Author: Mark Blake

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.…

It was widely reported overnight that last night’s WWE Stomping Grounds PPV drew a very small crowd to the Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA. More news has come out regarding the event, along with some picture evidence. DEFY Wrestling’s Matt Farmer tweeted to Dave Meltzer that there were around 6,000 fans in the arena. The Tacoma Dome can hold up to 18,000. Others had tweeted that the arena had half of it’s seating curtained off. Farmer also said that there were “tons” of complimentary tickets and quite a few 2-for-1 ticket deals. https://twitter.com/mattfarmer93/status/1142930910070767618 Dave Meltzer spoke on Wrestling Observer Radio that…

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 – R-Truth Regains 24/7 Championship At Drake Maverick’s Wedding The greatest 24/7 champion in WWE history re-captured the title this past weekend. R-Truth pinned former champion Drake Maverick at Drake’s own wedding. Watch the video below to fully understand what happened: https://youtu.be/EQ6jsdrAZWA In claiming this title win,…

All Elite Wrestling’s UK TV partner, ITV, announced a few hours ago that both Fyter Fest and Fight For The Fallen will be shown in the United Kingdom and Ireland through FITE TV AEW in collaboration with ITV Box Office. Both shows will be available for £8.99 in the United Kingdom and 9.99 euros in Ireland. All details can be found at www.fite.tv Ben Halabi, Head of ITV Box Office Business Development commented – “We’re ( AEW ) thrilled to be partnering with FITE TV to bring this epic event to even more wrestling fans across the UK & Ireland…

As I reported last month, BT Sport will be the new home of WWE programming in the United Kingdom. The deal begins next January. Sky TV has been broadcasting WWE programming into homes of the UK for the last 30 years. Both parties announced that Raw and SmackDown Live will air on BT Sport while BT Sport Box Office will air all of WWE’s pay-per-view events. Below is the official press release – WWE® AND BT SPORT ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP LONDON, ENGLAND, June 20, 2019 – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and BT Sport today announced a new multi-year exclusive pay TV…

Scarlett Bordeaux was today released from her Impact Wrestling contract. Earlier the Impact Wrestling Twitter account posted the following tweet, confirming the news – https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1140983100140335106 It’s no secret that last month she and her boyfriend, Killer Kross, both asked for their releases from the company. Kross, speaking to the Wrestling Perspectives podcast last week, talked about how they weren’t happy with Impact Wrestling. How they weren’t paid enough and how even now, Scarlett has to have a side job to make ends meet – “I personally really don’t really need much. But it’s just different when you have people to…

Reports are surfacing that Sami Callihan is done with MLW (Major League Wrestling). Mike Johnson from PWInsider has gone on record saying that after his loss in a Loser Leaves Town match against Mance Warner on MLW Fusion, that Sami has indeed finished with the company. MLW wanted to bring Sami back but under a mask ala “Midnight Rider” but due to events that happened during and after the match, officials have thought against that idea. During the match at the Waukesha County Expo Center, Waukesha, WI, Sami, and Mance battled across every square inch of the venue. Unfortunately,…

Today Powerslam.TV announced that they have entered into a partnership with PROGRESS Wrestling and added the promotion to it’s stellar lineup. This partnership will allow Powerslam.TV subscribers to watch over 20 PROGRESS Wrestling including every event from this year. Powerslam.TV celebrates it’s one year anniversary this month, having been founded in June last year. The site has wrestling content from over 130 different promotions but none more famous, it can be argued, than PROGRESS Wrestling. PROGRESS Wrestling is one of the biggest promotions in the United Kingdom, possibly one of the biggest independent promotions in the world. Wrestlers such as…

Yesterday I wrote that New Japan Pro Wrestling had announced the entrants and participants for this years G1 Climax. Today they have announced the matchups for every day of the 18-day tournament. As you can see below, the tournament kicks off in Dallas, Texas with a blockbuster of a match – Ibushi vs KENTA! Not to mention Okada will face off against The Ace Tanahashi too. Night 1 July 6th – Dallas, Texas – A Block Kota Ibushi v. KENTA Kazuchika Okada v. Hiroshi Tanahashi Will Ospreay v. Lance Archer EVIL v. Bad Luck Fale SANADA v. Zack Sabre Jr.…