Articles by John Pollock

AEW Rampage was live from the Sports & Entertainment Center in Washington, D.C., and featured Jade Cargill defending the TBS championship.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: A huge weekend for independent wrestling

POST IT NOTES **Rewind-A-SmackDown is live tonight at 11:15 p.m. ET for all POST Wrestling Café members. Wai Ting and Kate from Montreal will be

REPORT: Tom Aspinall to fight Alexander Volkov on March 19 in London

It was first reported by ESPN on Friday that Tom Aspinall will meet Alexander Volkov on Saturday, March 19th at the O2 Arena in London, England.

MLW adds Buddy Matthews to tonight’s Blood & Thunder event in Dallas

Buddy Matthews is scheduled to make his MLW debut at the Blood & Thunder tapings in Dallas, Texas.

Rocky Romero off AEW Rampage due to COVID-19, Nick Jackson vs. Trent Beretta set

January 20, 2022 John Pollock

A change has been made to tonight’s live edition of AEW Rampage.

AEW Dynamite finishes #1 on cable, topping the NBA and edging Raw in 18-49

AEW Dynamite was the top show on cable Wednesday night featuring the return of Jon Moxley after a nearly three-month hiatus.

NXT 2.0 has significant fall among several demos, finishes #50 on cable

January 20, 2022 John Pollock

NXT 2.0 took a hit in its viewership for Tuesday’s episode finishing #50 among cable originals and several large declines.

NEWS

WWE Raw holds up well against NFL playoff game, 18-49 up from last week

For the first time ever, WWE Raw went against an NFL playoff game and the results proved Raw could maintain its audience.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: The messy switch from WALTER to Gunther

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