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• 2/16 Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ‘Neon Knights’ Results: Riddle vs Keith Lee, Flip Gordon Debuts, ‘Best Friends’ No More?

  18-02-2018 17:41 via mandatory.com
  Adam Brooks defeated Brody King– King is a local from Van Nuys and was very over with the crowd being part of the Bar Wrestling promotion. King was a late replacement for Matt Sydal
  Dalton Castle defeated “Bad Boy” Joey Janela– Lots of comedy in the match not a ton of action. Castle hits the Bangarang after about 15 minutes. “The Boys” were not his regulars so seeing out of shape guys playing the roles was pretty funny.
  Travis Banks defeats David StarrMy
  
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• Report: Michael Cole ‘Pulling Back’ From Managing WWE Announcers, Replacement Named

  03-05-2024 21:10 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  There has been a noteworthy change backstage in WWE, as Michael Cole is pulling back from some of his duties.Veteran broadcaster Michael Cole has been managing the announcers in the company for a long time. In 2020, he was promoted to Vice President of Announcing. He currently calls the action on WWE RAW and at WWE pay-per-views.Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports that Cole has “pulled back” from his responsibilities regarding managing announcers. Johnson notes that h
  
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• The Undertaker: Cody Rhodes Is An Example Of Motivation And Not Being Content 

  03-05-2024 20:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The Undertaker revealed Cody Rhodes left him a voicemail the morning after WrestleMania 40.The Deadman was a key part of Rhodes’ victory in the main event that night. He appeared during Rhodes’ match with Roman Reigns, attacking The Rock and helping Cody win the WWE Championship for the first time.However, that was not the last he heard from The American Nightmare that night.Speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, The Undertaker revealed that Cody Rhodes left him a
  
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• Ricochet Wins WWE Speed Championship, Comments On Victory

  03-05-2024 19:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The inaugural WWE Speed Champion has been crowned, as Ricochet won the tournament for the title.In recent weeks, the WWE Speed Championship Tournament has been featured on WWE Speed. Ricochet and Johnny Gargano advanced to the finals by defeating JD McDonagh and Bronson Reed, respectively. Ricochet ultimately picked up the win with a Recoil and a back-handspring cutter. He then celebrated with the title.
  IT'S TIME!The #WWESpeed Championship Match is f
  
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• Swerve Strickland Compares His Next Steps As AEW Champion To Figuring Out A Rubik’s Cube

  03-05-2024 19:14 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Swerve Strickland just recently became AEW World Champion, but he’s already thinking about what’s coming next.All Elite Wrestling’s Swerve Strickland recently sat down with Raj Prashad of UPROXX. When asked what his next steps are as AEW World Champion, Strickland said it’s a challenge comparable to that of a Rubik’s cube.
  “It’s a Rubik’s cube that never stops moving around,” Swerve Strickland said. “On
  
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• Braun Strowman On Brock Lesnar Stiffing Him At Royal Rumble 2018: He Clobbered Me, He Wasn’t Happy

  03-05-2024 19:09 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Braun Strowman detailed exactly what happened between himself and Brock Lesnar at the 2018 Royal Rumble.The pair clashed in a Triple Threat match at the event, which also included Kane. During the match, Strowman laid a stiff knee into Lesnar’s head. The former WWE Champion did not appreciate this move, and let Strowman know about it immediately.The Beast quickly got to his feet, and hit a huge right hand right into the side of Strowman’s head. Strowman looked rocky
  
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• WWE COO Brad Blum Resigns From Company

  03-05-2024 19:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A high-ranking WWE executive has resigned from the company.In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that WWE Chief Operating Officer Brad Blum resigned, having tendered his resignation on May 1.Blum had been with WWE since 2006. He first served as Chief of Staff before he became the Executive Vice President of Operations. Blum became the Chief Operating Officer following the company’s deal wit
  
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• AJ Styles On Tama Tonga: I Wanted Him In WWE Sooner, But The Timing Wasn’t Right

