Articles by John Pollock

WWE sparked its latest outage after the news of a trademark filing for the name ‘Gunther Stark’ was revealed on Tuesday.

Shane “Swerve” Strickland added to Terminus event on Feb. 24

Shane Strickland is coming to Terminus next month with the promotion announcing the news on Wednesday.

Match listings for classic NJPW on AXS TV episodes beginning this week

AXS TV has revealed the matches that will be featured for six classic editions of New Japan Pro Wrestling beginning this week.

NJPW removes Kosei Fujita from January events due to injury

January 18, 2022 John Pollock

Kosei Fujita has sustained an injury that will remove him from the rest of New Japan’s events this month.

AEW Rampage falls in viewership, finishes #15 on cable

With the AEW tag team championship headlining the show, Rampage saw a decrease in viewership.

Friday Night SmackDown has minor drop, finishes #2 for the night

January 18, 2022 John Pollock

Friday Night SmackDown ranked second among all network programming on Friday with the show highlighted by a face-to-face segment involving Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Raw vs. NFL, Terminus debut, TUF anniversary

WWE Raw goes against the NFL playoffs, Effy responds to Jarrett, the anniversary of TUF debut, Terminus thoughts, Nakajima retains & more.

GCW adds ‘Grab the Brass Ring Ladder Match’ to Hammerstein show

Game Changer Wrestling has added a ‘Grab the Brass Ring Ladder Match’ to this Sunday’s card at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

REPORT: Cody Rhodes working without a contract in AEW

AEW TNT champion Cody Rhodes is currently working without a contract, per a report from Fightful.com.

WWE confirms Elimination Chamber event in Saudi Arabia next month

WWE has confirmed its return to Saudi Arabia for Elimination Chamber on Saturday, February 19th in Jeddah.

Yaroslav Amosov to defend Bellator welterweight championship against Michael Venom Page

January 15, 2022 John Pollock

Bellator will return to the U.K. where welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov will defend his championship.

Dwayne Johnson to be featured on ManningCast against WWE Raw on Monday

Dwayne Johnson will be one of the special guests on The ManningCast this Monday that goes head-to-head with WWE Raw.

List of teams revealed for the men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

January 15, 2022 John Pollock

NXT 2.0 has revealed the list of eight teams that will compete in the men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic this year.

Jon Moxley to wrestle at The WRLD on GCW at Hammerstein Ballroom

Jon Moxley is set to return at GCW’s The WLRD on GCW next weekend at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

REPORT: Additional details regarding Tammy Sytch’s latest arrest

TMZ Sports is reporting additional details that led to the arrest of WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch earlier this week.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Mickie James discusses Royal Rumble news, rundown of each UFC weight class

Mickie James chats about the Royal Rumble announcement, the title picture for every UFC weight class, AEW Dynamite quarters & more.

Lita returns, Sami Zayn introduces “InZayn” segment on Friday Night SmackDown

Lita is set to return on tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown from Omaha, Nebraska.

Ten performers off Sunday’s Pro Wrestling NOAH card in Sendai