In surprising news, Scott D’Amore’s time with TNA is over. Earlier Wednesday afternoon, TNA Wrestling issued a press release announcing that Anthony Cicone was appointed the new president of the promotion and that Scott D’Amore’s contract with TNA had been terminated. Cicone has been with Anthem Sports & Entertainment, TNA’s parent company, for 16 years….
STARDOM STARDOM kicked off its year with three bigger shows in Toyko with a Yokohama Budokan show on the 3rd, a Tokyo Dome City Hall show on the 4th and a Korakuen Hall show on the 6th. Over the three shows many title matches happened, future challenges got laid out and angles happened. January 3rd…
2023 is the second year of the WrestlePurists awards. Our awards will be highlighting the very best that pro wrestling has had to offer in 2023. The winners have been decided by votes from wrestlers, media/critics, and of course, the fans. How Are The Winners Decided? We did a series of tweets asking for followers/fans…
A new women’s title was unveiled at the most recent round of Ring of Honor tapings on December 16th. Hardly twenty-four hours after Ring of Honor’s final show of the year, Final Battle went off the air, Tony Khan would display the brand new Ring of Honor Women’s TV Championship. At this time, it is…
Welcome to Wrestlepurists’ live coverage of Smackdown for the December 15th, 2023 episode. ROMAN REIGNS IN-RING PROMO Throw up the ones because the Tribal Chief is back! Roman Reigns is here and boy does the show just feel bigger with him on it. . Roman says he is here to celebrate and that it’s “promotion…
There has seemingly been some interest from AEW in one of the recent WWE releases. On September 21st, 2023, WWE released many talents, including Dolph Ziggler, Mustafa Ali, Shelton Benjamin, and more. Since then, there has been speculation about where these talents will appear once they are free from their no-compete clauses. Nic Nemeth (Dolph…
The former IMPACT Knockouts World Champion could be about to hit the free agent market. The Purrazzo is expected to not sign a new deal with IMPACT Wrestling. Rather, on January 1st, it appears as though she will be heading into free agency. According to a new report from Fightful Select, Purrazzo is expected to…
According to reports, there is currently a feeling of negativity within AEW. All Elite Wrestling has been subject to a lot of scrutiny as of late, with a portion of fans feeling a disconnect between what the company set out to do upon their inception and what they are today. As such, the phrase ‘restore…
Some tough decisions look set to be made in the imminent future for the NWA. The past month has been a tough one for Billy Corgan’s NWA. Haus of Wrestling initially reported that the promotion had agreed to two TV deals with the CW Network, one for NWA Powerrr and another for a yet-to-be-revealed reality…
An update has emerged on Mickie James’ status with Impact Wrestling. Mickie James is rightly considered an Impact Wrestling legend. Most recently, the 44-year-old was seen, unsuccessfully challenging Trinity for the Knockouts World Championship at Bound For Glory, however question marks have recently been raised over her future as many people have noticed her removal…