UFC president Dana White has stated that Robbie Lawler will retire after his fight with Niko Price at UFC 290 on 7/8 and capping off a 22-year career in the sport.
While AEW can hang its hat on many benchmarks set, television deals signed, and pay-per-view numbers achieved, tonight’s show at Arthur Ashe Stadium is another major moment in the company’s history.
It was reported on Wednesday that legendary heel performer ‘Cyanide’ Sid Cooper has passed away. Cooper was a fixture throughout the World of Sport era as one of the main villains with the tag line of being ‘rotten to the core with a face that could curdle milk.’
Big Cass issues an apology, a SmackDown preview, building towards the Fox launch, Naomichi Marufuji’s opponent for BFG, a big feature on MLW, Aaren Wilde speaks, Endeavor going public, commentary team for Dragon Gate card & more.
The highlights and news coming out of TripleMania XXVII, an update from Chik Tormenta, Trevor Murdoch shares story about WWE and Harley Race, Dwayne Johnson’s ‘quiet retirement’, Colby Covington defeats Robbie Lawler & more.
Seth Rollins addresses his recent online comments and Jon Moxley’s remarks, Will Ospreay speaks about Rollins, a preview of DWTNCS, Tyler Breeze added to EVOLVE & more.
AEW’s executives discuss the launch of the company and their future, Ric Flair’s surgery is postponed, SummerSlam week events in Toronto, GCW books venue for 2020 & more.
SmackDown does its second-best total of 2019, the latest notes on the WrestleMania card, TJ Dillashaw relinquishes the bantamweight title, more analysis on the UFC-ESPN+ deal & more.
John Pollock’s coverage of the UFC 235 card from Las Vegas with Jon Jones defending the light heavyweight title against Anthony Smith in the main event and Tyron Woodley vs. Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title.
The UFC will not be hosting a pay-per-view event on January 26th in Anaheim, California as the promotion was forced to move the card after failing to secure a main event for the card.
Paul Levesque was set to undergo surgery on Tuesday, Tetsuya Naito states he turned down a WWE offer this year, WWE purchases the WWC tape library, Conor McGregor comments on Mayweather’s fight with Rizin & more.