Dave Meltzer’s match ratings have all been taken from the May 31, 2024, edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. WWE KING & QUEEN OF THE RING MAY 25 – Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell (WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship): *.75 Becky Lynch (c) vs Liv Morgan (Women’s World…
The Hardys could soon reunite outside of AEW should Jeff’s deal expire. When Jeff Hardy originally signed with All Elite Wrestling, the belief was that his deal matched up with his brother Matt so that they would expire at the same time. That is no longer the case, with Jeff still under contract with AEW…
The former Ring of Honor World Champion is reportedly ready to make his return to TV. Bandido has been out of action since suffering a broken wrist on June 16th, 2023, in a match against Konosuke Takeshita. After undergoing surgery and originally being expected to return in September, Bandido’s injury worsened, and thus, he underwent…
The wrestling legend is set to depart AEW imminently. Arn Anderson officially signed with All Elite Wrestling on December 30th, 2019, and acted as Cody Rhodes’s personal advisor and head coach after assisting him in defeating Shawn Spears in August earlier that year. Following Rhodes’ departure in early 2022, Anderson presence across AEW TV was…
WrestlePurists Match Ratings are decided by working out the average star rating submitted by our list of contributors. WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: DARBY ALLIN MATCH OF THE WEEK: TOMOHIRO ISHII VS MASA KITAMIYA WWE RAW MAY 20 – Sami Zayn vs Chad Gable: ***.25 IYO SKY vs Lyra Valkyria: ***.5 Jey Uso vs GUNTHER: ***.25…
Yet another name could be set to join AEW’s growing women’s division imminently. Megan Bayne has reportedly been under AEW contract for years at this point. However, previous injury issues had prevented her from establishing herself on TV. Seeking further bookings, Bayne made the move to STARDOM in July of last year, where she won…
WWE’s King of the Ring tournament has undoubtedly seen a gradual decline in its prestige over the years. The event was initially a cornerstone of professional wrestling and one that could launch a wrestler’s career to new heights, however, it’s struggled to maintain its significance and has most recently been used to simply provide midcard…
AEW’s roster size is reportedly leading to frustration from talent. All Elite Wrestling undoubtedly has one of if not the most talented roster ever assemble by a professional wrestling promotion, with each year since their formation seeing a host of superstar signings, including this year’s editions of Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, and Mercedes Moné to…
The former AEW World Champion is expected to return sooner rather than later. MJF has been absent from All Elite Wrestling since dropping the AEW World Championship to Samoa Joe at Worlds End on December 30th last year, with the 28-year-old having been working through several injuries up until that point. Fightful Select have now…
Several staff members are believed to no longer be with WWE. Since the formation of the TKO Group that saw WWE and UFC merge, there have been a number of layoffs within both companies as TKO look to assimilate both sports and entertainment titans to help cut costs and maximise revenue, and it seems as…