28-year-old Ashley Urbanski, better known on the independent scene as Shotzi Blackheart, has signed a WWE deal and will be heading to Orlando and the WWE Performance Center. During last night’s EVOLVE 137 event, NXT General Manager William Regal presented Blackheart with the contract in the middle of the ring following her win. The California native has been wrestling professionally since 2015 and is the current SHINE Nova champion. Known also by the nickname of…

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Sin Cara introduced a new female ally on this week’s edition of WWE RAW. The woman, who wore a lucha mask, is Catalina Garcia and she had only just started training at WWE’s Performance Center in August and wrestled briefly in NXT. Prior to joining WWE, Garcia competed in Chile’s independent wrestling scene with the name “La Diva del Ring” Jessy.

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WWE and ECW alumna Francine has been hospitalized less than a week after she underwent surgery. Francine took to Twitter on Monday to note that she has been re-admitted to the hospital and thanked fans for the well-wishes that they’ve been sending her, as you can see below. The former wrestling star underwent surgery last week for a hernia issue and abdominal reconstruction. She had said at the time that she’d been released from the…

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1. Ricochet defeated Drew McIntyre 2. WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match The Kabuki Warriors (c) defeated Nikki Cross and Sarah Logan 3. R-Truth defeated Drake Maverick 4. Cedric Alexander defeated Shelton Benjamin 5. WWE Raw Women’s Championship Match Becky Lynch (c) defeated Sasha Banks 6. Rusev defeated Bobby Lashley (w/Lana) (via disqualification) 7. Six-Man Tag Team Match Braun Strowman, Kevin Owens, and Rey Mysterio defeated The O.C. 8. WWE Universal Championship – Street Fight…

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Kenny Omega won’t be jumping right back in the ring after his Full Gear match, because he’s not cleared to. Omega posted to twitter revealing that doctors will not clear him to appear on TV, but said “The problem is that you left me alive and I’ll be back. I win.”  Omega lost to Moxley in an Unsanctioned, “Lights Out” match at the PPV.  I lost and doctors won’t clear me for TV. The problem…

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The XFL released its schedule today, which you can view by clicking here. Fox also put out the following press release, announcing the full broadcast schedule for the network. FOX SPORTS ANNOUNCES 2020 XFL SCHEDULE Today, FOX Sports announces its 2020 XFL broadcast schedule, which kicks off on FOX Saturday, Feb. 8, at 5:00 PM ET with the Los Angeles Wildcats at Houston Roughnecks. The following day, the New York Guardians host the Tampa Bay…

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The social media accounts of 2K were hacked last night and the WWE 2K Facebook and Twitter pages had some embarrassing moments before the accounts were reclaimed by the company. “We are aware that social media accounts across the 2K label have been compromised and offensive material is being posted that does not reflect the values of 2K or our partners. We are actively working to fix this as soon as possible,” a tweet read.…

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Ken Shamrock talks about how he feels doing pro wrestling at 55 years old: “I feel good, man. I took a year off a year back or so and let my body heal up which I hadn’t done in 20 years. I came back into wrestling feeling really good. I did some stuff in Australia and now I’m here in Impact. I feel like a million bucks so I’m ready to roll. It’s commitment. It’s…

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During a commercial break before the start of the main event of Dynamite last night, fans chanted “stupid dick” at Chris Jericho following the promo cut by Cody earlier in the broadcast. Jericho pretended not to hear what they’re saying which only made the fans chanted it louder before he responded with “What?” to laughs from the fans. Eventually, fans changed their chant to the unmistakable “asshole” chant before going back to “stupid dick.” The…

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“Aw man, it’s a huge honor to be able to help someone. Because you know, back before I got dropped on my head (by Owen Hart) I was a Ric Flair clone. You know, Ric Flair is the G.O.A.T in my opinion and I was trying to emulate his style. I wasn’t trying to copy him, I was trying to use his style as it pertained to my athletic ability. And getting dropped on my…

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