There's been an update to the AEW viewership for this week.
AEW Dynamite topped the night on cable Wednesday for their August 28 show, initially landing at 691,000 average viewers. However, it looks like that number was closer to 697,000 after correcting their number.
WBD issued an i...
2024-08-30 19:49:56 +0000 UTC View PostWWE Smackdown is taped tonight, with the show happening in Berlin. We will have the rundown, spoilers and backstage notes below.
Rundown
LA Knight Open challenge
Legado Del Fantasma vs. Apollo Crews & Baron Corbin
Cody Rhodes/Kevin Owen...
2024-08-30 19:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostWWE has inked another talent to a new deal.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has learned that Nikki Cross has signed a new deal with WWE. Cross hasn’t wrestled since November, but has re-emerged as an integral member of the Wyatt Sicks since their debut.
Fightful Select lear...
2024-08-29 19:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostArie Alexander was also used in an extra role backstage, appearing in Mercedes Mone’s segment.
Former NWA talent Joe Alonzo was security in the MJF/Daniel Garcia segment, and was the security guard who "noped" out during the Moxley/Marina Shafir segment.
T...
2024-08-29 17:50:51 +0000 UTC View PostSwerve Strickland and Hangman Page are set for a steel cage match at AEW All Out.
During our interview with Swerve Strickland earlier this year, Swerve confirmed to Fightful that there were originally going to be more matches in their initial run. One of those was supposed to be a steel cag...
2024-08-29 00:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostUK Fans will not have to wait till Forbidden Door weekend 2025 for the next Pro Wrestling Ceasefire event.
On the Thursday before AEW All In, PW Ceasefire held their first event, with funds raised going to Unicef in support of the people of Palestine. The event raised 2,586 pounds in funds,...
2024-08-28 23:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostWith WWE in Berlin this week, it caused a number of things to be shifted around, and Fightful Select has learned more about the trip
This Friday's Smackdown will be taped several hours ahead due to the time difference in Berlin, and numerous members of the staff and crew flew over to Berlin...
2024-08-28 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostJack Perry and Darby Allin's AEW All In match did have time cut from it. We'd noted on the post-show podcast this was a possibility, and it was confirmed to us this week.
We’re told that Nick Gage’s cancelation from GCW was not injury related, and he was around town th...
2024-08-28 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostNXT Plans - August 27
Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan following plans for tonight’s edition of NXT. The segments are in the order in which they were taped on August 20th.
Please be cognizant of those who do not want spoilers.
-Meta 4 vs Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Ja...
2024-08-27 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWWE says they're not moving the Performance Center.
Reports emerged on August 27, claiming that the WWE Performance Center would be moved to Las Vegas from Orlando. WWE sources that Fightful Select spoke to that afternoon claim that is false.
The original report cited Mark Shapiro as ...
2024-08-27 21:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostAnother WWE wrestler has re-signed with the company.
Earlier this year, Fightful Select revealed that Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo’s WWE contracts were set to expire in August. Angel Garza confirmed this publicly, and later disclosed that he had re-signed with WWE. Fightful Select’...
2024-08-27 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAEW All In 2024 once again returned to Wembley Stadium on Sunday, and there was talent from European Wrestling littered throughout the show and backstage. Fightful’s Corey Brennan has learned the following details about this past weekend’s shows.
RevPro were rep...
2024-08-27 17:12:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe only thing worth talking about from tonight so far has been THE GREATEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF RAW.
(I'm exaggerating, but only slightly.)
Almost everything else was borderline impossible to watch, for various reasons.
The main event is starting now, w...
2024-08-27 02:50:53 +0000 UTC View PostSean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select has learned the following plans for WWE Raw, subject to change.
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers
Judgment Day Promo
SPOILER MATCH
SPOILER TAG MATCH
SPOILER PROMO
Swerve Strickland is sticking with All Elite Wrestling for years to come.
Swerve signed with AEW in March of 2022, with a three-year deal that would take him into March of 2025. However, Swerve had out performed it by the time his title reign rolled around, and negotiations began while he w...
