Sasha Banks’ Heel Turn Is Not Original Plan WWE Had For Storyline
According to Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Forum, it was Bayley, not Sasha Banks, who was supposed to turn heel in the storyline for the best-friends-turned-frenemies. “Bayley was scheduled to turn. The MSG card had her teaming with Elias vs. Cena & Nikki right until the decision was made to hold up the turn.…
Backstage News on Asuka’s Undefeated Streak, Banks vs Bayley News
The finals of WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge is set to take place next week as the team of Asuka & Intercontinental Champion The Miz takes on the team of SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair & Bobby Roode. Asuka and Intercontinental Champion The Miz are strong favorites to win the WWE Mixed Match Challenge and according…
Auggies claim 2 All-Americans
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Claiming at least two All-Americans for the 27th straight season, the Augsburg College wrestling team has two competitors in the hunt for national titles after Friday’s action at the NCAA Division III National Championships, held on Friday afternoon at the U.S. Cellular Center. Augsburg sits in seventh place after Friday’s action…
U.S. to face India in freestyle dual at NCAA Championships Fan Festival, Thursday, March 20
USA Wrestling will be hosting an international dual meet between the United States and India in men’s freestyle wrestling as part of the NCAA Fan Festival on Thursday, March 20. The dual meet will start at approximately 3:00 p.m. after Session I of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships. The match will be part of…
Shane McMahon Medically Cleared, Carmella Fails Again, New Rule
Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan will indeed continue to face Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens at WrestleMania this Sunday. Shane’s status for the match appeared to be in doubt after it was revealed that McMahon was hospitalized with acute diverticulitis recently. However, he appeared on Smackdown and last and agreed to put his differences with…
UFC notes: Jon Jones released from jail on bond
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was released late Monday night from Bernalillo County Metro Detention Center in Albuquerque, NM, after posting $2,500 bond. He turned himself in at about 7 p.m. after a warrant for felony fleeing the scene of a crime was issued this afternoon. The UFC has not made any statements on…
Will Ospreay Gets Cleared, Will Be In New Orleans For Mania Week
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet Will Ospreay has allegedly been cleared to compete in New Orleans, despite a recent injury scare that almost forced him to sit on the sidelines WrestleMania weekend. For those who missed it, Will tweeted saying he “might not be fit to compete” in NOLA after banging his head HARD on the…
Khabib Nurmagomedov could be off of UFC 187 with knee injury
Khabib Nurmagomedov suffered a knee injury in training and could be forced to pull out of his No. 1 contender fight with Donald Cerrone on 5/23 in Las Vegas. Nurmagomedov will be seeing a doctor in the morning to determine the extent of the knee damage. Nurmagomedov was coming off major knee surgery for a…
Jake “The Snake” Roberts Reportedly Assaulted At WrestleCon
There was an incident between WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts and New Japan Pro Wrestling star Harry Smith at WrestleCon in New Orleans on Saturday, according to PWInsider. Witness reported that Smith walked up to the table where Jake was signing autographs at and without saying a word, threw a hot cup of coffee in…
Why Kid Rock Wasn’t at WrestleMania, Next NXT Takeover Announced
The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony from this past week saw musician Kid Rock get inducted ed into the celebrity wing of the Hall of Fame. During WrestleMania, it has become a tradition for the Hall of Famers of each year to be introduced and acknowledged during a brief segment. All of this year’s inductees…