Month: February 2022

Montez Ford’s ‘Frog Splash’ onto Randy Orton, tag title match on the 3/7 show, Tommaso Ciampa’s new theme, new Raw intro and more

AJ Styles vs. Edge set for WWE WrestleMania 38

AJ Styles answered Edge’s challenge, but Edge decided to ambush Styles and gave him two Conchairtos

Finn Balor defeats Damian Priest for United States Title on 2/28 WWE Raw

Finn Balor wins the United States Championship for the first time in WWE

Queen Zelina & Carmella accept Sasha Banks & Naomi’s WrestleMania 38 challenge

Naomi stated that she and Sasha Banks are going to become WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Queen Zelina & Carmella accepted their challenge

Daniels vs. Fredericks, FinJuice, Brogan Finlay in action on 3/5 NJPW STRONG

Match announcements made for the March 5th episode of NJPW STRONG

Danielle Kamela, Marina Shafir, Jack Evans, Ashton Starr announced for 3/1 AEW Dark

Danielle Kamela (Vanessa Borne), Jack Evans, Ashton Starr, Sonny Kiss and Marina Shafir among the names announced for AEW Dark

AEW Rampage falls on cable against heavy news coverage

AEW Rampage was impacted by the plethora of cable news coverage on Friday night and fell to #46 among cable originals.

Friday Night SmackDown tops network programs, 18-49 increases

Friday Night SmackDown finished first for the night on a night that heavily focused on cable news programming.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Dynamite at The Forum, Excellent feature on CM Punk

February 28, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

AEW announces Dynamite at The Forum in L.A., terrific feature on CM Punk, NJPW anniversary preview, MITB tickets & Rafael Fiziev off UFC 272.

AEW to SoCal & Detroit, Lynch vs. Belair, Corey & Carmella | POST News 2/28

John Pollock & Wai Ting discuss AEW’s live event announcements, Lynch vs. Belair on WrestleMania Night 1, Corey & Carmella, Ibushi out of New Japan Cup & more.

AEW going to Southern California for live episode of Rampage in June

AEW is heading to Southern California with the announcement of a live edition of Rampage in June.

Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair set for the first night of WrestleMania

The Raw women’s championship match between Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair is scheduled for the first night of WrestleMania 38.

AEW going to Detroit for the first time in June

February 27, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

AEW will make its debut in Detroit later this year with the announcement of a live Dynamite and taping of Rampage.

POST SCHEDULE: Pollock & Wai – TALK, AEW Revolution, UFC 272

Pollock & Wai present their latest edition of TALK, AEW Revolution POST Show, UFC 272 POST Show, POST Puroresu & site news coming this week.

Kota Ibushi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan pulled from New Japan Cup, off Anniversary show

Both Kota Ibushi and Hiroyoshi Tenzan have been pulled from the New Japan Cup and the Anniversary show

Alex Zayne suffers ruptured globe, undergoes surgery

February 27, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

Coming out of his deathmatch at GCW ‘The Coldest Winter’, Alex Zayne has undergone surgery

Wrestlenomics: WrestleMania attendance outlook

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss ticket sales for WrestleMania 38 and a report about AEW Revolution’s lucrative secondary market.

POST NEWS UPDATE: PCO was aware of ROH invasion plan ‘at least a month’ before IMPACT Hard To Kill

PCO talks current IMPACT run, Max Caster coaching at Create A Pro, Jushin Liger on NJPW’s young core, Malcolm Bivens-Samoa Joe, Austin Gunn

AJ Gray challenging Jon Moxley for GCW World Title at Spring Break 6 part one

AJ Gray is getting another shot at the GCW World Championship as he’ll be taking on Jon Moxley at Spring Break

Red Velvet vs. Skye Blue, Willow Nightingale vs. Leyla Hirsch set for 2/28 AEW Dark: Elevation