Nia Jax dropped Charlotte on her head last night. I know, I know, what else is new? Well, the new part is that Charlotte decided she wasn't gonna stand for it, and the whole thing dissolved into a terrible mess.
There was a fantastic triple threat US Title Match, and everything else ...
2021-09-01 04:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostWord of an NXT rebranding and new presentation and look are true, as WWE President Nick Khan told BT Sport.
However, it doesn't appear as if many talent within the company have been told much about the rebranding effort. Several NXT talent knew there was fire where there was smoke, but even...
2021-08-31 17:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostTommaso Ciampa spoke with Fightful and clarified a headline that many fans have ran with without context, that he would rather retire than move to Raw or Smackdown. Ciampa said that he's realistic about his physical capabilities after having neck surgery, and said that if he was told that he'd ne...
2021-08-31 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned of a few plans for tonight's Raw.
- The US Title match is scheduled to be a triple threat
- Karrion Kross gets a new opponent.
- MVP is scheduled to wrestle
- Miz/Morrison is now off, and Omos will face Morrison
- Eva Marie vs. Doudrop...
2021-08-31 00:08:18 +0000 UTC View Post
- Adam Cole contract
- Becky Lynch return
- Bianca Belair loss
- CM Punk's return
- Brock Lesnar return
- Nixed WWE Title program
- Pete Dunne's contract
- IMPACT BFG
- Paige
- Injuries, contracts
2021-08-30 20:15:29 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has confirmed via an IMPACT source that Acey Romero has requested his release from IMPACT Wrestling.
Romero hasn't been used since the April set of IMPACT Wrestling tapings, and nearly faced hospitalization due to COVID-19 in early May. Romero had been teaming with Larry D of...
2021-08-30 20:11:50 +0000 UTC View PostAdam Cole's WWE contract expired last Friday, and we have confirmed with sources within WWE that he has not re-signed with the company. He is now 100% a free agent.
WWE sources also indicated that Cole is expected to field offers, and that he was not at Smackdown last Friday, and was ...
2021-08-30 16:22:23 +0000 UTC View PostWe've had numerous questions about Io Shirai's status as she and Zoey Stark hadn't wrestled on WWE TV for nearly two months after winning the NXT Women's Tag Team Titles. We're told Shirai is fine and wrestled on this past week's set of NXT tapings. She's said to be healthy and fine.
2021-08-30 15:08:14 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new episode of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Show to watch on IWTV - AIW: "A Touch of Evil"
- NWA: "Empowerrr" results
- NXT UK (8/26) results
- 205 LIVE (8/27) results
- IMPACT (8/26) results
- ROH (8/20) results
- WARRIOR:...
2021-08-29 18:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostBecky Lynch's WWE return was somewhat expected, but kept very quiet at Summerslam.
Fightful was told that Bianca Belair and Carmella were both informed of Becky Lynch's return ahead of time, but that the news was “officially” kept secret from most others backstage. Lynch's name did not ...
2021-08-29 17:33:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Rob Wilkins and Joel Pearl are back, and they are talking about the two people that everyone is talking about. It's been ten years since CM Punk and John Cena battled in Chicago in July of 2011. Fightful Select brings you back to the match and breaks everything down in one of the greatest WWE Pay...
2021-08-29 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAn interesting bit, as Paige says that her WWE contract is up in June 2022.
On a recent Twitch stream, the former Divas Champion said that her deal was up in less than a year, when asked about how Twitch could be worked into her deal.
"My contract is up in June of next year. Who kno...
At SummerSlam, there were two huge returns, one COLOSSALLY stupid booking decision, and a couple of marquee feuds set up.
So of course, last night on SmackDown, they decided not to really address any of those things and just kick the can further down the road.
Welcome to...
2021-08-28 19:46:27 +0000 UTC View PostA classic WWE theme could make it's way back.
Drew McIntyre noted recently that he was going to push for Broken Dreams to return as a theme song. He confirmed to Fightful that he checked with WWE and they do own the rights to it. He's hoping they can start selling the song again as well, an...
2021-08-28 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostBianca Belair lost her Smackdown Women's Title in shocking fashion at WWE Summerslam, being squashed by the returning Becky Lynch.
