TNA Wrestling An update on Sami Callihan's pro wrestling future has emerged.  Callihan made his return to TNA Wrestling at the Rebellion pay-per-view, making the save for Jordynne Grace and PCO during Grace's Knockouts World Title match against Steph De Lander. Callihan appeared in the corner with a baseball bat in hand and he proceeded to take out Kon and The Good Hands. This allowed Grace to connect with the JML Driver on De Lander to record the successful title defence.   Callihan was then in action at the TNA IMPACT TV tapings on Sunday, April 21 against The Good Hands ..read more

ROH Alongside a live edition of AEW Dynamite, future matches for Ring of Honor TV were taped from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday, April 24.  One of the matches saw the debut of former WWE NXT talent Camron Branae (FKA Amari Miller). Branae put over Nyla Rose at the taping. If Tony Khan plans to book Branae on a regular basis in ROH and All Elite Wrestling is currently unknown. Branae signed with WWE in February 2021 following four years on the independents. After being repackaged as Amari Miller, she was a regular on NXT TV and NXT Level Up but she missed almost ..read more

AEW WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam would be happy to return to the company for a match.  Asked about the possibility during a recent edition of his 1 Of A Kind podcast, RVD said:  "I would totally be open to it. I don't know what it would take for that to happen. It's possible that it would take me picking up the phone and telling them that I want to do this in order to start the fire. If that's what it would take, chances are next to nothing that it's gonna happen".  The 53-year-old last wrestled for WWE in 2014.  Opening up about where things left off after that run ..read more

WWE The rules and eligible wrestlers for the 2024 WWE Draft have been revealed. WWE will hold their latest draft on the April 26 edition of Friday Night SmackDown and the April 29 episode of Monday Night Raw.  Unlike in past years, no champions are eligible to be drafted this time around except for WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane. Friday's SmackDown will have four rounds consisting of two draft picks for each brand, while Monday's Raw will follow the same format with six rounds of draft picks. SmackDown will have the first pick on Friday and Raw will have the fir ..read more

AEW Towards the end of the Undisputed WWE Universal Title match main event of WrestleMania 40, The Shield's theme music started to play.  Since Seth Rollins had already wrestled earlier in the evening (losing his World Heavyweight Championship in the process), some fans initially assumed that AEW's Jon Moxley (FKA Dean Ambrose) was coming out to help Cody Rhodes against Roman Reigns. That wasn't the case, as Rollins appeared dressed in his old Shield garb and provided a momentary distraction.  Moxley, meanwhile, was on the other side of the world when a ..read more

WWE WWE carried out releases following WrestleMania 40 and seven talents have been released since Friday, April 19. Wrestlers let go include former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, former NXT North American Champion Cameron Grimes, Sanga, Von Wagner, Veer, Xia Li, and Xyon Quinn.  Von Wagner in particular, had established himself as a featured performer on WWE NXT, having overcome the "Cum Tuesday" meme to become a popular babyface on the Tuesday night show. All of the talents let go had been a part of NXT during their careers as well.  WWE released the talents due to a combination of fac ..read more

A new report has shed some light on the backstage reaction to the release of (now former) WWE star Cameron Grimes.  Fightful Select noted that the release was unexpected by many in the company for a variety of reasons. It was said that his skill level and track record did not match those of others who were released. Jinder Mahal, Veer, Sanga, Von Wagner, Xyon Quinn and Xia Li were all also recently released.  The report added that Grimes had been with WWE for five years, had gotten over during his run in NXT and seemed to continuously improve in the ring. In addition, he was re ..read more

Could WWE WrestleMania actually head to London, England? As part of his re-election campaign, London Mayor Sadiq Khan pledged to set up a taskforce to explore bringing more American sports to the city, including the first-ever WWE WrestleMania to be held outside of the United States and Canada.  Sadiq Khan said: "London is a world leader in major sports events and has been at the heart of some of the most memorable sporting moments of the last few decades. From the Olympics, to the Lionesses winning the Euros at Wembley, to the Ashes at Lord's and The Oval, London is where ..read more

TNA Wrestling TNA Wrestling have announced that they have officially signed Mike Santana.  Santana returned to the company at the Rebellion pay-per-view last weekend, where he defeated Steve Maclin in an impromptu match. He had previously wrestled for TNA/IMPACT between 2017 and 2019. Following his victory, Santana made it known that he was seeking singles gold, saying:  "I'm here for the top spot. So, everybody watching, everybody that's sitting high in their tree, everybody that's sitting comfortably, take a look at me. I'm gonna be real, I'm gonna say it to you now so that there ..read more

TNA Wrestling Two former WWE stars have launched their own professional wrestling promotion.  In a promo video, the Grizzled Young Veterans announced the launch of Burning Heart Wrestling. The company will be led by a committee of international wrestlers and has been "created by wrestlers, for wrestlers and fans." James Drake and Zack Gibson revealed the first show from the indy promotion will be on June 21 at the Liverpool Olympia in Liverpool, England. Tickets for Burning Heart Wrestling's first show go on sale at 10 am GMT on Monday, April 29.  Zack Gibson said: "It is ..read more