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An update has emerged on WWE’s plans for both nights of WrestleMania 43. At SummerSlam earlier this year, CM Punk defended the Undisputed WWE Championship against Cody Rhodes. That night, fans watched on as Randy Orton made his return, costing “The American Nightmare” the match and leaving the door open for Punk and Rhodes to…
ZERO1 announced the lineup and bracket for their upcoming “Strongest Tag Team One Day Tournament”, which is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 1. The competition will feature six tag teams competing in a single elimination tournament. Four teams will battle over two first round matches, and then each winner will battle a fresh…
Aja Kong and Nagisa Nozaki are set to square off. Nagisa Nozaki unveiled the whole card and ticket information for her upcoming 20th Anniversary event, which is slated to take place on November 16th from 7-10 pm Japan time. The event will have seven matches and feature Nozaki in a main event singles match against…
STARDOM announced the 18 teams that will make up this year’s Goddesses of STARDOM Tag League field. This year’s iteration of the tournament will once again split the teams into two blocks, with the top two teams in each block reaching a four-team playoff. The team that goes on to win this year’s tournament will…
It appears that Mistico has found his new opponent for Lucha Kingdom. Originally, at Lucha Kingdom on November 16, Mistico was set to face El Desperado. However, due to his recent injury news, Desperado had to pull out of the event, leaving his fellow former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion without an opponent. Now,…
A new rookie will soon debut for AJPW. All Japan Pro Wrestling announced that their newest rookie, Genki Hanawa, will make his pro wrestling debut during the promotion’s New Year’s Eve show from Tokyo’s Yoyogi Gymnasium #2 arena. The 25-year-old will take on Hideki Suzuki in a special singles debut match. Genki Hanawa was originally…
All Japan Pro Wrestling unveiled the field for their Real World Tag League during their massive Korakuen Hall event on Thursday. This year’s tag team tournament will feature 12 teams separated into two blocks of six. The league will begin on November 15 from Korakuen Hall. All matches in the tournament will have a 30-minute…
AEW and NXT could be set to clash once again. On October 6, AEW and NXT renewed their rivalry, reason being that AEW’s typical spot was taken by other sports on both TBS and TNT. That night, All Elite Wrestling presented Grand Slam France, although their viewership did suffer from a change of night. However,…
CMLL have announced three more matches for their massive co-produced Lucha Kingdom show. The biggest addition to the show, which is set to take place on Monday, November 16, from the glorious Arena Mexico, is a singles match pitting Hechicero and Zack Sabre Jr. for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, a title that Hechicero has…
The Super Junior Tag League will be without one of its biggest names, but his replacement is already lined up. El Desperado announced on Wednesday that he will be forced to miss this year’s Super Jr. Tag League after he was diagnosed with a spinal canal stenosis and a hernia. The 42-year-old was originally going…