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After SummerSlam went off the air, New WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns continued his celebration in The Barclays Center in Brooklyn last night. Braun Strowman stood up as Reigns left and slowly limped to the back, stopping on the stage to gather his Money In the Bank Briefcase that was tossed by Brock Lesnar earlier…

MORE NXT TAKEOVER FEEDBACK Thumbs way upBest Match: Balor vs JoeWorst Match: None Was finally able to watch the event On Demand tonight after avoiding spoilers (is this Star Wars?). Wish I left work to watch live. TakeOvers continue to just hit it out of the park and really renew being a wrestling FAN for me.  A much better…

By Alan Boon fof F4WOnline.com A lot of promotions enjoyed a Christmas break this week, but while things don’t really wake up until the middle of January, there were still things going on in the UK. Here are five things you need to know about British wrestling this week: 1) The time for talk is over. Click…

From the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA, taped for Wednesday in Canada and Thursday in the U.S.: Click Here: West Coast Eagles Guernsey – WWE Smackdown opened with Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose wanting a last man standing match with Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble.  Sheamus then came out. Owens accepted the match and he and Sheamus attacked Ambrose until Neville…

More than one year after the actual event took place, it appears that the U.S. air date of the “Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows” hopefully, Vince McMahon willing since half his booking ideas seem to come from attempts to gain some sort of personal retribution, will finally put closure to what without question will go…

Lucha Underground returned two weeks ago with the first episode of its long-awaited second season, lovingly received by seemingly everyone not named Jim Cornette. There was a lot to love after all: an incredible match between King Cuerno and Fenix, the post-closing credits return of Dario Cueto (and, by extension, Matanza), a great deal more drama and action…

PRIDE LIVES~! (Bellator MMA Live: Shamrock vs. Gracie) Bellator MMA is live from Houston, Texas with a rematch for the ages as MMA pioneers Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie meet for a third time! Internet sensation Kimbo Slice meets his former bodyguard Dada 5000. By: PeachMachine TONIGHT   Bellator MMA Live: Shamrock vs. Gracie, Bellator’s biggest show…

On this week’s edition of Smackdown that aired in Canada Wednesday and in the U.S. Thursday, WWE announced that Brock Lesnar will wrestle Bray Wyatt at the Network exclusive special on March 12th, emanating from Toronto, ON. This was discussed in recent Wrestling Observer Newsletters and on Wednesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio. Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store This match…

It is only a few months since Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un were trading insults and threatening to launch World War Three, yet on Tuesday morning they laid aside the rhetoric and met for the first time. In a major breakthrough, Mr Trump and Kim signed what the US president said was a "very important"…

New Japan announced on Friday the top three matches for the next major PPV event, a 6/19 show at Osaka Jo Hall.  This is one of the company’s big three events of the year. The big matches are all as expected, with Kazuchika Okada as the challenger for IWGP champion Tetsuya Naito in a rematch from Invasion Attack where Naito won the title.  Hiroshi Tanahashi will challenge…