TNA has announced a Knockouts title match for next week’s semi-live edition of Impact Wrestling, which is being themed as this year’s Destination X: Lots to talk about! @JadeTNA & @MartiBellTNA LOATHE each other! @gailkimITSME wants the title. @SiennaTNA is champ! pic.twitter.com/16sIb0cHuN — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 8, 2016 The match sees current Knockouts champion … Read more
TNA has announced that starting July 21st, Impact Wrestling will air on Thursday nights at a new time slot of 8/7c PM. TNA had previously aired Impact Wrestling on Thursday nights during their long tenure years at Spike TV network. Dixie Carter made the announcement via Twitter: BREAKING NEWS: @IMPACTWRESTLING is moving home to THURSDAY … Read more
Lucha Underground star and former AAA Reina de Reina’s champion Sexy Star has announced that she will be entering a career in boxing, leaving behind her wrestling career after nearly ten years. The surprise announcement was made last night where Sexy Star appeared unmasked, at a boxing event with her husband, boxing star Jhonny González, and … Read more
In lieu of a standard women’s or integergender match this week, last night’s Lucha Underground continued to build upon Ivelisse and Taya‘s rivalry with a vignette setting up their match for Ultima Lucha II. Let’s watch! Dario says Taya has proven herself to be capable in the temple while Ivelisse is one of his most … Read more
SHIMMER has concluded tapings for their upcoming 84 and 85 DVD volumes. Results below, courtesy of @pwponderings via Twitter. Volume 84 * Nixon Newell defeated Veda Scott in a rematch from Volume 81. * Yumi Ohka and Melanie Cruise defeated Solo Darling and Scarlett Bordeaux after Cruise tombstones Bordeaux. * Arisa Nakajima defeated Rhia O’Reilly … Read more
Taping is underway for Shimmer 81 – 85 this weekend in Chicago, Illinois. Here are results for the 81 – 83 events courtesy of 411Mania and PWInsider. SHIMMER Volume 81: * Veda Scott defeated Nixon Newell * Shayna Baszler defeated Rhia O’Reilly * Kellie Skater defeated LuFisto, Shazza McKenzie and Vanessa Kraven in a four … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground, I’ll be filling in for Jack this week since he has some prior commitments. LU continues to revolutionize the business with its first all women’s tag bout in the promotion’s history. With two Aztec Medallions on the line, tempers flared between all competitors. Our menacing proprietor Dario Cuerto took … Read more
Melina is making her return to the ring for Southside Wrestling’s first Queen of the Ring tournament to crown a winner for the Queen of Southside title. The event takes place October 2nd in Sheffield. She took to twitter to announce her impending return. It's true. I've decided to get back in the ring 2 participate … Read more
SHIMMER kicks off their three day weekend event in Chicago tomorrow, June 24th, with SHIMMER 81. In addition to the match-up between Jessicka Havok and a debuting Viper, three championships will be on the line. https://twitter.com/SHIMMERwomen/status/745811125309104129 SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles will defend her title against Courtney Rush. Tonight has us in a foul mood.. Good … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground Analysis! In what I assumed would be one match out of many on this week’s show, the Six to Survive elimination match actually filled the entire broadcast! Ivelisse and Taya are in this Number One Contender’s match, taking on each other and Johnny Mundo, King Cuerno, Pentagon Jr. and … Read more
The next live events for Shimmer Women Athletes will take place on June 24th, 25th, and 26th in the Chicago area. The events on Friday, June 24th and Saturday, June 25th will be held at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, and the event on Sunday, June 26th will be at the Eagles Club in Berwyn. … Read more
TNA has taped a future episode of TNA Xplosion as well as TNA One Night Only: World Cup last night. Spoilers below.
For a company that always seems to have a dark cloud floating around them, with periodical reports of it nearly closing their doors, TNA has pulled through with their annual Slammiversary PPV for another year. For their twelfth edition of Slammiversary, two Knockouts matches would grace the card. One would be a Knockouts title … Read more
Tonight at Slammiversary, a new Knockouts Champion was crowned. What was supposed to have been a one-on-one match between Knockouts Champion Jade and Sienna became a triple threat match when executive manager Billy Corgan inserted Gail Kim to the title match. This after he favored Maria Kanellis not being able to compete in Gail’s original match against Maria. … Read more
Ahead of Slammiversary tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2014, when Knockouts Champion Angelina Love put the title on the line against Gail Kim. Angelina had won the belt from Madison Rayne at Sacrifice, fresh off her TNA return, and … Read more
Ahead of Slammiversary tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2012, when Knockouts Champion Gail Kim put the title on the line against Brooke. Brooke played the classic underdog here, battling hard against the clever veteran. Gail, despite throwing everything she … Read more
Ahead of Slammiversary tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2010, when both Madison Rayne and Roxxie put something precious on the line. For Madison, it was the Knockouts Title. For Roxxi, it was her career – if she didn’t win … Read more
The success of reality TV in the world of women’s wrestling is no secret. From the likes of WWE and E!’s Total Divas garnering hundreds of thousands of viewers weekly, as well as multiple award nominations and red carpet appearances, it can definitely be a great way to bring a mainstream audience into this niche … Read more
Just days before her big Slammiversary match against Gail Kim, TNA Knockout Maria Kanellis has been pulled out from Sunday’s match. As per an Instagram video post, Maria cites that a broken hand has prevented her from any in-ring competition: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maria Kanellis (@mariakanellis) Maria first announced … Read more
Welcome to the first Lucha Underground Analysis in three weeks! After a few weeks of having the Luchadoras in supporting roles of not much significance, three of them are back in action this week, another makes her first appearance in the actual arena since she murdered someone and another is seen for the first time … Read more
A second Knockouts match has been added to Sunday’s Slammiversary card. As previously announced, Maria Kanellis will take on rival Gail Kim in a singles match. Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Maria’s enforcer Sienna defeated Madsion Rayne to become the new number one contender for Jade‘s Knockouts title. The champion was at ringside throughout her opponent’s match … Read more
AAA concluded their Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 this past weekend. During the women’s elimination rounds, Team Mexico (Mary Apache, Faby Apache and Lady Apache) qualified for a spot in the final round after defeating Team USA (Cheerleader Melissa, Santana Garrett and Sienna) while Team Japan (Aja Kong, Sumire Natsu and Yuki Miyakazi) earned their spot with … Read more
A blockbuster clash of champions has been announced for August, with an added Scottish dark horse. Taking place at XWA’s Summer Supershow on August 14th in Colchester, UK, TNA Knockouts Champion Jade will face Pro Wrestling: EVE Champion Rhia O’Reilly and the “Hardcore Daredevil” Kay Lee Ray in a monumental triple threat match. With Jade … Read more
Tonight from Mexico, AAA held their second annual Lucha Libre World Cup. This year saw four female teams compete for the first time in the event. As previously announced, teams include female performers from Japan, Mexico, Canada and United States. During the semi-final elimination round, Team Mexico squared off against Team USA while Team Canada … Read more
A fortnight ago, STARDOM crowned Io Shirai as its first ever STARDOM World Alliance (SWA) Undisputed World Champion in Barcelona, Spain. This new championship joins five others within the company, but this one comes with a major twist. What is the STARDOM World Alliance? This is a global network of promotions who all can host … Read more