  03-05-2024 18:50 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  AJ Styles is thrilled to have his former Bullet Club stablemate Toma Tonga with him in WWE.SmackDown Superstar AJ Styles recently sat down with Shakiel Mahjouri of CBS Sports. When asked about his reaction to learning that Tama Tonga was joining WWE, Styles said he wanted Tonga in the company earlier, but the timing just wasn’t right.“Well, truth be told, I wanted him much earlier than when he came. But the timing wasn’t right,” AJ Styles admitted. &ldqu
  
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• Report: Update On Timeline For Dominik Mysterio’s Return From Injury

  03-05-2024 18:44 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  According to a new report, Dominik Mysterio won’t be out of action as long as first thought.
  On the April 22 episode of WWE RAW, Dominik Mysterio appeared in a sling and said that he was banged up. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported that he was injured. Dominik later shot down a report that stated that he would be having surgery.In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Dominik Mysterio expects to be back in “six to eight weeks”. Meltze
  
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• Matt Cardona Refuses To Lose Momentum, Teases Big GCW Announcement In Tampa

  03-05-2024 18:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Matt Cardona is injured, but he’s not just going to sit back and relax.
  WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard spoke with Matt Cardona ahead of GCW’s ‘Rather You Than Me’ event in Tampa. Cardona is still appearing at the event despite having surgery to repair a torn pectoral tendon just two weeks ago.Cardona knows there’s never a good time to get injured in pro wrestling, especially now. He pointed out that he’d just acknowledged the anniversary of being
  
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• WWE SmackDown Results (5/3/24)

  03-05-2024 18:01 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE SmackDown Results – May 3, 2024WrestleZone’s live coverage of WWE SmackDown kicks off at 1 PM ET.Keep refreshing throughout the afternoon for live coverage of this afternoon’s episode of WWE SmackDown.
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• Emmy Camacho Reflects On Learning From Allison Danger, ROH Women’s Champ Athena

  03-05-2024 18:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Emmy Camacho looks back on an important learning opportunity.
  As she continues her climb up the independent wrestling scene, RCW Phoenix Champion Emmy Camacho has been fortunate to receive guidance from a number of industry veterans. One of Camacho’s most valuable learning opportunities emerged in the summer of 2022, as she attended a Metroplex Wrestling seminar led by Allison Danger and current ROH Women’s Champion Athena.
  While speaking with WrestleZone’s Ella Jay, Camacho s
  
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• Grayson Waller: I Think The Street Profits Are Too Focused On Having Fun

  03-05-2024 17:46 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Grayson Waller is confident that A-Town Down Under will defeat The Street Profits later tonight on WWE SmackDown.One-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, Grayson Waller, recently spoke with Ten Count Media. When asked about A-Town Down Under’s defense against The Street Profits on SmackDown in France, Waller said he looks forward to annoying and disappointing the audience when he and Austin Theory retain the titles.“Yeah, it’s always a cool opportunity to get t
  
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• Heath Slater Has ‘6 Or 7 Years’ Left To Compete, Made It Cool To Have Kids In Wrestling

  03-05-2024 16:43 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Heath Slater does not appreciate Christian Cage calling himself the father of the year.Slater became the first ever Smackdown Tag Team Champion after struggling to provide for his children. Both Raw and Smackdown failed to draft him 2016, leading to Slater complaining and shouting “I got kids!”. He needed the job to provide for his kids, which got him over as a big babyface in the WWE.However, with Christian Cage now claiming to the father of the year,
  
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• Jerry Seinfeld Reveals NBC Took Money From WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event For His Show

  03-05-2024 16:40 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Jerry Seinfeld‘s hit NBC sitcom might have never gotten off the ground without an unknowing assist from professional wrestling.Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was a recent guest on The Rich Eisen Show. When asked about getting Seinfeld greenlit from NBC, Seinfeld spoke about the struggles the series faced early on and revealed that NBC used some of the funds from WWE‘s Saturday Night’s Main Event to produce four of the early episodes.“The origi
  
