Mick Foley returns and is added to the Hell in a Cell event as a special referee, The Shield thwarts the Louisiana legal system and outsmarts Baron Corbin, Alexa Bliss attacks Ronda Rousey heading into their title match, Triple H responds to Undertaker.
On Monday night’s episode of Raw, it was announced that Mick Foley would be added as the special referee for the Hell in a Cell match between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman for the Universal title this Sunday in San Antonio, Texas.
The WWE adds Renee Young to the Raw commentary team permanently, Jonathan Coachman moved to the kickoff shows, Ronda Rousey to wrestle on Raw, Frank Andersson passes away, Mick Foley scheduled for Raw, Nicco Montano releases a statement on being stripped of her title, UFC heading to Russia & more.
This week at POST Wrestling, we have a stacked lineup of shows with a big POST Show scheduled for Hell in a Cell, including a live video review immediately after the show. Plus, reviews of NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima, Undertaker vs. Mankind from KOTR 1998, Robin Black stops by & lots more.
We have the results from the second night of Revolution Pro’s British J Cup with the second round and the finals, plus a tag match with WALTER & Timothy Thatcher taking on LAX as part of Wrestling MediaCon.
John Pollock is solo this month to review the UFC 228 pay-per-view from Dallas, Texas that was headlined by Tyron Woodley defending the UFC welterweight title against Darren Till.
Revolution Pro Wrestling is holding their British J Cup tournament this weekend as part of Wrestling MediaCon and we have the results from the first night of the tournament.
UFC president Dana White states that the women’s flyweight title is vacant, Impact Wrestling’s viewership, great interview with Martin Goldsmith on the WWE’s history in the UK, updated card for UFC 228 tonight in Dallas, first matches announced for the Mixed Match Challenge, new EGGSHELLS podcast & more.
Episode 12 sees Chris Charlton and Joe Gagne look at 2000, a turbulent year in wrestling history. Mitsuharu Misawa and a swathe of wrestlers defect from AJPW to form NOAH, leaving Toshiaki Kawada and crew to mend fences with NJPW and leading to a Tokyo Dome classic with Kensuke Sasaki.
Chris Jericho discusses the circumstances behind his appearance at “All In”, Nicco Montano has been pulled from the UFC 228 card in Dallas, a super tag match from Korakuen Hall, Shingo Takagi to wrestle as a freelancer, EVOLVE card tonight, MLW notes from their Ft. Lauderdale show, Impact review & more.
John Pollock and Wai Ting answer over 80 minutes of questions in this special LIVE edition of Ask-A-Wai from the Podcast Movement/Westwood One Pop-Up Stage at Starrcast in Chicago, IL.
Braden Herrington & Davie Portman are back from their ALL IN weekend in Chicago to chat this week’s episode of WWE NXT featuring Johnny Gargano vs. Velveteen Dream. PLUS! The lads cover the first episode of the 2018 Mae Young Classic, your feedback… and more!
Bryan Danielson reportedly signs a new deal with World Wrestling Entertainment with a look at his career, WWE promotes a “tell-all” oral history of the company, former ROH announcer Mike Hogewood passes away, SmackDown’s viewership, review of the Mae Young Classic, UFC 228 notes & more.
We have the results from Revolution Pro Wrestling’s first set of television tapings from York Hall, which will air on Freesports in the U.K. later this month. The card featured Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KUSHIDA, Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Chris Brookes, and lots more.
The television viewership for “Zero Hour” has been released on WGN America, Marty Scurll addresses the timing issues at “All In”, Labor Day viewership for Raw, WOW signs Tessa Blanchard, WWE to tape Raw several days before New Year’s Eve, two more matches added to the WWE’s Super Show-Down card & more.
Martin Bushby, Oli Court & Benno are back to talk Progress Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends (Will Ospreay vs. Jimmy Havoc), Over The Top’s Wrestlerama 2 (WALTER vs. Jordan Devlin) and Defiant Wrestling Stacked ‘18 (Will Ospreay vs. WALTER).
John Pollock is joined by Wai Ting for “The Double Shot” with a review of the English-translated version of “King of Strong Style: 1980-2014” by Shinsuke Nakamura, plus a special “mystery review” that John surprises Wai with.
Miz & Maryse lead Bryan & Brie on a show-long chase through Detroit, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch go face-2-face via satellite, and R-Truth finally tracks down Carmella. Plus, the Mixed Match Challenge returns.
The WWE has announced the teams for the second season of the Mixed Match Challenge, Cody & The Young Bucks announce the attendance figure for “All In”, WWE stock continues to rise, Matt Riddle’s opponent for the PROGRESS card, Triple H & Mick Foley set to return on Raw & more.
Raw took place from Ohio with a show-long story involving The Shield being arrested and then beaten to a pulp in the final segment, new Raw tag champions, a strong night for the top heel unit, a big segment involving The Undertaker & Shawn Michaels, and the return of Renee Young to commentary.