Oba Femi thinks very highly of his match at NXT Stand & Deliver 2024. In Philadelphia on WrestleMania weekend this year, the NXT North American Champion defended his title in a fantastic three-way bout. He faced DIJAK and Josh Briggs in a triple threat match, which personified the “Big Meaty Men Slapping Meat” meme. It […]
One of the rising stars on WWE programming is one-half of the current NXT World Tag Team Champions, Nathan Frazer. Frazer is only 25 years old. He signed with WWE back in 2020 and in that time, he has been able to capture the NXT UK Heritage Cup. As mentioned earlier, he is one-half of […]
Dave Meltzer noted on Twitter that he will appear on CNN at 5 pm eastern to talk about the Vince McMahon story. Meltzer has appeared on CNN many times before, including during the weeks after the Chris Benoit murder-suicide. Meltzer has also kept in contact with McMahon and other top officials in the company off […]
It looks like the wrestling landscape will change in 2021 with another major promotion getting a TV deal in the United States. Dave Meltzer reported today that New Japan Pro Wrestling is very close to an English-language TV deal and an announcement could come at any time. NJPW was previously on AXS TV but that […]
During the mailbag portion of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer was asked about some of the current WWE stars who might be considering going to AEW when their contracts are up. Meltzer was specifically asked if names like Roman Reigns, Ricochet, Will Ospreay, Kota Ibushi and Don Callis might make their way to AEW when […]
This week on “Talk Is Jericho,” Chris Jericho welcomed Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Dave Meltzer and Pat Laprade, the author of “The Eighth Wonder Of The World: The True Story of Andre The Giant.” The book is available now in bookstores or via Amazon at this link. Meltzer and Laprade shared some never-before-told stories on Andre […]
On his radio show, Booker T addressed the story that got out last week about him pulling out of Starrcast III. For those of you that missed it, Dave Meltzer noted that Booker pulled out of All Out and evidently said that he did so because he did not want to get in between the […]
Things were chaotic at Raw this past Monday with rewrites going on as the show was happening. The show felt different for many reasons. Seth Rollins was supposed to be all over the show but his segments were cut down because he is still not cleared from his back injury. As noted earlier, Vince McMahon […]
As noted on Monday, Mustafa Ali is out of Sunday’s WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match. More details on his injury status were provided on Tuesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio. Basically, Ali suffered a concussion at Sunday’s live event. “Mustafa Ali suffered a concussion on the show in Fort Wayne [on Sunday] so that is the story […]
During an interview with Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer website, Kenny Omega discussed his decision to sign with All Elite Wrestling and why he chose them over New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE. “The most surprising thing to me was just how accommodating and how cool it was to discuss, you know, future with […]