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• Dax Harwood Reacts To Criticism Of FTR ‘Latching On’ To Talent, Asked To Put The Outrunners In Their Full Gear Spot

  02-01-2025 20:23 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Dax Harwood hopes fans could be more understanding about certain booking decisions they see play out on pro wrestling shows.
  The 10-time tag team champion recently spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard, who asked if there’s something he wished fans gave more attention to. Harwood doesn’t need more attention for championship accolades or specific matches. However, he wants people to be more understanding or less critical about why certain booking deci
  
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• Christopher Daniels & Hangman Page Brawl Backstage Following Fight For The Fallen

  05-01-2025 04:47 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Christopher Daniels and Hangman Page got into it on Wednesday night, brawling backstage after the episode of AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen.
  In a video released by All Elite Wrestling on Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, Daniels and Page can be seen arguing backstage following Page’s win over Orange Cassidy on Wednesday. In the argument, Page snapped on Daniels after Christopher tried to tell Page he knows Hangman could be a champion again in
  
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• JoJo Offerman Does Ring Announcing For AEW Before Collision

  05-01-2025 03:20 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Prior to Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, JoJo Offerman surprised fans by appearing as a special guest ring announcer for the show.
  Offerman — the widow of the late Bray Wyatt — appeared at the show to introduce a dark match that took place ahead of the broadcast. It’s unclear whether or not she will appear in any future opportunities, but the move came as a surprise to those in attendance.
  Prior to her career as a ring announcer, Offerman was a WWE
  
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• Drew McIntyre Reveals Why He Hugged Cody Rhodes On WWE SmackDown

  05-01-2025 01:41 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Drew McIntyre shocked fans last night when he appeared at WWE SmackDown and hugged Cody Rhodes, a move he recently joked about on social media.
  Taking to X on Saturday, McIntyre shared a photo of himself hugging Rhodes in the ring. The reason why he did so, according to Drew, is simply because he wanted to get a closer look at Rhodes’ neck tattoo. McIntyre then said that the tattoo was “even funnier” when close.
  McIntyre appeared at SmackDown as part of WWE&rs
  
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• Ric Flair: Tony Khan Is One Of The Greatest Human Beings I’ve Ever Met

  05-01-2025 01:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ric Flair has high praise for All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan.WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair was a recent guest on the Five Star Podcast. When asked about his current relationship with Tony Khan, Flair had high praise for the All Elite Wrestling owner.
  “We’re very close. He’s one of the greatest, not just a great promoter, he’s one of the greatest people, human beings I’ve ever met,” Tony Khan said. “Very caring, genuine guy. Got m
  
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• AEW Collision Results: Review, Grades, Card For January 4

  05-01-2025 00:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Our AEW Collision results for tonight include Daniel Garcia and Mark Briscoe for the TNT Championship, Private Party defending the Tag Team Titles against Lio Rush and Action Andretti, and Toni Storm going one-on-one with Deonna Purrazzo.AEW Collision CardThe announced card is as follows:
  AEW TNT Championship: Mark Briscoe vs. Daniel Garcia (c)AEW Tag Team Titles: Lio Rush and Action Andretti vs. Private Party (c)Rated FTR vs. The Learning TreeToni Sto
  
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• Bronson Reed Challenges John Cena Ahead Of His WWE Return

  05-01-2025 00:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Bronson Reed might be sidelined right now with an injury, but he already has his sights set on John Cena in 2025.John Cena will return to WWE this Monday night as RAW debuts on Netflix and will embark on his final year as an in-ring competitor. But it’s abundantly clear that many in the locker room would like to make a name for themselves at Cena’s expense before 2025 is over.RAW Superstar Bronson Reed took to social media to throw his name in the hat against John C
  
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• The Rock Announced As A Presenter At The Golden Globes On 1/5

