WWE TLC 2018: Asuka, Ambrose win, Corbin loses
With two title changes and the downfall of Baron Corbin the WWE said goodbye to 2018 with Tables, Ladders and Chairs, their last pay-per-view of the year. Tying with Styles and Bryan for the best match of the evening and certainly one of the best matches of the year,...
RAW dominates a lack luster Survivor Series
Survivor Series is a Thanksgiving week tradition and this year the Staples Center in Los Angeles played host. With the brand split, it's now tradition to bill the entire show as Monday Night RAW versus Smackdown Live. Which means none of the matches have any real...
DX destroys Brothers of Destruction at bizarre and bad WWE Crown Jewel
Today at WWE Crown Jewel, the Brothers of Destruction and D Generation X settle their rivalry in the main event of the show from Saudi Arabia. Plus, a WWE World Cup winner is crowned and Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman fight to determine a new WWE Universal Champion....
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Seven: Storm to face Satomura in semis
There’s really only one word to describe this week’s episode of the Mae Young Classic: destructive. But hey, it only makes the matches more entertaining for the rest of us, right? The bout of the night, however, was awarded to Toni Storm and Mia Yim. Both of these...
Super Show-Down is a super let-down
Barring a classic match between legends Triple H and The Undertaker and a few of the other matches on the card, WWE’s Super Show-Down in Australia was a total bust. Half of the matches on the card ran approximately only 10 minutes and were weak to mediocre at best....
Lethal retains world title over Ospreay at ROH Death Before Dishonor XVI
Tonight at ROH Death Before Dishonor XVI, Will Ospreay made the challenge and ROH World Champion Jay Lethal accepted. Can Lethal extend his reign as champion in Ospreay's return match to Ring of Honor? Plus, Bullet Club's Young Bucks, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and...
New champ crowned at Destruction in Beppu
Taichi is going home...with the Never Openweight Championship. It took almost all of Suzuki-gun but Taichi defeated Chaos' Hirooki Goto at Destruction in Beppu to claim the title. It is Taichi's (Taichiro Maki's) first singles title in New Japan Wrestling. He has held...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode One: Satomura dominates
It’s safe to say that experience prevailed over technique and wrestling style in the opening round of the 2018 Mae Young Classic. Although this episode started off a little slow, it picked up by the end. The best was saved for last. The crowd roared as the Yokozuna...
Mat Matters: Slammiversary a mix of old and new for me
TORONTO - When I look at a lineup card these days, it's inevitable to do a mental checklist: interviewed him; talked with her on the phone; sat in a bar with him. Sunday night's Slammiversary pay-per-view in Toronto was no different, but it's the unexpected interview...
NJPW G1 Special: Omega wins battle for Bullet Club, loses fight with Firing Squad
Kenny Omega may have defeated Cody Rhodes for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the leadership of Bullet Club but the Club has a new enemy who has emerged from within: The Firing Squad. After defeating Cody in a sensational match, Omega addressed the crowd at the...
NXT Takeover Chicago II: A handcuffed Ciampa finds a way to best Johnny Wrestling
No that headline is not an error. Johnny Gargano vs Tomasso Ciampa II, in the main event, ended when a handcuffed former member of DIY scored a victory in the Chicago Street Fight. In a match that outdid the brutality of their first encounter, Gargano/Ciampa III can...
Takahashi wins Best of the Super Juniors
The Ticking Time Bomb has exploded. Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Hiromu Takahashi has won NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors 2018. Takahashi defeated Bullet Club’s ‘Bone Soldier’ Taiji Ishimori in the final match of the annual tournament now in its 25th year. The match...
Lesnar retains and Strowman wins the 50-man Greatest Royal Rumble
Today, WWE heads to Saudi Arabia for the Greatest Royal Rumble. 50 men look to take the biggest Royal Rumble in a historic event for the WWE! Plus, Roman Reigns look to win the WWE Universal Championship from Brock Lesnar in a steel cage. All that and more at the...
NXT TakeOver New Orleans: Once again, stacked NXT card does not disappoint
NXT Takeover New Orleans kicks off four straight days off WWE with another stacked card. Both the NXT Title and NXT Women's Titles are being defended, while Adam Cole is pulling double duty in the two other title matches. Cole and five other superstars are vying for...
