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Big Spoiler On Huge Star Returning To WWE

John Cena is WWE bound. 

Cena, who has been gone from WWE for over a year, is headed back to WWE according to sources within the company -- or at least that's the assumption they're operating on. Fightful has learned that Cena is scheduled to appear on WWE programming at some point ove...

What Bo Dallas was doing with WWE before he was released

If you wondered why Bo Dallas sat out so long after his last WWE appearance in late 2019, it's not an ongoing injury. We were told that prior to Bo Dallas' release, he'd actually helped out WWE on multiple occasions testing cameras, lighting and live event configuration. We're told that this happ...

Sonya Deville Update

After almost a year out of the ring, Sonya Deville could be headed back very soon.

WWE sources have indicated to Fightful that Sonya Deville is expected to return to the ring soon, and the return to the ring could be imminently as long as all things go according to plan. WWE sources have al...

SRS LIVE Q&A at 5:00 PM EST Tuesday!

Hey guys. SRS here. Wanted to post this to let you all know that because I'm traveling this week, we'll be doing a LIVE Q&A show Tuesday so you all still get the show. The questions must be sent in on the Youtube video embedded. If the schedule changes I'll let you all know. I'll get to as ma...

Another AEW Name Officially Signs With The Company Full-Time

Fightful reported this past weekend that Brian Pillman would be full-time with AEW after his MLW deal had ended, but he's not the only one. AEW sources have confirmed that Griff Garrison has also signed a full-time contract with All Elite Wrestling. The move was expected by most within the compan...

SRS Backstage Report (7/12)- New Contracts, Signings, More

- Malakai Black debut

- New contracts in WWE

- Roderick Strong

- Chad Gable contract update

- AEW news

- Buddy Murphy

- New LAX

- MLW signings

- Savio Vega

- Bayley

- Chris Jericho

- Jimmy Uso heat

- IMPACT

How MLW is able to use the LAX name

For those wondering how MLW is able to use the LAX name, we're told that Konnan went to IMPACT directly out of respect for them to let them know that he'd be using a new version of LAX in MLW. According to MLW sources, IMPACT seemed okay with it and the IMPACT office was easy to work with in that...

Details on Chelsea Green to ROH, WWE non compete, contract status

Chelsea Green popped up on Ring of Honor programming, and we've already learned a bit of information on the deal. We're told the agreement was put in place well over a month ago, and she had to get WWE clearance to do the spot before her 90-day non-compete clause was up. Green is slated to appear...

ROH Best In the World Live Discussion

Whaaaats up you guys?

- Briscoes over Black & Johnston- 5.75/10

- EC3 over Flip Gordon 5/10

- 6 Man Tag Titles: Shane Taylor Promotions defeated Eli Isom, Dak Draper, Castle - 6/10

- Last Man Standing: Josh Woods over Silas Young - 6.75/10

- Brody King over Jay L...

Fightful Weekender (7/11): MLW BATTLE RIOT 3 SPOILERS, ROH BITW PREDICTIONS, GCW, 205 LIVE, NXT UK, IMPACT, NWA, BTE, ICW NHB

- Show to watch on IWTV - ICW NHB: "No Holds Barred Volume 15"

- MLW: "Battle Riot 3" results ***SPOILERS***

- GCW: "Fight Club Houston" results

- 205 LIVE (7/9) results

- NXT UK (7/8) results

- IMPACT (7/8) results

- NWA: "Powerrr" (7/6) results

- BTE: "...

ROH Has Reached Out To Multiple Former WWE Names, Surprises Planned

The free agent market has been flooded with talent over the past 14 months, but the last few months has seen some high quality talent available. We've mentioned that IMPACT Wrestling had been aggressive and already reached out to several free agents, which we saw come to fruition with Steve Macli...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown 7/9--Panic Mode

Bayley's hurt. She'll be out for nine months. That sucks.
Good thing WWE has a backup plan.

They do have a backup plan, right? Not just flying into a wild panc, calling up three NXT girls out of nowhere and giving a title shot to a woman who has lost her last two matches, right?

Ri...

Two More MLW Signings

We reported earlier that Danny Limelight had recently finished up his AEW tiered deal, and had signed a multi-year contract with MLW. He's since debuted for the company at the Battle Riot tapings as a new LAX alongside Julius Smokes and NWA veteran Slice Boogie. We're told both Smokes and Slice B...

AEW Dark Regular Finishes Up With The Company, Signs With MLW

AEW veteran Danny Limelight appeared on tonight's MLW wrestling Battle Riot tapings, and we can confirm he's signed a multi-year deal with MLW. Limelight is finished with All Elite Wrestling for the time being, and AEW sources confirmed that he was on a tiered contract, and that the door is open ...