  04-01-2025 23:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The Rock will be in California 24 hours before WWE RAW‘s debut on Netflix as he’s been announced as a presenter for The Golden Globes.Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to Instagram Friday evening to announce that he’ll be a presenter at the 2025 Golden Globes, posting the following:“We CHEE HOO’n all night this Sunday
  As always, I’ll have fun presenting, but more importantly – having MOANA 2 nominated for Best Picture is so spe
  
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• Drew McIntyre: I Don’t Care About My Legacy, Because Inevitably People Forget

  04-01-2025 23:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Drew McIntyre has a different mindset entering 2025 as WWE embarks on the road to WrestleMania 41.
  WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre recently sat down with Cameron Hawkins of The Ringer. When asked about his intentions for 2025, McIntyre made it clear at this point in his career he doesn’t care about the World Title or what his legacy will be.
  “I never thought it’d be a point in my career where I said, ‘Currently, I don’t care about the world title,&rsqu
  
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• AEW Donates $100K To Ashville, NC Hurricane Relief Following Fight For The Fallen

  04-01-2025 22:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
  AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen results in a huge donation to the city of Ashville.
  Wednesday night, Dynamite emanated from Ashville, North Carolina for its Fight for the Fallen special. The theme of this event over the years is to help local cities and communities in need and this one was no different.
  All Elite Wrestling took to social media this morning to announce that they have donated $100,000 to organizations on the frontlines for disaster efforts in Ashville, tweeting out:“This
  
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• Image: Potential Ring Mat For WWE RAW Has Been Revealed

  04-01-2025 22:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  While SmackDown debuted a very basic blue mat last night, it sounds like the mat for WWE RAW will be a lot busier.
  With WWE RAW moving to Netflix, there are bound to be multiple changes on the show when it comes to overall presentation. The wrestling mat in particular is reportedly set to get a huge makeover for Monday’s debut.According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp (via Fightful Select), Friday afternoon before SmackDown a black mat was placed in the ring featuring
  
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• TJPW Ittenyon Show 2025 Full Results (1/4)

  04-01-2025 21:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  TJPW held three big-time championship matches live from Korakuen Hall in its annual January 4 show to kick off the new year.Yuki Arai defended her International Princess Championship against Suzume following their recent Tokyo Princess Cup encounter. Zara Zakher and TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich also challenged for Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh‘s Princess Tag Team Titles in the semi-final match. Headlining the show, however, was Miu Watanabe
  
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• Nic Nemeth Recalls His Worst In-Ring Sell

  04-01-2025 21:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Nic Nemeth looks back on his worst in-ring sell.Many pundits have touted Nic Nemeth, formerly known as Dolph Ziggler, as one of the best sellers in the professional wrestling business. During a recent interview with SHAK Wrestling, however, Nemeth recalled one of his less impressive sells, which he says came during a WWE live event.“I was constantly being told by veterans that I’m giving too much to everyone and to not be so explosive when I take someone&r
  
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• WWE SmackDown Review: Hits And Misses For January 3

  04-01-2025 20:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Welcome or welcome back to our weekly WWE SmackDown review series where we recap some of the biggest hits and misses from the show.The January 3 episode of SmackDown was the first three-hour broadcast of the blue brand since its inception in 1999. It also happened to the final SmackDown before WWE enters its streaming era with RAW on Netflix.That said, let’s get to our WWE SmackDown hits and misses for January 3, 2025.Video Credit: YouTubeHit – Andrade vs. Shinsuke
  
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• Mercedes Moné On Kris Statlander: I Think I’ve Found Another Wrestling Soulmate

  04-01-2025 20:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Mercedes Moné‘s respect for Kris Statlander grew immensely following their rematch last month at AEW Worlds End.In the latest issue of the MonéMag, Mercedes Moné wrote about her experience heading into AEW Worlds End, the sickness she was battling with, and her feelings on Kris Statlander following their epic rematch.“As the final pay-per-view of the year, AEW Worlds End was an event that promised to leave an indelible
  
