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• Kurt Angle Is Raising Money To Help USA Athletes Achieve Their Olympic Dreams

  12-11-2024 18:09 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Kurt Angle wants to help United States athletes achieve their dream of reaching the Olympics.
  Angle has partnered with USA Wrestling to raise money for the athletes on its men’s and women’s Olympic wrestling teams. In many countries, Olympic athletes are paid by their local governments to train and don’t need other jobs. However, United States athletes don’t have the same luxuries. Angle says the more he can help US athletes, the easier it would be for them to focus on t
  
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• WWE NXT Viewership Decreases On 12/31, Demo Slightly Rises

  03-01-2025 04:05 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE NXT viewership saw a decrease on December 31.According to Wrestlenomics, 626,000 viewers watched the show on Tuesday night, and NXT drew a 0.15 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is down from last week’s episode when 723,000 viewers tuned in. The demo slightly rose from last week‘s episode, which drew a 0.14 rating in the same demographic.
  ? TV RATINGS ARE INWWE NXT last Wednesday on CWhttps://t.co/yHQrMWTW6l— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomi
  
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• Ring Of Honor Quick Results (1/2/25): Komander & Homicide In Action

  03-01-2025 02:35 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Ring of Honor results – January 2, 2025Thursday’s Ring of Honor on HonorClub episode featured Komander, Shane Taylor Promotions, Homicide, Lio Rush, Harley Cameron, Dark Order, Rocky Romero, Red Velvet, and more.Here are the complete ROH on HonorClub results for the January 2 episode:
  Red Velvet defeated Hanako to retain the ROH Women’s World Television Champion
  Lio Rush and Action Andretti defeated Rocky Romero and HomicideHarley Cameron defeated Ashley VoxShane Taylor P
  
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• TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For January 2

  03-01-2025 00:56 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Our TNA iMPACT results for tonight include Jordynne Grace teaming with Spitfire and Masha Slamovich to take on Rosemary, Tasha Steelz, and Ash & Heather By Elegance, KUSHIDA going one-on-one with Ace Austin, and Rhino taking on Ryan Nemeth.TNA iMPACT CardThe announced card is as follows:
  Jordynne Grace, Masha Slamovich, and Spitfire vs. Rosemary, Tasha Steelz, Ash & Heather By EleganceKUSHIDA vs. Ace AustinRhino vs. Ryan NemethJoe Hendry and Te
  
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• Bobby Lashley Reveals His Vision For The Hurt Syndicate

  02-01-2025 23:52 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Bobby Lashley has big plans for The Hurt Syndicate in 2025.All Elite Wrestling‘s Bobby Lashley recently spoke with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful. While discussing his vision for The Hurt Syndicate, Lashley made it clear that they have no intentions of firmly defining the stable as babyface or heel with the idea of the audience getting to decide for themselves.
  “We’re not trying to be anything,” Bobby Lashley admitted. “I think everybody thinks, ‘Oh, you gotta be
  
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• Orange Cassidy Explains The Importance Of Ring Of Honor To AEW

  02-01-2025 23:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Orange Cassidy believes Ring of Honor is way more important to AEW than many realize.All Elite Wrestling‘s Orange Cassidy was a recent guest on The Shaky Experience. When asked about Ring of Honor today compared to what it used to be, Cassidy explained why the brand is important to the AEW roster right now.
  “I love watching the ROH shows because it is clearly, after AEW acquired it, it’s a different thing,” Orange Cassidy said. “It’s not goin
  
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• Frankie Kazarian: I Hope NXT Realizes How Beneficial Having Shawn Michaels Is

  02-01-2025 22:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Photo Credit: Shawn Michaels via Twitter/X
  Frankie Kazarian sees how lucky the next generation of wrestlers in NXT are by getting to work with Shawn Michaels every day.
  The TNA star was a surprise entrant in a 25-man Battle Royal held on NXT over the summer. After his on-air appearance, Kaz shared a picture of himself speaking with Shawn Michaels backstage. He spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard about his recent appearance in NXT and shared more insight about his visit, and his
  
