Photo Credit – MLW “The Moth” Lio Rush is having such a great time in pro wrestling right now Lio Rush has signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer and Mike Johnson of PWInsider. AEW President Tony Khan claimed after the program that he had a handshake arrangement with Lio Rush and that Rush wants to remain working with AEW. Rush was a surprise entrant in the Casino Battle Royale at AEW Double or Nothing, But he was eliminated by Matt Hardy in the battle royal that Jungle Boy finally won. Below are the…
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In today’s Rasslin Roundup, MJF has revealed which female star that he wants to join The Pinnacle, an AEW star has called himself the ‘Biggest Villain In Professional Wrestling’, Sting has revealed a possible reason why WWE never pulled the trigger on the dream match with Undertaker, Kenny Omega has revealed which two NJPW stars he ‘passed the torch’ to, and Tony Khan has revealed NJPW’s thoughts on his promo slamming Nick Khan. 5. AEW Star Calls Himself The ‘Biggest Villain In Professional Wrestling’ Last week AEW Star MJF was a guest on Busted Open Radio to build up his…
After a disappointing ending to their previous PPV Revolution this past March, with a spot the company will struggle to live down for the next decade, AEW aimed to bounce back. Not only is Double Or Nothing their biggest show of the year, but this year it also had the pleasure of being the first AEW PPV with fans for over 12 months. So did it deliver? Let’s find out! GREAT: Hangman Page and Brian Cage opened the show and they did it in the best way possible! An absolute hoss fight with phenomenal athleticism throughout. The crowd was heavily…
Earlier this week, reports emerged claiming that WWE were in discussions with NJPW to form a potential partnership. The deal would see WWE send several of their wrestlers over to Japan, in return for WWE being NJPW’s exclusive partner in the US. This would affect NJPW’s current partnerships with IMPACT and All Elite Wrestling. You can read more on the rumors here. Upon hearing the reports, several wrestlers took to social media to comment their thoughts on the situation. The first of which is former WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, who sent out various cryptic tweets targeted at Kazuchika Okada. https://twitter.com/dmcintyrewwe/status/1398288650094452736?s=21…
In today’s edition of the Rasslin Roundup, the IIconics have revealed what’s next for them, An A List Star is reportedly set to host SummerSlam, Chris Jericho has commented on his future with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Paul Heyman has teased the return date for Brock Lesnar, and a celebrity will be returning to All Elite Wrestling this summer! 5. Chris Jericho Has Revealed That He Has Unfinished Business In NJPW In this weeks Wrestling Observer Newsletter it was reported that NJPW are in talks with WWE, in a news story which quickly broke the internet. [EXCLUSIVE] When speaking to…
This weeks edition of AEW Dynamite was not only the go home show for AEW’s Double Or Nothing PPV, but was also the return of a full capacity crowd. With the amount of hectic news that came out throughout the day, including the fact that WWE & NJPW were in talks, fans were eagerly awaiting the show with hopes they might find out more if there was any truth to this rumor. AVERAGE: Darby Allin took on Cesar Bononi in the first match back in front of a live attendance. The match was constructed well and Darby, as per usual,…
In today’s Rasslin Roundup, John Cena reportedly has backstage heat on him in WWE after recent apology, WWE have made multiple more releases, Kofi Kingston has given his thoughts on Jim Ross calling Randy Orton ‘The best wrestler in the world today, Sammy Guevara has commented on his past comments about Sasha Banks, and Chris Jericho has revealed bounty was set on him while in Abu Dhabi. 5. WWE Releases More Backstage Employees & ‘Merges’ Media Departments Over the past month WWE have released a long list of in ring talent from the promotion, including big names such as Samoa…
Photo Credit – TNT AEW President Tony Khan has revealed that AEW will undergo a ‘Huge Expansion’ starting with this Sunday’s Double Or Nothing PPV, and stated that the company has to begin to expand the roster and there will be ‘great surprises’. Tony Khan was a guest on this weeks AEW Unrestricted Podcast, and he revealed on the episode that due to AEW getting another hour of television on TNT, the roster will need to be expanded. In full Khan said “There’s gonna be a huge expansion of the company and I think that’s where Double Or Nothing comes…
As a guest on the Gamespot Wrestling Buddies podcast, Cody Rhodes revealed that he spends weeks planning his promos with a ‘focus group’ as AEW is a ‘data based company’ so he needs to workshop everything he does as people expect his promos to be a high standard. Rhodes said “This is probably gonna sound not cool, because a lot of wrestlers–especially wrestlers from my dad’s era–will lie to you and say, ‘Oh, I just came up with that promo right there on the spot,’ which is bulls***. But whatever. I workshop my promos heavily for weeks on end. We…