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This was a replay of a 30-year-old wrestling event and you can't just take those numbers and twist them suit some biased narrative The ratings are about facts, numbers, and math, and that's how I plan to look at the NXT vs AEW Dynamite ratings released today. NXT scored a spiritual victory this week, if not[...]

First, according to Wrestling Observer Radio's Dave Meltzer, the plan is for Jericho, Guevara, Jake Hager, and Santana and Ortiz to fight Omega, Hardy, the Bucks, and Page And confirming this, AEW has updated their Twitter banner for Double or Nothing to feature those wrestlers (h/t 411 Mania). The Twitter banner for AEW Double or Nothing[...]

The promotion wants to be different and inclusive and yet fell right back onto the tired out old school wrestling tropes. MJF returns to TNT's Dynamite, courtesy of AEW. Cody interrupted him with the help of his Black Ops edition Ford F150 The truck boasts a mouthy 5.0-liter V8 engine underneath, so it absolutely is a powerful[...]

pic.twitter.com/w8GSWmm08o — All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) May 14, 2020 In other AEW Dynamite news, the company announced that at Double or Nothing Nyla Rose will defend the Women's Championship against Hikaru Shida As for next week's live Dynamite, Rey Fenix will take on Orange Cassidy, Arn Anderson will interview Jake the Snake Roberts, Jon Moxley will face the[...]

Part of the legendary Hart wrestling family that included Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Owen fell to his death at the then-WWF Over the Edge pay-per-view event In the guise of the Blue Blazer, Owen was to be lowered down from the rafters of the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, for his Intercontinental Championship match[...]

That's right, as you've probably just noticed and audibly groaned about, my delightful colleague Chad is out sick today (a voice in my headset is telling me to let you know he has anal bleeding), and so your pal Jude Terror is picking up the slack on Chad's usual wrestling ratings beat And in the[...]

WWE is a savvy pro wrestling company When ratings are down, they have a plethora of plans they can use to turn things around For example, they could bring back an attitude era star Or, as another example, they could bring back an attitude era star Have we mentioned bringing back an "Attitude Era" star?[...]

Mysterio is still injured two days after Seth Rollins brutally attacked his eyeball was able to wrestle one day after falling off a roof.

AEW Dynamite airs on TNT tonight, but ahead of the show, here's some news making the rounds on the wrestling blogosphere about the best wrestling company in the business The biggest potential story is whether or not Sting is AEW-bound It came to light when Mattel canceled a Sting figure that the former WCW star[...]

Joe Hendry is a wrestler currently signed with Ring of Honor, but he was a musician before he was a wrestler, and he incorporates that skill into his wrestling act, writing and performing his own theme songs And Hendry's musical talents are paying off big for Ring of Honor during the pandemic, as Hendry has[...]

Other wrestling promotions have also found a way to deal with quarantine issues without stripping champions of their titles. Sami Zayn is the only wrestler in the business to be stripped of his title for not working during the coronavirus pandemic. In Impact Wrestling, the company has been focusing on introducing new women to the Knockouts division[...]

On WWE Monday Night RAW, Becky Lynch started things off with an announcement so big that it became a tough act for the show to follow.

Despite WWE doing the best that could be expected under really tough circumstances, a lot of people in the wrestling journalism business have been panicking or rejoicing in WWE's falling ratings, even though Vince McMahon told everyone they would come back Well, it looks like Vince is right again (as is The Chadster) because ratings[...]

I love wrestling, and I'm going to show people that I can do it." Otis takes down The Miz, courtesy of WWE. While it's tough to imagine Otis in a more serious role, that has more to do with WWE's writing than it does with the man himself Certainly, he has impressive strength and knows how to[...]

Former WWE Superstar Ryback was interviewed by Wrestling Inc., and he had a theory on the release of Curtis Axel and why he was never allowed to be successful in WWE Axel was released by the company last month along with dozens of co-workers as part of cost-cutting measures for the coronavirus pandemic, even as[...]

It's unknown where Double or Nothing, originally scheduled to take place in Las Vagas, will be held now. Technically, the governor of Florida has allowed crowds to return to sporting events, though no wrestling company has taken him up on the offer yet UFC also held an event in Jacksonville last weekend with no crowd[...]

I mean he's a sorry ass excuse for a public servant but he would've made millions as a heel manager in wrestling I mean the accent and the triple chin alone is billion-dollar heat! What a shame!" Bautista then said that Obamagate is racist, tweeting, "You know what this whole #obamagate feels like to me?[...]

Bischoff said that while he's older and no longer interested in being a tough guy, under the right circumstances, he might like to kick Bubba the Love Sponge's ass. "I'm 65 years old, the whole tough guy, badass thing is so far in my rearview mirror, I can't even see it anymore, but I promise you,[...]

In Being the Elite 203, "Hangman" Adam Page has decided to live in the woods because he felt he wasn't being safe enough at home.

Becky Lynch shocked fans with a surprise announcement on tonight's WWE Monday Night Raw: she's pregnant, and now Asuka's the new champ.

However, Twitter user Fight Oracle, who has been the source of some MMA and wrestling scoops in the past, tweeted, "*BREAKING* @BeckyLynchWWE is pregnant She'll announce it on Monday Night Raw tonight #TheMan." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAhymEokkOgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Becky Lynch's meteoric rise to becoming The Man: WWE Playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAhymEokkOg) Lynch is currently engaged to[...]

But Wheeler's greatest challenge may have come not inside the wrestling ring but in the hallowed halls of social media, where Wheeler found himself engaged in a heated back-and-forth over proper grammar usage. The battle began when a Twitter user by the name of @1974cris tweeted a comment about Wheeler's tag team and a leaked plan[...]

You can watch a video of the scene below. According to a report from WrestlingNews.co, the reason Vince McMahon didn't want anybody trashing his office is because he feared for the safety of the actual real Tyrannosaurus Rex skull mounted on his wall, which was apparently a gift from Vince's son-in-law, Triple H The decision marks[...]

@aewontnt @allelitewrestling" Jericho's match against Pineapple Pete is just one of the matchups we can expect from Dynamite on Wednesday We'll also see MJF's first match back since his injury, Lance Archer and Jake the Snake Roberts appearing, Santana and Ortiz vs Matt Hardy and Kenny Omega, Brodie Lee vs Christopher Daniels, and a fatal four-way[...]

One of the cutest couples in all of pro wrestling is the cross-promotion marriage between AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and WWE broadcasting powerhouse Renee Young But it turns out that while this couple's love may be strong, there's one thing veritable Meatloaf Jon Moxley won't do for love And that thing is dancing in[...]

AJ Styles, Rey Mysterio, Aleister Black, Daniel Bryan, Baron Corbin, and Otis took it to the roof for the WWE Money in The Bank briefcase.

Meeting in the WWE Headquarters lobby, Lacey Evans, Nia Jax, Carmella, Shayna Baszler, Dana Brooke, and Asuka battled for the briefcase.

Seth Rollins looked to take the WWE Championship belt off of Drew McIntyre at tonight's Money in the Bank. Did he succeed?

Next up on Money in the Bank, WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman took on his old "family member" Bray Wyatt, not in The Fiend mode.

Next up in this year's WWE Money in the Bank, it's the SmackDown Women's Championship match, with Bayley taking on top challenger Tamina.