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• Ric Flair Says He’s Got One More Match In Him

  02-01-2025 21:06 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ric Flair says he’s got a little more fight left in him.
  Flair was on the Five Star Podcast, who asked him about advice he’d give today’s talent. Flair said he actually doesn’t give out advice anymore, noting it’s because the talent doesn’t listen to what he says.
  “To be honest with you, I don’t give [advice] anymore, because they’d rather read the internet. [laughs] And I’m telling you, when you start thinking about &
  
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• Mercedes Moné Explains Her New Year’s Resolution

  02-01-2025 20:32 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Mercedes Moné got a lot of recent attention over her New Year’s resolution for 2025.
  At the end of the year, Moné told the New York Post her New Year’s resolution, stating the following:“This new year, I want to continue to expand awareness and opportunities for female wrestlers and female athletes in general, globally.”In the latest issue of the MonéMag, Mercedes Moné wrote about her New Year’s resolution and
  
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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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• WWE RAW Viewership Increases On 12/30, Demo Also Rises

  02-01-2025 20:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE RAW saw an increase in viewership on December 30 for their last episode on USA Network.According to Wrestlenomics, 1.596 million viewers watched the show on Monday night, drawing a 0.53 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is up from last week’s episode when 1.453 million viewers tuned in. The demo also rose from last week‘s episode, which drew a 0.42 rating in the same demographic.
  ? TV RATINGS ARE INWWE Raw last Tuesday on USA
  
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• RJ City Details Plans For Scrapped ‘Summerslam After Dark’ Special

  02-01-2025 19:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Multiple wrestling promotions have special shows dedicated to interviews alone. One of the popular interview shows in AEW is Hey! (EW) hosted by AEW’s RJ City. Prior to his time in All Elite Wrestling, City did a special program for WWE called WrestleMania After Dark. It was a comedy special that aired during WrestleMania 37.During an appearance on Highspots for a Sign-it-Live session, RJ City opened up about the WWE’s comedy special
  
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• Shay Kassidy Reflects On Bizarre, Incredible In-Ring Moment With Bull Nakano

  02-01-2025 19:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Shay Kassidy looks back on a surreal career moment.In April 2024, Shay Kassidy and Kingsley made history when they defeated PPK to become the first-ever OPW Women’s Tag Team Champions, and the first women’s tag champions across all of Australia. As Kassidy recalls, this crowning moment was further sweetened by the appearance of WWE Hall of Famer Bull Nakano, who presented the respective titles to The Backslide Girlz.“It was so surreal in the way of like I was getting my title
  
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• Robbie Eagles: I Have KUSHIDA’s Number, The Ichiban Sweet Boys Will Be Champions At The Tokyo Dome

  02-01-2025 19:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Robbie Eagles is ready for more gold.At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, Robbie Eagles seeks his second IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship reign. To achieve that, however, he and Kosei Fujita must first outmaneuver three other teams in a Tokyo Terror ladder match.WrestleZone’s Ella Jay caught up with Eagles ahead of Wrestle Kingdom to discuss the field of opponents that lay in front of him, including Catch 2/2 (TJP & Francesco Akira) and the Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors &
  
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• R-Truth Reveals His Favorite 24/7 Championship Segment

  02-01-2025 18:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  One of the top stars in WWE is former WWE United States Champion R-Truth. He also holds the record for capturing the 24/7 Championship for the most times. Truth has captured the now-retired title a record 54 times.
  There have been many funny segments when R-Truth was the 24/7 champion. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet on his Insight Podcast, the 54-time 24/7 Champion mentioned that the wedding segment with Drake Maverick was one of his favorite segments in his career.“Oh
  
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• Lisa Marie Varon Shares More Details About What’s Included In Her WWE Legends Deal

