Author: Mark Blake

Former WWE star Damien Sandow (real name Aron Stevens) yesterday announced that he will be returning to the ring after nearly 2 and a half years away from wrestling. The announcement, posted via his Instagram account, stated that he had an “epiphany” whilst watching a Battle Arts Pro show. “I’m here in Toronto at Battle Arts Academy. I attended a wrestling show and I had an epiphany. I’ve been gone for two and a half years, look what’s happened to the world, look what’s happened to the business. The world needs me and the business needs me. So, tonight, the…

All Elite Wrestling’s Twitter feed announced that Jim Ross will hold a sit down interview with Shawn Spears to discuss his heinous actions at last months Fyter Fest. The actions I spoke about? When Spears decided to hit Cody Rhodes in the head with a steel chair, also commonly known as “The Shot Heard Around The World”. The interview will be on the first episode of the “Road To All Out” YouTube show, which will air the week after AEW’s next event, Fight For The Fallen (July 13). https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1147913311775858688 As you can see from the tweets below, a few of…

News! News! Get your news! Read all about it right here! Welcome one and all to your weekly irrelevant round-up of the weeks hottest stories in pro wrestling. Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 7/7/19. 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! – Gallows And Anderson Sign Long Term WWE Deal Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, aka The Club, have signed a new deal with WWE. On Wrestling Observer Radio yesterday, Dave Meltzer reported that the duo have “absolutely…

Welcome to another edition of Pro Wresting’s Post’s 205 Live Landscape This week the main event will be the trio of Oney Lorcan, Jack Gallagher and former Cruiserweight champion Tony Nese against Mike Bennet, Ariya Daivari and current Cruiserweight champion Drew Gulak. Also in action under Tornado Tag Rules will be The Singhs vs Lucha House Party. Let’s crack on with the action peeps!…. Tornado Tag Match Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado) vs The Singh Brothers https://youtu.be/eSter27gYxA Metalik and Lince play up to the crowd as the bell rings, getting them involved from the off. It isn’t…

News! News! Get your news! Read all about it right here! Welcome one and all to your weekly irrelevant round-up of the weeks hottest stories in pro wrestling. Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 6/23/19. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest and most interesting stories – CM Punk/Colt Cabana Legal Latest It’s common knowledge that Colt Cabana is suing his (ex) friend CM Punk over the whole Dr. Chris Amann/WWE situation. Basically, Colt is suing because Punk didn’t reimburse him all of his legal fees in the defamation lawsuit. This week, Mike Johnson…

A few weeks ago I wrote that Alberto Del Patron (Del Rio) had announced a new promotion he was heading up, Nacion Lucha Libre. Today he spoke with the Miami Herald to talk about the promotion and the fact that Nacion Lucha Libre will be offering health and life insurance to all its performers. El Patron heads this promotion with a legendary name in the wrestling world, Chavo Guerrero Jr. Both men are pushing the fact that Nacion Lucha Libre will offer health insurance, life insurance, and retirement to all their workers. Below are some of the comments he made…

Earlier this year, new WWE Executive Director for SmackDown Live Eric Bischoff, spoke to the people of Glasgow, Scotland for a special Inside The Ropes talking event. At the event, seen in the video below, Eric spoke in length about what he would do in regards to the brand extension/split: https://youtu.be/HzsTP4D2iJ4 “First of all, this is the third attempt at a major promotion brand extension. The first one was mine, it was kind of short-lived and it really wasn’t a pretty sight. WCW Thunder The whole idea was to create a show for the nWo, which is why we grew…

A few hours ago, WWE announced that they had hired Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman as Executive Directors. Heyman will become the Executive Director of RAW while Bischoff has been made Executive Director of SmackDown Live. Both men will report directly to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. https://youtu.be/pPQnffjwNd8 This huge move will make sure that it provides “two distinct creative processes for its flagship shows”. Sports Illustrated reported that when SmackDown Live moves to FOX, Bischoff will liaise with FOX executives. They also went on to say that there are no plans for both men to be introduced as an on-screen…

A few hours ago, Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE) announced that the company will be expanding into the UK. From September they will launch a sister brand – OWE United Kingdom. Many will know OWE and their stars from their working relationship with All Elite Wrestling. Through their Instagram account, they announced that there would be an OWE United Kingdom Champion and OWE United Kingdom Tag Team Champions too. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzKmwVwgW8B/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet OWE issued a press release to accompany this announcement. Here are some highlights: SHANGHAI (June 26, 2019) – Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), the China-based wrestling promotion headlined by members of the…

The past two days have seen Twitter blow up, as WWE’s Seth Rollins and New Japan Pro Wresting’s Will Ospreay have been shooting verbally at each other. It all started when Seth, as his role as company flag bearer, proudly proclaimed that WWE was the best wrestling on the planet. This drew the ire of many fans who were eager to tell him the error of his statement. Rollins then went on to “double down” his statement by saying that there is no one in the world right now who can do what he does, as well as he does.…