Bullet Club strife dominates Strong Style Evolved
Strong Style Evolved was like a Bullet Club summit and who could blame New Japan for continuing to push the most popular faction since the nWo during their first U.S. show in 2018? At the centre of it all are Kenny Omega and Cody Rhodes. Although Omega has reunited...
Castle survives Lethal in the highlight of ROH 16th Anniversary
Tonight at ROH 16th Anniversary, ROH World Champion Dalton Castle and Jay Lethal square off in the main event of the evening! Plus, the ROH World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns take on The Briscoes in a match-up of two of the greatest tag teams in the...
Castle survives surprise opponent at Honor Rising
Ring of Honor World Champion Dalton Castle had to fight off two opponents to walk out of Honor Rising with the title. Originally, the match was supposed to be Castle against an injured Beretta but as Castle was making his entrance, the Beer City Bruiser entered the...
Royal Rumble and Ronda Rousey ramp up women’s revolution
With apologies to "Mama" Cass Elliot, the road is definitely a place for a lady - especially when it's the "road to WrestleMania", and the lady is former UFC champion "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey. Because it's clear from Rousey's appearance in the closing minutes of WWE's...
Almas puts Gargano out to retain title in classic at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia
Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, Johnny Gargano tries to realize his dream after realizing who he is. Johnny Wrestling looks to become a world champion as he takes on NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas in the main event. Will Almas continue to keep his focus with...
Briscoes win Ladder War VII at uneven, hit or miss ROH Final Battle 2018
Tonight at ROH Final Battle 2018, Ladder War VII sees SoCal Uncensored literally put the tag titles up for grabs against The Young Bucks and The Briscoes. Plus, Jay Lethal defends the ROH World Championship against Cody and Bully Ray and Flip Gordon look to make each...
Undisputed Era meets its match at superb NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2018
It can't be easy for NXT to keep the quality of its pay-per-view shows consistently high when so much of the roster turns over from year to year. For NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2018, the winning formula turned out to be making the Undisputed Era, which was part of the...
WWE history made with Evolution
Win or lose, every woman was a winner tonight. Tonight wasn’t about a main event but something that goes far beyond the squared circle. WWE Evolution makes history and breaks the glass ceiling by hosting many prominent athletes from the past, the present and maybe...
Aries flips out after title loss to Johnny Impact at stellar Bound for Glory
Tonight at Impact Wrestling's Bound for Glory, Impact World Champion Austin Aries looks to maintain his grip on the title, but challenger Johnny Impact stands in his way. The two settle all the personal trash talk with the title on the line! Plus, Konnan and the...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Five: Satomura dominates, moves on to quarters
There was one clear match that stood out among the rest on Wednesday's Mae Young Classic, and it was one that wrestling fans could only dream about. The boss, Meiko Satomura took on the seasoned veteran, Mercedes Martinez. It seemed as though that these two ladies...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Four: Too many uneven match-ups
With last week’s episode filled with excitement and enticing rivalries, I was expecting this final round of the Mae Young Classic to be nothing less. However, I was otherwise disappointed, especially with the last match. It’s safe to say that the Japanese high flyer...
Hell in a Cell unleashes The Beast
Brock Lesnar wasn’t finished with them yet. Although he was not scheduled to appear on the card, the former and definitely most notorious WWE Universal Champion made his presence felt at Hell in a Cell 2018. Lesnar interfered in the Universal Championship match...
SummerSlam 2018 rushes and drags
The problem with building to trying to build everything to a crescendo at the same time, as WWE does every summer in the run-up to SummerSlam, is that it’s tricky to have it all come off in the best possible fashion. The 2018 edition of the second-biggest event on the...
Aries survives Moose attack for Impact title at instant classic Slammiversary XVI
Tonight at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XVI, Impact World Champion Austin Aries defends his title in the main event against Moose after months of big talk to the former NFL player! Plus, Sami Callihan puts his hair on the line against Pentagon Jr, and his mask and...
