AEW All Elite Wrestling were recently on the receiving end of a warning from the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission over booking Nyla Rose on the company's TV tapings from Oklahoma City in December 2023. Rose, who is transgender, defeated Alejandra Lion at the December 20, 2023 taping of Ring of Honor TV on HonorClub. Having a transgender wrestler perform in Oklahoma is against OSAC rules and a motion by Dr. Larry Lovelace stated AEW would face consequences if they broke the rules again.  The pro wrestling community quickly rallied behind Rose, including AEW President Tony Khan ..read more

JJ Williams Tony Khan takes another shot at WWE. The AEW President has been a busy man over the past couple of days. He was first taken out by The Elite on AEW Dynamite, taking a Tony Khan Driver from The Young Bucks. Khan has sold the effects of the attack, sporting a neck brace during the first round of the NFL Draft.  Khan, while still wearing the neck brace, appeared on the NFL Network to discuss the angle. While commenting on what his father Shad Khan thought of the attack, Tony said:   "AEW, we've been doing this for five years, we are the most successful sports start-up ..read more

IMPACT Wrestling TNA have announced five matches for its upcoming Under Siege event on May 3. These include Matt Hardy's first TNA match since returning at this past weekend's Rebellion pay-per-view.  Hardy will tag with Speedball Mountain (Mike Bailey & Trent Seven) to take on The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) in a six-man tag match. Nic Nemeth was originally scheduled to be in the match, before he was taken out following an angle on last night's IMPACT, where he was attacked by The System.  Hardy is still a free agent, despite his return to the promotion ..read more

AEW There was some minor controversy over the booking of the post-Dynasty edition of AEW Dynamite as many fans believed new AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland should have opened the show. The episode instead opened with The Elite arriving at the arena before Trent Beretta attacked Orange Cassidy, with Chuck Taylor making the save to set up the Parking Lot Fight between the former Best Friends. Swerve was in action following the angle, picking up a win over Kyle Fletcher.  All Elite Wrestling have since announced that Saturday's episode of Collision will open with Swerve's first li ..read more

WWE WWE's Valhalla (Sarah Logan) and Erik (Raymond Rowe) are expecting their second child.  The married couple announced on social media: "November of 2024 NEW ROWE BOY INCOMING. We are so unbelievably happy."  The couple welcomed their first child in 2021.  On WWE TV, Valhalla and Erik are part of the Viking Raiders with Ivar. Valhalla has been absent from WWE TV in recent weeks, with Ivar wrestling across Monday Night Raw and NXT without Sarah Logan at ringside. Ivar has received a singles push over the past several months as Erik has been out of action since September 2 ..read more

TNA Wrestling Steve Maclin has officially re-signed with TNA, the company has announced.  Maclin claimed during this past weekend's Rebellion pay-per-view that he had put pen to paper on a new deal, with TNA confirming the news.  "I have a lot of unfinished business here and plan to get back into the TNA World Championship picture. I'm very happy to call TNA home," the 36-year-old said.  Maclin was in action at Rebellion, taking on (and losing to) a returning Mike Santana in an impromptu match. Santana inked a TNA deal following the show.  Maclin didn't wrestle a ..read more

WWE Tonight's WWE Draft edition of SmackDown may very well have some special guests on it.  According to PWInsider Elite, various WWE legends are scheduled to be at the taping in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Per the site, WWE Hall of Famers JBL, Teddy Long, Alundra Blayze and Torrie Wilson are expected to be at SmackDown, along with former WWE Women's Champion Michelle McCool. If the format is similar to the most recent version of the WWE Draft, the legends will likely be there to announce which stars have been drafted to which brand.  JBL and Long were on hand to announce draft picks du ..read more

WWE After 16 years, the PG era of WWE is officially over.  Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that promos from The Rock and Paul Heyman's WWE Hall of Fame speech are considered the official end of the WWE PG era. This doesn't mean WWE will be abandoning the PG rating for their product just yet but there have been discussions within the company about producing a non-PG product. As part of the PG era being over, WWE have abandoned PG restrictions placed on talent in regards to social media and non-TV content.  The change of heart within WWE comes only a co ..read more

WWE WrestleMania 40 was a typically epic presentation by WWE, who tend to go all-out when it comes to The Showcase of the Immortals. There was, however, less pyro on display at this year's two-day extravaganza.  Responding to a reader's question, PWInsider Elite noted that the reason for this was due to 'cutbacks under Endeavor'. WWE's parent company seemingly wanted to keep the budget down in order to maximise profits. The site added that there was even talk of doing far less pyro than there was in the end. WWE issued a press release touting WrestleMania 40 as the most successful event ..read more

Cameron Grimes' potential on the WWE main roster was ultimately hampered by a power struggle between Triple H and Vince McMahon, the man himself has claimed during an appearance on Busted Open Radio. Six months after being written out of WWE NXT, Grimes officially moved to the main roster in May of 2023, being drafted by Friday Night SmackDown. Reports following his full main roster debut noted Grimes was expected to receive a push and Triple H had high hopes for Grimes. That push never materialised, though, and Grimes was soon used as a jobber to the stars.  Speaking with Busted Open Ra ..read more