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 Oney Lorcan and Humberto Carillo! This week is all about finalizing the number one contender for Drew Gulak’s Cruiserweight title and setting up a possible Lucha House Party split. Enough faff from me, let’s get to it! As the show kicked off, 205 Live GM (and current 24/7 Champion) Drake Maverick is shown backstage talking to Oney Lorcan and Humberto Carillo. As both men hold a victory over Drew Gulak – via last week’s 10…

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 8/25/19. 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! – Ring Of Honor Heading Back Onto Cable? Ring Of Honor’s parent company, Sinclair Broadcasting, announced this week that they have purchased more than 20 regional cable sports channels from Disney. When Disney bought 20th Century Fox,…

Hello, one and all! Grab a chair and settle down while I talk you through this past weeks 205 Live and this week is a doozy! The whole show is dedicated to just one match. The biggest match in 205 Live history – a ten-man elimination tag match called the “Captain’s Challenge Ten-Man Tag Team Elimination Match”. Just rolls off the tongue don’t it? Now enough of the elocution lessons, let’s get on with the show! Captain’s Challenge Ten-Man Tag Team Elimination Match Oney Lorcan, Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher, Humberto Carillo & Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak,…

The rumors are true. WWE NXT will be leaving its home on the WWE Network and head to the USA Network. This is after reports earlier this month stated that Fox Sports 1 could be NXT’s new home. https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1163798690072596480 The plan is to extend the duration of the show to two hours and film the show live from its current Full Sail home. It will be shown on Wednesday nights in the 8 PM ET -10 PM ET slot, right against the debuting AEW TV show on TNT on Wednesday, October 2. Dave Meltzer, speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, confirmed…

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 8/18/19. 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! – LAX Confirm They’re Done With IMPACT Santana and Ortiz aka LAX released a statement yesterday saying that their match at the last IMPACT Wrestling TV tapings was indeed their last for the promotion. They took on…

At the most recent set of NXT TV tapings, the Undisputed Era’s Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly captured the NXT Tag Team Championships from the now former champs, The Street Profits. This is the second time that Fish and O’Reilly have won the NXT Tag Team Championships. Its nearly two years ago that they claimed their first titles, defeating the now defunct SAnitY team. https://twitter.com/mariannerocks24/status/1162220147899154432?s=19 Unfortunately the duo were only a few weeks into their reign when Bobby Fish suffered a rather nasty injury that left him on the shelf for a considerable amount of time. Roderick Strong was soon…

Hello, one and all! Grab a chair and settle down while I talk you through this past weeks 205 Live including this week’s main event. And this main event is what the SummerSlam main event should be! Yup, it’s a rematch between Oney Lorcan and Drew Gulak for the Cruiserweight Championship. And it is everything I said it would be in the SummerSlam preview! Trust me, when we get to the main event, I’ll try and keep myself in check! So without further ado, let’s see how the landscape fairs on 205 Live!…. Akira Tozawa vs Jack Gallagher We have…

Last Thursday I had the pleasure to talk to the number one contender to the Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship….The one and only Sami Callihan. I was lucky enough to speak to The Draw last Thursday 8 August via the IMPACT Wrestling Press Pass Podcast. Below is our brief conversation. Happy reading! Mark Blake: Hey there Sami it’s Mark Blake from the Pro Wrestling Post, how are you doing? In your most recent match against Tessa (Blanchard), you both proved on a worldwide scale that intergender wrestling is just believable wrestling. Do you think your match has broken down the…

On last night’s RAW, it was announced that the King Of The Ring tournament will return. And it begins at next Monday’s RAW which emanates from the Xcel Energy Arena in St Paul, MN. The sixteen-man tournament begins next week and will continue over the next few weeks. It has been four years since the tournament was last held. The last superstar to hold the King Of The Ring title was Bad News Barrett. The following WWE Superstars have been confirmed as entrants for this year’s King Of The Ring. Eight from RAW and eight from SmackDown Live – RAW…

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 8/11/19. 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 & Converse Limited Edition Sneakers This that really know me, know that I adore sneakers. Almost as my love of wrestling. This is good as Converse announced this week that they have teamed up with…