The wrestling world is on the cusp of great change with SmackDown moving to Friday nights on Fox Sports, AEW debuting on TNT and NXT is now on the USA Network. The move to a network as big as USA, means that NXT will have more eyes on it than ever before and therefore more … Read more
A very, very, personal rivalry came to a head as Kay Lee Ray went after the NXT UK Women’s Champion, Toni Storm. The two collided at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. Ray was declared the number one contender in June when she won a Battle Royal. Since then she has been getting into the head of … Read more
NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm has what she declares as one of the biggest matches of her career coming up this weekend. At NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff she will be defending her title against a long-time best friend turned foe, Kay Lee Ray. Ray earned this title opportunity by winning a Battle Royal in … Read more
It has been officially announced that Toni Storm will be defending her NXT UK Women’s Championship against Kay Lee Ray. This match will take place on Aug. 31 in Cardiff Wales at a TakeOver event. This will mark just the second TakeOver event for the NXT UK brand. Their first was in January in Blackpool. … Read more
Stardom has wrapped up their Shining Stars 2019 show which took place in two parts. Both a day and evening show took place. The evening show witnessed a Goddesses of Stardom Championship match. Here is the rundown of the day event: Singles Match: Death Yama-san defeats Saya Iida Tag Team Match: Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi & Natsuko Tora) defeats Starlight Kid & Tam … Read more
The No. 1 contender for the NXT UK Women’s Championship will be determined next week in a Battle Royal. This match will involve all the women on the current roster which includes 10 participants. The winner will receive a future match against the champion Toni Storm. Storm was shown in an interview this week in … Read more
At a recent Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) event, Piper Niven called out Toni Storm for a title match. The match is for Storm’s NXT UK Women’s Championship. It has been confirmed by ICW that this match will take place. Storm recently retained her title against Nina Samuels. The match will take place at ICW’s Shug’s … Read more
It has been reported by Squared Circle Sirens that STARDOM has announced several talents returning to the promotion. They are scheduled to appear for the next few months up to August. The names included are Bobbi Tyler, Zoe Lucas, Xia Brookside, and Toni Storm. Bobbi Tyler recently toured Japan and participated at the STARDOM NYC … Read more
Nina Samuels has been making her way through the NXT UK women’s division. She has been dominating her matches in an effort to reach Toni Storm and challenge her for the NXT UK Women’s Championship. Samuels has made this challenge very personal as of late by verbally attacking Storm. After defeating Kasey Owens last week, … Read more
Stardom announced via Twitter that the scheduled match between Toni Storm and Bea Priestley, set to take place on May 16, has been canceled. Priestley is coming off of the biggest win of her career, dethroning Kagetsu for the World of Stardom Championship on May 4. Toni Storm is the current NXT UK Women’s Champion, … Read more
During an interview with Cathy Kelley for WWE Now one day prior to this year’s Royal Rumble, Becky Lynch handed some high praise to WWE NXT UK’s Toni Storm. Lynch was asked if there was any one woman on any of the WWE and NXT rosters who could reach the same level success, or higher, … Read more
We are just a week away from Royal Rumble. It’s easily my favorite of the big four pay-per-view events and the card looks awesome this year. It should be a great night for women’s wrestling with two first time match-ups for the women’s titles, Sasha Banks versus Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch versus Asuka, and … Read more
On Jan. 1, news broke that Toni Storm was the victim of a hack. A website leaked personal photos and videos of the NXT UK superstar online, causing her to leave social media. Wrestling Twitter responded in the following days with an overwhelming amount of love and support for Storm. A We Support Toni Twitter … Read more
The new year is starting off with a gross undertone, after a website known for leaking photos of celebrities has invaded a woman’s privacy once again. This time, the unfortunate victim is NXT UK Superstar and indy queen, Toni Storm. Yesterday, news hit that nude pictures and video of Toni Storm had been leaked by … Read more
The popular Japanese all-women’s wrestling promotion Stardom will be hosting an action-packed event on Christmas Eve. What better way to spend the holiday with some great women’s wrestling? Stardom has planned to give us all a wonderful present this year and has scheduled some of their top talent to be in action. Some of the … Read more
On Dec. 19, NXT UK kicked off with an absolute mauling. The beloved Mae Young Classic star, Toni Storm, dismantled Charlie Morgan in a match that made Morgan look like a glorified jobber. We get it. This was Storm’s triumphant return from injury. WWE brass wanted their household name to return with a bang. However, … Read more
This just in, ICW Wrestling announced through their Twitter page that Mae Young Classic 2018 winner Toni Storm will be appearing in action at their Square Go! event on Feb. 24, 2019. This will mark Storm’s first ICW appearance in over three years. The New Zealand native was last seen in an ICW ring in … Read more
December is a time for caring, sharing and generosity, and the UK wrestling scene has certainly taken that to heart by giving us a match so good that we need it twice: Toni Storm vs. Jordynne Grace. If you ever needed a reason to watch PROGRESS Wrestling, then Jim, Jon and Glen have provided it … Read more
2018 was another standout year for women’s wrestling with many firsts in the WWE’s Evolution: NXT’s first 2-time women’s champion Shayna Bazler, NXT UK crowning its first ever women’s champion, WOH’s inaugural championship tournament and IMPACT resetting and refreshing its entire scene. The evolution has created a whole plethora of women to watch. 2019 looks to … Read more
During tonight’s episode of NXT UK, the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament came to an official close, with Rhea Ripley defeating Toni Storm to become the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion. To celebrate the win, Ripley got her first champion’s photo shoot. The final outcome of the tournament had already been decided, as the matches … Read more
WWE Evolution weekend is official upon us! To help fans get hyped for this weekend’s historic event, the WWE have announced a weekend full of media content, starting off a pair of roundtables set for Saturday. The roundtables begin on Saturday, Oct. 27, at noon ET, as Cathy Kelley welcomes Mae Young Classic finalist Toni … Read more
Welcome back to the Mae Young Classic! We are down to our final four: Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm and Meiko Satomura. Who will make it to the finals? We’re going to find out NOW! Again, no slideshows, just straight into the matches! And then there were four.#WWEMYC pic.twitter.com/PV1qMYjFMm — Mae Young Classic (@MaeYoungClassic) … Read more
After eight long weeks, the finalists for this year’s Mae Young Classic were determined during tonight’s semi-final matches. After advancing to the Semifinals in last year’s tournament, Toni Storm secured her spot to the finals at Evolution by defeating the likes of Jinny, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mia Yim and Meiko Satomura. Meanwhile, WWE NXT and Mae Young Classic newcomer Io … Read more
Hello y’all, and welcome to the seventh week of the Mae Young Classic! This week we have: Meiko Satomura vs. Lacey Lane Rhea Ripley vs. Tegan Nox Io Shirai vs. Deonna Purrazzo Mia Yim vs. Toni Storm How did they fare? Well, let’s get into it and find out! I’m dispensing with the slideshow here … Read more
Hey! It’s Mykel again, and I am pleased to say that I’m now officially the MYC writer! This week we are entering our sweet 16. We have the following matches for week five: Kacy Catanzaro vs. Rhea Riley Meiko Satomura vs. Mercedes Martinez Taynara Conti vs. Lacey Lane Toni Storm vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
Heyyyyyy, guys! It’s the shaman of shade and sultan of snark, Mykel, and we’re here to look at week three of this years’ Mae Young Classic. Week one we saw Lacey Lane, Rhea Ripley, Meiko Satomura and Tegan Nox all advance, week two we saw Deonna Purrazzo, Zeuxis, Kacy Catanzaro, and Mercedes Martinez advance, and … Read more