Fast national numbers, which are not released publicly, have AEW Rampage for October 8 listed at 466,000 viewers with 196,000 in the demo. Last week, the final number was 28,000 higher in the overall than the fast nationals. These numbers are generally not released publicly, and will change by th...
2021-10-09 19:50:38 +0000 UTC View Post
The King & Queen of the Ring Tournaments might quite possibly wind up being the worst booked thing WWE has done in the last decade.
Two great men's matches could not even hope to overshadow the poor treatment given to the women. The Women's Revolution has been quelled, and the rebel lea...
2021-10-09 19:25:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt's not just Fox and USA Network WWE deals with on a daily basis -- it's the interests of both company's affiliated streaming services. In part three, of our look at WWE's relationships with broadcast partners, we look at the streaming services.
When reaching out to one WWE source of influ...
2021-10-08 19:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post
SRS dives into unopened ECW Original San Francisco Toymakers figures!
2021-10-08 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn speaking with Thunder Rosa, Rosa told Fightful that she was very flattered that AEW Founder Tony Khan would buy her out of her NWA contract when it was up in a few months anyway. Fightful has learned that there was heat between NWA long before and she'd actually asked for her release in late 2...
2021-10-08 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
- Hangman Page
- Tessa Blanchard
- WOW Women of Wrestling
- New belts in AEW
- WWE Draft
- Miro, Bobby Fish, Gargano, Ciampa
- ROH-AEW
- FORBIDDEN DOORS
- Lots of exclusive news
- Over 30 minutes of questions
2021-10-07 19:04:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe IInspiration, formerly the IIconics have stepped up their podcast game.
Fightful Select has learned that Cassie Lee and Jess McKay, formerly Peyton Royce and Billie Kay, have signed with HurrDat Media, which do a lot of sports podcasts and Hollywood Raw. The duo wrapped season one of th...
2021-10-07 18:35:29 +0000 UTC View PostBig E is now WWE Champion, and Fightful Select has learned of a major appearance for the star.
Fightful Select confirmed that Big E will appear on Big Noon Kickoff on FOX this Saturday ahead of the Iowa vs. Penn State game. Big E played as a defensive lineman for the Iowa Hawkeyes ahead of ...
2021-10-07 18:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostEach time we speak with Thunder Rosa, we ask her about her MMA aspirations, and if they're going to continue. Originally, Rosa's Combate Americas contract was set to expire this year. She still actively trains MMA, but does not have any fights on the horizon. However, Thunder Rosa told Fightful t...
2021-10-07 16:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostWOW Women of Wrestling announced their return tonight in Las Vegas, for a 2022 reboot. The most noteworthy point was AJ Lee serving as an executive producer in the project. Fightful has learned that the two sides were scheduled for a meeting at the end of August to discuss the move. We're not tol...
2021-10-07 01:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostIn an update, we're told that there is a significant network backing the new WOW project.
With the help of a major network, WOW seems like it's back on track for a return. Fightful has heard of a press event scheduled for this week involving Tessa Blanchard and another WOW Women of Wrestlin...
2021-10-06 22:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostTony Khan has been teasing a huge announcement on tonight's AEW Dynamite. We can't confirm if this is the one, but it is a huge announcement, indeed.
Fightful has confirmed Mat Men Pro Wrestling's Andrew Zarian's report that a second women's championship is being planned for All Elite Wrestlin...
Sean Ross Sapp, just hangin out, taking your questions
- Bo Dallas
- Tony D
- Marcus Louis?!?!?
Video: https://youtu.be/0RSGloaGHZY
2021-10-06 19:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostBobby Fish is making his All Elite Wrestling debut tonight in a TNT Championship open challenge match against Sammy Guevara.
An image circulated of Bobby Fish's AEW render wearing an AEW designed shirt, complete with AEW logo, suggesting he was signed. According to several who spoke with hi...
2021-10-06 16:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Draft made no sense, Bill really wants to kill Bob, and the New Day is officially broken up again.
