Month: January 2021

Friday Night SmackDown was promoted around a contract signing throughout the show leading to the return of Kevin Owens, who will challenge Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: WM 37, Hard to Kill, New Japan World subs

January 15, 2021 POST Wrestling Staff

New date listed for WrestleMania, Alex Shelley off Hard to Kill, New Japan Word subscribers, MLW review, line-ups this weekend & more.

POST News 1/15: AEW-NXT Ratings, WrestleMania 37, Alex Shelley

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss today’s top stories from POSTwrestling.com including AEW-NXT ratings, WrestleMania 37 and AEW Dynamite scheduling changes, and Alex Shelley’s removal from IMPACT Hard To Kill.

POLLOCK’S MMA UPDATE: Khabib Nurmagomedov & Dana White meet

Dana White and Khabib Nurmagomedov meet, a must-read feature on Spencer Fisher, GSP speaks about Khabib, USADA changes policy & more.

NEWS

REPORT: WrestleMania 37 moved back from its original date, set for 4/11

WrestleMania 37 is expected to take place two weeks after its originally advertised date, according to a report from Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp.

Moose replaces Alex Shelley in the six-man tag at IMPACT’s Hard to Kill

January 15, 2021 POST Wrestling Staff

IMPACT Wrestling has been forced to change its main event for Hard to Kill with the news that Alex Shelley will be unable to participate.

POST PURORESU: WK 15, New Beginning cards, Shiozaki-Muto

John Pollock & WH Park chat Wrestle Kingdom 15, New Beginning cards, Go Shiozaki vs. Keiji Muto, Stardom’s tenth-anniversary show & more.

BWE: WALTER vs. A-Kid, Tyler Bate, Ben Carter, Marty Scurll, Likely/Unlikely

Martin & Benno are joined by JP Houlihan of GRAPPL Spotlight to talk about the past month in European wrestling.

Reigns-Pearce contract signing, Mysterio vs. Corbin set for WWE SmackDown

Set for the 1/15 SmackDown is Roman Reigns and Adam Pearce signing a contract to make their title match at the Royal Rumble official.

POST Wrestling’s Worst of 2020 Picks

POST Wrestling’s panel of John Pollock, Wai Ting, Braden Herrington & Davie Portman share their Worst of 2020 picks.

POST NEWS UPDATE: Chavo Guerrero discusses why he hasn’t been back to WWE

Chavo Guerrero on why he hasn’t been back to WWE, Drew McIntyre provides another COVID update, Jazz talks her return, NWA Powerrr and more.

Sha Samuels officially signs with WWE

January 14, 2021 John Pollock

Sha Samuels announces that he has officially signed with WWE. He appeared on the 1/14 episode of NXT UK on the WWE Network.

Cable news coverage continues to impact AEW Dynamite & NXT

For the second week in a row, AEW and NXT were affected by news coverage with this week’s focus on the second impeachment of President Donald Trump after the House of Representatives’ vote.

John Skyler cleared after suffering tears in his ACL, MCL & PCL

John Skyler announced that he’s cleared after being on the shelf since the summer of 2020 with multiple injuries.

Josh Alexander vs. Brian Myers added to IMPACT Hard To Kill pre-show

Prior to Hard To Kill, IMPACT Wrestling will host their pre-show and Josh Alexander will face Brian Myers on said program.

POST Wrestling’s Worst of 2020 Show

POST Wrestling’s John Pollock & Wai Ting and upNXT’s Braden Herrington & Davie Portman discuss the many lowlights of the past year in our Worst of 2020 Show.

List of participants in 2021 men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches

An updated list of participants in the 2021 men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches.

REWIND-A-DYNAMITE 1/13/21: The Wai Ting Room

John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite: “New Years Smash – Night 2” featuring Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage for the TNT title.

upNXT 1/13/21: The Little Rascalz