  02-01-2025 17:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  One of the professional wrestling veterans is two-time WWE Women’s Champion Lisa Marie Varon. In WWE she was known as Victoria. Recently the former WWE Superstar signed a legend’s contract with the Stamford-based promotion.
  During a recent Live Virtual Signing on Whatnot, Lisa Marie Varon provided more details about her Legend’s Contract. Varon shared that WWE calls it a Nostalgia Contract. The former WWE Superstar also mentioned that sh
  
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• Rikishi Comments On His Son, Samson Fatu, Potentially Getting Into Wrestling

  02-01-2025 16:41 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Rikishi has another son who could become a WWE Superstar in the future.If Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa weren’t enough, Rikishi also has a sixteen-year-old called Samson Fatu who could move into pro wrestling in the future.This sixteen-year-old, six-foot-five and 295-pound monster has all the making of a WWE Superstar. However, he is also exploring university and football opportunities before committing himself to the WWE.Rikishi spoke on the Off The Top Podcast about
  
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• Booker T Compares Zilla Fatu Match To Tyson vs. Paul

  02-01-2025 16:35 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Booker T has compared his upcoming match with Zilla Fatu with the much-publicized fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.The WWE Hall of Famer has agreed to wrestle Fatu at a Reality of Wrestling event in January. Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T compared his upcoming match against Zilla Fatu to the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match. (H/T to Fightful for the transcription).Jake Paul won that match by unanimous decision, having a 31-year advantage over the form
  
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• Cope: I Feel At Some Point A Tag Team Run With Christian Cage Should Be In The Cards

  02-01-2025 16:32 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Adam Copeland is hopeful that he’ll have another tag team run with Christian Cage at some point in AEW before he calls it a career.All Elite Wrestling‘s Adam Copeland, who is now being billed as ‘Cope’ by AEW, recently sat down with TMZ Sports. When asked what it’s been like to be working together with FTR and Christian Cage again upon his arrival in the company, Copeland said working with three of his closest friends is why he chos
  
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• Santino Marella Wants First Father-Daughter Royal Rumble Appearance

  02-01-2025 15:54 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Santino Marella wants to appear alongside his daughter in the Royal Rumble this year.The former WWE Superstar last wrestled full-time in the WWE in 2014, retiring due to injuries. He was released in 2016 after over a decade in the WWE. However, he continued wrestling the occasional match and is now the sheriff of TNA.He made an appearance in the Royal Rumble match in 2020. However, this was as his sister, Santina Marella, who entered the women’s version of th
  
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• Nic Nemeth Compares Joe Hendry To Zack Ryder In 2010

  02-01-2025 15:49 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Nic Nemeth sees Joe Hendry as being similar to Zack Ryder during his peak of popularity.Hendry has become a huge star in wrestling in 2023. His comedy songs poking fun at other wrestlers made him a must-see superstar, and his theme song even charted in the UK Top 40 after a campaign by the wrestler.He is set to face Nemeth for the TNA World Championship at TNA Genesis in his second attempt at winning the world title.Nic Nemeth spoke with Shak Wrestling, where he discussed his u
  
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• Gail Kim Opens Up About Plans For In-Ring Return With Mickie James Falling Through

  02-01-2025 15:40 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Gail Kim is unsure if she’d come out of retirement to team with Mickie James in TNA.It was reported last year that Gail Kim considered coming out of retirement. She planned a tag team run with Mickie James which would have given a huge boost to the TNA Knockouts division.However, the plan fell through and Gail Kim remained working in TNA talent relations instead.Gail Kim recently spoke with Ella Jay on A Wrestling Gal. She was asked about the plan to team wit
  
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• Jake Atlas: Triple H Told Me My Sexuality Doesn’t Matter In WWE, It Shot Me Down

