Author: Bailey Griffin

Bailey Griffin is an aspiring sports journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Like you, he shares a passion for Wrestling, and hopes to one day be a big name journalist in the Sports world.

In an exclusive interview on Wrestling Republic’s Soul Sessions, Former AEW Star Alan Angels has stated that Mr Money In The Bank Austin Theory always knew he would become a top WWE star. Alan Angels, when asked on Wrestling Republic’s The Soul Sessions about his experience wrestling Austin Theory, stated; “We actually started training together in 2016, he started maybe like four or five months before I did. So at the WWA4, in Atlanta, Georgia, we started training together, and he’s great, we wrestled multiple times, and he’s just one of those guys where he always knew, and would always…

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The Wall Street Journal today has posted another story on Vince McMahon, and this one alledges that he paid $12 Million in hush money to four seperate women over the past sixteen years to suppress allegations of infidelity and sexual misconduct. The story notes that there was a $7.5 Million pact with a former wrestler that alleged that McMahon had coerced her into giving oral sex, and then demoted her and declined to renew her contract in 2005 after she resisted further sexual encounters. This wrestler and her attorney then alledgedly approached McMahon in 2018 to negotiate a payment in…

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UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has made an entrance inspired by The Undertaker, infront of Vince McMahon and Family. Prior to the main event, the cameras panned to the celebrities in the audience, which featured Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H and Pat McAfee. UFC 276 was taking place just minutes away from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the site where Money In The Bank was being held, so they were able to make it just in time for the main event. McAfee was wearing a brace to sell an attack from Happy Corbin as Money In The Bank went…

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WWE star Dana Brooke announced on Twitter today that the reason she missed raw this week was due to a “bad car accident”. Brooke noted that she expects to be back “in no time”, so it sounds that she was not seriously injured in the ordeal. She tweeted, “Much ❤️ to the #wweuniverse for the support & love, standing up for me! The reason why I was not on RAW last night was bc I got into a bad car accident the past week, I am doing good & will be back in no time! I really appreciate the love…

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AEW Executive Vice President Kenny Omega has today revealed that Cody Rhodes, former AEW Wrestler who now competes for WWE, will be in AEW’s first-ever video game. The game, dubbed “Fight Forever”, has no announced release date yet, but its something former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega has been working on these last few months, with AEW releasing a teaser trailer last month. While it’s been noted that not everybody on the roster will be included in the game, many of AEW’s original stars will be featured, which is now evident that will include some people no longer in the…

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WWE have announced that Vince McMahon will appear on WWE Smackdown tonight. In a press release sent out, WWE confirmed that he will be appearing on Smackdown tonight.In a seperate press release, WWE also confirmed that Stephanie McMahon, Chief Brand Officer, who was taking a step back from her roles, will step in as Interim CEO and Chairwoman of WWE, due to Vince McMahons pending investigations for “alleged misconduct”.Below is the transcribed press release regarding Stephanie McMahon being installed as the interim WWE CEO; “WWE (NYSE: WWE) and the Board of Directors today announced that a Special Committee of the…

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According to Fightful, Jeff Hardy will reportedly be backstage at this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite in Estero, Florida. It is unknown whether he will appear on the show. He drew interest from AEW after his release from WWE, however is unable to compete until his 90 day release clause had expired. His release made controversy across the wrestling world, due to WWE releasing Hardy for refusing to go to Rehab, despite hardy later passing a breathalyzer and drug test. Obviously, Jeff Hardy has a troubled past with drug and alcohol abuse, spending 10 days in jail in 2009, due…

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With rumors running rampant of Tony Khan’s massive announcement, he opened the 2/3 episode of AEW Dynamite in the ring with Tony Schiavone. It was then announced, that he had brought Ring Of Honor. A statement put out by Tony Khan on Twitter reveals more about the deal. In the statement, shown above, Tony Khan has brought the Video Library, Brand Assets, and Intellectual Property. Tony has stated that he will “Immediately begin exploring opportunities to make ROH’s video library available to fans”, hinting at a potential video catalogue in the future.More than 40 AEW Superstars have appeared in ROH…

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Cain Velasquez was reportedly arrested and booked in North California on Monday, February 28th, following his alleged involvement in a shooting.The alleged incident took place near the Intersection of Monterrey Highway and Bailey Avenue around 3:14 pm PST. A man was shot and taken to hospital, while another man was arrested. According to NBC Bay Area, that suspect is Cain Velasquez. Cain Velasquez currently trains at American Kickboxing Academy, alongside former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold, Former UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion Germaine de Randamie, and former home of the likes of Daniel Cormier, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and current WWE wrestler Bobby…

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According to PWInsider, WWE Raw and NXT 2.0 is expected to air on Syfy for a two-week period in February. The 2/7 and 2/14 episodes of raw are affected, and so are the 2/8 and 2/15 episodes of NXT 2.0. This is due to the USA Network airing the Winter Olympics. The men’s figure skating and freestyle skiing will take Raw’s usual time slot over this two week period. This is the first time Raw has been moved off its usual timeslot in decades, and could result in a huge decrease in ratings based on the numbers NXT previously received…

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