Shinsuke Nakamura who was signed by the WWE in the beginning of this year has finished up his NJPW commitments this past Saturday. Nakamura will be reporting to the WWE Performance Center this week to begin his transition to the company.
The Japanese Superstar is set to compete with Sami Zayn at the coming NXT TakeOver special titled “Dallas”.
John Cena who underwent surgery on January 7 on his injured right shoulder, posted update on his recovery process on social media. Max squat 2015=611lbs Max squat 2016=75lbs. Still can’t grab a regular bar but rebuilding every day #nevergiveup pic.twitter.com/hOwWpKPg9S — John Cena (@JohnCena) January 30, 2016 Former WWE Divas champion Nikki Bella also posted … Read more
Since making his debut at the Royal Rumble, AJ Styles has been the talk of the online world for all the right reasons. Coming at # 3 during the main event rumble match, AJ shocked and cheered everyone in the arena and the twitter was abuzz. Although Styles was eliminated by Kevin Owens, he managed to survive in the Rumble for approximately 30 minutes.
The video of his debut has been played over 2.6 million times, along with an unseen video with over 1 million views. His match with Chris Jericho is also a hit in YouTube with 1.5 million views. One look at the WWE official YouTube page and one can sense the enthusiasm among people of AJ finally singing with the company.
Styles’ shirt also sold out within a few hours on the WWE shop website and his new theme song titled Phenomenol cracked the iTunes Top 200 chart and was at #70 at one point within a day of it being uploaded.
Here is the updated card for TNA’s Lockdown ppv: Kurt Angle vs Bobby Roode Beer Money vs Bram and Eric Young Ethan Carter III vs Matt Hardy in a Cage match for TNA World title Lethal Lockdown match – The Dollhouse vs Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne and Gail Kim.
2K Games and WWE have signed a multi year deal that will continue their licensing agreement. 2K has been releasing WWE console games with their WWE 2K series which started with WWE 2K14, after WWE’s previous game partner THQ went bankrupt in 2013.
TNA wrestler Awesome Kong has been sent home after she had a backstage arguement with Matt Hardy’s girlfriend Reby Sky. TNA was on the first day of their UK tour when the incident happened. It is unclear at this moment what this mean for Kong’s future with TNA. PWInsider reports that Kong attacked/ tried to attack … Read more
It appears that another WWE superstar is going to be out of action as Alberto Del Rio is, according to PWinsider is suffering from a lower back issue. The injury results from one of Brock Lesnar’s vertical suplexes at this past Sunday’s Royal Rumble main event. Del Rio did made an appearance on RAW but … Read more
Contrary to the speculation regarding a WWE return, Jeff Hardy has once again re-signed with TNA. Dixie Carter made the announcement on Twitter although no details about the nature of the deal was disclosed. Thrilled to announce @JeffHardyBrand has signed new contract @IMPACTWRESTLING & will kickoff #IMPACTonPop tonight pic.twitter.com/fez8KtDSmB — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) January 26, … Read more
According to WWE.com, NXT star Adrian Jaoude is set to participate at this years summer Olympics. Representing the host nation of Brazil, Adrian will take part in the freestyle wrestling competetion. Adrian has been signed to NXT since october 2015. WWE head coach Matt Bloom (Albert) said the following in Adrian’s praise: “To be as … Read more
As Sheamus looks to have injured his left arm, Rusev is expected to replace Sheamus in the coming WWE live events this weekend. He will now face Roman Reigns in the main event of both the events. Sheamus tweeted the following on January 28th indicating his injury. You know the celebrations went well when you … Read more
Impact wrestling on Pop TV drew 339,000 and another 103,000 viewers in the midnight replay for a total of 442,000 viewers which is almost same as last week’s 443,000 viewers [321,000 + 122,000]. TNA has rebounded greatly since its Jan 8th debut on the channel when it drew 111,000 viewers for its “best of” show.
Brock Lesnar is now confirmed to face Luke Harper from the Wyatt Family for WWE’s March to Wrestlemania special to be held on 12th March. Another match confirmed is Roman Reigns vs Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event. Other highlights of the event include: “The Highlight Reel” with Chris Jericho … Read more