Castle keeps ROH World title at end of Best in the World
BALTIMORE -- Ring of Honor held its Best in the World 2018 PPV Friday night at the UMBC Event Center in Baltimore, Maryland. In the main event, Dalton Castle beat Cody and Marty Scrull to retain the his world title by pinning Scrull with a bangarang. NWA World...
NJPW Dominion 6.9 2018 – Omega reaches the top of the mountain
New Japan’s 2018 Dominion 6.9 signaled a changing of the guards in the company. A total of 4 titles changed hands, but the biggest news is that for the first time in about 2 years, Kazuchika Okada is not the IWGP Heavyweight Champion. In a brutal, 65-minute epic,...
First dual-brand PPV was three-plus hours that you’ll never get Back(lash)
Wow, that was bad. Backlash may have been promoted as WWE's first dual-branded PPV event since the recent Superstars Shake-up. But if it's remembered for anything, it will likely be for all the wrong reasons. Other than one stellar match and one very entertaining...
Pentagon Jr. becomes world champion at Impact Wrestling: Redemption
After Alberto El Patron was fired from Impact Wrestling, Impact World Champion Austin Aries made his call at House of Hardcore and called on WrestleMania weekend opponents Lucha Underground opponents Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix to rematch him at Redemption with the...
NXT TakeOver: New Orleans not only thing on Triple H’s mind
For a conference call about NXT: TakeOver, Triple H sure managed to talk about a lot of other things on Friday. Which is all good. Having just come back from the world premiere in Los Angeles of the Andre the Giant documentary set for HBO on April 10, Triple H was in...
Sabre Jr. wins the New Japan Cup
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the New Japan Cup and earned the right to face the IWGP heavyweight champion Kazuchika Okada at Sakura Genesis on April 1. Taka Michinoku came out with Zack Sabre Jr. and introduced him and demanded that Tanahashi come...
NJPW Anniversary Show: Champion vs. Champion main event doesn’t disappoint
With Honor Rising 2018 out of the way, the New Japan Tour continues in Tokyo for the Anniversary Event, coming to us live from the Ota City General Gymnasium. The main event is a CHAOS Champion vs. Champion match with the IWGP Heavyweight champ Okada taking on the...
Bullet Club continues to fracture at Honor Rising
The New Japan Pro Wrestling show Honor Rising, where the promotion teams with Ring of Honor, saw feud among Bullet Club members escalate between Kenny Omega and Cody, and a new feud begin between Hangman Page and Cody. It is unknown where Marty Scurll's allegiance is...
Even though it delivered, first dual Royal Rumble was emotionally exhausting
PHILADELPHIA - On a night that really was as historic as WWE claimed it would be, we learned a few things amidst an enthusiastic Royal Rumble crowd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Foremost among those lessons was that while having two Royal Rumble matches...
NJPW’s New Beginnings sees Intercontinental Championship switch hands
Minoru Suzuki is the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion after beating Hiroshi Tanahashi in an epic match at New Japan Pro Wrestling's New Beginnings show in Sapporo. Tanahashi was stretchered to the back after the referee stop the match due to the amount of punishment...
World Tag League Night 17: Los Ingobernables de Japon win tourney, Ibushi wins gold
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil and Sanada) have won World Tag League 18 but that isn’t the only big news out of the event. Kota Ibushi also defeated Hirooki Goto to become the new the NEVER Openweight Championship and will face Will Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom for...
Power Struggle 2018: Jericho overcomes Evil, Roppongi 3K wins tag tourney
Y2J faced and defeated a great Evil at NJPW’s Power Struggle only to find the leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon, Tetsuya Naito, is waiting for him in the wings. Being introduced with a new theme song and entrance video that claimed he is “The Best in the World”,...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Eight: Storm and Shirai heading to Evolution
This was the episode we were all waiting for: the semi finals of the Mae Young Classic. Although both matches wree well fought, it was Toni Storm and Meiko Satomura who gave us a event we will not forget. These two were both looking for a win, as the last time they...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Six: Mia Yim earns her place in the quarters
Every match in this week's Mae Young Classic was worthy of applause. It was evident that each competitor was aware of the stakes going forward, that there was no room for error. It was the match up between Kaitlyn and Mia Yim however, that proved to be the most...
