Month: July 2020

Former UFC megastar Ronda Rousey was advertised to appear at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view to officially sign her contract to begin her career as a WWE Superstar. As promised, Rousey arrived to the Elimination Chamber show as fans in the arena chanted her name. Before Rousey came out to sign her contract, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle, Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon all came down to the ring to introduce the newest star on Monday…

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There are plans for dual-branded Money In The Bank matches at the June 17th pay-per-view taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The Allstate Arena notes that this event will feature “for the first time ever” a men’s and women’s ladder match that will feature Superstars from both brands. As many of you know by now, all pay-per-views after Fastlane will be dual-branded shows. As previously announced, WWE announced plans for NXT Takeover:…

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Renee Young and Sam Roberts welcome us to the show and runs down some of the biggest moments from Fastlane: Asuka’s face to face with Charlotte & AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura now being official for WrestleMania. New United States Champion Randy Orton joins the show. Orton says that he is happy to be the champion and it hasn’t happened before because the opportunity was never given to him before. Orton also says that he…

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Nikki Bella is one of the top female stars in all of WWE these days. In addition to being one of the most popular wrestlers in the company, she is also one of the stars of the Total Divas and Total Bellas reality shows on the E! network. She took some time off from the ring after her being proposed to by John Cena at WrestleMania 33, and although she did return to compete in…

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Overnight ratings for last night’s SmackDown on FOX, featuring the 25th anniversary celebration of Triple H which culminated with a rare appearance by Vince McMahon, saw the episode just barely top two million viewers and draw the show’s lowest numbers to date on the network. The show averaged 2.014 million viewers, down eight percent from last week, which was the previous low for a SmackDown episode on FOX. In the demos, SmackDown averaged a 0.3 rating in the 18-34…

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Opening recap focused on the ongoing feud between Ken Shamrock and Sami Callihan, building towards tonight’s contract signing. In addition, we got a recap of last week’s main event, when Josh Alexander of The North pinned the World Champion Tessa Blanchard when Tessa wouldn’t tag Eddie, and thus ended up getting taken out by Elgin moments later. Johnny Swinger came down to the ring, and as he had promised, tonight he would wrestle a Young…

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The first match in the TNT title tournament will take place next week on Dynamite. Cody will battle longtime rival Shawn Spears next week in the first round of the tournament that will decide the first-ever TNT champion. Cody and Spears, former tag team partners in OVW, collided at last year’s All Out event, with Cody picking up the win.  Tonight’s AEW Dynamite was headlined by a tag team match where Cody and Darby Allin…

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By Josh Nason, Wrestling Observer The times, they are a changin’. Over the course of watching 20+ editions of WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event, I can now say that we’re officially on the back nine when it comes to quality and enjoyment level. The 28th edition did feature some classic camp, but the wrestling quality was akin to the talent in the ring: big and bloated. The impending Survivor Series was a focus with nearly…

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By James Cox, WrestlingObserver.com The thought went through many a head after The Shield’s second consecutive ppv match against Evolution at WWE Payback last year that a DVD collection of their matches, even this early in their career, would actually be a pretty amazing portfolio of work. WWE actually going ahead and producing it was another thing. Credit where credit’s due: they did. The title might be misleading. This isn’t a look at how they…

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By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com 1947 – Tarzan López defeated Black Guzmán to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Title. 1948 – Mike Kelly defeated Gory Guerrero for the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico. 1958 – Verne Gagne defeated Dick the Bruiser in Chicago, Illinois to win the Chicago/Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title 1961 – The Mysterious Medics defeated Bobby and Don Fields in Mobile, Alabama for the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Title 1963…

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