AEW Chief Branding Officer, Brandi Rhodes, took to Instagram earlier today to announce the birth of her and Cody’s daughter. Brandi announced that their daughter has been named ‘Liberty Iris Runnels’ and was weighed in at 6lbs, 12 OZ’s. Brandi’s full post read “Happy Birthday Liberty Iris. We are so in love with you, sweet beautiful girl. We are so fortunate and blessed to be your mom and dad❤️” Brandi, alongside her husband and AEW EVP Cody Rhodes, announced that they were expecting a baby in 2021 on AEW Dynamite last December, surprisingly less than 6 months ago. Wrestling Republic…
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Ben launched Wrestling Republic as an Instagram page back in 2016 as a space for wrestling fans from all around the world to share their views on shows, news and rumors! He fell in love with wrestling when he watched an episode of SmackDown as a child and ever since he has been completely in love and obsessed with it. Ben is also an Autism Acceptance Advocate as well as having a massive passion for Graphic Design.
WWE have announced that the scheduled Hell In A Cell Match between Reigns and Mysterio, will now take place on tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown. At this time no reason has been given as to why WWE made the decision to move the match from the PPV to a television episode, but fans have flocked to social media to speculate. A popular theory among fans is that the match will result in an angle which will lead to Roman Reigns defending his Universal Championship against the son of Rey Mysterio, Dominick Mysterio, at the Pay-Per-View instead. Another theory is…
Tony Khan was interviewed by Mike Johnson of PWInsider earlier this week, where he spoke about AEW’s taping schedule once they return to the road next month. Many have speculated what the taping schedule for AEW will be going forward, especially with their second weekly show on TNT ‘Rampage’ starting in August. Khan revealed that in ‘hot’ markets, Rampage will be taped after Dynamite, such as at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. However in other markets where the company feel like a four hours of wrestling would be too much for fans to sit through, Rampage will be…
On this fine Wednesdays edition of the Rasslin Roundup, AEW President Tony Khan has fired back at Triple H over comments about women’s wrestling outside of WWE, Scott Hall has revealed how much he is still earning off WWE, John Cena has made a bold claim that not having a crowd has helped a WWE star, and Kurt Angle has revealed which spot hurt him the most during his career, as well as why the ‘You Suck’ line was taken out of his theme song. Let’s get started!! 5. Kurt Angle Reveals Why ‘You Suck’ Line Was Taken Out Of…
With many fans describing NXT Takeover: In Your House as the weakest Takeover card on paper to date in the buildup to the show, the black and gold brand were under pressure to deliver and once again prove their doubters wrong. Did they do it? Let’s find out! GREAT: Takeover opened with a performance by Naomi Fox as well as a promo welcoming the seemingly capacity crowd by Todd Bettengill. GREAT: To open the in ring action on the show, MSK teamed up with Bronson Reed to take on Legado Del Fantasma in a winner takes all match. As you…
Mark Henry, who signed with All Elite Wrestling last month, has revealed that he is pushing for AEW to sign Braun Strowman and there is currently interest on both sides. Strowman was released by WWE last month, reportedly due to him being on such a highly paid contract. You can read more about that here. Last week it was reported that Braun Strowman’s agent was quoting independent promoters the price of $25,000 per three hour, if they wanted to book the former Universal Champion. You can read more about that here. Mark Henry spoke with TMZ Sports earlier this week…
Photo Credit – AEW Just two weeks shy of Double Or Nothing, on tonight’s show the fallout from it continued. After the highly disappointing TV rating the company faced last week, AEW had fo be hoping that tonight’s show would bring viewers back. Did it deliver? Let’s find out! AVERAGE: Matt Hardy opened the show while standing with TH2 in the middle of the ring. Hardy promised to ensure that after tonight’s match, Christin Cage would lose a lot of money. This promo was far too over the top, as you can’t tell me for a minute Hardy actually believed…
In today’s Rasslin Roundup, Triple H has slammed Mickie James, women’s wrestling outside of WWE, and the idea of all women’s wrestling shows. Sasha Banks has revealed what she believes is the greatest women’s wrestling match of all time (and it’s one of her own), CM Punk has revealed his two biggest takeaways from his time with WWE, Steve Maclin has disclosed what the original name for the ‘Forgotten Sons’ was, and Eric Bischoff has given his thoughts on the recent WWE releases and rumors of a sale. 5. Steve Maclin Reveals The Original Name For The Forgotten Sons Photo…
Between 1995 until 2001, fans saw the biggest promotional battle in wrestling history, with both WWE and WCW going head to head in the same time slot every Monday night. WWE, of course, walked out the victors and ended up buying WCW. In 2019 it was announced that billionaire Tony Khan would be launching his own promotion alongside Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, and eventually Kenny Omega. Instantly this created waves across the industry, with many believing this was a start of a new war in professional wrestling. At first all signs pointed towards it being that way, with WWE…
In today’s Rasslin Roundup, CM Punk has revealed who he believes is the ‘best guy’ WWE currently have, Vince McMahon fined a superstar $10,000 for farting, A recently released WWE star was meant to be involved in Undertaker vs Styles at WrestleMania 36, Jim Ross has revealed his thoughts on WWE hiring and releasing Adnan Virk, and Tommy Dreamer had revealed WWE wouldn’t sign former star because he looked too much like John Cena, despite being black. 5. Tommy Dreamer Reveals WWE Originally Wouldn’t Sign Darren Young As He Looked Too Much Like John Cena Photo Credit – WWE Tommy…