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• Jerry Seinfeld: NBC Pulled Money From WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event To Fund ‘Seinfeld’ Episodes 

  03-05-2024 16:40 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Jerry Seinfeld‘s hit NBC sitcom might have never gotten off the ground without an unknowing assist from professional wrestling.Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was a recent guest on The Rich Eisen Show. When asked about getting Seinfeld greenlit from NBC, Seinfeld spoke about the struggles the series faced early on and revealed that NBC used some of the funds from WWE‘s Saturday Night’s Main Event to produce four of the early episodes.“The original pitch was how a comedian gets h
  
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• Ronda Rousey To Adapt Memoirs For Netflix Movie

  03-05-2024 16:33 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Not happy with her success in MMA, wrestling and writing, Ronda Rousey is moving into scriptwriting.The former Raw Women’s Champion recently released her second book, Our Fight. Ronda Rousey has been making waves with some comments in, and made about, the book. This had led to significant blowback, which includes Jimmy Smith’s expletive-laden rant about Rousey from her time in WWE and UFC.However, that has not stopped her making deals to tell her story on the big sc
  
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• Freddie Prinze Jr. Says Warner Discovery Passed On His Wrestling Promotion

  03-05-2024 16:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  One of the popular Hollywood stars who has played a role in professional wrestling is Freddie Prinze Jr. He had worked with WWE in the past and is currently part of the ownership team of Premier Wrestling (Premier Streaming Network). Recently, while speaking on his Wrestling With Freddie on iHeart Radio, Freddie Prinze Jr. revealed that he was passed on for promotion by Discovery.“I’m comfortable saying who the ‘pass’ was this week. I
  
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• David Penzer Releases New Book ‘Sitting Ringside Volume 1’

  03-05-2024 16:28 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Former WCW and TNA Wrestling ring announcer David Penzer is now a renowned author. His first book has been officially released. The book is titled Sitting Ringside: Volume 1. The book is co-written by Guy Evans. Evans is the author of ‘Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner’s WCW.’Penzer took to Twitter recently to share the news as well.
  “So it’s finally time to read about my crazy journey in the wrestling biz w/great stories and 100&rsqu
  
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• Wendi Richter Responds To Toni Storm: Bring it, Toni! If You Think You Can Beat Me, I’d Like To See It

  03-05-2024 15:57 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Toni Storm has been calling out Wendi Richter for months, and Richter has finally responded.
  On a recent Highspots Auction broadcast, the WWE Hall of Famer was asked about being called out by AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm at multiple AEW media scrums in recent months. Richter surprisingly replied that if the company paid the right amount, she’d be happy to take Storm on.
  “I didn’t even know she’d been calling me out,” Wendi Richte
  
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• Ric Flair Is Not Happy About Being Excluded From New ‘Who Killed WCW’ Documentary

  03-05-2024 15:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ric Flair is not thrilled about the latest documentary about the death of WCW.The topic of WCW going under is one of the most talked about events in wrestling history. The company went under in 2001, after Time Warner merged with AOL and took Monday Nitro off the airwaves.With Ted Turner no longer bankrolling the promotion with its prime time slot, the company quickly folded. It was then sold off to WWE for incredibly cheap, although there were attempts by other
  
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• Ethan Page Gone From AEW And ROH

  03-05-2024 15:26 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  All Ego Ethan Page is no longer with All Elite Wrestling or Ring of Honor.
  On Thursday evening, Ethan Page was removed from the All Elite Wrestling roster page. However, neither side spoke up to confirm whether it was an error.
  In an update from Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp (via Fightful Select), Page is no longer with AEW or ROH and was looking to leave the company as far back as February.
  Page’s last appearance in Ring of Honor took place on the Febru
  
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• WWE SmackDown Preview (5/3/24)