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• Adam Copeland on Wrestling Jon Moxley: This’ll Be Uglier In All The Ways That I Love

  04-01-2025 19:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The final AEW pay-per-view of 2024 was World’s End. At the event, WWE Hall of Famer Adam Copeland made his return to the Jacksonville-based promotion. He showed up along with FTR and took out World Champion Jon Moxley and the rest of The Death Riders.
  Recently, while speaking to Rick Ucchino for The Takedown on SI, Adam Copeland opened up about choosing to wrestle Jon Moxley. He said that the match against Moxley needed to happen and this was the right moment for it to ha
  
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• R-Truth On Coming Up With New Material: You Have To Evolve, Stay With The Times

  04-01-2025 18:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  R-Truth is all for reinvention.Since 2008, Ron Killings has entertained the WWE Universe through his comedic character known as R-Truth. Over the last year alone, Truth has elicited laughs for his attempts at infiltrating The Judgment Day, confusing DIY and D-Generation X, and most recently, antagonizing Pete Dunne, formerly known as Butch, on WWE Raw. During a recent interview with Insight With Chris Van Vliet, R-Truth opened up about how’s been able to keep himself and
  
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• Seth Rollins: You Can Put Liv Morgan In Any Situation And She Flourishes

  04-01-2025 17:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Seth Rollins has high praise for WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan.WWE Superstar Seth “Freakin” Rollins was a recent guest on Good Morning Football. When asked about Liv Morgan, who recently appeared for the NFL to promote the company, Rollins had high praise for the woman who took the title from his wife Becky Lynch.
  “She’s a stud. Yeah, she’s like, a little Jersey girl, and she just turned into this superstar,” Seth Rollins said.
  
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• Kurt Angle Says He’s In Talks With ‘Saturday Night’ Actor To Play Him In Biographical Film

  04-01-2025 17:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kurt Angle has an update on his upcoming biographical film, as he says that he’s been in talks with an actor who could potentially play him.Angle recently spoke with Chris Jericho on Talk Is Jericho and discussed the potential cast for the movies. He revealed that several actors had been in talks to potentially appear in the movie, including Michael Keaton, Jon Bernthal (Angle’s nephew), and Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night) to play the titular role of Angle himself.
  
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• Zack Sabre Jr. ‘Would Be Eager’ To Make A Match With Samoa Joe Happen

  04-01-2025 16:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Could we finally get a match between Zack Sabre Jr. and Samoa Joe in 2025?New Japan Pro-Wrestling‘s Zack Sabre Jr. recently sat down with Philip Lindsey of Bleacher Report. When asked about the future possibility of a match with AEW’s Samoa Joe, Zack said he believes that’s a match that the world is clamouring for.“Joseph of the Samoas. As the sole representative of the Isle of Sheppey, as Sheppey Zack, I think it’s the island battle that the worl
  
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• NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 Results (1/4): Zack Sabre Jr., Tetsuya Naito, More

  04-01-2025 16:25 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  On January 4th, New Japan Pro-Wrestling presented NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
  In the main event, Zack Sabre Jr. defended the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shota Umino. The show featured multiple title changes.The results, courtesy of Cagematch, are as follows:
  New Japan Ranbo Match for IWGP World Title Shot: Hirooki Goto def. Alex Zayne and Great-O-Khan and Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Josh Barnett and KENTA and Oleg Boltin and SANADA and
  
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• Team Added To IWGP Tag Title Match At NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty, Updated Card

  04-01-2025 16:10 via wrestlezone.com
  
  The IWGP Tag Team Championship match at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty is now a three-way.Great-O-Khan and HENARE were previously set to defend the titles against The Young Bucks. However, due to an injury to HENARE, the titles were vacated. The vacant championships were set to be put on the line in a match between The Young Bucks and Great-O-Khan and a partner of his choosing.
  Backstage following NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, Great-O-Khan announced that Jeff Cobb was his partner for the match. Addition
  
