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49m ago
Tony Khan
The AEW rankings are back!
The timing was convenient to be released after Swerve Strickland defeated Konosuke Takeshita on Dynamite to become #1 contender for the AEW World Championship at the Dynasty PPV on April 21. The rankings are pretty much a moot point now for that division, but there are still plenty of nuggets to glean from the top 5 lists.
Let’s break down the AEW rankings.
Tony Khan
Men
World Champion: Samoa Joe
TNT Champion: Adam Copeland
International Champion: Roderick Strong
Continental Champion: Kazuchika Okada
1. Swerve Strickland
2. Orange Cassidy
3. Jon Moxley
4. W ..read more
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2h ago
WWE.com
Former WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis is a co-defendant in the Vince McMahon sex trafficking lawsuit that was filed in January by former WWE employee Janel Grant.
Since that explosive lawsuit was filed, a lot of wrestlers have been asked to give their thoughts on the horrific allegations made about McMahon and Laurinaitis. Ronda Rousey made the news last week by trashing Laurinaitis as one of the WWE executives who “can go fuck themselves.”
While reacting to Ronda’s comments on Sportskeeda’s The Wrestling Time Machine, former SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long accused ..read more
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3h ago
AEW’s X
We’ve seen Darby Allin dive off bridges, and through panes of glass. He’s jumped a Jeep over his house, did a Coffin Drops off a crane, and a tricycle backflip off a really big ramp.
Hell, he was supposed to be climbing Mount Everest instead of appearing on last night’s Dynamite. But he broke his foot in a tame-for-him-looking spot in a match a couple weeks back, so there Allin was with skateboard legend Tony Hawk.
You see, Darby’s Everest expedition was going to be in support of Hawk’s Skatepark Project, a nonprofit he started to give young people in underserved communities safe, incl ..read more
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3h ago
Black Label Pro on Twitter
Plus free matches from H2O, Limitless, & A1!
Welcome back to the Sermon on the Mat, your weekly one-stop shop for news from the wider world of wrestling beyond the big cable TV monoliths that get all the coverage, with a special focus on shows that air on IWTV and TrillerTV.
Coming soon... On IWTV
Wrestling Open Episode 117 (Mar. 28, 8 pm ET)
SLA Battle of Spaulding II (Mar. 29, 7 pm CT)
Adrian Surge vs. Jeremy Wyatt
Angelus Layne, Derek Neal, & KC Karrington vs. Madi Monarch, Mike Outlaw, & Rahim de la Suede
The New Guys (Jake Bosche & Scott Stanley ..read more
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5h ago
AEW Rampage
AEW rolled into Le Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City, Quebec, for yesterday’s episode of Dynamite, where they also taped tomorrow night’s (Mar. 29) episode of Rampage.
AEW has advertised Dustin Rhodes vs. The Butcher for the card on Friday night’s show. Let’s see how the results panned out, courtesy of spoilers from Wrestling Observer Radio:
Dustin Rhodes defeated The Butcher.
Deonna Purrazzo beat Rose.
Mariah May defeated Nikita. This was supposed to be “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Nikita, but Storm said she could not compete and May would fill in as her understudy.
Roderick Strong be ..read more
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12h ago
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill.
Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the pro wrestling rumor mill. We track rumor accuracy in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt.
Rumors for the Day:
WWE has reache ..read more
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12h ago
AEW on TV’s X
AEW Dynamite (Mar. 27, 2024) emanated from Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The show featured Swerve Strickland winning the #1 contender spot for the world championship, Will Ospreay rocking the ring against a legend, the Young Bucks and the Best Friends advancing in the tag title tournament, Willow Nightingale earning a crack at TBS gold, and more.
Catch up on all the details with the excellent play-by-play from Claire Elizabeth.
One step closer to history
Swerve Strickland has made it his mission to become the first African-American to hold the AEW World Champio ..read more
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12h ago
WWE’s X
The new show will feature three minute matches as competitors vie for the Speed title. It debuts April 3 on X/Twitter.
We’ve been hearing about WWE Speed since the concept was first tested out before a SmackDown show in December of last year. The trial run was apparently a success, as last month the company announced it would debut as a show on X/Twitter sometime this Spring.
Now we know more about Speed, including when it will premiere on Elon Musk’s social media platform. That info all came via this video featuring Corey Graves that was posted earlier tonight (Mar. 27).
EVERY SECON ..read more
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15h ago
AEW on TV’s X
Tony Khan announced that a new version of the AEW Rankings would come out after thye Mar. 27 Dynamite, which was mostly just a way to tell us that the match between Swerve Strickland and Konosuke Takeshita on tonight’s show would determine who World champion Samoa Joe’s next challenger will be.
Fittingly, Strickland vs. Takeshita was the main event of Dynamite. It started with a show of respect, but the handshake turned into each man attempting to make a statement. Swerve got loose to start strong, but The Alpha slowed his roll by dropping him on his head.
BRAAAAAAAAINBUSTA!#AE ..read more
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15h ago
TBS
We’re one step closer to learning who will follow Sting & Darby Allin as AEW Tag champs. That’s because we had two “West” bracket matches on the Mar. 27 Dynamite.
First up, Matthew & Nicholas Jackson of The Young Bucks were looking to avenge their loss to Private Party in the tournament to crown the inaugural tag champs back in 2019 — but they didn’t want to hear Renee Paquette talk about that match back on the second-ever episode of Dynamite. It was also in that interview that the EVPs informed us they’d told the newest member of The Elite and new Continental titleholder Kazuchika ..read more