  02-01-2025 15:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Jake Atlas struggled in WWE after hearing some feedback from Triple H.Atlas has been openly gay throughout his career and it has been an important part of his identity. He signed with WWE in 2019 and was sent to NXT, where he spent two years before being released.He also had a short run with AEW starting at the end of 2021. However, a domestic violence arrest saw him lose his job with Tony Khan’s promotion.Jake Atlas recently spoke to Developmentally Speaking about first
  
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• Hollyhood Haley J: WWE Is The Ultimate Goal But I Just Want To Be On TV; I’m A TV Star

  02-01-2025 15:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Hollyhood Haley J is determined to become a star in the WWE.She was recently featured on the Netflix documentary The Wrestlers and had a match against Skye Blue in 2023. Speaking with The Two Man Power Trip Podcast, Hollyhood Haley J spoke about her aspirations of wrestling for the WWE.“I always say I’m bred to be a TV star, so I’m not really looking to put in all my time on the indies. I want to go to major TV companies and work TV-style wrestling.” Hal
  
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• Cope/FTR Address Asheville Crowd After AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen

  02-01-2025 15:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Cope (Adam Copeland) and FTR addressed the Asheville crowd after AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen last night.Hurricane Helene rocked Asheville, North Carolina last year. FTR and Cope (he officially changed his name to Cope last night) all live in the area and were out helping those affected by the weather. Fight for the Fallen was put on to help the victims of the disaster.After AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen, AEW posted a Twitter clip of FTR and Cope addressing the crowd
  
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• Rated FTR vs. The Learning Tree, More Set For AEW Collision

  02-01-2025 05:01 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Rated FTR will be in action on the January 4th episode of AEW Collision.AEW announced that Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood, and Cash Wheeler) will face The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Bryan Keith, and Big Bill) on Saturday. This comes after Bill and Keith confronted Rated FTR at AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen. Cope made his return to the ring on Wednesday, as he and FTR beat The Death Riders.
  https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1874646873086075142
  Plus, Jeff Jarrett will be in ac
  
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• Adam Copeland Changes Name To ‘Cope’, Returns To Action At AEW Fight For The Fallen

  02-01-2025 04:18 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Adam Copeland is now going by “Cope”, and he returned to the ring at AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen.Copeland had been out of action since May due to a broken tibia that he suffered at AEW Double or Nothing. He returned at AEW Worlds End, where he and FTR took the fight to The Death Riders.At AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen, Copeland and FTR faced AEW Woirld Champion Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli of the Death Riders. When Copeland came out,
  
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• HOOK vs. Christian Cage Announced For AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage

  02-01-2025 04:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  HOOK will finally get to face Christian Cage in a singles match at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage.
  HOOK has been feuding with Cage and The Patriarchy in recent months, as the group was revealed as Taz’s attackers in October. Cage and Nick Wayne previously beat HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata on the December 18 episode of AEW Dynamite. HOOK then defeated Wayne at AEW Rampage: New Year’s Smash.HOOK targeted Cage in a video message at AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen and m
  
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• Jeff Jarrett Announces He’s Re-Signed With AEW

  02-01-2025 03:51 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Jeff Jarrett wants one last ride.WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett previously said that he would make an announcement about his career at AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen, and a backstage segment teased that he would be retiring. Jarrett then came to the ring with his ring boots. He reflected on his career and recalled how he bet on himself by launching a company in 2002, referring to TNA.Jarrett continued by wondering whether it was time for him to ride into the sunset. He stat
  
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• Ricochet Bloodies Swerve Stickland At AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen

  02-01-2025 03:40 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ricochet brutally attacked Swerve Strickland at AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen.On Wednesday night, Strickland faced Roderick Strong and Jay White in a Triple Threat Match where the winner would earn the first spot in the Casino Gauntlet Match on the January 8 episode. Late in the match, Ricochet popped up in the crowd and hit Strickland with some scissors. White went on to pin Strong for the win.
  RICOCHET, WHY?!Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on @TBSNetwork & @StreamOnMax@Swerv
  
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