Following becoming the first ever Indian ONE Heavyweight World Champion this morning after defeating Brandon Vera by TKO, Arjan Bhullar laid out a “warning shot” to both AEW & WWE. Arjan is an experienced grappler but has never stepped into the squared circle as a professional wrestler. He was formerly signed with UFC, but now Bhullar has found a home with ONE Championship on a long-term deal. Here is what Arjan had to say following his big win over Brandon Vera this morning: “I have reached the pinnacle of this sport, now, I want to attack the pro wrestling industry.…
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Andrew Zarian of Mat Men Pro Wrestling is reporting that WWE are planning on having fans returning between July 16th -19th. An episode of both Raw and SmackDown happen during that timeframe. https://twitter.com/matmenpodcast/status/1392961137352790018?s=21 It was not noted whether or not this would be a permanent return, or just a temporary one, with some suggesting Live events could run on the Saturday & Sunday, or a PPV could even take place during the weekend, however the source did not note this. Several sources have previously reported that this years SummerSlam will have fans in attendance, and WrestleVotes recently stated that the…
Zelina Vega could soon be making her return to WWE. Vega was fired from WWE last November after continuing to stream on Twitch despite the company’s third party platform edict. She could soon be making her return to the company though, as Fightful Select reports that Vega recently visited the WWE Performance Center where she filmed some content. The context behind her visit isn’t yet clear, however it was noted that the plan is for her to return to the company. It should be noted that she hasn’t streamed on her Twitch channel since March of this year. Vega’s husband…
The 16 Time World Champion is bringing us a series created by strictly himself, described as an entertaining “psychological exposé” into the minds of the most diabolical antagonists in WWE history and their impact on mainstream culture. Not only is Cena the creator of the show, he will also narrate and executive produce WWE Evil. The announcement is as follows: WWE programming on Peacock is expanding with a new original series, WWE EVIL. The show is an entertaining ‘psychological expose’ into the minds of the most diabolical antagonists in WWE history, and their impact on mainstream culture. WWE Evil was created…
WWE have reportedly settled on a date for this year’s SummerSlam.Last week, it was reported that WWE are looking at this year’s SummerSlam event as a ‘kickoff’ to their return to live touring, with ‘three to four’ locations on the table. You can read more on this by clicking here. According to a report from PWInsider, WWE are looking to hold this year’s SummerSlam on Sunday, August 22, also noting that a location is still yet to be finalized. Last year’s SummerSlam was the first pay-per-view to take place from the WWE ThunderDome, which has emanated from several locations in…
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that NXT star Velveteen Dream was backstage at Raw last night. Dream has not been seen on WWE television since he was defeated by Adam Cole on an episode of NXT back in December of 2020. The reason for his absence since then has not been publicly known, however some have speculated that this could be due to the backlash WWE was receiving for keeping him on television despite the multiple ‘speaking out’ allegations he faced. During the ‘Speaking Out’ movement which hit the wrestling community last year, the NXT star faced…
It’s the go home show for Wrestlemania Backlash. Last week wasn’t good but was the best show since mania and this show looks to top that. POOR: Raw started off with a 6 women tag match between Asuka, Mandy and Dana vs Charlotte Flair, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax. The match was going okay but then Alexa Bliss’s playground interrupts and she says that she’s targeting “someone”. Team face wins after I think Alexa Bliss used superpowers? RESULT- Asuka, Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose wins via pinfall. Aaron McKelvey WR star ratings- 1.75 Stars GOOD: Riddle showed up backstage and…
WWE surprised fans last year by bringing back old-school pay-per-views as themes for NXT TakeOvers and special episodes of the weekly shows. This included shows such as The Great American Bash, Halloween Havoc, New Year’s Evil and In Your House. Io Shirai taking the NXT Women’s Championship from Charlotte Flair in the main event. According to Fightful Select (subscription required), NXT will once again be bringing back TakeOver: In Your House next month on Sunday June 13th. Last year’s show saw several big moments take place, including Io Shirai’s crowning as NXT Women’s Champion in the triple threat main event,…
Jimmy Uso finally returned to Smackdown last week after a knee injury that took him over 12 months at Wrestlemania 36. Jimmy Uso had a little bit of altercation with his brother Jey and his cousin Roman Reigns. The last time we saw Jimmy Uso was at Hell in A Cell last year when Roman Reigns putting Jimmy Uso to sleep after he delivered a guillotine to Jimmy. https://twitter.com/x_Beast17_x/status/1390822159191351299?s=20 According to WrestlingNews.co, they were told that the next several months are planned for Reigns and his faction to dominate Smackdown. WWE has big plans for Jimmy & Jey to win…
After a long time with no new faces in the 205 Live Roster, this week, 205 Live featured two debuting wrestlers. Alex Zayne made his 205 Live debut under his new ring name, and Ikimen Jiro was a part of this episode too, in what was a decent episode of 205 Live. AVERAGE: A debuting Ari Sterling (FKA Alex Zayne!) battled with Samir Singh to kick off this episode of 205 Live. Zayne won the match and showed some of his unique offense, however, it was clear he’s only getting started. The match was fairly short and could have done…