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CM Punk makes his surprise debut on WWE Backstage | WWE BACKSTAGE | WWE ON FOX
WWE's regular wrestling programming suffered for the lack of a crowd, but WWE Backstage turned into basically a weekly Zoom conference call Not even CM Punk, who did manage to spike ratings whenever he appeared, could do so enough to make it worthwhile for Fox to continue to produce the show Punk was contracted to[...]
A scene from WWE Monday Night Raw 6/22/20
It's actually a pretty good match, reminding us that these guys are all actually pretty good in the ring, which then makes one wonder why they've spent so many weeks doing dumb and repetitive skits instead of actually wrestling The Street Profits win, retaining their championships Montez Ford got the pin with a frogsplash After[...]
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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[...]
AEW Suspends Sammy Guevara Indefinitely Without Pay
We all have to do better not just for ourselves, but for generations to come." Guevara is the second wrestler AEW has issued a statement on amidst the #SpeakingOut movement, which has seen dozens of allegations of sexual misconduct sweep the professional wrestling industry AEW also announced they would reevaluate the future of Jimmy Havoc after[...]
Sasha Banks and Bayley show up Michael Cole and Corey Graves on commentary
As the #SpeakingOut movement sweeps the wrestling industry with accusations of sexual misconduct, a 2016 podcast interview featuring Guevara resurfaced on Twitter in which Guevara "jokes" that he wants to rape WWE star Sasha Banks After the comment went viral Sunday, Guevara responded Monday afternoon with an apology on Twitter. Sasha Banks and Bayley show up[...]
Joey Ryan leads the #CancelCulture stable as Joseph P. Ryan in Impact Wrestling
It's hard not to speculate that it has something to do with the recent allegations of sexual misconduct sweeping the wrestling industry as part of the #SpeakingOut movement Adding fuel to the fire that the latest episode of Being the Elite may be delayed or canceled due to the #SpeakingOut allegations, several episodes prominently featuring[...]
Joey Ryan leads the #CancelCulture stable as Joseph P. Ryan in Impact Wrestling
In the wake of more than a dozen misconduct allegations against him as part of the #SpeakingOut movement that is sweeping the pro wrestling industry, Joey Ryan has deleted his Twitter account According to a report from SoCal Uncensored, Ryan has also shut down his promotion, Bar Wrestling The Twitter account for Bar Wrestling, which[...]
Sasha Banks and Bayley show up Michael Cole and Corey Graves on commentary
The inter-promotional, inter-gender pro wrestling feud we all deserve has kicked off between AEW legend Chris Jericho and WWE Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks This feud isn't taking place in a wrestling ring, but rather in the social media equivalent of a Judy Bagwell on a Poll match, Twitter And it's not a battle over[...]
Vince McMahon and Donald Trump in a storyline face-off, courtesy of WWE.
Donald Trump is thePresident of the United States most associated with pro wrestling since Abraham Lincoln, a man Trump has said was treated better than he is A member of WWE's Hall-of-Fame, Trump's association with WWE goes all the way back to WrestleMania 4 and 5, which were hosted at Trump's Atlantic City casino, Trump[...]
Doctor Who, Lucifer, Randy Orton, Alienist & More: BCTV Sunday Slices (Image: Netflix)
We wrap up with a Twin Peaks tearjerker, a waste of The Alienist's time, the pro wrestling industry #SpeakingOut, and a Lucifer showrunner shuts s**t down. Paula Pell in Mapleworth Murders (BCTV Image: Quibi). Quibi Keeps Doing Mapleworth Murders Dirty, Pushes Release Date Again: When you can't sell a streaming service in the middle of a pandemic[...]
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Several major American pro wrestling companies have responded to the #SpeakingOut movement that began a few days ago, in which women (and some men) in the wrestling industry spoke out about long-hidden incidents of misconduct As of Friday, dozens of allegations had been made affecting wrestlers in WWE, AEW, and Impact, with most of the[...]
The logo for NWA POWERRR
The fallout from the #SpeakingOut allegations that began exposing incidents of alleged sexual misconduct throughout the pro wrestling industry this week has prompted the resignation of NWA Vice President David Lagana He has run the day-to-day operations of the company since the organization launched its weekly NWA POWERRR show in 2019 Lagana was accused of[...]
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WWE has taken its first steps in responding to the misconduct allegations coming out of the #SpeakingOut movement, a social media movement in which people inside and around the wrestling industry began speaking out on incidents well-known wrestlers from around the world Many of those accused currently work for WWE across the company's five brands[...]
MVP discusses his career on WWE's The Bump.
"When I was little and I used to watch wrestling, I remember seeing Tony Atlas and Rocky Johnson as tag team champions and they looked like me It meant something to me to aspire, to have somebody to look up to that you share a likeness with The impact of Kofi being born in Ghana[...]
Shorty G is victorious on WWE Smackdown
Smackdown had some decent wrestling tonight, a changeup from Raw earlier in the week, which had very little wrestling and mostly interviews and other shenanigans Riddle's debut was distracting because of the allegations being made right now Banks and Bayley on commentary were the highlight of the show for me, but a close second is[...]
A scene from the 6/19/2020 SmackDown (Image: WWE).
Hardy says Sheamus is a reminder of what Hardy doesn't like about himself, and if Hardy could beat Sheamus and shut him up, it would confirm that Hardy is doing well. But because he lost, he doubts himself, not just in wrestling, but as a husband and father as well The bottom line is that Hardy[...]
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Demmings' decision comes as a result of a massive spike in cases in Florida, which experienced its highest-ever number of new cases this week, putting the state's reopening efforts on pause. The official logo of the WWE. In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer describes a power struggle between Demmings, a rising star[...]
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Now, a similar movement has come to the world of pro wrestling, operating under the hashtag #SpeakingOut, and kicked off by accusations of misconduct against David Starr Starr is a top independent wrestler in Europe most famous for his advocacy of a wrestling union and other progressive politics, that were widely publicized Thursday morning In[...]
Paige appears on WWE talk show The Bump ahead of the Backlash PPV.
I was said because there's so much down there and it just keeps on growing too." Paige comes from a family of British wrestlers who run their own wrestling promotion in the UK Paige herself has been wrestling since she was 13 years old, and due to her position as the first NXT Women's Champion in[...]
MVP discusses his career on WWE's The Bump.
MVP has recently been seen wrestling in gear resembling the costume of Marvel's Black Panther, as well as gear themed around a red Punisher skull According to MVP, he has always designed his own gear… except that original outfit. "I absolutely hated that outfit, that first one, that blue one, that's horrible," MVP said[...]
The official logo for AEW or All Elite Wrestling.
AEW did it with an episode that was start-to-finish wrestling, with no celebrity appearances or gimmick matches. The official logo for AEW or All Elite Wrestling. NXT Up Too NXT hit a .20 rating in the 18-49 demographic, up from a .16 last week Viewership was also up, with 746,000 viewers compared to last week's 673,000 Though NXT[...]