Carlos Toro and I will go live on YouTube for the post show after Canelo vs. Charlo on Saturday. Set your notification below. It’s Canelo Alvarez night again this Saturday. But even these days, Canelo night doesn’t hit like it has in the past. Maybe it’s because Canelo’s fight this weekend against Jermell Charlo is…
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Josh Alexander’s contract expires Overshadowing the No Surrender go home episode of IMPACT this week is all the drama surrounding Josh Alexander and his contract. Alexander took to Twitter on Valentine’s Day to announce that his IMPACT contract, along with his US work visa, had officially expired. The announcement prompted members of the roster and…
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NXT’s first big show away from its usual time-slot—they’re not really pay-per-views—since the NXT 2.0 re-branding is Sunday at the Capital Wrestling Center. NXT WarGames breaks away from the “TakeOver” moniker used for years. The name change goes with the overall theme, the present and future trying to break away from the past. Using WarGames…
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WWE’s 2021 Crown Jewel event on Oct. 21 from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has a big-match feel to it. With competition from AEW getting tougher by the day, WWE has been promoting this event as a pivotal one, rather than the glorified house shows some Crown Jewels have been in the past. Most of WWE’s top…
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I love a good round robin puroresu tournament. NJPW’s G1 Climax may still be the pinnacle of those types of tournaments, but Stardom’s 5STAR Grand Prix has quickly established itself as the joshi equivalent to it. This will be the biggest 5STAR to date, with 20 competitors total. And considering the impact of last year’s 5STAR,…
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Stardom was the talk of wrestling fandom early last month after the fantastic Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri match for the World of Stardom Championship became the Wrestling Observer Newsletter‘s highest-rated women’s match in over two decades. The company looks to follow up with its Yokohama Cinderella show. Hayashishita is still in the main event, but…
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All Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual Champion Carnival gets underway this Friday in Osaka. Last year’s tournament originally had a stellar lineup, including outsiders like Takashi Sugiura, KAI, & Davey Boy Smith Jr., but had to be altered due to the pandemic. What we ended up getting was the most disappointing major Japanese round robin tournament…
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Chris Aiken has your Wednesday night preview for the AEW Dynamite and NXT shows, or the “Wednesday Night War.” According to recent news, the Wednesday night wrestling war is coming to an end. NXT is moving to Tuesday nights some time next month, leaving AEW alone on Wednesday. For the next several weeks the two…
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The past few weeks for New Japan’s roster have been difficult, with multiple high-profile injuries forcing the company to overhaul entire cards and championship matches ahead of the recently-announced New Japan Cup tournament. The winner of this year’s Cup will square off against the winner of Kota Ibushi vs. El Desperado at NJPW’s upcoming anniversary…
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Chris Aiken has your Wednesday night preview for the AEW Dynamite and NXT shows, or the “Wednesday Night War.” The two Wednesday night wrestling shows are back with two loaded episodes. Below are lineups and previews for AEW and NXT. AEW: Paul Wight is All Elite World Title Eliminator Tournament U.S. bracket semifinal: Nyla Rose…
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