Jamie Hayter hasn’t worked a match in over a year due to suffering an injury, last wrestling in May of 2023. According to a report from Fightful Select, Hayter was backstage at a set of AEW Dynamite TV tapings in recent months when the roster was required to show up for their annual physicals. While it was believed internally that there had been some movement toward a potential return, there are still no clear plans in place for Hayter. The injury she suffered was “very serious.” Several AEW sources said that seeing Hayter backstage at the AEW Dynamite TV tapings…

Mustafa Ali and AJ Francis will be forced to face their rivals at TNA Slammiversary. Both champions had title bouts booked for the PPV event, but opponents needed to be finalized during Thursday night’s episode of Impact (July 11, 2024). Ali was angry about accusations that he is ducking Mike Bailey, so the X-Division champion called out Speedball for a title defense. Later, Ali backtracked and requested that Bailey earn the shot. Director of Authority Santino Marella acquiesced and scheduled a #1 contender bout between Baily, Kushida, and Jonathan Gresham. The hectic three-way action came down to a supernatural finish.…

The terms of AEW’s new TV deal will be one of the biggest pro wrestling stories of 2024. It sounds like President Tony Khan and Warner Bros. Discovery have been trying to hammer out a deal for months, but nothing has been announced as WBD’s exclusive negotiating window is coming to a close. With that in mind, SportsGrid asked Khan how close we are to an announcement about a new TV deal. Here’s what Tony said while wearing his Warner Bros. Discovery hat: “Well, we’re having great conversations at Warner Bros. Discovery. Definitely it’s a great home for pro wrestling.…

Lisa Lake/Getty Images The 2024 Owen Hart Cup has come to a close, with Bryan Danielson and Mariah May emerging as the winners of the men’s and women’s tournaments, respectively. Danielson was presented his title by Hart’s widow Dr. Martha Hart, an emotional moment of tribute, but over the moment, AEW commentator and Danielson’s chief hater Nigel McGuinness was talking about his hatred for Danielson.  Advertisement On “Busted Open Radio,” Tommy Dreamer felt that McGuinness crossed a line. “When it’s a moment, the way it should be, especially when we’re talking about Owen Hart, there’s a difference between being a heel commentator…

The first episode of “What Do You Want To Talk About?” has been uploaded to WWE’s YouTube channel, featuring an interview between Cody Rhodes and Bayley. During the interview, the WWE Women’s Champion was asked about the possibility of Evolution 2, something Bayley has gone to bat for in past interviews. Referring back to the conversation about the state of the women’s roster in WWE, Bayley told the Undisputed WWE Champion: Yes. Why not? Like we were just saying, there’s so many women. The thing about the first one was we had so many girls from NXT, which they got…

Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill. Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the pro wrestling rumor mill. We track rumor accuracy in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt. Rumors for the Day: Per PW Insider,…

Jamie Hayter hasn’t worked a match in over a year due to suffering an injury, last wrestling in May of 2023. According to a report from Fightful Select, Hayter was backstage at a set of AEW Dynamite TV tapings in recent months when the roster was required to show up for their annual physicals. While it was believed internally that there had been some movement toward a potential return, there are still no clear plans in place for Hayter. The injury she suffered was “very serious.” Several AEW sources said that seeing Hayter backstage at the AEW Dynamite TV tapings…

Today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter release has a ton of information regarding AEW, including an update on one of the company’s biggest superstars. Highlights are below. -Kenny Omega still hasn’t been cleared to return, but The Cleaner is said to be doing better and that his career IS NOT over. As of now, there is still no date on when he might return. -Fans have noticed that the “Whoo! Energy” graphics have disappeared from AEW programming. The belief is that the sponsorship deal with Ric Flair is now done. -QT Marshall’s return is said to be a key point to the…

WWE The WWE status of Becky Lynch has been questioned throughout her absence, as the company certainly hasn’t distanced itself from her. Lynch has remained all over WWE’s website roster pages and was even mentioned during the Money in the Bank pre-show in an interview with Seth Rollins, who said he can’t speak for her future, but she’s in good spirits. Despite all that, it’s believed her contract did legitimately expire, with the expectation that she’ll return to the company after taking an extended break. However, there is now an instance of WWE replacing Becky Lynch as she’s been removed…

The parent company of TNA, Anthem, recently hired former WWE executive Rob Kligman as its new Chief Revenue Officer. In an interview with Essentially Sports, this man actually argues that the WWE and TNA brands are roughly equal in quality of content and production: “The brands both can speak for themselves and stand for themselves. Right now, the difference really is the distribution mechanism that WWE uses to push their content out versus what TNA does. Right now, we’re focusing on getting that distribution even larger than it is for TNA. But that’s the big differentiation point. The production is…