Rumor killer on IMPACT Wrestling mystery opponent for Deonna Purrazzo

To kill another social media rumor that quickly picked up steam, Ruby Riott, now Ruby Soho is not the mystery opponent for Deonna Purrazzo at IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary. We haven't heard the details of her non-compete, but we also haven't heard of any bookings being set for Ruby publicly. We ...

Figure Haul: A TERRIBLE Haul

SRS' latest Figure haul video wasn't that wonderful!

Backstage reaction to Bayley injury

Those that we've spoken to in WWE say that Bayley was training with another WWE star this week and that her "knee popped," and we've since heard that staff has been told it's a torn ACL, though we don't have an official word from Bayley or WWE. Fightful has been speaking to talent and staff since...

SRS Q&A July 9!

- AEW Dark names

- WWE's split shows

- TV ratings

- Updates on injured stars

- IMPACT plans

- NJPW TV

- Video games

- Women's tag team titles

- OVER 85 questions

Update On Brian Pillman Jr-MLW

Fightful has confirmed that Brian Pillman Jr. will not be at this week's Major League Wrestling tapings, and will effectively be a full time AEW star moving forward. Pillman's MLW contract technically runs through the Battle Riot show and tapings, but there hasn't been much contact between the tw...

SRS Q&A Questions! (Now closed)

Hey guys! Q&A time

Guidelines

- 1 question per subscriber

- No "are you a fan of?" "fantasy book this" "top 5" or "favorite" questions please! We try to keep these as newsworthy as possible

- Big E and Nikki Cross are my MITB picks.

If you're a new subscriber, co...

Additional Buddy Murphy notes: Name, NXT, mORE

A few more notes from our Buddy Murphy interview, which drops soon:

- Murphy says there was no communication on the direction of the storyline with Aaliyah and he had no idea why they were taken off TV, he had to as Dominik what was going on.

- It was his idea to just go by "Murphy" a...

Murphy's involvement in Roman Reigns attacker story was a total accident

Buddy Murphy played an integral part in the not-so-fondly remembered Roman Reigns attacker storyline. However, it was all an accident. Murphy tells us that he was thinking over some of his creative backstage, and just happened to be in the shot when Roman Reigns was "attacked." He didn't even rea...

News On Buddy Murphy's Non-Compete, Wild Story About It

After it was revealed that Tommy End's WWE non compete contract was only 30 days due to an oversight in by WWE, Fightful asked Buddy Murphy about his status. He confirmed that his non-compete is 90 days, but that WWE called him in a panic after his release, thinking that his might also be 30 as a...

Notes on an AEW spot from last week's Dynamite

Fightful had several inquiries about the main event of the 6/30 episode of AEW Dynamite regarding a spot where Jericho was thrown to ringside. We've learned that the plan was never to go through the table that was sitting at ringside, and the spot went as planned.

AEW Production, Dark Notes

Tonight is AEW's first show back on the road, and we have a few notes ahead of the show.

- As of now, Christian Cage vs. Matt Hardy is planned for next week.

- The commentary table is to the left of the entrance ramp, which has both tunnels as it used to.

- There seems to be a h...

Aleister Black Backstage At AEW, Joining The Company

A hot topic backstage at in All Elite Wrestling this afternoon has been the former Aleister Black and Tommy End, now known as Malakai Blacks. Numerous AEW talent have speculated that he's coming into the company, with even rumors swirling that he's in Miami at AEW Road Rager tonight for some reas...

LIVE: The List Goes On 7/7

- WWE writer gets fired

- Jimmy Uso

- Triple H & Samoa Joe

- WWE Roster

- Tegan Nox

Video: https://youtu.be/wliYlIcQ0ns

News on Jimmy Uso's backstage heat

To follow up on WrestleVotes' report that Jimmy Uso has “high level people in power” extremely disappointed & legitimately pissed off over his DUI arrest, we can expand on that, and confirm it. Fightful has spoken to numerous talent, staff, and high level WWE names this week about their f...

Savio Vega On Replacing Shawn Michaels, Brawl For All

Fightful spoke to Savio Vega, who is wrestling and producing for MLW. He claimed to us that as soon as Shawn Michaels was sidelined from No Way Out in 1998, he was immediately penciled in as the r...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 7/5--Refresh My Memory

So, Raw happened.
I watched it.

I don't really remember any of it.

Raw has become a kind of formless blob of content. Things happen, but none of it really matters, and the things that are good are basically meaningless over the long term.

Jinder Mahal has a motorcycle. I gues...