NJPW star Francesco Akira has impressed the world as part of United Empire along with leader Will Ospreay, Aussie Open, Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, TJP, Aaron Henare and Gideon Grey. At just 22 years old, he has already had seven years of his experience under his belt and has wrestled in both his native Italy and Japan. Akira revealed why he chose to join United Empire and his relationship with Will Ospreay with Wrestling Republic’s Eric Novak on the All Real Wrestling Podcast. “The biggest reason was Ospreay, himself. He used to help me a lot when I was (in) All…
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NJPW star TJP shocked the world when he turned his back on his former tag team partner, Clark Connors, to join United Empire with the likes of Will Ospreay, Aussie Open, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, Aaron Henare and Gideon Grey late last year. Now, he’s elaborated more on that decision while speaking to Wrestling Republic’s own Eric Novak on the All Real Wrestling Podcast. “For more than anything, I needed a change of pace. It’s not that I’m always not myself. But there’s a lot of mental energy that goes into trying to get people to like you all…
Seventeen year old Nick Wayne is one of the hottest wrestlers right now. The son of Buddy Wayne and grandson of Moondog Ed Moretti, Wayne has been making a name for himself across the world in promotions such as GCW. Wayne was offered an AEW contract by Darby Allin back in February following his match with AEW star and then-DEFY Wrestling Interim Champion Christopher Daniels at Year V. The contract stipulates that once Wayne graduates high school at age eighteen, he is eligible to become a full-time AEW roster member. “I saw Darby’s entire day one into where he is…
CM Punk is known for giving his honest opinions, no matter how brutal they might be, and he has once again managed to send shockwaves through the wrestling world by doing so during the media scrum following All Out this past Sunday. Fightful Select is relaying that Punk has gained an immense amount of heat after his comments. Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks were reportedly infuriated by the new AEW World Champion’s comments, so much so that the trio “[threatened] to walk” out of the company. Omega and the Bucks were originally slated to appear at the scrum, but…
It seems as the time of one of AEW’s top stars in the company might be coming to an end. Fightful Select is reporting that Bobby Fish’s contract with the company is set to expire soon and the company is not planning to renew his deal. Fish began his tenure in AEW after he answered Sammy Guevara’s open challenge for the TNT title on the October 6, 2021 edition of Dynamite. His reDragon tag team partner, Kyle O’Reilly, joined the company at that year’s Holiday Bash by attacking Orange Cassidy during his match with Adam Cole. Cole, who had debut…
Booker T has shared his feelings about John Laurinaitis being removed from his post as Head of Talent Relations and given fans some insight into their long history of working together, dating back many years. Booker revealed on his podcast The Hall Of Fame that Laurinaitis was instrumental in helping him become a better performer. “I give that dude a whole lot of credit for making me a much better performer. He came over from the New Japan Pro Wrestling back in the day, and in New Japan, for all the wrestlers over there, he was the finish guy.” (h/t…
Britt Baker has provided fans with an update on boyfriend Adam Cole’s concussion and shoulder injury that he suffered near the end of June during the AEW X Forbidden Door event in his fatal four way match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Jay White, Kazuchika Okada and Hangman Adam Page. Speaking with Riju Dasgupta of Sportskeeda, Baker told fans this: “He’s definitely recovering and healing. So I hope, just like everybody else, that we get to see him back in the wrestling ring soon, but he’s definitely going to have to take some time to recover.” (h/t Wrestling…
Sasha Banks and Naomi have been suspended indefinitely, have had their merchandise taken off WWEShop, and have had their titles vacated. Earlier tonight on Friday Night Smackdown, Michael Cole stated on commentary that Banks and Naomi “let us all down” when they walked out of Raw before the main event. Cole stated that they “walked out on of the building after leaving the titles on John Laurinaitis’ desk, this disappointing fans and fellow superstars. Cole then repeated the statement that WWE had put out on their website and social media earlier this week. He went on to announce that Banks…
Last night (May 16), it was first reported by Fightful that current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out ahead of last night’s episode of Raw This has now been confirmed by the company themselves. WWE has issued a statement on their social media and website stating the following: “When Sasha Banks and Naomi arrived at the arena this afternoon, they were informed of their participation in the main event of tonight’s Monday Night Raw. During the broadcast, they walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis office with their suitcases in hand, placed their…
AEW star and former TNT Champion Miro has reportedly been off AEW programming because he has been filming a pilot for a new CBS series. The news was first reported by Fightful Select a couple of weeks ago. According to the report, Miro has been in New York working on the project, though it isn’t exactly known what the series will be about. Miro confirmed the news himself on both Twitter and Instagram, writing “Super excited about this upcoming pilot. Living in Brooklyn has definitely opened my eyes about living in a city, walking to a gym and groceries. #Dushkin” https://twitter.com/ToBeMiro/status/1508462267838439424…