Author: Mark Blake

Yesterday, The Telegraph published a piece on their website that BT Sport is set to announce that they have entered into a partnership with WWE to begin to air its programming in the United Kingdom later this year. For the past 30 years, Sky has been WWE’s main UK partner. Showing both Raw, SmackDown Live, Main Event, and many other programmings. Sky’s contract is rumored to be ending at the end of November this year. This is massive news in the TV industry over here in the United Kingdom. https://twitter.com/ProWrestleShow/status/1128982907559829504 Following on the heels of ITV (the country’s biggest broadcaster)…

Earlier today WWE issued a statement announcing that Lars Sullivan (real name Dylan Miley) has been fined $100,000 for historical bigoted and misogynistic comments. The comments in question were made between 2007 and 2013 on a Bodybuilding.com message board. The comments surfaced in November of last year before dying down. It wasn’t until Big E publicly addressed the situation on Twitter that the controversy became headline news. https://twitter.com/WWEBigE/status/1126145932486221828 As you can see, it was common knowledge backstage with the talent. You can imagine it would probably have made the situation hard backstage. There were also rumors that Lars aborted push…

Earlier today, Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier confirmed that, as expected, WWE SmackDown Live WILL air live for two hours every Friday night from 8 pm – 10 pm ET. The show will make its debut on Friday 4th October At the network’s official 2019-2020 fall schedule, Collier said – “Today marks a new beginning for Fox Entertainment. So it is with a start-up mindset and, upon an incredible foundation of assets, that we deliver our first slate of new comedies, dramas, and unscripted series. Alongside top creators and talent, and through innovative partnerships across the industry, we are redefining…

While she’s on the WWE’s European tour, Becky Lynch has made time for yet another Twitter spat – and very much tongue in cheek with Beth Phoenix. As no real shots were fired by The Man, but she may have inadvertently made public her private life. In a photo from the tour, Becky Lynch is seen holding both her Championship belts while alongside WWE Hall of Famer and new NXT commentator Beth Phoenix. She commented on the photo saying that she thought Beth was too close to her titles, and that’s when things kicked off. https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1127339396301303809?s=19 As you can see…

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. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest and most interesting stories. So kick back, put your feet up and feast your eyes on this week’s Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 5/12/19! Austin Aries To Major League Wrestling A few short hours ago, Major League Wrestling posted onto their Twitter account that former RoH, WWE and Impact superstar Austin Aries has signed with the company…

Welcome folks to this week’s Quick Hits Recapatory! Each and every week myself, co-editor Brandi Wagner and editor in chief Marc Madison will take turns on giving you loyal readers what we think are the highlights of the week’s WWE Raw and SmackDown Live. All of us here at Pro Wrestling Post believe that there’s enough negative attention drawn to the WWE and wrestling in general, all over the internet. And because of that, we will only be looking at the positives of the main WWE weekly programming. This week I, Mark Blake, will be stepping into the breach and…

It has been announced that the United Kingdom’s own WOS Wrestling has reached a landmark deal with US broadcaster Stadium. The 24/7 sports network will air the 10 one hour episodes weekly from Sunday May 12 at 7pm EST. This is a huge deal. It is is the first time that a British produced wrestling series has been licensed to an American TV channel. https://twitter.com/WOSWrestling/status/1126054456720859142 WOS Wrestling features some of the UK and the world’s top stars. Names like Will Ospreay, Grado, Viper, Kay Lee Ray will be gracing US TV screens across the country. It is hosted by Stu…

Earlier today, Sports Illustrated broke the news that the sons of the legendary Kevin Von Erich have signed a multi-year deal with Major League Wrestling (MLW). Ross and Marshall Von Erich have been plying their trade across the world. USA, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Australia to name but a few countries. https://twitter.com/MLW/status/1125827200836673536 Major League Wrestling CEO, Court Bauer spoke to Sports Illustrated and was quoted as saying – “Ross and Marshall are not only world-class athletes but world-class people. I look forward to seeing their journey as they write a new chapter and usher in the future for their…

Powerslam TV, one of the web’s most foremost online wrestling portals, today (May 6) announced they have struck a partnership with WWN Live. Giving Powerslam TV access to  Full Impact Pro (FIP), Shine Wrestling and EVOLVE, to show new and archived footage on their network. They announced the news via their Twitter and official press release, as seen below – https://twitter.com/PowerslamTV/status/1125457912342560768 WWNLIVE FAMILY OF BRANDS ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH POWERSLAM.TV AND PIVOTSHARE Powerhouse wrestling brand WWNLive launches their own SVOD channelsa s well as syndicating content to Powerslam.TV Los Angeles, CA – WWNLive, Powerslam.TV, and Pivotshare, Inc., are excited to announce…

Major League Wrestling ( MLW ) officials announced today the competitors and brackets for their National Openweight Championship tournament to crown their inaugural champion. The National Championship is an Openweight division, where there is no weight limit at all. Wrestlers of all shapes and sizes can compete against each other, much like the NEVER Openweight Championship in NJPW. Over the next two weeks on their weekly TV show MLW Fusion, the four wrestlers will compete with the two winners advancing to the Openweight Championship Tournament Final at MLW: Fury Road 2019 on Saturday June 1. https://twitter.com/MLW/status/1125385430113845248 The first match will…