The former Aleister Black, now Tommy End, was part of the mass number of releases by WWE a week ago. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the current belief is that Aleister Black will now sign with AEW. However, the Observer does state that Black signing with AEW is not a done deal and of course, Aleister Black will not be able to officially sign with any other promotion till his 90 day no compete clause is over. Aleister Black has recently stated his interest in working with AEW talent, stating on the Oral Sessions podcast that he would like…
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Photo Credit – NJPW AEW World Champion Kenny Omega has been battling with various injuries as of late, according to Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com, and has been in “a lot of agonies” during recent bouts. Omega’s hand was slashed open, necessitating seven stitches. it happened when he attacked PAC with the AEW title during the AEW Double Or Nothing triple threat match, it also included Orange Cassidy. He also has an athletic hernia and a severe bone bruise near his tailbone and regular wear and tears on his knees. Although not an injury, Omega had a stomach virus this past…
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…
Photo Credit: AEW Lion Rush made his first-ever appearance on AEW at the PVV Double or Nothing Revealed as the Joker card on the Casino Battle Royal Lio Rush surprised everyone with his appearance. Although for many this would be the beginning of Lio in AEW unfortunately on June 8 via Twitter Lio Rush announced his retirement from professional wrestling. Throughout the week he has received thousands of support messages from fans, AEW President Tony Khan, and MLW CEO Court Bauer. On the side of New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is still signed, via Instagram he assured that he…
Photo Credit – All Elite Wrestling In a shocking announcement, Lio Rush has announced his retirement from active in-ring competition on social media. The timing of the news surprised many fans, considering the former WWE star had just made his AEW debut at Double or Nothing and was also a contractual NJPW wrestler. Rush came to social media to notify fans that, In the Casino Battle Royale at All Elite Wrestling’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view, Rush revealed he separated AC joint. The injuries turned out to be more serious than he had anticipated. “I have written and erased this post…
Photo Credit: AEW This week’s edition of Dynamite saw a new record low for AEW’s flagship show, Dynamite on TNT. Important numbers do include the Nielsen confirmation of a total 462,000 viewers as well as a 0.19 rating in the all important 18-49 demo. The obvious reason for this of course, is the fact that instead of being played in the prime time of 8pm on a Wednesday, the show was instead moved to 10pm, as well as switched to a Friday which is an absolute killer. It’s hard to blame AEW at all or point fingers. Every odd was…
In today’s Rasslin Roundup, Aleister Black has revealed he pitched to kidnap a WWE stars children, A former AEW star has signed with the NWA, Jon Moxley has revealed if he learned anything from the no crowd era, The Miz has revealed if the rumors of his injury true, and Jimmy Smith has spoken about Vince McMahon being in his ear during commentary on Raw. 5. Jon Moxley Reveals If He Learned Anything During The No Crowd Era In this weeks Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AEW Star Jon Moxley gave his thoughts on wrestling with no fans in attendance, and if…
Photo Credit – AEW, WWE It is no secret that the way we as humans live changed on the 30th of January of 2020 when the WHO declared the Coronavirus outbreak as a critical emergency, a couple of months later we would see many sports events get canceled while countries went into lockdowns. The wrestling world was at its crossroads due to how unpredictable the situation was at the time, some companies such as WWE conducted their events on their performance center without crowds until they eventually started the idea of the “Thunderdome” while other companies like Warrior Wrestling did…
Kenny Omega is one of the most dominant champions in all of the wrestling world today. All champions have to lose eventually, so let’s have a look at who could be the Top 10 wrestlers to take the AEW title off of Kenny Omega. 10. Jon Moxley Jon Moxley’s run as AEW champ was nothing short of special and the way he lost worked out well in terms of story and giving Kenny Omega the monster heel heat he needed. With that being said, some believe Mox deserved a better ending to his reign. In my opinion it left the…
Photo Credit: AEW Hello Everyone! Welcome to “The Shoot”. My name is Ignacio Pinalez III, and this is my first article with Wrestling Republic. I want to emphasize that the opinions expressed in this article and every article I will write are not necessarily the ideals and beliefs of everyone at Wrestling Republic; they are mine and mine alone. With that being said, I pull no punches, tell it straight, and give what I believe what the wrestling product today is being presented as and what it should be. So, without further ado, Today I’m talking about how Chris Jericho…