First Names Announced For PWG Battle of Los Angeles

Roman Reigns left Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn decimated in the ring to close out the Royal Rumble, and Reigns reacted to the moment in a new video. As noted, Reigns and The Bloodline laid waste to Zayn after he hit Reigns with a chair to stop a post-match assault on Owens. The Undisputed WWE Universal Champion posted to TikTok after the show, as you can see below.

Rey Mysterio did not compete in last night’s men’s Royal Rumble match, and a new report says it was due to an injury. Mysterio did not come out for his spot in the opening match of the PPV, with Dominik coming out in the next spot where it was heavily implied that Dominik or the whole of Judgment Day had attacked Rey backstage to prevent him from coming out.

Jazmin Allure had a match on WWE Main Event last year, and she recently revealed that she shared an emotional moment with Becky Lynch after the bout. Allure, who is now part of the WOW – Women of Wrestling roster as Jennifer Florez, spoke with Denise Salcedo for Instinct Culture and talked about her match in WWE against Tamina, which aired on the July 11th episode of WWE Main Event. You can check out the highlights below, per Wrestling Inc:

During the post-show press conference after the Royal Rumble (via Wrestling Inc), Cody Rhodes spoke about winning the men’s Rumble match and how cool it was to point at the Wrestlemania sign. He also teased new merchandise related to his torn pectoral injury last year. Here are highlights:. On...

The funeral service for ROH star Jay Briscoe is being livestreamed online. The Laurel School District is hosting the livestream of the funeral, as you can see below. Briscoe (real name Jamin Pugh) passed away earlier this month following a car accident at the age of 38.

Major League Wrestling has announced a match between Taya Valkyrie and Billie Starkz for MLW Superfight 2023. The event happens this Friday at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Valkyrie was originally set to face Delmi Exo, who will get a new opponent later today. The announcement reads:. Major League Wrestling...

– GCW has announced that Kota Ibushi will be returning to the ring and making his GCW debut at The Collective 2023. Per the announcement, Ibushi will be in action for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport on March 30 and Joey Janela’s Spring Breka on March 31. Both shows will...

RJ City, host of Hey! (EW) for AEW’s YouTube productions, sat down with Stephanie Chase to talk about how he went from pro wrestler to comic and interview host (per Wrestling Inc). City shared how Tony Khan initially contacted him about joining AEW’s media projects and what sort of oversight he’s subject to for the promotion. You can read a few highlights from City and watch the full interview below.

UPDATED: NJPW has confirmed that Kota Ibushi is now a free agent. The company announced Ibushi’s departure, writing in a press release:. With the conclusion of his contract period on January 31 2023, Kota Ibushi has departed New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Ibushi had been recovering from injury since October 2021.

MLW has filed their legal response to WWE’s motion to halt discovery in the lawsuit filed by the other promotion against them. As reported last year, MLW filed suit against WWE alleging intentional interference with contract relations, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, and a violation of the Sherman Antitrust act among other things. The suit alleged that WWE caused the scuttling of a “lucrative agreement” with FOX’s free ad-supported streaming Tubi by threatening to cease doing business with FOX if the deal went through. It further alleged that WWE caused the end of MLW’s negotiations with VICE TV in 2021.

WWE has posted some highlight videos from last night’s Royal Rumble online. You can see some of the videos below including a collection of highlight clips and some backstage segments and interviews featuring HARDY, Chelsea Green, Solo Sikoa, and more.

Hamilton’s New Japan Strong (Nemesis 2023) 01.28.2023 Review. Blake Christian pinned Keita in 7:17 (***) Mistico submitted Misterioso in 12:08 (***) Fred Rosser submitted Peter Avalon in 12:08 to retain the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship (***¼) — If you’re on Twitter, give me a follow over on @IanWrestling....

Sonya Deville took a nasty cut during the women’s Royal Rumble match, and she took to Twitter to share a photo of it. The Smackdown star posted to her Twitter account with an image of the wound, as you can see below. Deville entered at #27 and lasted about...

– Former AEW TNT Champion Samoa Joe is the guest on today’s edition of The Sessions with Renee Paquette. Here’s the full audio and description:. The King of Television graces The Sessions as Samoa Joe makes his debut. It’s been an insane few years for The Samoan Submission Machine, from two WWE releases to a stint on commentary that may have saved his career, to now an epic run in All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor. Joe swings by to chat all things wrestling, plus his starring role in “Twisted Metal,” some memories of the late Jay Briscoe, and his strange tendency to send weapons to Renee’s husband Jon Moxley.

WWE has announced that this year’s Royal Rumble event had a live gate of $7.7 million, the largest in the history of the event. That’s up 57% from the previous record, $4.9 million in 2017. The show was up 52% in viewership on Peacock from last year, the previous record. Merchandise sales were up 135% from the 2022 record. Sponsorship was up nearly 200% from last year. The company issued the following press release:

WWE is reportedly exploring a sale, and former WWE star Al Snow believes the deal may already be pending. Snow recently spoke an AdFreeShows livestream and talked about how he thinks McMahon was able to get back on the board because he had a sale on the table. “He’s at...

AEW wrestler Willow Nightingale recently dropped by The Sessions for a chat with host Renee Paquette. Willow revealed some of her key wrestling influences, and talked about how meaningful her recent wrestling excursion in Tokyo Joshi Pro was. Highlights below:. On some of her wrestling influences: “I remember watching a...