USA Network is set to become the home of Friday Night SmackDown in late 2024. For the past few months, WWE’s media rights have been a major topic of discussion, with the company’s current contracts with both NBCU and FOX set to expire in October 2024. It now appears as though negotiations over the long-term […]
Several names have been confirmed to have been released by WWE this afternoon. Earlier this month, WWE and Endeavor officially completed their merger to form TKO, with budget cuts coming to several WWE employees as a result in order to synergise both divisions. Following on from this, talent cuts were reportedly to be expected in
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WrestlePurists Match Ratings are decided by working out the average star rating submitted by our list of contributors. WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: WILL OSPREAY MATCH OF THE WEEK: VOLADOR JR VS ANGEL DE ORO WWE RAW SEPTEMBER 11 – Alpha Academy & Tommaso Ciampa vs Imperium: ***.75 STARDOM 5STAR GP DAY 15 SEPTEMBER 12 (LIVE
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All Elite Wrestling could find itself a new home in the near future if reports are to be believed. For the past few months, many fans have been speculating that AEW content could find its way onto a streaming service, with AEW President Tony Khan himself revealing that he’d “love” to see AEW find a
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A round of budget cuts is reportedly to be expected in the near future. On September 12th, WWE and Endeavor finalised their merger to form TKO, a multimedia sports and entertainment conglomerate with both WWE and UFC under their umbrella. Following the merger, large-scale layoffs were expected by many fans within both divisions of TKO,
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s top 500 best wrestlers in the world have now been revealed. Since 1991, PWI has been publishing its annual “Top 500 Wrestlers” listing the top male wrestlers in the world. The criteria for said list is noted as including win/loss records, championships won, quality of competition, major feuds, prominence within the wrestler’s
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One of WWE’s TKO merger, a longtime member of their Board of Directors will be leaving the company. On September 12th, WWE and Endeavor officially finalised a merger between the two companies to former TKO, a multimedia sports and entertainment conglomerate with both WWE and UFC under their umbrella. Following the announcement, an email was
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WWE’s President has weighed in on the prospect of CM Punk returning to the company. On September 2nd, earlier this month, AEW officially announced that the contract of CM Punk had been terminated for just cause under the unanimous recommendation of the AEW discipline committee, as well as outside legal counsel. With the former AEW
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The highly anticipated merger between two of sports and entertainment’s titans has now been finalised. On April 3rd earlier this year, WWE and Endeavor reached a deal under which WWE would merge with UFC parent company Zuffa to form a new company under the name “TKO”, with it being noted that the merger would officially
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The 78-year-old reportedly made several changes to this week’s episode of RAW. This past Monday’s episode of RAW saw a number of changes made to the shows lineup, naturally leading to speculation that Vince McMahon may be back involved following his recent major spinal surgery. It now appears as though that was indeed the case.
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