WWE released the following: Indianapolis Colt-turned-comedian, radio host and podcaster extraordinaire Pat McAfee will join Charly Caruso and Sam Roberts on the NXT TakeOver: New Orleans Pre-Show panel Saturday, April 7, streaming live on WWE Network, on the eve of WrestleMania. A former All-Pro punter who spent eight years in the NFL, McAfee is no […]
By Matthew Holmes, NCAA INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA released the third of three coaches’ panel rankings and the second Rating Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2013-14 wrestling season. The final rankings and RPI will be two of the tools used as part of the selection process to determine the qualifiers for the 2014 NCAA Division […]
Raute Musik recently interviewed WWE Champion AJ Styles on a number of topics. Below are the highlights from the interview: On if he will renew with WWE after his contract expires: “I don’t see why not if I can still do what I do. Like, if I can still be AJ Styles, then I would […]
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Augustana had five wrestlers named to the 2013-14 Division II All-Academic Wrestling teams in a release on Friday morning. Jayd Docken earned first team honors while Deven Donais, Bradyn Neises, Jeff Nielsen, and Parker Swanson all collected honorable mention accolades. In order to be eligible for Division II All-Academic Wrestling honors, wrestlers […]
John Cena has been calling out The Undertaker, urging “The Deadman” to return and face him at WrestleMania lately. Cena has no match at WrestleMania at the moment, which led several fans to assume that The Undertaker would finally appear on last night’s final Raw before WrestleMania, but shockingly, The Undertaker never appeared before the […]
By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com Verne Gagne, one of the biggest names and most influential players in the history of the pro wrestling business, passed away Monday night at the age of 89. Gagne was a two-time NCAA champion who came into pro wrestling just as it was exploding in popularity due to television. Gagne was […]
Guardians of The Galaxy cast members Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn sat in with Batista for a Q&A session at Awesome Con in Washington, D.C last weekend. Here are some of the highlights (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc): Rumors about potential return: “I hope so. Memorable moment as part of Evolution: “Well, off-screen, I wouldn’t […]
Wrestling legend Chris Jericho and comedian Nick Mundy stopped by the AfterbuzzTV studios this past Thursday to talk to Christian Rosenberg, Kaori Takee and George Hermoza about WWE and their new Comedy Central show ‘Nothing to Report’. Here are some highlights from that interview: When the subject of the King of the Ring came up, […]
WWE issued the following: Congratulations are in order! WWE’s official YouTube channel reached yet another major milestone when it gained its 25 millionth subscriber on the popular video site. With highlights from Raw, SmackDown Live, pay-per-views, NXT and 205 Live, exclusive interview clips, as well as original series like SouthPaw Regional Wrestling, My Son/Daughter Is […]
By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Payback from Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena. We’re looking for your thoughts on this show as well as Friday night’s ROH show so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected] […]