Month: October 2022

Shinsuke Nakamura weighs in on the passing of Antonio Inoki and how he connected with Inoki early in his career

Hyper Misao opens up about past suicide attempt

Hyper Misao opens up about her suicide attempt and how pro wrestling broadened her horizons

Dalton Castle discusses his status with AEW, how he’s feeling years removed from back injury

Dalton Castle provides an update on his status with AEW. Castle is one-third of the ROH Six-Man Tag Champions

Julia Hart announces that she and Lee Johnson are engaged

October 6, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

Julia Hart makes her engagement to Lee Johnson public. In her podcast appearance, it was stated that the two have been engaged for months

Andrade-Guevara Incident, AEW Dynamite 3-Year Anniversary 10/5/22 | REWIND-A-DYNAMITE

John Pollock & Wai Ting are back to review the three-year anniversary edition of AEW Dynamite and react to the backstage incident between Andrade and Sammy Guevara.

REPORT: Andrade El Idolo sent home following backstage incident with Sammy Guevara

A backstage incident involving Andrade El Idolo and Sammy Guevara has led to Andrade being sent home by the promotion.

AEW Dynamite: 3-Year Anniversary Show, Jericho & Guevara vs. Danielson & Garcia

October 5, 2022 John Siino

John Siino’s coverage of AEW Dynamite’s three-year anniversary show with Jericho & Guevara vs. Danielson & Garcia, TNT title defense & more.

Mask vs. Career match removed from Rampage, replaced by title match

The Mask vs. Career match between Preston “10” Vance and Andrade El Idolo is off.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: State of Transition as AEW Enters Year Four

It is probably too extreme to state that AEW is at a crossroads but it’s the first time the company feels like it’s in a defensive posture with WWE turning around the public sentiment.

NXT ranks #30 on cable, lowest audience since Aug. 9

October 5, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

NXT’s return with a live episode on Tuesday failed to spike its numbers as the show dropped from the last two weeks of taped programming.

SITD 10/5/22: Allie Katch on IMPACT, Brian Cage vs. Tracy Williams

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, IMPACT Wrestling, Women of Wrestling, NXT Level Up, NJPW Strong, NWA USA, NWA Powerrr, and WWE Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.

BOOK REVIEW: “Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19”

October 5, 2022 Brandon Sears

Following the success of his book, Too Sweet: Inside the Indie Wrestling Revolution, author Keith Elliot Greenberg already had a sequel in mind.

upNXT 10/4/22: Orange Is The New Black (And Gold)

October 5, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman chat all about WWE NXT from October 4th, 2022 headlined by Pretty Deadly vs Brawling Brutes!

WWE NXT notes: Imperium costs Brawling Brutes title match, Nikkita & Zoey, Von Wagner qualifies

Imperium costs Butch & Ridge Holland a tag title match, Nikkita Lyons & Zoey Stark earn title shot, Von Wagner heading to Halloween Havoc

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Gabriel Kidd, Minoru Suzuki, Kenny King, Homicide set for 10/16 NJPW STRONG taping

The Vermont Hollywood is hosting the next NJPW STRONG taping and the likes of Hiroshi Tanahashi and Minoru Suzuki will be in action

Perez vs. Jade in a ‘Weapons Wild’ bout, Ambulance match made official for NXT Halloween Havoc

October 4, 2022 POST Wrestling Staff

The rivalries between Cora Jade/Roxanne Perez and Julius Creed/Damon Kemp reach their next chapters when they clash at Halloween Havoc

REWIND-A-WAI #117: WCW Great American Bash 1996

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WCW Great American Bash 1996 highlighted by a memorable interview involving Eric Bischoff and Scott Hall & Kevin Nash. 21-year-old Rey Mysterio makes his WCW debut.

POST NEWS UPDATE: Big Time Wrestling promoter discusses Ricky Steamboat’s in-ring return, convincing Steamboat to agree

October 4, 2022 John Pollock

Ricky Steamboat’s return, Tony Khan on AEW’s behind-the-scenes MVPs, Scott D’Amore interview, Naito-Inoki, Ethan Page chats ‘The Firm’, NJPW

WWE Raw falls to lowest 18-49 audience since July, hurt in Canada

Raw was hurt by a poor showing in the third hour, leading to the show’s lowest 18-49 audience since the 4th of July holiday episode.

REPORT: WWE hires former Marvel writer to be Director of Long-term Creative