AEW’s Instagram Here’s a place to check results and comment along with a new episode of AEW Dynamite, airing tonight (April 10) at 8 pm ET on TBS. This week’s episode comes our way from the company’s “home field” — Jacksonville, Florida’s Daily’s Place. New IWGP World Heavyweight champion Jon Moxley will put his belt on the line for the first time against Powerhouse Hobbs as the Blackpool Combat Club’s issues with The Don Callis Family continue coming out of Will Ospreay’s victory over Bryan Danielson at Dynasty on Sunday. Speaking of that April 20 PPV, we’ll should get plenty of follow-up fro ..read more

WWE Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill. Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the pro wrestling rumor mill. We track rumor accuracy in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt. Rumors for the Day: On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer ..read more

WWE.com NXT has a new champion! Trick TRICK WILLIAMS IS NXT CHAMPION!!!#NXTSpringBreakin pic.twitter.com/wgWaGTvgjR — WWE (@WWE) April 24, 2024 NXT does a lot when it comes to character and world building. They successfully make their little part of Florida feel like a living, breathing ecosystem with its own rules and regulations. It’s also a part of the globe where alumni are always welcome. They used both of those strengths to their advantage during Spring Breakin’ when creating a larger than life atmosphere for the NXT championship match between Trick Williams and Ilja Dragunov. Apparen ..read more

And a possible hint for Will Ospreay? After winning the AEW World Championship, Swerve Strickland is now the face of the franchise. "Face of the Franchise" @RyanLoco pic.twitter.com/XMvcrF8IF7 — The Realest Swerve Strickland (@swerveconfident) April 24, 2024 Swerve won’t have time to rest. AEW already announced his first match as world champion. The mogul will wrestle Kyle Fletcher in a title eliminator on this week’s Dynamite for April 24. That stipulation means that the Aussie can earn a shot at gold if he wins on Wednesday night. "Dynasty Era" pic.twitter.com/qLBl3hxqFv — The Reales ..read more

The Mad Dragon has been slain. NXT went all out for the first week of its “Spring Breakin’” special episode of television, with multiple main roster wrestlers coming back to the promotion they once called home to take in the main event of the evening. The Creed Brothers, New Catch Republic, and Johnny Gargano were all on the scene to more or less cheer Trick Williams on for his big championship match against Ilja Dragunov. "There's only one Trick Williams!" After a pep talk from his Mom and @JohnnyGargano, @_trickwilliams is ready to slay The Mad Dragon and become #WWENXT Champion!#NXTSpri ..read more

AEW Dynasty 2024 Welcome to Cageside Community Star Ratings for AEW Dynasty! For some wrestling fans, star ratings are a way of life. It’s one thing to say that a match is good or bad, but can you actually put a number on it? The star rating system is a scale ranging from 0 to 5 with increments of 0.25. A five star match is as close to perfect as it gets while a zero star match is a complete dud. Determining the star rating for a given match is a highly subjective process. In general the goal is to wrap up all the important elements of a match into one simple number. Some factors to consider m ..read more

Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images New Japan Pro-Wrestling and the Japanese women’s wrestling (aka joshi) promotion Stardom have been linked since NJPW’s parent company Bushiroad purchased Stardom in 2019. Operating under the same corporate umbrella has led to a fair amount of crossover, including women’s matches at New Japan shows and the creation of the IWGP Women’s and NJPW Strong Women’s championships. Those are noteworthy as New Japan famously only featured men’s wrestling prior to Bushiroad’s acquisition of Stardom. But there’s more work to be done, and apparently there hasn’t been a ton o ..read more

TNA TNA has been exploring the character of Jonathan Gresham with a series of vignettes. The former ROH world champion went through stages of lies, truth, and acceptance. The final payoff was resolution as he revealed a new look. Part Four: Resolution@TheJonGresham #Rebellion pic.twitter.com/ExHPbiDi2z — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 21, 2024 Narration of a biblical reference mentioned the mind of man changing to the mind of an animal. After the group therapy session, Gresham reflected on the discussion of his three selves and hiding behind masks. All of a sudden, he spit up black gunk ..read more

Ricky Havlik for All Elite Wrestling The numbers are in for the April 20 episode of AEW Collision — and Rampage — on TNT. According to Wrestlenomics, from 8-10pm ET Collision drew 461,000 viewers and scored a .13 rating among 18-49 year olds. The overall audience is down a little more than 1% from the previous Saturday, and the demo rating was unchanged week-to-week. Collision was followed by a live episode of Rampage, which had been pre-empted out of its usual Friday at 10pm ET timeslot by the NBA Playoffs Play-In Tournament. A lot of Collision’s audience stuck around for that, as it delivere ..read more

WWE.com First off, apologies for not having an update on the “Nightbird” campaign clues from SmackDown last Friday (April 19). Fans in Pittsburgh reported that song again played in the arena before the broadcast, then a QR code displayed during Triple H’s entrance on the show took us to a link on WWE.com, where we got this image: Clicking on the right spot of that — where a zoom in reveals the words “I’m nobody” — takes you here, where we get even more obvious Plato’s cave art... ...and another VHS-y video that contained the message: “I set them free / out of the miry clay / opened their eye ..read more