Though Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were two of the biggest names RAW acquired during the Superstar Shake-Up last week, they had a rough go of it at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis this week. Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman brutalized KO and Zayn shortly after they debuted a segment titled the “Sami and Kevin…
Month: July 2020
Jake “The Snake” Roberts Drops Charges Against Davey Boy Jr.
The issues between Jake “The Snake” Roberts and Davey Boy Smity Jr. have been resolved. Roberts has agreed to drop all charges for the incident that took place at WrestleCon. Smith confronted Roberts during WrestleMania weekend about comments Roberts made about his father a few years ago on Roddy Piper’s podcast. It led to Smith…
John Cena, WWE announced as finalists for Sports Humanitarian of the Year awards
The following is a press release: The inaugural Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards, presented by ESPN and PlayStation, will celebrate and honor athletes, teams, nonprofits and members of the sports industry for using sport to serve communities and make a positive impact on society, it was announced by John Skipper, President, ESPN. The event,…
Latest on Jason Jordan, Lynch & Boyfriend Split, Undercover Boss
Jason Jordan is currently one of the most promising young athletes in WWE at the moment. The young star had been on the rise in WWE when he was revealed to be the illegitimate son of Kurt Angle last year before later teaming up with Seth Rollins. Unfortunately, Jordan later received a neck injury that…
FRI UPDATE: McGregor PPV buys, TripleMania, TNA star attacks Jarrett in angle, TNA tag title jinx
By Dave Meltzer There is a huge weekend of live events, which starts tonight. We’re looking for reports on tonight’s loaded up WWE show in Philadelphia with John Cena vs. Kevin Owens, Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt and Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose, tonight’s NXT show in Orlando, tonight’s GFW show in Erie, PA and…
More on Possible WWE PPV in UK, Why Reigns/Mahal Likely To Happen
Despite rumors suggesting that WWE may be ready to bring a PPV to the UK, according to a report in a recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it was stated that the chances of this happening are still slim. While one of the lower tier PPVs could always be possible, one of the big…
Raw ratings up, but big drop at the end
The Raw ratings were up coming off Undertaker’s return at Battleground on Sunday night, but probably not by as much as expected. The show did 3.79 million viewers, up 250,000 from last week, although last week was the second lowest number for a summer non-July 4th Raw since 1997. The second hour, with the Lesnar-Undertaker…
Dolph Ziggler Upsets Seth Rollins For Intercontinental Title
One night after retaining his Intercontinental championship by defeating Elias at Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins showed up on Monday Night Raw in Grand Rapids eager to continue his run as a fighting champion. So he issued yet another open challenge for anyone in the back willing to answer it. Dolph Ziggler was his Huckleberry. Of course he…
On this day in pro wrestling history (July 29): Ric Flair vs. Bobo Brazil, Nick Bockwinkel vs. Mil Mascaras
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com 1964 – Lord James Blears & Neff Maivia defeated Mr. Moto & Nikita Mulkovich for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title in Honolulu, Hawaii 1965 – In Kansas City; Dick the Bruiser beat Bobo Brazil 2 falls to 1, Bob Geigel and Dr. X drew Ronnie Etchison and Sonny Myers 1…
RIP Roddy Piper: your favorite matches & moments, part 1 of 3
By Josh Nason, Wrestling Observer It’s never easy to say goodbye especially when it comes to a legend like “Rowdy” Roddy Piper who left for the big ring in the sky at some point last Thursday night/Friday morning. As I did with Dusty Rhodes in June, I asked for your favorite Piper matches and moments…