WWE BackLash: A Phenomenal title match between Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles is ‘Too Sweet’
Welcome mesdames et messieurs as the World Wrestling Entertainment brings their brand of pro wrestling to France. Instead of watching the Kentucky Derby (which is decadent and depraved), or watching STAR WARS (May the Fourth be with you, by the by), we’ll see Cody...
Nemeth loses IWGP Global Championship during first title defence
NJPW has a new IWGP Global Champion. In his first title defence after beating David Finlay for the championship at Wrestle Kingdom Nic Nemeth lost it back to him at night two of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku. Finlay clocked Nemeth with a rolling elbow to have him seeing...
TNA Under Siege: The House! Delete! The Card! Delete!
Counting the pre-show, a daunting 11-match card (correction: a 12th match added) awaits on TNA Under Siege. Looking at the lineup it is amazing how many of these matches the company did not bother to preview on the Thursday show. Joe Hendry did a segment with AJ...
Countdown to Backlash
It is time for some WrestleMania Backlash. How will the new version of The Bloodline fare and will Bayley be able to fend off TWO challengers? Here are our predictions and prognostications. Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Styles - WWE Undisputed Championship Match...
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku: Nemeth beats The Ace and now faces The Rebel
NJPW kicked off a weekend of wrestling with the first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2024. Today's card featured three high-profile matches with Jeff Cobb defeating Zack Sabre Jr. to become the new NJPW World TV Champion and David Finlay knocking off Yota Tsuji in a...
Uemura survives lemons, car tires and tables to become the KOPW Provisional Champion
Yuya Uemura has won his first championship in NJPW, well, sort of. Uemura defeated Great-O-Khan to become the new KOPW Provisional Champion in a Rural Revitalization Match in a very, very odd match even for NJPW. The word to remember as we go forward is that it is a...
War Dogs gain a new ally at Road to Dontaku
It hasn't been a good month for Tetsuya Naito. Not only did he lose the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to Jon Moxley at Windy City Riot but a new enemy has come to NJPW to take him out. Before tonight's card got underway there was a contract signing between Douki...
United Empire, Just Five Guys run the Gauntlet
With three out of the five matches including Young Lions the third night of the Road to Dontaku tour was pretty predictable as far as the results were concerned. Young Lions are usually the ones to eat a defeat in NJPW as is the tradition so there were no surprises...
AEW Dynasty filled with some surprises and suffering in the squared circle
Four matches from All Elite Wrestling have the makings of starting a new Dynasty for this pay-preview. To wit: Thunder Rosa wants to reclaim the women’s championship she never lost, currently held by “Timeless” Toni Storm. The Young Bucks and FTR will settle in a...
Countdown to AEW Dynasty
Will it be Swerve's house at AEW Dynasty? Here are our predictions and prognostications for the event. Support Slam and order TNA Rebellion on TrillerTV Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson The Young Bucks vs. FTR - AEW World Tag Team...
Moose retains, but his mood is ‘broken’ by return of Matt Hardy at TNA Rebellion
Even without the assistance of The System - who were ejected from ringside midway through his title defense against Nic Nemeth at TNA's Rebellion PPV on Saturday night - Moose was able to walk out of the match as World Champion. Unfortunately for Moose, he walked...
MLW War Chamber the Sequel: The Death Fighters silence The Calling
Part two of War Chamber has arrived. Are you ready to see blood? As we open the night, Cesar Duran is here asking for the violence we all demand to see spread across the ring. He introduces Virus as the newest signee with Azteca Lucha. Virus vs. Star Jr. - Azteca...
WrestleMania XL Night Two: Cody Rhodes concludes his story
With night one wrapped up, you can expect night two of WrestleMania XL to be just as chaotic or more. If you missed last night, The Rock and Roman Reigns beat Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. This means the Reigns vs. Rhodes match will be under The Bloodline rules. In...
Countdown to WrestleMania XL Night Two
Will Cody finish his story? We will see tonight as WrestleMania Night Two unfolds. Here are our predictions and prognostications. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes - WWE Undisputed Championship Match Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre - WWE...
WrestleMania XL Night One: Bloodline Rules with The Rock and Reigns
Welcome to the first night of The Showcase of the Immortals, and we have one more chapter to go as Cody Rhodes tries to finish the story at WrestleMania XL. Tonight will determine the main event of night two of WrestleMania as The Rock joins his cousin Roman Reigns to...