Everything sucks.
But some of the sucking is sucking on a different brand now, so at least there's that, I guess?
Gotta keep things fresh.
After the news of Tessa Blanchard joining a revamped WOW Women of Wrestling emerged from Fightful Select this week, we noted that there was another unnamed WOW veteran who was joining the fold.
Fightful has lear...
The WWE draft has came and went, and this year was a bit of a strange one, as not only were draft pools not announced, the viewer had no idea who was actually eligible.
Normally, we'd have a clue of who wasn't picked up and was now a "free agent." However, without those pools released, Figh...
2021-10-05 17:05:12 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned of a surprising name set to be drafted during tonight's show.
According to talent backstage and internal talk, Olympic Gold Medalist Gable Steveson is supposed to be drafted during the show tonight. We've not been told what brand he'll be drafted to, immediate cr...
2021-10-05 00:40:37 +0000 UTC View PostOPEN TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS BECAUSE IT'S DRAFT NIGHT!!
- Gable Steveson is listed on internal run sheets backstage, as is Bianca Belair.
- Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte Flair is scheduled to main event
After a year and a half as a free agent, Tessa Blanchard has a landing point.
Fightful has learned that a relaunch of WOW Women of Wrestling will be announced, with a press conference planned Wednesday night. Thus far, the only major talent we've heard of attached to the relaunch is Tessa B...
2021-10-04 21:29:58 +0000 UTC View Post
- WWE-USA Network relationship
- Adam Cole HAIRCUT
- AEW news
- ROH news
- WWE wrestler out of action
- Exclusive WWE draft news
- Where are Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt going?
- Shane McMahon
- EC3, Percy Watson, Marina Shafir, Alex Shelley
...
2021-10-04 20:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostFightful spoke with MSK today for an interview that will drop soon. Below are some notes.
- Their name actually isn't inspired by Rush Hour at all. Instead, it's inspired by Nash's nephew, and Lil Wayne (Carter)
- They didn't want to speak as to why Trey Miguel wasn't with them, but s...
2021-10-04 15:44:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe 90-day non compete is up, and Braun Strowman, now Adam Scherr, is free to sign where he wants. Fightful has learned that there had been talks between Scherr and All Elite Wrestling, but of recent weeks we've actually heard that IMPACT Wrestling is heavily interested in bringing in the former ...
2021-10-03 19:34:49 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Shows to watch on IWTV - NEW TEXAS: "Olajuwon"
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2021-10-03 16:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Talking about the draft, an otherwise HORRIFIC episode of SmackDown, the worst finish in the history of professional wrestling on Pay-Per-View, and a probably very unpopular opinion about the most meme-able content of the week.
This might be the biggest episode of Sour Graps yet.
It w...
2021-10-03 01:44:52 +0000 UTC View PostWWE's Puerto Rico house show might be down one big superstar.
Fightful learned as of Friday night that Rey Mysterio was sidelined for an undisclosed medical reason and would no longer be able to perform at the Saturday night live event where he was scheduled to face Roman Reigns. Moments a...
Bray Wyatt's non compete is still going on, as he was released just over two months ago, and question marks are flying as to where he's going to end up. It was reported this week that it was "expected that Bray Wyatt was going to join IMPACT Wrestling," though that was never explicitly stated...
LET'S TALK DRAFT ! Open to all subscribers!
To Smackdown:
Roman Reigns
Charlotte Flair
Drew McIntyre
New Day's Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods
Madcap Moss & Baron Corbin
Hit Row
Naomi
Jeff Hardy
To Raw:
B...
2021-10-01 23:55:13 +0000 UTC View PostAfter last week's look at WWE's relationship with Fox, we have some information on the USA Network aspect of the relationship with WWE.
With the WWE Draft looming, and talent not clued in too much, WWE sources did confirm to Fightful weeks ago that they were working with both Fox and USA Ne...
2021-10-01 23:04:08 +0000 UTC View Post