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed: Triple threat set for the IWGP Heavyweight title set up for King of Pro Wrestling
Hard to believe that 15 months ago New Japan had yet to make an official full show on US soil. We're now on NJPW's third trip to the United States tonight as NJPW hosts Fighting Spirit Unleashed at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach. Tonight's main event is a tag team...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Three: Yim, Kay put it all on the line
There’s nothing better than watching a good rivalry between two competitors with a long history but when one is out to seek revenge because of a broken nose, it only makes it that much more exciting. Arguably the most thrilling event of the night, Mia Yim and Allysin...
Mae Young Classic 2018 – Episode Two: Rookie outperforms veterans
Never underestimate the underdog. Rookie Kacy Catanzaro put on an incredible performance in the second episode of the Mae Young Classic 2018, with a win over the powerhouse, Reina Gonzalez. The former American Ninja Warrior competitor used her athletic background to...
Ciampa the last man standing at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV
It was as nasty and as vicious as everyone thought it would be. At the end of all the crazy chaos which would have made ECW proud, Tommaso Ciampa retained the NXT Championship over his challenger, former tag team partner and bitter rival, Johnny Gargano at another...
Extreme Rules: Seth Rollins blew a 3-0 lead to Dolph Ziggler in an Iron Man match
Tonight at WWE Extreme Rules: Seth Rollins looks to get back the WWE Intercontinental Championship from Dolph Ziggler in wrestling's test of endurance, a 30-minute Iron Man main event! Plus, Roman Reigns takes on Bobby Lashley and WWE Champion AJ Styles puts his title...
Stellar women’s matches make Money in the Bank a Blissful event
Late last year, CNN and many other media outlets predicted that 2018 would be the Year of the Women. Well, if Sunday night's WWE Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View event is any indication, that may very well be true. Because the women simply stole the show. Both in terms...
Jericho makes even more NJPW friends at Dominion
Nowadays, Chris Jericho is making friends wherever he goes including NJPW where The Ace has him in his sights now. At Dominion, Jericho wanted to rip the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from around The Rainmaker’s waist but instead he left Osaka-Jo Hall without the gold...
Dontaku spotlights violent battle between Golden Lovers, Bullet Club
The bloody Kenny Omega was able to overcome Hangman Page's violent and underhanded tactics at New Japan's Wrestling Dontaku. However, the underhanded tactics from Cody allowed him to pick up the win against Kota Ibushi. Bullet Club (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi)...
Lackluster main event not enough to spoil the good times at WrestleMania 34
By DALE PLUMMER and NICK TYLWALK - SlamWrestling.net If a wrestling card is only as good as its main event, WrestleMania 34 was a disaster. Most fans would say that’s not the case, that the overall quality of the matches and stories told up and down the card all...
Sakura Genesis: Okada fights off Zack Sabre Jr., challenged by Tanahashi
Kazuchika Okada retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship defeating Zack Sabre Jr. in a match where both wrestlers focused on submission holds. The ace of New Japan, Hiroshi Tanahashi, came out after the match to challenge Okada for his title. Zack Sabre Jr. has...
Styles survives breakneck Six Pack Challenge at WWE Fastlane
Tonight at WWE Fastlane, WWE Champion AJ Styles looks to survive a Six-Pack Challenge to head to WrestleMania to face Shinsuke Nakamura. Standing in front of him are John Cena, who claims to need a road to WrestleMania, Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin, and the on-again,...
Reigns on the Road to WrestleMania after Elimination Chamber
Tonight at WWE Elimination Chamber, the Road to WrestleMania gets set in one of the most dangerous matches in WWE history. The main event features seven men looking to face WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania for the title. Braun Strowman, John Cena,...
Entertaining but predictable New Beginning in Osaka
Count that as 601 days. As many expected, IWGP Heavyweight Champion - Kazuchika Okada - fended off the threat of Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Sanada at New Beginning in Osaka, without Gedo at ringside. At the start of the match, Sanada took Okada down to the mat with...
Bullet Club implodes at New Beginning
It was a very bad night for Bullet Club at the second day of New Beginning in Sapporo. Not only did Kenny Omega lose the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship to challenger 'Switchblade' Jay White and The Young Bucks lose the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team...