Melo misses while Trick connects at Stand and Deliver
Two of NXT's greatest superstars of all-time and one of the greatest pairings, duos in WWE history fought each other as foes not friends at NXT Stand and Deliver. Despite Ilja Dragunov defending the NXT Championship against Tony D'Angelo on the same card Trick and...
Countdown to WrestleMania XL Night One
Cody and Seth fight for their WrestleMania lives against The Bloodline in tonight's main event. What Rollins gets out of this besides revenge on the Bloodline is still a mystery to us. Whatever the case, the match will have serious implications for everyone involved....
ROH delivers a card worthy of being called super
Greetings and salutations! Its the yearly tradition of having an ROH card during WrestleMania weekend. While ROH might not have the most consistent TV show, they have been able to deliver on their PPV's during this new era of the company. With such a stacked card and...
Bloodsport X: An entertaining show; two WWE stars involved
On Thursday, April 4, 2024, Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and Josh Barnett presented Bloodsport X. Bloodsport is an interesting concept. It is an homage to the early pioneering days of pro wrestling and the many incarnations of shoot style wrestling from Japanese...
Yota Tsuji and BUSHI win in LIJ warfare
NJPW Sakura Genesis is just a few days away and there are only a few shows left on the road to this event. The main event of Sakura Genesis will see Tetsuya Naito defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against his fellow LIJ member and 2024 New Japan Cup...
MLW War Chamber: All Hail Contra?
Welcome to one the most sadistic structures in MLW, War Chamber! I'm here watching the event for the second time in a row where I'll get to witness two rings rather than one like last year. Janai Kai (c) vs. Unagi Sayaka - MLW World Featherweight Championship match Am...
Yota Tsuji wins the 2024 New Japan Cup
The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Sakura Genesis will be all LIJ after Yota Tsuji defeated Hirooki Goto in the 2024 New Japan Cup final this morning. Tsuji will face his stablemate, Tetsuya Naito for the World Championship on April 6th. Tsuji and Goto...
Chaos reigns during New Japan Cup semis
It will be Hirooki Goto against Yota Tsuji in the finals of the New Japan Cup this Wednesday. Riding a wave of popularity and success in the squared circle Tsuji defeated Evil to reach the finals in one of the most chaotic NJPW matches in some time. With the lights...
New Japan Cup semi-finals decided
The New Japan Cup semi-finals are set. It will be Sanada facing Hirooki Goto and Evil against rising star Yota Tsuji. Tsuji defeated Ren Narita to move ahead in the tournament. Narita comes to the ring in his weird-ass cape again. Someone ought to tell him he looks...
MLW Once Upon a Time in New York… Bauer met Contra
Once Upon a Time in New York, Cesar Duran announces the biggest upcoming premium event on May 11, Azteca Lucha, promoted by El Jefe himself is going to Chicago. He challenges Salina de la Renta to bring her best Luchadores to engage in battle with one of his, if she...
New Japan Cup: Hirooki Goto and SANADA to meet in Semifinals
Only 8 men remain and today was meant to be the first two quarterfinal matches of the New Japan Cup. However, the show did not go according to plan. David Finlay was meant to face Hirooki Goto in a quarterfinal match, however, Finlay was hospitalized with an illness...
Plenty of House of Torture in the New Japan Cup Quarterfinals
The second round of the New Japan Cup concluded this morning and following today only eight men will remain. Yota Tsuji defeated El Phantasmo to punch his ticket to the quarterfinals and in the main event, Ren Narita scored the upset victory over Zack Sabre Jr. to...
New Japan Cup Update: Hikuleo mugged by The House of Torture
Shingo Takagi and Evil have made it to the third round of the New Japan Cup. On night seven, Hikuleo did get some revenge on Evil for the post-match attack on his knee but Evil drew first blood as he gave Hikuleo a shot block from behind before the match could start....
New Japan Cup Tournament: Finlay and Loa brawl for it all
David Finlay and Hirooki Goto have moved on to round three of the New Japan Cup Tournament. Finlay defeated Tanga Loa in a match that started as a brawl outside the ring. Loa waited for Finlay at the entranceway. Loa charged Finlay labeling him with punches as he came...
Round 1 of New Japan Cup concludes
The first round of the 2024 New Japan Cup wrapped up this morning with the final three matches taking place. El Phantasmo defeated Mikey Nicholls to advance and Ren Narita scored the victory over Taichi. Then in the main event, Yota Tsuji continued his hot streak by...
