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UFC 252 Preview Show with John Pollock & James Lynch

August 13, 2020 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock is joined by MMA reporter & analyst James Lynch to preview the UFC 252 card headlined by Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier.

EVOLVE, PROGRESS, wXw and ICW shows being added to WWE Network on 8/15

August 13, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Per report, content from EVOLVE, PROGRESS Wrestling, ICW and wXw are being added to the WWE Network soon.

NJPW cancels 8/13 ‘Summer Struggle’ event, wrestler developed a fever

August 13, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Due to a wrestler that was booked for the 8/13 show catching a fever, New Japan decided it was best to scrap the show as a whole.

Rewind-A-Dynamite 8/12/20: “Orange Cassidy and the Sunkist Jacket”

August 13, 2020 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting review Tag Team Appreciation Night on AEW Dynamite featuring Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy II. Plus, an update from the NXT tapings, Raw ratings, and Paige VanZant signs with BKFC.

upNXT 8/12/20: “Blinded by the Light”

August 13, 2020 POST Wrestling Staff

The BDE chat all about this week’s NXT featuring a “hot and fiery” angle between Karrion Kross and Keith Lee, plus KUSHIDA vs Cameron Grimes vs Velveteen Dream to qualify for the Ladder Match at TakeOver.

AEW Dynamite notes: Mike Chioda shows up, Heather Monroe debuts, FTR piledriver

August 12, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Mike Chioda appeared in several segments on Dynamite, Heather Monroe debuted, multiple matches were set up for next week, FTR delivered a piledriver to Ricky Morton and there were more notes coming out of the 8/12/20 episode of AEW Dynamite.

WWE NXT notes: Velveteen Dream returns, Pat McAfee to appear on 8/19, TakeOver

August 12, 2020 Andrew Thompson

The main event of the 8/12 episode of NXT featured the return of Velveteen Dream. In that same main event, Cameron Grimes secured his spot in the NXT North American Championship ladder match at TakeOver: XXX.

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Scary moment at NXT tapings involving a match for next week

August 12, 2020 John Pollock

There was a scary moment at Wednesday night’s NXT tapings at Full Sail University involving a match that is scheduled to air on next week’s episode.

Keith Lee defending NXT Championship against Karrion Kross at TakeOver: XXX

August 12, 2020 Andrew Thompson

At NXT TakeOver: XXX, Keith Lee is going to defend his NXT Championship against Karrion Kross.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Brandi Rhodes on AEW’s Women’s division

August 12, 2020 John Pollock

Brandi Rhodes on AEW’s women’s division, AEW & NXT line-ups, note on the G1 Blocks, Vanessa Kraven retires, United Wrestling Network & more.

POLLOCK’S MMA UPDATE: Paige VanZant heading to BKFC, per report

August 12, 2020 John Pollock

Paige VanZant heading to BKFC, Ion Cutelaba off UFC 252 due to COVID, Yoel Romero out of the fight with Uriah Hall, notes from Contender Series.

Multiple title matches announced for night one of IMPACT Wrestling ‘Emergence’

August 11, 2020 Andrew Thompson

IMPACT Wrestling announced the lineup for night one of their ‘Emergence’ show and the Knockouts Title bout on night two now has a stipulation attached to it.

DANA WHITE’S CONTENDER SERIES: Five contracts handed out

August 11, 2020 John Pollock

There were five fights on Tuesday’s episode headlined by Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Joe Pyfer with a gruesome injury and five contracts awarded.

IMPACT WRESTLING REPORT: Eddie Edwards vs. Brian Myers

August 11, 2020 Davie Portman

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling featured Brian Myers answering Eddie Edwards’ open challenge, Wrestle House, and Rhino is attacked.

POST MOVIE REVIEW: Rocky (1976)

August 11, 2020 POST Wrestling Staff

Wai Ting & John Pollock kick off their look back at the greatest combat sports film franchise of all time with a review of Rocky (1976), written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

POST NEWS UPDATE: Kona Reeves had surgery for torn labrum on 3/14, talks return timetable

August 11, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Kona Reeves reveals that he underwent surgery for a torn labrum on 3/14, Eric Bischoff discusses his time backstage at AEW, MVP on his relationship with Vince McMahon, Bayley talks about the competition level between The Four Horsewomen, Jimmy Jacobs on who came up with the Wrestle House idea, and more.

WWE Raw’s viewership stays even & 18-49 demo drops 8%

August 11, 2020 John Pollock

The experiment of Raw Underground continued this week as a hook for the third hour after success with its younger audience in week one.

Ring of Honor to hold television tapings this month in Maryland

August 11, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Ring of Honor will be holding television tapings this month in Maryland. It’ll be ROH’s first set of shows since the COVID-19 breakout in North America.

EXCLUSIVE: Tracy Williams talks ROH’s handling of the pandemic, working with a torn labrum, EVOLVE being acquired

August 11, 2020 Andrew Thompson

Ring of Honor’s Tracy Williams spoke with Andrew Thompson about Ring of Honor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, EVOLVE being acquired by WWE, working through most of 2019 injured and a good portion of ground was covered regarding Tracy’s career as an in-ring performer.

Rewind-A-Raw 8/10/20: Kamala Passes Away, Flair Punted, G1 Schedule

August 11, 2020 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting discuss WWE Raw featuring the return of Raw Underground and Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens with a big angle to end the show. Plus, we discuss the passing of Kamala, Fozzy performing this past weekend, and NJPW’s G1 Climax 30 schedule.