Author: Mark Blake

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.…

Last Friday on the Figure Four Daily Podcast, Bryan Alvarez hosted former WCW, ECW, and WWE Superstar Lance Storm. In the interview, Lance spoke about how he has been interpreting the Bray Wyatt “Firefly Fun House” vignettes that have been airing for the past few weeks on WWE TV. Below is a small transcript of Alvarez and Storm’s conversation on the podcast. Remember that these are Lance’s own views – Lance Storm: “Correct me if I’m wrong, aren’t the writers making fun of Vince McMahon right in front of his nose with these segments? The Firefly Funhouse is the WWE.…

News! News! Get your news! Read all about it right here! Welcome one and all and happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there! I hope you’ve all had a great relaxing day, and what better way to relax than to read your weekly irrelevant round-up of the weeks hottest stories in pro wrestling. Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 6/16/19. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest and most interesting stories – Lucha Bros Finished With Impact Wrestling First to kick off this Week in Review we an interesting development from…

Earlier this morning, New Japan Pro Wrestling officials announced the entrants and blocks for this years G1 Climax tournament. The hype video below shows the rather extravagant announcement – https://youtu.be/Y6dRpMveSNc Once again the tournament will be held under round robin conditions and will be kicked off in the United States (July 6, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX). The winner usually gets a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight champion at the Wrestle Kingdom event. Next year’s Wrestle Kingdom will be held over the 4 and 5 January next year. The matches will be announced tomorrow (which we will cover right here…

Add two more matches to the AEW vs CEO Fyter Fest later this month. SoCal Uncensored’s Christopher Daniels takes on Strong Hearts CIMA in one on one action. While Nyla Rose will take on Riho and Yuka Sakazaki in a triple threat match. The announcement of the women’s triple threat was revealed in this weeks AEW Road To Fyter Fest episode. All Elite Wrestling’s Chief Branding Officer Brandi Rhodes made the announcement. She said that Yuka and Riho have a craftiness and resilience to them while Nyla is a force they’ll have to survive – https://youtu.be/uEB9CUGMoeo Brandi also mentioned on…

It was reported yesterday that All Elite Wrestling’s next event, Fyter Fest, will air live and for free via the B/R Live platform. AEW’s Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes spoke to ComicBook.com about the reasoning behind airing the event on B/R Live instead of PPV. He pointed out that that this subject was a huge discussion in the company, but he’s thrilled that the show will be streamed for free. “I’m thrilled that we get to do it for free. That was such a huge discussion and I’m so excited. I mean Moxley’s first match in AEW for free. It’s great.…

At a press conference held yesterday, Alberto Del Patron (Del Rio) announced he will be heading a new promotion called Nacion Lucha Libre. Below is a video of the announcement. https://youtu.be/dDvzHzzpzAY The promotion will hold it’s debut event on Thursday, July 11 at Sala De Armas in Mexico City, Mexico. They have also secured a TV deal which will show the debut event and all future shows. They will be aired on the ImageTV network on Saturday nights at 10.30CST to midnight. The first episode (debut show) will air on Saturday, July 13. The poster below shows that former WWE…