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The first hour of Impact Wrestling was, frankly, a letdown compared to the quality of recent weeks Some of that couldn't be helped considering Impact pre-filmed all of this stuff and then had to part ways with Tessa Blanchard, Joey Ryan, and Michael Elgin, the latter two in the wake of #SpeakingOut allegations and Blanchard[...]

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary is just a few days away It's the most anticipated wrestling PPV happening this weekend Who knows how many fired WWE midcarders will show up? One of them might even become the new Impact World Champion! What else can Impact do to sell the PPV? Let's find out on the go-home show. The[...]

In the first part of our Impact Wrestling report, Taya Valkyrie and Rosemary teamed up against Susie and Kylie Rae, The Deaners wrestled XXXL, TJP & Fallah Bah, and Reno Scum, Jordynne Grace took on Kimber Lee, and Johnny Swinger stole Suicide's clothes Read about it here But the real action takes place here in[...]

Impact kicks off with… Ringo Starr thanking a list of his friends for his birthday concert.  How old is Ringo? A hundred? He could still probably take a bump better than Hogan during his last Impact run Welcome to Bleeding Cool's Impact Wrestling report Who hosts their own birthday concert, by the way? Tacky[...]

Former Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne will return to the ring at Impact Wrestling's Slamiversary PPV on July 18th, Rayne revealed on tonight's episode of Impact Rayne has been taking a break from wrestling during the pandemic to join her husband, Josh Matthews, on commentary in place of Don Callis But Rayne will get back in[...]

Impact Wrestling stepped up their teaser game during tonight's episode of Impact During a video promo for the Slammiversary main event, which will feature Ace Austin vs Eddie Edwards vs Trey vs a Mystery Opponent for the vacated Impact Championship The belief has generally been that the mystery opponent will be a WWE midcarder fired[...]

With Impact Wrestling parting ways with their reigning world champion, Tessa Blanchard, earlier this month, it left the company without a main event for their upcoming Slammiversary PPV Impact has resolved that situation by adding a mystery opponent, probably a fired former WWE star, to the now Fatal Four Way match that also includes Trey,[...]

There are expectations that once they start running things may change, including having interest in Alex Zayne, who had just started when the pandemic hit, and Tony Deppen. Slammiversary 2020 Goes Down July 18th LIVE on Pay Per View! Interestingly, this frees Bully Ray up right before Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary PPV We haven't seen any speculation about[...]

In the first hour of Impact, we learned the new plan for the Slammiversary main event with both Tessa Blanchard and Michael Elgin gone from Impact Ace Austin, Eddie Edwards, and Trey will be joined by a mystery partner to crown a new Impact World Champion We also saw Chris Bey take on Suicide, TJP[...]

Well, Impact has had an interesting past couple of weeks Three wrestlers have been fired due to #SpeakingOut allegations, and Impact has parted ways with its world champion, Tessa Blanchard, while she still holds the title Slammiversary is just a few weeks away, and the main event is missing two competitors, including the champ Oh,[...]

With last week's announcement that Impact Wrestling had parted ways with their World Champion, Tessa Blanchard, the status of the main event of the upcoming Slammiversary PPV was up in the air However, on Tuesday's episode of Impact, at the start of the show, Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne laid out the new plan Instead[...]

Impact Wrestling has fired its reigning World Champion, Tessa Blanchard, after the relationship between Blanchard and the company soured Impact issued a brief statement announcing the news, reading, "Impact Wrestling confirmed that it has terminated its relationship with Tessa Blanchard and stripped her of the Impact Wrestling World Championship." The official logo of Impact Wrestling. Blanchard won[...]

Impact Wrestling was meant to open with a match between #CancelCulture and Crazzy Steve (plus mystery opponents, who are rumored to have been The Rascalz) However, Impact spent Monday editing the show to remove any reference to Joey Ryan after he had the dubious honor of having the highest number of misconduct allegations leveled against[...]

Impact Wrestling has officially announced that Joey Ryan and Dave Crist are fired, effective immediately, in response to allegations made against both men as part of the #SpeakingOut movement that is currently sweeping across the pro wrestling industry with allegations of sexual misconduct In addition, Michael Elgin has been suspended Impact posted a statement on[...]