  03-05-2024 15:23 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The go-home episode of WWE SmackDown for Backlash France airs tonight on Fox. This show will emanate from LDLC Arena in Lyon-Décines, France.Here’s what’s in store for the upcoming edition of the blue brand.Video Credit: YouTubeNew Catch Republic vs. Authors of PainNeither of these two teams managed to earn a shot at the tag team titles previously on SmackDown. Akam and Rezar would ambush Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne on the April 26, 2024, episode of the blue br
  
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• Sukeban Announces Los Angeles Show Set For May 30

  03-05-2024 15:21 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Sukeban will host its next event at The Trinity in Grand Avenue, Los Angeles with the Sukeban World Championship defended in the main event.Local vendors from the Los Angeles area will participate in a Japanese-styled street fair that opens an hour prior to Sukeban’s main show, which begins at 8:00 PM PDT.The event will consist of five matches featuring talent from various factions in the promotion. The full match card is as follows:
  Tag Team Grudge Match: Supersonic &
  
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• Jeff Cobb Wins NJPW World TV Championship

  03-05-2024 15:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Jeff Cobb dethroned Zack Sabre Jr. to become the new NJPW World TV Champion at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024.
  ★第7試合「NJPW WORLD認定TV選手権試合」攻守が目まぐるしく入れ替わる大熱戦！最後はコブが意地の3カウン&#
  
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• Report: Seth Rollins Re-signs With WWE

  03-05-2024 15:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Seth Rollins is sticking with WWE for a while.
  According to a report from Fightful (via Fightful Select), Seth Rollins has signed an agreement to remain in WWE. It was noted that Rollins agreed to a “multi-year deal for big money” and he’ll stay with the company for many years.
  In regards to the contract talks between Rollins and WWE, one source speaking to Fightful mentioned WWE was “not going to let him go.” Another WWE source stated they wish th
  
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• TNA Under Siege Preview

  03-05-2024 14:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The 2024 TNA Under Siege event goes down tonight. The show will emanate from Albany’s Washington Avenue Armory in New York. The main show begins at 8pm ET live on TNA+. The promotion will return to the Armory the following night for their weekly TV tapings.Eleven matches have been confirmed for TNA Under Siege at the time of the writing. The event will mark Matt Hardy’s return to a TNA ring since 2017. So, without further ado, let’s look at what
  
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• Cody Rhodes Says Dustin Rhodes Belongs In WWE Hall Of Fame, Their Story Is Never Over

  03-05-2024 14:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Cody Rhodes has feuded with several veterans in the wrestling business. One of the people he had a great rivalry with was his brother, Dustin Rhodes.While speaking on the Cheap Heat podcast, Cody Rhodes mentioned that the feud with his brother will never end. The pair had an epic match at the inaugural Double Or Nothing event, but Cody says their sibling rivalry will live on through the new generations of Rhodes.
  “It’d be hard t
  
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• Ring Of Honor Results (5/2/24): The Undisputed Kingdom In Action

  03-05-2024 01:57 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ring of Honor Results – May 2, 2024Tonight’s episode of Ring of Honor on HonorClub featured The Undisputed Kingdom, Dark Order, Queen Aminata, and more in action.Here are the complete Ring of Honor results for the May 2 episode:
  The Infantry (w/ Trish Adora) defeated The OutrunnersNyla Rose defeated Camron BranaeRing of Honor World Tag Team Champions Undisputed Kingdom defeated The Qrown in a Proving Ground MatchToa Liona defeated Jimmy WildDark
  
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• TNA iMPACT Results (5/2/24): Jordynne Grace Defends Against Miyu Yamashita

  03-05-2024 00:55 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  TNA iMPACT Results – May 2, 2024WrestleZone’s live coverage of TNA iMPACT kicks off at 8:30 PM ET.Keep refreshing throughout the evening for live coverage of tonight’s episode of TNA iMPACT!
  The post TNA iMPACT Results (5/2/24): Jordynne Grace Defends Against Miyu Yamashita appeared first on Wrestlezone.
  
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