Nick Aldis is in IMPACT Wrestling for a good time, but maybe not a long time.
Many have been asking about the contract status of Nick Aldis after he returned to the company at Rebellion. While many have speculated that Aldis was on a handshake deal, we’ve learned that isn’t the case. In...
2023-05-01 03:32:13 +0000 UTC View PostOriginally from FightfulMag.com issue 4
By Aaron Hyden
Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?
I’m talking about REAL absence. Not the “I’ll miss you while you’re at work” absence. The “don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘t...
2023-04-30 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- CM Punk backstage at IMPACT
- IMPACT *TV TAPING SPOILERS*
- MLW: "Battle Riot 5" results
- BLP: "2 Cold 2 Hold" results
- ACTION: "5th Anniversry Mystery Show" results
- PRESTIGE: "Rose...
2023-04-30 17:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Fightful originally had scheduled a WWE Draft long-form feature to run around the time of the next draft, whenever that would be. However, due to some other projects, and 2022 being 2022, it ended up getting shelved. However, we’re going to provide some of the quotes for our subscribers t...
2023-04-30 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostSami Callihan Notes
IMPACT Wrestling’s Sami Callihan joined The Wrestling Perspective this week for an interview! The former IMPACT World Champion spoke to Fightful’s Lars Frederiksen and Dennis Farrell on various topics.
Callihan talked about his match with Kenny Omega at IMPACT ...
2023-04-30 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe CM Punk world tour continues.
After showing up at NJPW to watch Mercedes Mone recently, Punk also showed up at WWE Raw backstage this week. Today, he's at IMPACT Wrestling visiting.
We're told Punk was welcomed there and brought through by security, even by numerous fans. Those ...
- The Compound Match between the Firm and Hardys was filmed Thursday. We’re told Giancarlo Dittamo helped film it.
- Sources that we spoke to said that most of the jobs that needed to be back in the WWE offices have been for quite some time, well before Nick Khan's email to the staff this...
2023-04-29 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Fightful originally had scheduled a WWE Draft long-form feature to run around the time of the next draft, whenever that would be. However, due to some other projects, and 2022 being 2022, it ended up getting shelved. However, we’re going to provide some of the quotes for our subscribers t...
2023-04-29 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post- For those asking, A WWE source says that Asuka hasn't asked for her release as rumored online.
- Fightful has an interview with Alpha Academy going up this week.
- Fightful is set to be at WWE Money in the Bank, AEW All In, and IMPACT Multiverse 2 this year.
- NJPW is ex...
2023-04-29 18:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostProducers:
- Usos, KO and Owens promo, round 1 draft: Jason Jordan
- Butch vs. LA Knight: Michael Hayes
- Draft round 2, LWO vs. Street Profits vs. Braun Strowman & Ricochet: Adam Pearce
- Draft round 3, Zelina vs. Sonya Deville: TJ Wilson
- Draft round 4, backst...
2023-04-29 18:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the most controversial booking decisions over the last few years was set months ahead, per a former WWE writer.
Brock Lesnar crushed Kofi Kingston in October 2019 in the Smackdown debut on Fox, also crushing many fans. The reaction following the move, even to this day, was polarizing...
2023-04-29 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWITH SPECIAL GUEST ALEXIS CARDOZA!
The draft sucks.
Roman stays on SD, Cody stays on Raw, so there's no chance of Cody getting a rematch, and if he wins the title, it's going to be the new Frankenstein Belt, which, if you're scoring at home, IS NOT THE TITLE THAT ENDS...
2023-04-29 00:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's Smackdown, subject to change.
Be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers.
- WWE Draft round one
- Usos and Solo Sikoa promo
- Butch vs. LA Knight
- WWE Draft Round two and "TBD"...
2023-04-28 23:31:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe WWE Draft pools have been released, and featured some notable omissions and inclusions. In the event of some wrestlers, they’re sidelined with injuries and WWE likes to leave flexibility to apply returning talent to brands that need them the most.
Alexa Bliss- Alexa Bliss was sideline...
2023-04-28 22:44:20 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned that a big name is slated to be at Corpus Christi for Smackdown.
AJ Styles is internally planned to be at tonight's Smackdown. Styles has been sidelined with a broken ankle all year. As a result, much of the OC has been off of WWE television.
AJ Styles is grouped ...
2023-04-28 22:43:37 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Fightful originally had scheduled a WWE Draft long-form feature to run around the time of the next draft, whenever that would be. However, due to some other projects, and 2022 being 2022, it ended up getting shelved. However, we’re going to provide some of the quotes for our subscribers t...
2023-04-28 19:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostVIDEO: https://youtu.be/P5n--eH8LhE
2023-04-28 19:04:10 +0000 UTC View PostRumors are flying that Minneapolis is a finalist for WWE WrestleMania in 2025.
Pat Kessler of CBS Minneapolis reported this afternoon that Minneapolis was a finalist to land WrestleMania, but we're told that there's nothing imminent regarding an announcement of where that year's Mania will ...
2023-04-28 16:46:32 +0000 UTC View PostJoey Janela and Enzo Amore have squashed their yearslong beef.
Enzo Amore and Joey Janela got into a physical altercation at a 2019 Blink 182 concert, and hadn't been on good terms ever since. However, Janela posted a picture shaking Enzo's hand on Thursday, indicating their issues were ove...
2023-04-28 03:03:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe WWE Draft is upon us, and Fightful has learned some lines of thinking that WWE has ahead of this year's draft.
It's important to note, that nothing is set in stone, and we've seen changes happen all the way up to one hour before the show.
Ilja Dragunov is a name that was pit...
2023-04-27 18:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post- It was made a point to hammer home that Brock Lesnar was “the most decorated combat sports star of all-time” on WWE Raw
- GrIzzled Young Vets announced their deals would be up in October. We’re told that they plan to continue wrestling in the States after leaving WWE.
- NJPW s...
2023-04-27 16:22:27 +0000 UTC View PostRoderick Strong has debuted for AEW in a shocker after leaving WWE.
Strong showed up on the April 26 Dynamite, helping Undisputed Era ally Adam Cole. Strong had been off WWE TV for months, and WWE had been dead silent about his status with the company. The last we'd heard, there was ...
PWInsider reported that Trinity Fatu, aka Naomi is slated to join IMPACT Wrestling.
Fightful can confirm the two sides have been in discussions. Trinity has been backstage at NJPW, GCW, and ROH shows in recent months. At one point, WWE felt confident they'd land her again. However, they've...
Things are progressing towards a CM Punk return to All Elite Wrestling.
Fightful Select had reported recently that plans were in place for CM Punk to return to AEW in June, with the launch of a new Saturday show (reported to be on TNT at 8 PM by Andrew Zarian, titled Collision). Even more, ...
2023-04-26 19:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostSRS and Jimmy party on
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SLKOCbGF7us
2023-04-26 19:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostStephen Jensen of the Weekender and The Spotlight interviews Baron Black!
2023-04-26 16:55:46 +0000 UTC View PostAs first seen in FightfulMag.com issue 4
By Germain Wilson
I’m standing behind the black curtain, knowing full well that this is one of those moments where I’m either going to step up or fall flat on my face. Whatever is going to happen, it’s going to happen ...
2023-04-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post- MLW sees their season finale of Underground on Reelz next week. We're told there are active discussions for a season 2. MLW Fusion will premiere on May 25.
- Alex Kane i...