Austin Gunn Calls Wrestling With His Father A “Beautiful Moment,” Talks Bonding With Shaquille O’Neal’s Son

Pat McAfee went on hiatus from WWE SmackDown last September to work for ESPN on the “College GameDay” show. He returned to the announce table at the Royal Rumble. On his radio show, he discussed how the return came about and gave WWE CEO Nick Khan a lot of credit for the move.

AEW taped matches for the February 6 edition of “Dark: Elevation” tonight at the Nutter Center at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, before AEW Dynamite hit the air. Below are spoilers:. * Paul Wight is alone on commentary. Dasha did ring announcing. * Matt Menard and Angelo...

ROH is reportedly set to tape their new TV show during the last weekend of February. A new report from Fightful Select and Voices of Wrestling notes that wrestlers were told the tapings will be held in Orlando, Florida during the last week of February. It’s believed the tapings will be held at Universal Studios, where AEW holds Dark tapings.

Nia Jax returned to WWE in the 30-Woman Royal Rumble after being released by WWE in 2021. Appearing on Highspots Sign It Live, Jax was asked whether she knew ahead of time about the Rumble appearance. “No, I did not,” she replied. Regarding her gear, she said, “I had it...

The Godfather, real name Charles Wright, has admitted he was a bully to a fellow former WWE Superstar. While appearing on The Universal Wrestling Podcast, Wright has admitted that he took out his frustrations over going from being The Godfather to “The Goodfather” on Stevie Richards. The WWE Hall Of Famer hopes to apologize to him for what he did to him one day.

Bloomberg recently released a story on the birth of AEW and how they have risen to prominence in the pro-wrestling circuit over the last four years. One of the talents that were interviewed was top company superstar Bryan Danielson, who revealed an interesting question he was asked by Vince McMahon in 2020 when he was still competing in WWE as Daniel Bryan. The American Dragon says that McMahon wondered if AEW did anything better than WWE, a question that sent Danielson on a deep dive of the rival promotion.

One of the biggest yearly traditions for WWE is when talent from NXT gets called up around WrestleMania season, but that’s not certain for 2023. WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels was asked about this during the recent NXT media call, where the Heartbreak Kid answered a ton of questions regarding tomorrow’s Vengeance Day premium live event. Check out what he had to say about call-ups in the highlights below.

Multiple sources have reported that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was not seen at the Royal Rumble last weekend, and his creative influence was not felt on the show. We noted before how the “Vince’s Office” directional sign can still be seen backstage, and this is one of the only reminders of Vince’s influence. A new report from Fightful Select notes that while the sign has not changed since Vince “left” last summer, it points to a section of the backstage area that is completely different. One WWE source said it’s not like anyone is fearful of bringing up Vince’s name, but generally most people haven’t really asked much about Vince since Chief Content Officer Triple H, CEO Nick Khan, and Executive Producer & Chief of Global Television Distribution Kevin Dunn have held meetings assuring the roster that Vince would not be involved in creative or Talent Relations.

Aron Stevens is a big Tyrus fan. Stevens, a former NWA National Champion, spoke about the current reigning NWA World Champion during his recent interview with Steve Fall from WrestlingNews.Co, where he discussed why Tyrus is disliked due to his political views. Highlights from the interview can be found below.

Charlotte Flair was away from WWE for several months in 2022 after losing the SmackDown Women’s Title to Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash before returning on the December 30th edition of SmackDown to beat Rousey for the title. While appearing on Ryan Satin on Out of Character, Flair was...

Tony Khan has gotten AEW to work with a number of different promotions, but he’s still eyeing a joint show with WWE. The company president spoke on this topic during a recent interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, where he compared AEW and WWE to Marve and DC, adding that as much as he would love to collaborate he understands that it would be a very political situation. Highlights from the interview are below.

WWE Hall of Famer Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling has announced that they will be working with NXT moving forward. The Texas-based promotion, which has a strong alumni including current NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez, wrote the following on Twitter:. Reality of Wrestling is taking the roster to...

AEW had a number of backstage incidents in 2022, and now a new report has revealed that there was another scuffle between two top stars that no one knew about. According to Fightful Select, Ricky Starks and Swerve Strickland got into it shortly after the tag team title matchup at Double or Nothing 2022. This stemmed from an unplanned spot in that matchup, where Swerve attacked Starks during on the apron, and the two men went at it backstage.

On the latest episode of The Jim Cornette Experience, the legendary Jim Cornette shared his thoughts on Kevin Owens vs. Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble, and the post-match angle with Sami Zayn. Cornette said:. The only criticism I have on the match itself is, again,...

WWE NXT Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, Big E, Bayley, Natalya, Carmella, The Miz, Maryse, Liv Morgan and RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair were at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA on Wednesday to film episodes for WWE Week on Wheel of Fortune. The WWE...

Brock Anderson has continued to rise as one of the hottest young prospects in the wrestling circuit. The AEW talent, and son of Arn Anderson, recently appeared on the AEW Unrestricted podcast to discuss his love of the business, one that began at a very young age. Anderson also gives details about his AEW tryout match, which he reveals had 50 people in attendance. Highlights from the interview are below.

On the latest episode of his FTR podcast, Dax Harwood discussed the legendary Terry Taylor and their working relationship. Taylor currently works as a WWE Performance Center Coach, and has been there since 2012, right around the time Harwood signed with WWE. Harwood said the following:. Well, Terry and I...

Jake Roberts will forever be synonymous with Dante, the real snake he used during the height of his run with WWE. However, the last time a real snake was used was in AEW, and it did not make the studio executives happy. The WWE Hall of Famer spoke on this...

A near-capacity crowd is expected for Saturday’s WWE NXT Vengeance Day Premium Live Event. WWE Hall of Famer & Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels hosted a media call today to promote Vengeance Day, and he revealed that they are expecting around 5,000 fans at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, which is close to capacity for this show.

Cody Rhodes maybe two months away from his main event showdown against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, but that doesn’t mean he’s not eagerly preparing. The American Nightmare responded to a fan on Twitter who shared the match graphic for his title bout with The Tribal Chief, where he writes that this run with WWE is going to be a wild chapter in a future book, whoever decides to write it. His full Tweet reads: