NEWS

Ahead of his NXT Championship match against Karrion Kross at TakeOver 36, Samoa Joe opens up about his return to the ring

AEW sells over 10,000 tickets for “The First Dance” in Chicago

July 30, 2021 John Pollock

The pre-sale for “The First Dance” in Chicago took place on Friday with AEW having another major success with more than 10,000 tickets sold.

Goldberg excited for match with Bobby Lashley, glad WWE gave him time to prepare

Goldberg speaks about the matchup between himself and Bobby Lashley. WWE has yet to officially confirm that the match is happening

Alex Kane discusses signing with MLW, Dan Lambert negotiating his deal

New MLW signee Alex Kane details how he started with the organization and revealed that American Top Team’s Dan Lambert negotiated his deal

Jimmy Valiant having his last match on July 31

At the age of 78, Jimmy Valiant will be having his last match on July 31st after spending almost 60 years in wrestling

NEWS

WWE reports net income of $29.2 million in its second-quarter earnings

WWE releases its second-quarterly earnings report on Thursday posting a profit of just over $29 million for the period that included WrestleMania 37.

IMPACT REPORT: Jay White teams with Chris Bey, Kazarian and Francine appear

July 29, 2021 John Siino

IMPACT featured a rematch between Moose and Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian appears, a cameo by Francine, and Jay White teams with Chris Bey.

IMPACT on AXS notes: Homecoming additions, Kenny Omega, Kimber Lee

An X Division Championship match was added to Homecoming, Omega is defending his title at Emergence and more from the 7/29 IMPACT show

Frankie Kazarian ambushes The Elite on 7/29 IMPACT, set to compete on 8/5

‘The Elite Hunter’ Frankie Kazarian returns to IMPACT Wrestling to attack The Elite and he’ll be in action on next week’s show

Domino’s assessing advertising future on AEW programming after pizza cutter spot

Domino’s assessing their advertising future on AEW programming after the Nick Gage/Chris Jericho pizza cutter spot at Fight For The Fallen

POST NEWS UPDATE: Homicide discusses his NWA agent role, ROH return

Homicide on his ROH return & NWA agent role, KENTA wants CM Punk, Tony Nese vs. Kota Ibushi, Dean Malenko note, Karrion Kross talks Raw debut

Fight for the Fallen tops 1.1 million viewers, highest 18-49 of 2021

With AEW presenting Fight for the Fallen against coverage of the Olympics, the show topped one million viewers and hit its highest 18-49 figure of 2021.

WWE reports second quarter 2021 results, $265.6 million in revenue

WWE pushed out their press release ahead of the earnings call about their second quarter numbers

Observer correspondent states he was removed from NXT tapings

At last week’s NXT tapings, a representative for the Wrestling Observer/F4W website was escorted out of the building after tweeting about the tapings.

Liv Morgan: Queen of the Ring sounds amazing, I’m definitely pushing for it

The reported/rumored Queen of the Ring tournament was discussed by Liv Morgan along with what she hopes to be doing come WrestleMania 38

Amanda Nunes tests positive for COVID-19, off UFC 265 pay-per-view

July 29, 2021 POST Wrestling Staff

The UFC has lost one of its championship fights for next weekend’s UFC 265 pay-per-view card in Houston after it was revealed Amanda Nunes has tested positive for COVID-19.

BELLATOR 263 Preview Show: Patricio Pitbull vs. A.J. McKee

John Pollock is joined by Phil Chertok and Eric Marcotte to preview the Bellator 263 card featuring one of the biggest fights in the promotion’s history as Patricio Pitbull Freire meets undefeated A.J. McKee.

Trish Adora didn’t know she was getting into ROH Women’s tourney after losing qualifying match

The ROH Women’s World Championship tournament begins this weekend and Trish Adora is a part of the field of talents

$5000, ringside seats & “many beers” for the return of Sheamus’ stolen necklace

Sheamus is seeking out his Celtic Cross necklace and a $5,000 reward has been added to the reward list for the return of the item

Franky Monet always viewed WWE as the “be all and end all” for her