TNA: Windsor hosts a Sacrifice
Greetings and Salutations! We are deep in a TNA story and with that tonight is Sacrifice from Windsor, Ontario! There is so much action so without further ado, lets get to it. Countdown Countdown – TNA Digital Media Championship: Crazzy Steve (c) VS Joe Hendry. Hendry...
A predictable day three of New Japan Cup
Day three of the New Japan Cup took place this morning and the main event continued Yuya Uemura's disappointing start to 2024. Before we got to the main event Hikuleo and Gabe Kidd advanced to the second round, eliminating Boltin Oleg and Callum Newman respectively....
Brawls, Bullet Club and a birthday at New Japan Cup Night Two
The main event of night two of the New Japan Cup tournament continued to throw gasoline on the feud between The United Empire and The Bullet Club War Dogs. TJP faced David Finlay in a brawl, fight not really a wrestling match. TJP doesn't wait for the bell to ring. He...
House of Torture gets a Scapegoat in Jack Perry
The New Japan Cup kicked off today at the NJPW 52nd Anniversary show. The three cup matches on the card saw YOSHI-HASHI defeat KENTA, Toru Yano eliminate Yujiro Takahashi and in his NJPW debut, Jack Perry knocked off Shota Umino. The main event was a special singles...
AEW Revolution 2024: Thank you, Sting!
If I may channel my inner Boyz II Men (ask your parents about them), it’s so hard to say goodbye to an Icon like Sting. How can you encapsulate a career spanning almost four promotions and a who’s who of great opponents? Simple, don’t leave it up to WWE. To that...
Countdown to AEW Revolution
AEW and the wrestling world says goodbye to the icon Sting this Sunday. Here are our predictions and prognostications for the event. Support Slam and order AEW Revolution using the image/link above. Sting and Darby Allin (c) (with Ric Flair) vs. The Young...
Naito retains his title, Uemura loses his hair and Okada says goodbye
NJPW had their final The New Beginning show this morning, once again in Sapporo and this was Kazuchika Okada's final match in New Japan. Okada teamed with his fellow CHAOS members to defeat the United Empire and it was only right the match ended with a Rainmaker. To...
Elimination Chamber clears the road to WrestleMania
Although the WrestleMania picture is far from complete it has come into better focus after Elimination Chamber: Perth. Not only do we know who will be challenging Seth Rollins and Rhea Ripley for their respective titles at WrestleMania but we also kind of know who...
Fatus, blood feud spotlight GCW show as a Punjabi Prison match is signed
Mance Warner's war with his former best friends escalated into a bloody bull rope match at GCW's Touch the Sky. Warner stooped to a new low even for him. He attacked Allie Katch's mother. We weren't sure why Allie Katch wasn't wearing street gear in this bull rope...
Mustafa Ali makes the most-of-a title shot, becomes new X-Division champ at No Surrender
Mustafa Ali's campaign to become the TNA X-Division Champion ended in victory on Friday night, when he defeated Chris Sabin in the main event of No Surrender to capture the gold. The match - Ali's in-ring debut for the company - wasn't the only good match of the...
Nic Nemeth earns gold in NJPW
NJPW held another New Beginning show this morning, this one being held in Sapporo. This card featured five championship matches and Kazuchika Okada's second-to-last match in Japan. Mayu Iwatani retained her IWGP Women's Championship by defeating Mina Shirakawa and...
Countdown to Elimination Chamber: Perth
It will be a rage in the cage down under as the WWE presents Elimination Chamber: Perth. Here are our predictions and prognostications for the event. The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) (c) vs. British Strong Style (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) - Undisputed...
Former WWE superstars debut at Wrestling Revolver WhataShow
For the first time ever Wrestling Revolver walked with Elijah. The nomading minstrel wasn't the only former WWE superstar though to debut at tonight's WhataShow. Former Maximum Male Model, Mansoor, also wrestled his first match for the promotion taking on AEW's...
MLW Burning Crush: The Black Hand wraps Fatu in a body bag
Following his loss of his World Heavyweight Championship, Alex Kane was talking about leaving MLW for a while. The fans said "No!" as well as Mr. Thomas. He knows that Kane isn't a quitter, so he ventures to inspire his friend to try again. Mr. Thomas reminds Kane...
Okada, Ospreay bid farewell at a bloody, emotional New Beginning
It truly was an end of an era in Osaka, Japan, making New Beginning one of the very best shows of 2024 so far. The Rainmaker, NJPW's franchise player, has wrestled his last match for the promotion after a 14-year run which saw him win the IWGP World Heavyweight...
