Author: Mark Blake

Hello, one and all! Grab a chair and settle down while I talk you through this past weeks 205 Live with a main event of former Cruiserweight champ Tony Nese against Oney Lorcan in what you can imagine will be a hard-hitting spectacle. Enough of my faff, let’s get to it! The show begins with a highlights package of Drew Gulak retaining the Cruiserweight championship at Clash Of Champions against Lince Dorado and Humberto Carillo. Lince Dorado vs Ariya Daivari Is it me or does Daivari begin every 205 Live show now? Both men in the middle of the ring…

This past Sunday in my Week In Review article (click here to catch up) I wrote that there were rumors that the announce teams for WWE’s RAW and SmackDown will be getting some significant changes. With the upcoming WWE Draft just a few weeks away, top officials want brand exclusivity on RAW and SmackDown. Each show/brand will have its own roster of wrestlers and exclusive announce teams. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are rumored to be heading to SmackDown as FOX wants a more established voice for their show. Which leaves a gap over on RAW… Twitter user @Wrestlevotes tweeted…

In the last few hours, WWE announced that the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth, GA December 1 house show has been renamed as “Starrcade”. This special event will air live on the WWE Network at 7 PM ET. The show itself begins at 6.30 PM ET for the fans in attendance. This event will be the third year in a row that the WWE has branded a house show as “Starrcade”. Below is the official statement released from WWE – Starrcade returns to WWE Network Dec. 1 The tradition of Starrcade carries on into WWE Network with a one-hour special…

Yesterday it was reported that All Elite Wrestling had trademarked the name “All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite” with the US Patent & Trademark Office. But could have an errant TV guide listing given the name away? In an update to this news, the Xfinity TV guide has “confirmed” that the same “All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite” name WILL be the Wednesday night show. Twitter user @mikeVSphilly tweeted the below image, showing what he had found – https://twitter.com/mikeVSphilly/status/1174298630209114113 As you can see above, the guide shows a special two-hour preview on October 1, the night before the company’s debut show on TNT. The…

It’s official folks! The long-rumored WWE Draft will be taking place over two nights next month. It was announced during yesterday’s 1 PM (ET) NFL game on FOX. The first night will take place on the October 11 Friday Night SmackDown, while the second night will happen on October 14 on Monday Night RAW. Below is the official statement from WWE – WWE® DRAFT SET FOR FOX AND USA NETWORK ON OCTOBER 11 AND 14 STAMFORD, Conn. – September 15, 2019 – The destiny of WWE’s Superstars will be determined during a two-night draft taking place live on Friday Night…

News! News! Get your news! Read all about it right here! Welcome one and all to your weekly irrelevant round-up of the week’s hottest stories in pro wrestling. Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 9/15/19. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest and most interesting stories. Enough of me lets get into this week’s Week In Review! – WWE Announce Teams Shake-Up With the impending SmackDown move to FOX TV in less than a month, rumors are rife that the broadcast announce teams for RAW and SmackDown will be shaken up. The big rumor…

With NXT preparing to air live on the USA Network next Wednesday, more news about the third WWE brand is released on a daily basis. It was announced yesterday that at next year’s Royal Rumble weekend, held at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, there will be no NXT Takeover. Taking its place will be a Worlds Collide event. The big five WWE PPVs (Rumble, WrestleMania, Money In The Bank, SummerSlam & Survivor Series) have for the past few years, had an NXT Takeover event preceding it. No reason has been given for the change. Worlds Collide was held at…

In the last few hours, Revolution Pro Wrestling (Rev Pro) announced that they have “indefinitely severed ties” with one half of their British Tag Team Champions Josh Bodom. At last weekend’s Summer Sizzler event, an incident took place after a tag team match between Aussie Open and the British Tag Team Champions, Sha Samuels and Josh Bodom. The incident in question was the “botched” finish to the match. The referee, Aaren Wilde, counted the three count as Bodom’s shoulders were on the canvas and he didn’t kick out. Apparently this wasn’t the planned ending of the match, even though Aussie…

News! News! Get your news! Read all about it right here! Welcome one and all to your weekly irrelevant round-up of the week’s hottest stories in pro wrestling. Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 9/8/19. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest and most interesting stories. Enough of me lets get into this week’s Week In Review! – Impact/AXS Talks Resume? I wrote a few months back (click here to refresh your memory) that Impact Wrestling and AXS had given up on talk with each other. But according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, talks…

Over the past few years, New Japan Pro Wrestling has hosted quite a few events in the United Kingdom. All of them have been very successful. From last year’s Strong Style Evolved UK shows to last weekend’s Royal Quest, NJPW has a very significant presence in the United Kingdom. Combine that with its “Global Expansion” strategy that the company is aggressively pursuing, and you get the very strong possibility that New Japan could be building their very own region-specific dojo in the country. Tokyo Sports, one of Japan’s leading news daily newspapers, has reported that nothing is set in stone…