Author: Mark Blake

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…

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…

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 what a main event this was….a six-way match for the #1 contendership for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. The six most featured stars of the show over the past four weeks taking on each other for a shot at Drew Gulak. Yup, it was good alright. But to get there I gotta start the review, so here we peeps, this weeks 205 Live Landscape….. The show begins with a video of 205 Live General manager…

WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle has given permission to UFC star Colby Covington to use his famous “You Suck” theme song this weekend. Colby will be facing off against former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler in the main event of this weekend’s UFC Fight Night, emanating from Newark, NJ. And the man who aided as the intermediary in this deal? None other than Bobby Lashley. Covington made a few appearances for Impact Wrestling in 2017, with other America Top Team members. Bobby Lashley was in the company at the time and was part of the angle that Colby was…

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 has been building for a few weeks. The now-former 24/7 Champion Mike Kanellis will take on the former 24/7 Champion (and 205 Live GM) Drake Maverick. In an UNSANCTIONED MATCH folks! Hopefully, your mouth is watering as much as mine, so without further ado, let’s see how the landscape fairs on 205 Live!…. The Singh Brothers vs Akira Tozawa & The Brian Kendrick Akira and Samir start the match off. It…

Joey Ryan was recently a guest on Chris Jericho’s Talk Is Jericho podcast where he spoke about his time in TNA and Pro Wrestling Guerilla, and whether promotions like PWG can exist with the recent WWE and AEW signings. With former PWG alumni like Chris Hero (Kassius Ohno), Johnny Gargano and Keith Lee currently in the WWE system, is there a possibility that the lack of big star names could harm PWG and independent promotions going forward? – “It could affect PWG in theory. The Young Bucks were able to get ROH to ‘okay’ them to do PWG so other…