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• Mike Santana Lays Out His Dream Matches

  04-01-2025 16:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Mike Santana reveals his dream matches.Across his stints in TNA Wrestling, AEW, and the indies, Mike Santana has worked with a myriad of in-ring performers. A few, however, have also eluded him. During a recent interview with Tim Hann Rivera, Santana circled four names as his dream opponents.“For me, honestly, AJ Styles is the man,” Santana said. “That dude, when you talk about TNA, he is the face. He is the one constant; he’s the homegrown. Randy Orton,
  
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• New IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Crowned At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

  04-01-2025 15:53 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship changed hands at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19.David Finlay defended the title against Yota Tsuji at the show, and Tsuji pinned him with The Gene Blaster to win the title. In doing so, he captured his first singles championship in NJPW.Tsuji will defend the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against AEW’sJack Perry at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty on January 5th.
  ANNNNDDDDD NEEEEEWWWWWWWWWYOTA TSUJI HAS DEFEATED DAVID FINLAY IN AN EARKY
  
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• Match Stopped Due To Injury, New Champion Crowned At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

  04-01-2025 15:43 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A new champion was crowned due to injury at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19.DOUKI defended the title against El Desperado at the show. They battled back and forth, but the match was stopped when DOUKI suffered an arm injury on a dive to the floor. The referee called the match off, and El Desperado was declared the winner and the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
  So unfortunate, DOUKI has dislocated his left elbow after connecting a senton to the outside, El Desperado becomes the n
  
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• Konosuke Takeshita Wins NEVER Openweight Title At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

  04-01-2025 15:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Konosuke Takeshita won the gold at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, and he is now a double champion.At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita faced NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi in a double title match. In the end, Takeshita won the hard-fought bout and captured the NEVER Openweight Championship. He will defend the title against Tomohiro Ishii at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty on January 5th.
  TWO BELTS TAKESHITA!!!!!!!!!KONSUKE TAKESHITA HAS DEFEA
  
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• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata Set For NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty

  04-01-2025 15:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A new match has been added to the card for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty.At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated EVIL in a Lumberjack Match. Per the stipulation, Tanahashi would have been forced to retire if he lost the match, as opposed to his planned retirement run that will culminate at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 in January 2026.After the match, HOUSE of TORTURE attacked Tanahashi. AEW’s Katsuyori Shibata made the save. He then challenged
  
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• New NJPW World TV Champion Crowned At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

  04-01-2025 15:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A new NJPW World Television Champion was crowned at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19.Ren Narita defended the title against El Phantasmo, Jeff Cobb, and Ryohei Oiwa at the show. Phantasmo was a late addition to the match after he returned at the NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome show event on December 22, where he said that he was cleared to compete after he missed nearly two months following the announcement that doctors had found a small tumor, and he received treatment.Phantasmo won the b
  
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• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles Change Hands At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

  04-01-2025 14:49 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  New IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions were crowned at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19.The opening match on the main card saw the Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and KUSHIDA) defend the titles against the Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita), Catch 2/2 (Franceso Akira and TJP), and the Bullet Club War Dogs (Dan Moloney and Clark Connors) in a Tokyo Terror Ladder Match. In the end, Eagles and Fujita emerged victorious and won the titles. Fujita and Akira
  
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• Number One Contender For IWGP World Title Crowned At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19

  04-01-2025 14:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A new contender was crowned at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19.Hirooki Goto won the New Japan Ranbo battle royal at the show. In doing so, he earned a future shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. The match came down to Goto and Great-O-Khan, and Goto emerged victorious.
  Josh Barnett, Alex Zayne, KENTA, Yuji Nagata, Oleg Boltin, YOSHI-HASHI, Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yujiro Takahashi, Tomoaki Honma, Satoshi Kojima, Tomohiro Ishii, SANADA, and Taichi also comp
  
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