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While Adam Cole is currently a member of AEW, working his way back from a combination shoulder/head injury that left him unable to remember matches or drive in a car for more than 15 minutes, to many fans of professional wrestling, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania native will forever be associated with NXT, where he was the […]

Nikki Bella and Brie Bella, aka the Hall of Fame Bella Twins, are not particularly enthused with WWE at the moment. Sure, their career will forever be linked to the Stamford-based company as Total Divas, Total Bellas, and their current show are all productions of WWE’s entertainment arm, but outright dissing the company certainly isn’t […]

Ring of Honor 2.0 is the house The Briscoes and FTR built. Since returning with Supercard of Honor in April of 2022, Ring of Honor has fielded some pretty impressive matches, from Claudio Castagnoli’s matches with Chris Jericho to Wheeler Yuta’s matches with Daniel Garcia, and even the RUSH versus Dragon Lee match – which […]

As the entire professional wrestling world reels over the decision by WWE to release Mandy Rose, Dave Meltzer took to his podcast with Bryan Alvarez, Wrestling Observer Radio, to detail Shawm Michaels’ thought process, as explained to him from his sources. “What happened was I guess there was a meeting and Matt Bloom brought to […]

Tony Khan, respectfully, you messed up: The Briscoes-FTR III really should have been the main event of Ring of Honor Final Battle, and frankly, that opinion really isn’t particularly controversial, as even Dave Meltzer called it one of the five best tag team matches of the 2022 calendar year alongside their first match at Ring […]

With one fateful statement on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer whipped the entire professional wrestling world into a frenzy: William Regal’s contract with AEW was only for one year, and it “would not surprise me” – me being Meltzer – if he returns to WWE to work with his good friend Paul “Triple H” once […]

After weeks and weeks of radio silence, where every tweet, rumor, and word spoken on commentary was heavily scrutinized, Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer has released a bold, definitive piece of reporting on his website, suggesting that AEW and CM Punk are nearing a contract buyout, with the lone hold up coming from the […]

On Friday evening, the professional wrestling world learned of the loss of Antonio Inoki, the wrestler-turned-promoter-turned-politician who founded New Japan Pro Wrestling and notoriously fought Muhammad Ali at Budokan Hall in 1976. Whether working in NJPW, coming to America for matches in WCW, WWE, or NWA, or simply showcasing his “fighting spirit” as one of […]

NXT’s Andre Chase of Chase U really doesn’t like a certain wrestling journalist. Though he didn’t explicitly call him out by name – at least by his full name – during a promo “pep rally” segment on NXT to hype up his match with Von Wagner, when a journalist named “Dave” asked about the forthcoming […]

WWE matches typically get a tough rep from Dave Meltzer. Despite being in business since all the way back in 1953, when Vincent J. McMahon ran the first show under the name Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the company now known as WWE has produced thousands upon thousands upon thousands of matches, and yet, over that near-70-year […]

Extra! Extra! Read all about it: according to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, Roman Reigns’ next feud is going to be with none other than Logan Paul, who is reportedly planned to wrestle “The Tribal Cheif” at the 2022 iteration of Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. Now granted, is it, shall we say, unusual […]

Welp, after taking part in the brawl of the century after All Out, a regular Chicago locker room fight, if you will, ex-AEW World Champion CM Punk has officially begun the rehab process… on his triceps. That’s right, while fans are still in the dark as to whether or not CM Punk is still suspended, […]

It’s almost been a week since AEW’s All Out, which can only mean one thing: Dave Meltzer has officially dropped his Wrestling Observer star ratings. That’s right, though the medium has changed ever so slightly, as few fans actually get the Observer in the mail anymore, fans still eagerly comb through the newsletter to see […]