2024-08-26 22:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post0:00 Bryan Danielson
5:20 Mariah May
6:42 Jamie Hayter
8:10 Jay White
9:10 Swerve Contract
11:15: AEW All In
13:00 Saraya Contract
14:20 AEW-WBD
17:45: Ziggler, Kai, Speedball, UK interviews
20:00 WWE news on Raw, SD, Andrade/Carmelo, Wyatts, ...
2024-08-26 17:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select had the opportunity to talk with TNA Heavyweight Champion Nic Nemeth to discuss his upcoming One Hour Iron Man match against former Heavyweight Champion Josh Alexander at the TNA Emergence event in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 30th.
Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp mentioned N...
2024-08-26 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
- GCW: "Homecoming" (2 Nights) results
- JCW: "Up All Night" results
- TWE: "11 Years Strong" (2 Nights) results
- REVPRO: "12 Year Anniversary" results
- The Second Non-Annual SMITTY Memorial Tournament re...
2024-08-26 00:56:41 +0000 UTC View PostBryan Danielson is AEW World Champion, something he wasn’t keen on happening for a long time.
Fightful had confirmed the word that Danielson had often and actively pushed against winning championships in AEW. However, ultimately, he gave in, and we’re told that AEW founder Tony Khan was...
2024-08-25 23:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostJamie Hayter is back in AEW at long last, and it was a winding road.
Hayter was battling injuries in May of 2023, and required special clearance to even make it to Double or Nothing where she was able to drop the AEW World Women’s Title to Toni Storm. By the summer, it had been clear to A...
2024-08-25 22:45:48 +0000 UTC View PostAEW returns to Wembley Stadium in London for another edition of All In, and the card is stacked.
Did Swerve's House send Bryan Danielson to the Retirement Home?
Who won the battle of the occupations, CEO or DMD?
Was there a happy ending to the film for Toni Storm?
Did Will Ospreay ...
Fightful Select has learned the following around today's AEW All In.
This will be updated throughout the day. PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE WHO WISH TO AVOID SPOILERS
For those asking, Jon Moxley has not been a regular backstage at AEW since his break started.
We...
2024-08-25 15:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The Fightful Select Pre-Show for AEW's biggest event of the year! Join Fightful's Rob Wilkins and a cast of others as they preview ALL IN!
2024-08-25 14:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostDanielson is reaching the swan song of his career, and is facing some physical hurdles.
Danielson noted on AEW programming recently how AEW doctors did not want him to wrestle until All In. Fightful Select reported shortly after that wasn’t a work, and was closer to the truth than many re...
2024-08-24 23:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostIf you need help joining the Fightful Select discord, you can learn how at this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-join-102146416
Fightful will be dropping interviews with Ja...
2024-08-24 18:27:26 +0000 UTC View PostAn uncharacteristically unterrible episode of SmackDown tonight, with the exception of the ubiquitous cringe factor of Corporate Cody Rhodes.
LA Knight vs Santos Escobar, Bloodline vs Street Profits, and a pretty decent Six Woman Tag.
And Kevin Owens continues to be a national treasur...
2024-08-24 01:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Smackdown, subject to change.
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers.
Rundown
Grayson Waller Effect with Cody Rhodes
US Title: LA Knight vs. Santos ...
2024-08-23 23:51:06 +0000 UTC View PostShirleigh, representing Fightful, spoke with a couple of big title contenders ahead of AEW All In.
Bryan Danielson confirmed to Shirleigh that he did pick the shirt he wore on AEW Dynamite intentionally, thinking it was the shirt that he wore for his retirement speech. As it turns out, it o...
2024-08-23 19:47:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe have another update on Switchblade Jay White
The former trios champion Jay White is healing up from his injury, as Fightful Select reported recently. Last week, we noted that White was getting closer to a return to the ring. Specifically, we’ve learned that White was at last week’s T...
2024-08-23 17:23:41 +0000 UTC View Post