Ryan in Impact Wrestling Amidst #SpeakingOut posts from wrestlers, journalists, industry professionals, and fans, Ryan has been the subject of a wide range of allegations Danielle Matheson, Uproxx reporter and former editor of Uproxx's pro wrestling section, With Spandex, accused Ryan of sexual assault in a blog post Wrestler Rok-C accused Ryan of flirting with her[...]

As of Friday, dozens of allegations had been made affecting wrestlers in WWE, AEW, and Impact, with most of the allegations centered around the British independent wrestling scene and, by consequence, many members of WWE's NXT UK Brand The movement dominated discussion in the wrestling community on Thursday and Friday, finally prompting the first responses[...]

In Part 1 of our Impact Wrestling report, The North defends their titles against The Rascalz, Neveah made her in-ring debut, and Rhino got paid for doing nothing! But that was the past, and now we're moving on to the future as Impact enters its second hour. The official logo of Impact Wrestling. Hernandez comes out for[...]

It's Tuesday night, which means it's time for dozens of fans around the world to gather around their televisions and tune into Impact Wrestling! Impact opens with a recap of last week's arrival of Deonna Purrazzo, the Knockouts Championship match between Jordynne Grace and Taya Valkyrie, and Purrazzo's subsequent attack on Grace after the match[...]

Impact management has been discussing the future of the Impact World Championship, according to Josh Matthews To prove it, they show two pasty white guys in slightly damp buttoned shirts having a very serious conversation in a small conference room Well, I'm convinced How about you? The official logo of Impact Wrestling. Welcome to Bleeding Cool's review[...]

Impact Wrestling airs tonight on AXS TV, and a preview of the show has led to speculation (which we're creating right now) that the Impact World Championship may be pregnant and about to announce its retirement! How did we come to this conclusion? Allow us to explain. Tonight on Impact: an announcement about the future of[...]

On this week's episode of Impact Wrestling, the company teased the possibility of multiple fired WWE wrestlers showing up at the Slammiversary PPV in July In a video teaser imitating a news story about the dozens of wrestlers and backstage talent laid off or furloughed by WWE purportedly to cut costs during the coronavirus pandemic[...]

Chris Hyatte is best known for writing The Mop-Up, The Midnight News, and And Another Thing on the early wrestling internet from 1997-2007.

Squared Circle is closed for 12 hours to new content to protest racism, police brutality, and Reddit’s complicity in allowing hate speech.

Impact Wrestling has revealed a teaser for Slammiversary 2020, and it looks like they're really taking this embrace of the history of TNA seriously The ad consists mostly of a fake television news report about the dozens of WWE wrestlers and backstage talent unceremoniously laid off or furloughed as supposed "cost-cutting" measures during the coronavirus[...]

Speculation on where Purrazzo would end up was finally answered last night when she appeared in a video package on Impact Wrestling. "I am the virtuosa," Purrazzo said in the video "Do you even know what that means? Allow me to explain I possess outstanding technical ability, and I have a cultivated appreciation for artistic excellence[...]

A roundup of pro wrestling stories, including a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal for Flip Gordon and the potential return of WCW.

Hana Kimura, one of the brightest Japanese pro wrestlers and cast member of the Netflix show Terrace House, has died at the age of 22.

Notably, this affects WWE, AEW, and Impact Wrestling. The official logo of the WWE. Dave Meltzer has the news in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, writing of Mexico's travel ban, "The travel ban leaving Mexico has been extended to 6/18 The people that affects is anyone from AAA, although AEW hasn't brought in any[...]

Impact Wrestling has announced a new television show, Impact in 60, to air on AXS TV on Tuesdays following each episode of Impact Wrestling Called Impact in 60, the show will be a documentary exploring the history of Impact from back in the TNA days to the present Each episode of the show will feature[...]

Tom Segura said he would only wipe out wrestling fans from the planet behind flat Earthers like WWE superstar AJ Styles and anti-vaxxers.