Unfortunately, Will Ospreay is not a member of AEW. Sure, he’s wrestled in the promotion on four occasions – five if you count Forbidden Door – and has appeared on the promotion’s programming a few more times, but alas, Ospreay remains contracted to New Japan Pro Wrestling, and unless Gedo and company opt to relieve […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when one question rose above all others: When would MJF return to AEW? After no-showing a fan event in Las Vegas ahead of Double or Nothing, maybe buying a plane ticket to leave the weekend early, and then cutting a fiery promo on the LA edition of […]

Though Ric Flair’s Last Match isn’t even one week old, the match continues to garner headlines for just how bizarre the entire ordeal was and how, in a weird twist of fate, the pre-show’s Bunkhouse Battle Royal secured its winner, Mance Warner, a shot at the AEW Interim Championship versus Jon Moxley on Rampage (read […]

When asked about who was the “most consequential figure in pro wrestling over the past 40 years” following Vince McMahon’s retirement from the WWE, Dave Meltzer gave a surprisingly detailed response with multiple candidates; he pointed to Hulk Hogan, Antonio Peña, Rey Mysterio, Antonio Inoki, and even Ronda Rousey as folks worthy of being in […]

Anytime a major wrestling promotion, from AEW to WWE, NJPW, Ring of Honor, and Impact, holds a Pay-Per-View – or, as The Fed calls it, a “Premium Live Event” – fans wait eagerly for Dave Meltzer, the proprietor of The Wrestling Observer, to release his star ratings and officially etch the quality of every match […]

After four decades with the WWE/WWF/WWWF, Vince McMahon has officially retired from the company. Though he didn’t do it by choice, as the ramifications of his incredibly reprehensible decision-making and pension for paying off women he had inappropriate relationships with had finally caught up with him, the thought of the WWE without Vinnic Mac was […]

You’ve gotta give it to the WWE – there’s never a shortage of news to read, write, and consume. Case and point, July 22nd, 2022; a day that will live on forever in the annals of wrestling history and may ultimately serve as an inflection point in the history of the sport(s entertainment). Not only […]

CM Punk‘s status in AEW is one of the biggest questions surrounding the promotion during the summer of 2022. On one hand, his injury wasn’t bad enough to require him to outright relinquish his title. If he suffered a Santana-esque ACL injury that would cost him 8-16 months, then Jon Moxley’s belt would be a […]

When Bret Hart was screwed out of his WWF Championship in front of a packed Montreal crowd at Survivor Series 1997, it shook the wrestling world to its very core. The move shocked the local crowd who loved their home country hero, heated up the feud between the company now known as WWE and the […]

One of the most exciting aspects of watching a wrestling Pay-Per-View, or a Premium Live Event, as WWE calls it, is giving every match a star rating, from -5 through 5, and then seeing how it compares to the numbers given out by Dave Meltzer, the founder of The Wrestling Observer, and the premier rater […]

After almost a week of anticipation, The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer finally released his ratings for AEW x NJPW’s Forbidden Door, and needless to say, they were relatively predictable in the best possible way. Sure, some fans wibble with a rating one way or another, but for the most part, the information matched the eye […]

In the almost week since Jon Moxley triumphantly held the Interim World Championship above his head before being viciously attacked by Chris Jericho, a lot has been said about AEW x NJPW’s Forbidden Door. Some have called it the Pay-Per-View of the year, Tony Khan called it the second-most profitable event in AEW history, and […]

Who will Will Ospreay wrestle at Forbidden Door? This has been a question plaguing wrestling fans since the leader of the United Empire made his debut on AEW television on Dynamite and will likely continue to do so until Tony Khan, Excalibur, or an on-roster talent officially makes an announcement one way or another. Though […]

Unless you live in the New York metropolitan area, don’t plan on going to WWE Raw hoping to acknowledge the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, this summer. According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Reigns is currently only booked for the July 25th episode of RAW this summer, […]

A lot has been happening lately in the title picture of AEW. Newly christened World Champion CM Punk’s injuries have caused an impromptu Interim World Title to be christened, a process that will be spilling into Forbidden Door as Jon Moxley will be facing off against Hiroshi Tanahashi for the belt. The TNT Championship fairly […]