Masha Slamovich becomes JCW World Champion
She's a former GCW World Champion and now she is the JCW World Champion. Masha Slamovich defeated Jordan Oliver in the finals of the Jersey J-Cup Tournament to become the champion. Slamovich is the second person to hold the title and the first woman to do so. Jordan...
MLW SuperFight: Kojima shakes the world with a victory
Welcome everyone to SuperFight 4! Rocky Romero (c) vs. Ichiban - 2 of 3 Falls for the World Middleweight Championship match Ichiban momentarily throws Romero off him, but he gets shoulder tackled later on as payback for his efforts. It seems, by the looks of it, that...
Cody Rhodes continues his story with his second Royal Rumble win
So, what do you want to talk about? Today marks the 37th Royal Rumble in the history of the WWE. The Royal Rumble is has brought so much memorable moments from 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin winning his third royal rumble to Rey Mysterio winning it after drawing entrant...
Royal Rumble Live Coverage
Slam’s Alex Podgorski is in St. Petersburg, Florida, for this year’s Royal Rumble. Check here for his live coverage throughout tonight's event: 6:20pm: Roads were closed in all directions in a three-block radius as throngs of people made their way towards Tropicana...
Countdown to The Royal Rumble
There are only be two winners. Who will pave their road to the main event of WrestleMania? Here are our predictions and prognostications for this year's Royal Rumble event. Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight — Fatal 4-Way, Undisputed WWE...
Sho goes sneak attack crazy at Road to the New Beginning
Sneak attacks were the order of the day as NJPW's Road to the New Beginning rolled on. At the start of the show Master Wato announced he has legitimately suffered a torn left ACL. The injury occurred during New Beginning in Nagoya on January 20 and would require...
MLW Reload: A first ever meeting goes bonkers
Hey, hey, hey everyone! As we open the night for MLW Reload, Sessions by Saint Laurent is the first thing we have the displeasure of seeing, but he does invite Alex Kane as his special guest. Laurent mentions that back in 2021, not to my knowledge, he signed Kane to...
Tama Tonga says goodbye to NJPW at New Beginning in Nagoya
After 14 years, Tama Tonga has said goodbye to NJPW. At today's New Beginning in Nagoya event Tonga defended his newly-won NEVER Openweight Championship for the first time and the last time. He wanted to leave NJPW as a champion. T0nga has stated that growing up with...
TNA proves that they are Hard to Kill
TNA is BACK! after months of anticipation TNA is back for good. We have a full card so without further ado, let's get to it! Countdown Show Rich Swann VS Steve Maclin As the match starts Swann dives onto Maclin at ringside. Maclin takes Swann down and grounds him...
Countdown to Hard to Kill
Impact is becoming TNA once again. Is this just a name change or are there big changes in 2024 for TNA? That remains to be seen but here are our predictions and prognostications for Hard to Kill. Support Slam and order Hard to Kill with the link above or click here....
MLW Kings of Colosseum: Kane reigns supreme over Holliday
Happy New Year and welcome to Kings of Colosseum. We're going to have lots of fun, no doubt about that since we're treated to a double main event being a Dream match between Jacob Fatu and Matt Riddle, who's making his MLW return. Plus a Championship match where Alex...
BCC and CHAOS can’t overcome TMDK at New Year Dash
NJPW has the January 4 tradition of Wrestle Kingdom, but people often forget about their January 5 tradition of New Year Dash. This show is full of surprises every year, it's NJPW's version of the Raw after WrestleMania. For New Year Dash no matches are announced in...
Naito gave it all and won it all at Wrestle Kingdom
If Wrestle Kingdom 18 is any indication the future of NJPW is in very good hands. With approximately half the card resting on the shoulders of newer, younger NJPW talent like the Bullet Club War Dogs, Catch 2/2, Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ren Narita, ELP,...
Countdown to Wrestle Kingdom 18
It is NJPW's WrestleMania featuring some of the most anticipated matches of the year including the Kazuchika Okada versus Bryan Danielson rematch. Here are our predictions and prognostications for what should be an amazing Wrestle Kingdom 18. Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya...
Douki, Sho have a sneaky style battle at BOSJ
Sometimes in the squared circle you just got to fight fire with fire. That is what Suzuki-gun's Douki did in his match against The House of Torture's Sho who has cheated his way through the Best of the Super Juniors tournament thus far using his trusty wrench. In...
