Sonya Deville, Lana, Mia Yim, Blake Christian, Elayna Black
- NJPW morale
- AEW media call
- Working with ADHD
- Saying nice things about people
- Ronda Rousey
- Dream/Theory
2020-12-03 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn the initial moments after his surprise AEW appearance, several AEW wrestlers we've heard from say that they had no idea Sting was coming into the company, or that he'd be there before they arrived . The initial reaction we got from talent has been shock and excitement, with many not knowing the extent until right before th...
2020-12-03 02:20:39 +0000 UTC View PostWe've been digging even more about Chelsea Green and her not being used prior to her ill-fated Smackdown debut, and a pitch that was going around about her. Originally, a big push was made and plans were put in order for Chelsea Green to almost emulate Mickie James' 2005-2006 "obsessed fan" storyline with Trish Stratus. The s...
2020-12-03 00:44:00 +0000 UTC View Post
- Undertaker
- WWE Production
- AEW Trios Title
- Bayley PWI 50
- NWA Update
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2020-12-02 21:17:14 +0000 UTC View PostLiv Morgan's recent WWE Network documentary was praised and criticized within WWE over the past week. Morgan is well received as always, but the stop-start creative, changing of plans and broken promises were something that multiple WWE main roster stars from the top to the bottom of the card highlighted to Fightful when spea...
2020-12-02 19:58:59 +0000 UTC View PostAnother top WWE star on the NXT brand tested positive for COVID-19 recently, but this one didn't necessarily have the concern attached to it that previous positive tests have had that led to an outbreak. This wrestler is said to not be around large crowds of people very often, especially within NXT. The brand has long b...
2020-12-02 18:26:35 +0000 UTC View PostAsk away!
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It sure is going to be a great match when AJ Styles loses to Drew McIntyre at TLC.
Also there are some interesting character development possibilities for Cedric Alexander.
Those are about the only positive things I have to say about last night's Raw, which started inexplicably and only went downhill from there. 2020-12-02 03:26:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Fightful has been informed that creative plans shifted for “virtually everyone at the top of the Raw roster” following Survivor Series. The original plan was for Braun Strowman to challenge Drew McIntyre as reported by Wrest...
2020-12-01 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe interview is up momentarily, but Shotzi Blackheart revealed to us that she didn't know that her Royal Rumble appearance this year would be happening until the day before. She got on a plane and flew to Houston, and got no sleep ahead of the match. She'll be included in a major Royal Rumble feature that we drop the week of...
2020-12-01 18:43:08 +0000 UTC View PostAll indications are that Jeff Hardy was okay after his nasty Swanton spot. Hardy jumped from the ring post to ringside, onto Elias, who was on a table. Hardy barely cleared the steps by the post. We've also asked about Elias, considering the rough landing.
2020-12-01 03:09:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe final draft of tonight's WWE Raw was sent out less than 25 minutes before the show went on the air. We're told the last couple of weeks have seen some considerable changes, including some that were well beyond WWE's control. We'll have more on that this week.
2020-12-01 01:22:34 +0000 UTC View PostFor those wondering, the NXT Takeover Wargames show is still planned for the WWE Performance Center's Capitol Wrestling Center. Many readers inquired as to whether the show would be moved to physically fit the cages and rings, but it was indicated to talent and potential attendees that the Wargames show would still take place...
2020-11-30 03:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with another edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Show to watch on IWTV - AIW: "Thunder In Indianapolis"
- 205 LIVE (11/27) results
- NXT UK (11/26) results
- MLW: "Fusion" (11/25) results
- IMPACT (11/24) results
- ROH (11/23) results
- UWN: "Primetime Liv...
2020-11-29 23:05:54 +0000 UTC View Post
- Lots of Kenny Omega news
- LUTHER
- Alex Gracia
- Vince McMahon
- Thunderdome, Amway, Tropicana
- IMPACT filming multiple finishes
- Stats, contracts, injuries!
2020-11-29 22:53:14 +0000 UTC View PostFightful's Jeremy Lambert and Joe Hulbert spoke to AEW's Luther for a show that drops Tuesday. Here are a few notes ahead of the hour long dicussion.
- He was not fond of his time in WCW.
- He cites Lee Johnson as a big future star, and wants to wrestle Young Bucks in a match that is less than four minutes.
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2020-11-29 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Last night's SmackDown was a bit of a mixed bag.
Everything Roman was a part of was great. Jey and KO did amazing work in there, too, and we got a great Sami/DBry match as well.
Everything else ranged from pretty bad to abjectly terrible.
Does one great storyline and one great match cancel out all that other...
2020-11-29 03:25:29 +0000 UTC View PostI spoke with Alex Gracia about the constant looks she's got by ROH, AEW, WWE and IMPACT. She's gotten feedback from all of those companies, and WWE seemed to think she needed a bit more experience after her 2019 tryout. Her 2020 tryout came as the pandemic was ramping up, and they had to cancel the tryout midway through, fly ...
2020-11-28 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Trying a different method and style to see how you all like it.
Opening Segment
Roman Reigns is fantastic as usual, telling Uso he doesn't command the respect of his team because they don't feat ...
2020-11-28 01:20:55 +0000 UTC View PostThere have been numerous names from the IMPACT Wrestling tapings noting to us that the turnover in the company among prominent stars has led to them filming multiple top angles with different finishes. In addition to different finishes, we've heard that alternative wrestlers or personnel are used in a variety of situations th...
2020-11-27 23:50:29 +0000 UTC View Post
- Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss
- Royal Rumble winners
- Ethan Page, Liv Morgan, Ruby Riott, The Acclaimed, Aleister Black
- Alexa Bliss character
- Kota Ibushi, Brodie Lee, FTR, Cardona
- Ambrose & Cena trademarks
- Mike Tyson
- SRS' figure collecting
- Divas title
- New matc...
2020-11-27 19:22:43 +0000 UTC View PostWe heard from several people within WWE that there were flat bonuses determined even before Survivor Series happened. There were several people that were told they would be given $15,000 bonuses for appearing on Survivor Series in a highlighted match. We aren't sure if that's across the board or if there are additional levels...
2020-11-27 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostBased on what we've heard, the move to Amway didn't have Vince McMahon popping up any more than usual. At the WWE PC, McMahon was stowed away in his office throughout most of the day and didn't appear outside of it much. We have been told that he has been attending the tapings and sitting in Gorilla for the shows, which wasn'...
2020-11-27 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
