“I stand by my prior statement that Ms. Grant’s lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and is a vindictive distortion of the truth. I intend to vigorously defend myself against these baseless accusations, and look forward to clearing my name. However, out of respect for the WWE Universe,...
Multiple sources in the broadcast industry have confirmed that the CW Network and WWE have been in deep discussions for weeks about NXT shifting from its current basic cable home on the USA Network to a traditional broadcast television home, airing live weekly on the CW Network when the brand's current media rights deal ends in...
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is expected to open a congressional investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as soon as Thursday, a source tells CNN – the same day former President Donald Trump is slated to surrender at the county jail after being charged for participating in schemes to...
PWInsider.com is told this wasn’t done to target and politic Cody out of his main event out of malice, but out of the belief that Johnson was the best idea to make money now and respect his new position with the company’s parent company. This was a strategic move to give Johnson more political power overall and to show...
Dunn, who held the post of Executive Producer & Chief, Global Television Distribution, informed WWE around Christmas week he was exiting after more than three decades with the company. We are told that a big factor in his decision to retire is changes made internally post-Endeavor acquisition and as one source stated, that...
Dave Meltzer is now claiming what's happening with The Rock and Cody was the plan all along, and everybody got worked, and he knew the whole time... which is a completely different tune than he was playing a couple of days ago... I'm starting to think this man might make shit up! #Wrestling#ProWrestling#WWE#WeWantCody#RockySucks
TMZ.com is reporting Windham "Bray Wyatt" Rotunda passed away in his sleep during a nap last week. He was discovered by what the article described as his girlfriend (Jojo Offerman) and that his mother attempted CPR as the authorities were called....
It's common with most US cable providers, the channels run ads like that, when I had Dish Network it was the only time I can remember ever seeing a commercial for their company outside of the Sling streaming ads. Sometimes they even run ads against themselves, like when WWE is on Comcast owned USA and sometimes ads will come on for something on Comcast owned NBC that same night and time.
Reddit didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. According to Rathschmidt, “We’ll no longer comment on hearsay, unsubstantiated claims, or baseless accusations from The Verge. We’ll be in touch as corrections are needed.”...
Paramount has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to private equity firm KKR for $1.6 billion in cash, after more than three years of trying to offload the book publishing powerhouse.
They should make Sting the new commissioner of AEW and he could be Commissioner Borden... he can hide in the rafters, keep wearing the trench coat and the disappointed dad look while sending Darby out to handle problems... play it up like The Animated Series' Commissioner Gordon and Batman...
For those that aren't jumping from Kbin to Lemmy with most of SquaredCircle, might I suggest subscribing to https://kbin.social/m/squaredcircle@lemmy.zip so at least we might see some of those conversations? It won't help those of us using the microblog function, but it's worth a shot to keep the conversations going.
I'm gonna need Tony to convince Skittles to sponsor the match and make JR do the Fruity Fruity Delicious Fruity oh so Deliciously Fruity Skittles ad one more time.
This man has been the voice of wrestling for an entire generation, and can still go when he enjoys what he's seeing, I'm going to be the one that misses him but much like Sting, when you think it's time, it probably is.
Just when I thought it wasn't possible to think any less of Tony Khan's tweets, the man snorts the good stuff and proves me wrong. Jinder didn't deserve that trash shot. #AEW#WWE#Wrestling#ProWrestling
When Bayley's wacky arm waving tube inflatables come back they should have duct tape on them like she taped the old stabbed ones back together. #WWE#Wrestling#ProWrestling
[PWInsider] VINCE MCMAHON RESIGNS FROM TKO, WWE (pwinsider.com)
“I stand by my prior statement that Ms. Grant’s lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and is a vindictive distortion of the truth. I intend to vigorously defend myself against these baseless accusations, and look forward to clearing my name. However, out of respect for the WWE Universe,...
[PWInsider] NXT Moving to The CW (pwinsider.com)
Multiple sources in the broadcast industry have confirmed that the CW Network and WWE have been in deep discussions for weeks about NXT shifting from its current basic cable home on the USA Network to a traditional broadcast television home, airing live weekly on the CW Network when the brand's current media rights deal ends in...
[News] House Judiciary Committee expected to launch inquiry into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (www.cnn.com)
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is expected to open a congressional investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as soon as Thursday, a source tells CNN – the same day former President Donald Trump is slated to surrender at the county jail after being charged for participating in schemes to...
Do You Attend Local Independent Events?
Do you go to independent events?...
[PWInsider] So, What Happened to the WrestleMania Main Event Picture? The Rock (www.pwinsider.com)
PWInsider.com is told this wasn’t done to target and politic Cody out of his main event out of malice, but out of the belief that Johnson was the best idea to make money now and respect his new position with the company’s parent company. This was a strategic move to give Johnson more political power overall and to show...
WWE Superstar Sonya Deville Suffers Torn ACL, Out Indefinitely (www.tmz.com)
TMZ Sports has learned WWE Superstar Sonya DeVille suffered a serious knee injury that will require surgery.
[PWInsider] Kevin Dunn Exiting WWE (www.pwinsider.com)
Dunn, who held the post of Executive Producer & Chief, Global Television Distribution, informed WWE around Christmas week he was exiting after more than three decades with the company. We are told that a big factor in his decision to retire is changes made internally post-Endeavor acquisition and as one source stated, that...
[PWInsider] Latest on CM Punk and Talents Being Sent Home (www.pwinsider.com)
The title was altered slightly so I could remove their all-caps titles....
[PWInsider] More On The Passing Of Bray Wyatt (www.pwinsider.com)
TMZ.com is reporting Windham "Bray Wyatt" Rotunda passed away in his sleep during a nap last week. He was discovered by what the article described as his girlfriend (Jojo Offerman) and that his mother attempted CPR as the authorities were called....
[AEW Big Business Spoilers] SPOILER is ALL ELITE (twitter.com)
A Farewell to The Icon Sting (AEW YouTube) (www.youtube.com)
Y'all it feels like losing your favorite aunt/uncle from when you were a kid... Wrestling isn't supposed to make you sad....
[PWInsider] Board Members for TKO after Endeavor's WWE Acquisition Revealed (www.pwinsider.com)
[I altered the title because of PWInsiders all-caps titles.]...
Reddit Gives Snippy Response to Verge about /r/TranscribersofReddit Shutdown
Reddit didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. According to Rathschmidt, “We’ll no longer comment on hearsay, unsubstantiated claims, or baseless accusations from The Verge. We’ll be in touch as corrections are needed.”...
WWE Commentary Shakeup: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett Move to ‘Raw,’ Cole to Also Remain on ‘SmackDown’ (EXCLUSIVE) (variety.com)
Not really excited about this.
[PWInsider] PCO Leaving Impact Wrestling (pwinsider.com)
Pat LaPrade in Montreal first reporting PCO's exit. PWInsider.com learned independently that he is indeed exiting.
Paramount to sell Simon & Schuster to KKR for $1.6 Billion Cash (www.cnn.com)
Paramount has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to private equity firm KKR for $1.6 billion in cash, after more than three years of trying to offload the book publishing powerhouse.
Jim Ross thinks this 'more than likely' will be his last year as an announcer (www.f4wonline.com)
[PWInsider] The Various Notes from WWE HQ Meeting Held on Monday
I paraphrased the stories and link to the originals....