Last night’s WWE NXT had the responsibility of following up Great American Bash, and instead of treating the show like a simple reset episode, NXT used it to establish who is moving forward, who is still stuck in unfinished business, and which divisions are starting to separate themselves. Kendal Grey’s first night as NXT Women’s … Read more
WWE NXT returns tonight with the brand officially turning the page from Sunday’s Great American Bash and moving straight into one of the most interesting transition episodes of the year. The fallout is heavy, but the direction is clear: NXT is no longer operating like a closed developmental island. Tonight’s show is built around the … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT Great American Bash was a show that took its time getting where it needed to go, but when it finally landed, it landed with the right image: Kendal Grey standing tall as the new NXT Women’s Champion. The event had five title matches, multiple developmental storylines trying to justify premium live … Read more
It is Saturday, and the wrestling world is moving in several different directions at once. WWE is trying to shape AAA into something that feels bigger than just another side project. CM Punk’s return has once again become its own conversation before he has even stepped back onto television. TNA is heading into Slammiversary weekend … Read more
Welcome back to the LNC Wrestling Mid-Afternoon News Roundup. Today’s edition of the LNC Wrestling Mid-Afternoon News Roundup comes on a loaded Monday as WWE Monday Night RAW airs at a special 2 PM ET start time from London, England. So while RAW gets ready to go live across the pond, we figured this was … Read more
WWE Friday Night SmackDown returned to the United States after its European tour with a three-hour episode from Providence, Rhode Island that was effective when it slowed down and allowed its strongest stories to breathe, but noticeably less impressive whenever it tried to force too many ideas into the same match or segment. Charlotte Flair … Read more
AAA presented the first week of Noche De Los Grandes from Arena Monterrey last night, but this was never going to be remembered as just another loaded night of championship matches. Everything revolved around one mask, one identity and one feud that somehow evolved from a ridiculous parody into one of the most emotionally invested … Read more
AAA Noche De Los Grandes has been built around a storyline that should not have worked nearly as well as it has. What began as a deliberately ridiculous WWE character has gradually evolved into one of the most entertaining, layered and unexpectedly emotional rivalries in professional wrestling. Tonight, El Grande Americano and the man now … Read more
The wrestling free-agent market is never as simple as a date on a calendar. Contracts expire, options get picked up, injury time can be added, filming commitments can shift timelines, and in some cases, talent are working without traditional deals at all. That is why Fightful’s updated contract-expiration tracker is valuable: it puts a cleaner … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW was a strange Backlash fallout show because it had all the pieces to feel important, but for most of the night, it felt like the company was stretching one major story over three hours instead of letting the entire roster breathe. WWE is less than three weeks away from … Read more
