Wrestling fans may have more choice of programs to watch as Tony Khan is reportedly pitching ROH and an all Women’s show to WBD. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that AEW CEO Tony Khan has pitched Ring of Honor and “All Elite Women” to Warner Bros. Discovery. Meltzer adds that both of these ideas are being pitched as seperate shows, so it may be the case that the idea is for ROH to be a seperate promotion to AEW and that the Women Wrestlers will have their own program. https://twitter.com/WR_Discord/status/1581258897930584065?s=20&t=JT4f7ckyc0eXGu7ujOojjQ A seperate program for the Women’s…
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WWE make huge changes to the announce teams of Raw, Smackdown and NXT as part of a huge shake up which will see the return of a WWE legend. According to Variety, Jimmy Smith has been removed as Raw announcer due to a shakeup of the commentary teams of WWE’s respective programs. The changes consist of Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves being the resident Monday Night Raw announce team and Wade Barrett moving from NXT to Smackdown to join Michael Cole. Vic Joseph will be commentating with Booker T during NXT shows going forward. These changes come as Pat McAfee…
AEW face the prospect of embarrassing ticket sales for several upcoming shows including for the Adam Page Vs Jon Moxley main event. AEW have had many successes in moving tickets in its short history with past shows in New York, Chicago and more selling out. However, AEW are currently facing the prospect of extremely poor ticket sales for several of their upcoming events according to the Wrestling Observer. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes that AEW events in Washington, DC, for October 5th and October 7th respectively are selling poorly with Dynamite on Wednesday, for example, only selling…
AEW are seemingly looking to compete against the WWE as Battle of The Belts is scheduled to rival Extreme Rules. Wrestling fans for the first time may have to choose between the WWE main roster and AEW, as AEW look to compete against Extreme Rules on October 8th. The fourth AEW Battle of The Belts will be taped following a live episode of Rampage in Washington, DC and will be aired the day after on October 8th. The AEW Battle of The Belts specials have been on a downwards trend as their third battle of the belts was watched by…
Ric Flair may be returning to the ring one more time as his old foe Ricky Steamboat has possibly inspired him to make the return. Wrestling legend Ricky Steamboat is set to make his return to the ring on November 27th in Raleigh in the Dorton Arena for Big Time Wrestling. Another legend that recently returned to the ring is Ric Flair who teamed up with Andrade El Idolo to take on Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal. Ric Flair on the “To Be The Man” podcast stated that Ricky Steamboat returning to wrestling has inspired him to possibly make another…
Anthony Bowens of The Acclaimed has stated his intention to become AEW’s first openly Gay Champion as they look to finally win the tag belts. The Acclaimed are set to face Swerve in Our Glory in a rematch for the AEW World Tag Team Championships next week on AEW Dynamite Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe stadium in New York. Swerve in Our Glory retained the belts at All Out against The Acclaimed, despite the challengers getting one of the loudest reactions of the night during the Chicago based event. Bowens in an interview with the Sports Courier talked about the…
It looks like the suspensions to CM Punk and The Elite will last at least until November based of current AEW Full Gear advertising AEW have seemingly stopped advertising CM Punk and The Elite for the upcoming AEW Full Gear PPV taking place on November 19th in Newark, NJ. CM Punk’s reasoning for being absent from the poster is more obvious, with Punk currently suffering from a shoulder injury that he sustained during his match with Jon Moxley, that is expected to leave him out of action for at least 8 months. The Elite however are only suspended, as an…
Repercussions have been handed out to The Elite following the post All Out locker room fight whilst CM Punk’s fate is still in question. CM Punk sparked controversy following All Out during the post show media scrum where he called out The Elite, Adam Page and Colt Cabana for what he believes to have been unprofessional behaviour. Punk in the media scrum claimed The Elite were leaking falsehoods to the media about Punk’s backstage behaviour aswell as many other things. This in turn lead to a violent locker room conflict between CM Punk and The Elite. Reports state that The…
More AEW locker room conflict has emerged into the public eye as CM Punk shoots on Adam Page and The Elite during the post All Out media scrum AEW All Out had many shocking moments including the returns of MJF and Samoa Joe. However, one of the numerous shocking moments over the weekend was the comments made by CM Punk at the post All Out media scrum. The new AEW World Champion went on an epic rant, alluding to issues with Adam Page, Colt Cabana and “EVP’s” which are positions held by Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. What Did…
Bobby Fish has talked about his heat with Dax Harwood of FTR as more reports come out regarding locker room animosity between AEW wrestlers. Bobby Fish is arguably one half of one of the best tag teams in the world alongside Kyle O’Reilly. Red Dragon have won tag team gold in NXT and ROH and are still in the hunt for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. The sport of pro wrestling can be extremely competitive and breed very real animosity between wrestlers, as saw in recent reports regarding Eddie Kingston and Sammy Guevara or CM Punk and Adam Page.…