Matt Hardy will wrestle in his first GCW match the night before WWE SummerSlam. GCW has announced Hardy as the headliner for the Now and Forever Event, which will take place on Friday, 2 August in Cleveland. A social media post promoting a card revealed the news. The August 2 show will also feature Zilla • Read More »
Willow Nightingale, who was unable win her second consecutive Owen Hart Foundation tournament on AEW Dynamite a few days ago, can now call herself a champ as she holds the CMLL women’s title. Nightingale won the title by pinning Van after she defeated Viva Van in a three way match at Saturday’s CMLL x NJPW • Read More »
Paul Walter Hauser will meet Tom Lawlor inside a steel cage. After Lawlor defeated Jake Crist in the Opera Cup opening round at MLW Blood and Thunder, the actor-turned-wrestler appeared via video. He challenged Lawlor in a cage match with no holds barred MMA, where Lawlor’s manager Mister Saint Laurent would be banned from the • Read More »
Stephanie Vaquer left CMLL & NJPW. Vaquer left both promotions immediately for personal reasons, according to the promotion. She will not participate in her scheduled match on Saturday at Fantasticamania, San Jose. Below is a translation of the announcement made by the company. “CMLL-NJPW SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT” We wish to inform you that Stephanie Vaquer informed • Read More »
Shelton Benjamin provided an update about his free agency during an appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. Benjamin, 49, still believes he has much to offer as an athlete after his release from WWE. Benjamin revealed that he spoke briefly with AEW in free agency. Benjamin is still open to the possibility of a • Read More »
It is now official that Shayna Basszler will face Miyu Yamashita in Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XI later this month. The WWE star, who made her debut with a win over Masha Slamovich at Bloodsport X in Philadelphia during WrestleMania Weekend, was announced last month for a second round. Yamashita, 29, will make her Bloodsport debut • Read More »
Dijak will wrestle in his first match after leaving WWE on the Fourth of July. Beyond Wrestling announced that Dijak would return to the promotion this Thursday at Americanrana 2020 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He’s going to be facing Aaron Rourke. Dijak wrestles for Beyond for the first time since 2017. Dijak revealed in a letter • Read More »
The Creed Brothers will be at Bloodsport. Josh Barnett announced on Monday via social media that Brutus Creed and Julius Creed will be attending the next Bloodsport event on July 28, in Brooklyn, New York. The opponents have not been identified. Barnett wrote: “From amateur wrestling mats to the ring of WWENXT this pair of • Read More »
Marigold has released the full Summer Destiny lineup. The headliner for the show at Sumo Hall on July 13 is expected to be Giulia and Sareee. Giulia, however, has not yet received medical clearance for a broken wrist that she suffered at the promotion’s first show on May 20, despite having undergone surgery. She had • Read More »
NJPW announced that they will be releasing their own version of Forbidden Doors in January. During the AEW x NJPW forbidden door on Sunday, a NJPW promotional video was shown for Wrestledynasty, which will take place the following day, Sunday, 5th January — the day after the annual Wrestle kingdom event at the Tokyo Dome, • Read More »