Fightful has learned that Lady Frost has signed with IMPACT Wrestling.
We'd reported weeks ago that Lady Frost was offered a long-term deal from the company, but we've also been able to confirm this week that she's officially signed with the company. She was not present at the Bound For Glo...
2021-11-11 17:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostA reality star turned wrestler is booked for an upcoming NWA show.
Fightful's Jeremy Lambert spoke with Paola Blaze aka Paola Mayfield, and she revealed to us that she has been booked for NWA Hard Times II on December 4. She was on season one of 90 Day Fiance, and has over one million Insta...
2021-11-11 16:10:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-11-11 15:52:32 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned that Williow Nightingale is finishing up with Major League Wrestling. After bursting on the national scene more in 2021 after six years on the indies, Nightingale will effectively finish up with both ROH and MLW. Sources within MLW spoke highly of Willow's time in the company...
2021-11-10 23:40:02 +0000 UTC View Post
- The Rock returning?
- MJF/Jericho
- Chad Gable
Video: https://youtu.be/7Mq7wVmZpGY
2021-11-10 20:35:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn an update on today's story, it's not tough to see why the UpUpDownDown crew thinks Xavier Woods was getting a raw deal.
We're told that Xavier Woods sees little to no additional money at all from UpUpDownDown, and his hosting, G4, UpUpDownDown is all applied towards his downside guarante...
2021-11-10 05:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned the following producers for the WWE Raw show for November 8.
- Abyss & Petey Williams produced the 8-Man tag between RKBro & Street Profits vs. Dirty Dawgs, AJ Styles & Omos
- Adam Pearce's announcement was produced by Jason Jordan, as was Dominik Myst...
2021-11-09 21:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you haven't noticed, there hasn't been much content posted to WWE's gaming channel, UpUpDownDown, and there's a good reason for that.
Fightful has learned that many of the content creators associated with UpUpDownDown has stopped making content for the brand in solidarity with Xavi...
It's Survivor Series season! Which means things make even less sense than usual!
Why is this person on the Survivor Series team, but not this person?
Why does Adam Pearce care who wins, if he's the de facto general manager of both shows?
Are *all* women catty bitches?
And ...
2021-11-09 05:29:24 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned of the following plans for WWE Raw tonight.
- Seth Rollins is set to open the show.
- Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins is slated for the main event.
- Top contender 5- way women's match. Becky Lynch is on commentary.
- Reggie and Drake Maverick are s...
2021-11-09 00:28:30 +0000 UTC View PostFightful spoke with NEVER Openweight Champion "Switchblade" Jay White ahead of NJPW Battle in the Valley on November 13, and asked about a report from earlier this year. White confirmed to Fightful that there was in fact WWE interest, but disputed a lot of what else had been reported by other out...
2021-11-08 20:47:42 +0000 UTC View Post
- Why some releases happened
- Original creative for them
- WWE producers
- Bray Wyatt/Vince McMahon friction
- AEW news
- ROH tape library
- Mandy Rose, EJ Nduka, More
2021-11-08 16:30:42 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new episode of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Show to watch on IWTV - The Life Of Daniel Makabe
- WWE Releases
- 205 LIVE (11/5) results
- NXT UK (11/4) results
- MLW: "Fusion ALPHA" (11/3) results + "War Chamber" **SPOILERS...
2021-11-07 22:45:41 +0000 UTC View PostOney Lorcan and Gran Metalik had both asked for their releases, with Lorcan's happening in the fall of 2019 and being denied. We weren't informed of how Metalik's went, but it occurred a couple of months ago. We reached out to Lince Dorado in October who said he'd not personally asked for his rel...
2021-11-07 19:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostIf you wanted Main Event producers, boy are you in luck.
- Shawn Daivari was the producer for Liv Morgan's WWE Main Event match against Tamina.
- Jaxson Ryker vs. Cedric Alexander was produced by Adam Pearce.
2021-11-07 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned the following producers for the November 5 Smackdown
- Abyss & Petey Williams produced the tag team match between Los Lotharios and Cesaro & Mansoor
- Naomi vs. Shayna Baszler was produced by Tyson Kidd/TJ Wilson and Molly Holly.
- The former ...
2021-11-07 02:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
SmackDown was bad last night. As it is every week, now. I will itemize why every segment was terrible, except for the one where Richochet ate a Claymore in mid-air, because, DAMN.
Also, we'll talk Rampage, and the best in-ring promo duel in the history of mankind, as well as the inexp...
2021-11-07 02:38:50 +0000 UTC View PostKatrina Cortez- Katrina was brought up to the WWE main roster in late 2019 to pair with Sin Cara, however, Sin Cara outright told Fightful there were never any real plans for the duo, and it just happened to put over Andrade and Zelina. Shortly after, Sin Cara asked for his release when he was to...
2021-11-06 21:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select have learned the following plans for tonight's Smackdown, at least as of this afternoon.
- Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman and the Usos were slated to kick off the show.
- Mansoor & Cesaro vs. Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo
- Drew McIntyre's open chal...
This will be up publicly on Fightful very soon due to the nature of the story, but Fightful Select has confirmed that WWE office employees Mike Giacco, Laura Todd, Laura Petrucelli and John Stamatis have all departed the company. We've been told that promotions within the company, as well as new ...
2021-11-05 17:10:52 +0000 UTC View PostWWE released a ton of talent on Thursday night. We have some notes and details on this.
- There were company wide emails sent out from John Laurinaitis notifying of the releases, and citing "budget cuts" as the reason.
- Even though B-Fab had been released, her name was included in ...
It's AEW week, so why not an AEW figure haul?!
2021-11-05 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWWE released 17 talent on Thursday, and New York Post quickly revealed that some were in part due to their vaccination status.
Fightful confirmed with WWE sources that at least five of the released talent were "openly unvaccinated," including some very surprising names. It was stressed to u...
2021-11-05 02:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
WWE cut a whole bunch of people tonight.
Kate and I are angry about it.
Are you angry, too? Come join us.
Everything (REALLY) sucks. Let's talk about it.
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2021-11-05 01:55:41 +0000 UTC View PostRing Of Honor has been making headlines for not so great reasons, releasing all of their wrestlers and announcing they're taking the first quarter of 2022 off. However, they still brought in some new talent to the tapings.
GCW stars Effy and AJ Gray are both at this week's set of ROH taping...
2021-11-04 19:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith Ring of Honor's status in flux, many have questioned whether or not some of the assets actually belong to Sinclair.
Amid rumors that some of the tape library ownership was divided, and that part of it belonged to Cary Silkin, Fightful reached out to Silkin himself. We were told that Si...
2021-11-04 18:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post
- AEW in Walmart
- Tom Lawlor, Liv Morgan, Finn Balor, Asuka
- Kyle O'Reilly, Kevin Owens, Switchblade
- 2022 WWE HOF
- FTW Title
- AEW/NJPW crossover
- ROH questions
- Contracts expiring
Cornette/Russo video: 2021-11-04 18:18:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Fightful has learned of the following WWE Raw producers for November 2:
- The Raw Women's Title match between Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch was produced by Tyson Kidd and Molly Holly.
- <...
2021-11-04 16:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! Q&A time
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2021-11-04 04:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostMiro served as a replacement for Jon Moxley on AEW Dynamite, and the company cut it close with getting him to the venue Wednesday. We're told that the final decision was determined on Tuesday afternoon, and Miro was not actually scheduled to be at the show, and he arrived shortly before Dynamite ...
2021-11-04 02:02:04 +0000 UTC View Post