Month: April 2020

Martin, Benno & Jamesie take a look back at The Wrestling Channel’s International Showdown 2005, one of the biggest wrestling events to take place in the UK during the 2000s featuring CM Punk, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and Mitsuharu Misawa.

POST NEWS UPDATE: Kylie Rae opens up about her return to the independent scene

April 2, 2020 John Pollock

Kylie Rae speaks about her return to the independent scene, Paul Levesque provides an update on NXT UK, Teddy Hart’s court date pushed back, Sami Callihan was supposed to be in SAnitY in NXT and John Cena makes light of his loud spot-calling in the ring.

Empty arena shows cause viewership decline for AEW & NXT

Viewership for both AEW and NXT was hit hard on Wednesday continuing the trend displayed by Raw and SmackDown of declines among the empty arena shows.

ESPN airing five-hour Brock Lesnar marathon on April 5

The WWE Champion Brock Lesnar will have a five-hour slot on ESPN on April 5th as the network will air some of his best UFC bouts and his NCAA Championship victory.

Triple H says Roman Reigns will be removed from Universal Title storyline in a “unique manner”

Paul Levesque addresses Roman Reigns pulling himself out of WrestleMania 36 and speaks about the manner in-which Reigns will be replaced in storyline.

All Japan Pro Wrestling cancels ‘Champion Carnival’ tournament

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the cancellation of their Champion Carnival tournament.

Café Grande Hangout: Live Charity Q&A with Special Guests

John Pollock and Wai Ting couldn’t do their live show in Tampa this year, but that won’t stop them from bringing it to your homes with the first ever Café Grande Hangout.

upNXT 4/1/20: “Hostage Situation”

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the April 1st edition of WWE NXT featuring Damian Priest vs. Dominik Dijakovic vs. Keith Lee for the North American Championship.

Rewind-A-Dynamite 4/1/20: “Release the Hounds”

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite from an undisclosed location. Featuring Cody & Darby Allin taking on Sammy Guevara & Shawn Spears ahead of next week’s TNT Championship tournament.

WWE NXT notes: Field set for next week’s #1 contender Ladder match, Killer Kross promo

The field for the #1 contender’s Ladder match is set, Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa is official for next week, a Killer Kross promo aired and more occurred during tonight’s NXT.

AEW Dynamite notes: AEW World Title match made official, bracket for TNT Title tournament

The bracket for the TNT Championship tournament has been filled and an AEW World Championship match is set for the April 15th episode of AEW Dynamite.

Jake Atlas debuts on NXT TV, loses to Dexter Lumis

April 1, 2020 John Pollock

After being announced as a part of January’s Performance Center class, Jake Atlas made his NXT TV debut against Dexter Lumis.

Khabib Nurmagomedov indicates fight is off, Tony Ferguson responds

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has released a statement indicating he won’t be fighting Tony Ferguson with the challenger responding on ESPN.

IMPACT WRESTLING REPORT: Tessa Blanchard vs. Ethan Page

April 1, 2020 Davie Portman

This week’s episode of Impact featured Tessa Blanchard taking on Ethan Page, Kylie Rae announces she has signed with Impact, Sami Callihan is confronted by Tommy Dreamer & more.

Florida issues statewide stay-at-home order

The state of Florida has issued a stay-at-home order that begins on April 2nd at 12:01 AM EST.

POST NEWS UPDATE: WWE PC coach Johnny Moss details surgery from 2019, close to 40 staples in his stomach