Fightful spoke with talent backstage and said that Bianca Belair appeared to be in good spirits after the match despite the online backlash regarding the match....
2021-08-28 00:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt was confirmed to Fightful that Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal was a plan for a WWE Title feud in 2020.
Drew told Fightful that the timing would have been perfect last year, but his second knee surgery derailed the plans. McIntyre told us that he was disappointed when Jinder Mahal went do...
2021-08-27 19:20:22 +0000 UTC View PostWe've had several inquiries regarding Sami Zayn and Cesaro and Sami Zayn being off TV. In asking around to several WWE sources, we've not heard anything regarding injuries for either wrestler despite not having matches of late. In fact, we heard that Cesaro was backstage at last week's episode of...
2021-08-27 16:11:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean Ross Sapp whips out some big nasty, rubbery bone crunchers
2021-08-27 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe have a several people asking about whether or not the Mattel video advertised by WWE and streamed tonight was an indicator that Adam Cole was staying.
Fightful confirmed with WWE sources that he and Johnny Gargano actually filmed a few weeks ago, well before his contract expiration and ...
Brock Lesnar's return happened at WWE Summerslam, with a new look, and heading into a program with some familiar names.
Fightful was told by WWE sources earlier this Summer that WWE was hoping to get Brock Lesnar back, and hoped to have him on screen “imminently,” but were also told tha...
2021-08-26 20:25:20 +0000 UTC View PostSRS missed some shows, so get his thoughts!
- CM Punk
- AEW Rampage
- Smackdown
- Summerslam
- Vegas
- NXT Takeover!
2021-08-26 19:27:55 +0000 UTC View PostIMPACT Wrestling announced at Slammiversary that Bound For Glory would take place in Las Vegas, but a venue hasn't been announced.
Fightful have learned that those within the company have been told that Sam's Town Live is the likely landing point for IMPACT's biggest PPV of the year. Those ...
2021-08-26 17:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
- Wrestling supershow
- The Rock
- NXT changes
- Lana-AEW
- Bray Wyatt
- Danhausen
- AEW filming
- Lots more!
2021-08-26 16:43:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Our List & Ya Boy post show goes live right after 4 PM EST!!
- Charlotte Flair
- Sami Zayn
- NXT call ups and Vince McMahon
- Kofi Kingston
- Gable Steveson
- Nick Khan
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2021-08-25 19:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe'd noted recently that Pete Dunne was in a very similar boat as Adam Cole, in that WWE were surprised to learn their deals were coming up soon, and extensions were provided.
During Summerslam weekend in Las Vegas, Fightful was informed that WWE had indeed offered Pete Dunne a contract ext...
2021-08-25 18:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostCM Punk returned to pro wrestling last week, and Fightful has gained some more details about the spot.
AEW talent had obviously been discussing the return for weeks, but all that we spoke to claim they were never told outright by Tony Khan or AEW that Punk would be there until he showed up ...
2021-08-25 15:57:29 +0000 UTC View Post
When you want to get a guy over as a babyface, maybe don't associate him with the universally reviled YouTuber. Just a thought.
Also Charlotte vs Lilly is the program for Extreme Rules.
So there's that.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
Adam Cole had what appeared to be his swan song on NXT Sunday night, and as Fightful mentioned, he had not signed a new contract as of this past weekend.
We've learned more about the immediate future of Adam Cole following his NXT Takeover 36 loss to Kyle O'Reilly. If you're hoping to...
2021-08-24 16:11:59 +0000 UTC View PostDanny Burch is back on NXT this week. After being sidelined for months with a shoulder injury, Burch is set to return on the August 24 episode of NXT. Burch will join Ridge Holland, Pete Dunne and Oney Lorcan to attack Timothy Thatcher. Burch and Lorcan had to vacate the NXT Tag Team Titles earli...
2021-08-24 01:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostTonight's WWE Raw following Sunmerslam looks to have:
- Bobby Lashley opening the show
- Ricochet vs. Karrion Kross
- Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler vs. Rhea Ripley & Nikki ASH
- Logan Paul on Morrison's talk show
- RKBro Celebration
- AJ Styles vs. R...