In several recent episodes of AEW Dynamite several top stars of Tony Khan’s promotion, such as CM Punk and FTR’s Dax Harwood, paid tributes to Bret Hart. While speaking to the Dropkick Podcast, The Hitman shared his thoughts on Punk’s and Harwood’s actions: “I appreciate them [Dax Harwood & CM Punk paying tribute to him…
Minoru Suzuki captured ROH’s Television Title at the recent Supercard of Honor XV event, although it was ultimately the returning Samoa Joe who grabbed the headlines on the night. Looking to capitalise on the success of ROH’s return, Tony Khan announced what many consider to be a dream match for the 13th of April edition…
Eddie Kingston was recently interviewed by The Wrestling Perspective Podcast. During the podcast, Kingston discussed his feud with returning legend CM Punk. How their real-life history came to the surface and affected his mental state during their in-ring confrontations. Kingston is no stranger to bravely and openly discussing his struggles with mental health and describes…
The idea that Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee were free agents for any amount of time boggles the mind of AEW’s Tony Khan. Keith Lee was released by WWE in November of 2021 after a three year run during which he held the NXT Championship as well as the NXT North American Championship. Two weeks…
Hiroshi Tanahashi, the nine time IWGP Champion has mentioned the urge to meet CM Punk in the ring in the past, however during an interview with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Tanahashi made mention of his interest in facing American Dragon, Bryan Danielson. “I wrestled against Bryan once in my youth, and now I want…
Welcome to Wrestle Purists’ coverage of Rampage on April 8th 2022. Bryan Danielson defeated Trent Beretta: William Regal was on commentary. HOOK Promo: HOOK is asked a series of questions but ignores them all and walks away. Danhausen then appears out of a bin and points at him, HOOK just looks at him and walks…
Wheeler Yuta has had quite an interesting month. After starting to break away from ‘Best Friends’ in hopes of joining the ranks of the newly formed Blackpool Combat Club; Yuta has found himself fighting for the approval of the group. Even winning the ROH Pure Championship in the process. Now in an interview with Busted…
Jonathan Gresham came out victorious in his ROH Championship defence over Bandido at Supercard of Honor XV, making him the only original ROH roster member to leave with their gold on the night. The reason for Gresham holding on to the gold may have been revealed, with the Wrestling Observer Newsletter providing an update on…
All Match Ratings were taken from the April 11th, 2022 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. WrestleMania 38 Night 1: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kevin Owens, No Holds Barred – ***.5 Cody Rhodes vs Seth Rollins – ****.5 Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair, RAW Womens Championship – ****.5 Charlotte Flair vs Ronda Rousey, Smackdown…
Current AAA & ROH Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) defended their titles against The Young Bucks on this Wednesday’s edition of Dynamite, continuing an incredible run of form for the duo. The pair recently spoke with Dallas News, and were asked about whether they felt AEW’s roster had become bloated, with…