Major League Wrestling is heading to Vice TV.
MLW revealed they will debut on Vice TV in the spring, with no exact date given, but this ends weeks of speculation regarding a television deal.
MLW Fusion airs every Wednesday night on YouTube and Fubo Sports. The show also airs on DAZN, beIN SPORTS, and the Roku Channel. It will be interesting to see if Fusion moves over to Vice or they introduce a new show.
Vince TV currently is the broadcast for the highly popular Dark Side Of The Ring series, which has been their highest-rated show. It seems they're happy to introduce more wrestling to their network.
Vince McMahon Makes Big Changes To Tonight's Raw, Match No Longer Taking Place Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 19, 2021
Vince McMahon has reportedly made several big creative changes to tonight’s Raw broadcast which will go live at the top of the hour on USA Network.
Fightful is reporting that McMahon arrived "significantly late" to Monday’s creative team meeting and then proceeded to make changes as per usual.
The company is now no longer advertising Randy Orton vs. Braun Strowman for the show despite heavily hyping the match all week long. The only two things advertised for the broadcast are, Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair and Drew McIntyre seeking answers from MVP.
The following was issued:
More Guests Announced EVERY TWO WEEKS!
This December 18 & 19, 2021 Comic Con Revolution (#CCROnt) welcomes All Elite Wrestling’s reigning TNT Champion Darby Allin as our first guest of 2021! Darby will be at CCR both days meeting fans, signing autographs & taking selfies. We couldn’t be more excited to be bringing such an exciting & big guest to The Inland Empire!
Prices for autographs, selfies, combos and more:
Autograph – $40 each (preorder available now!)
Selfie – $40
Autograph on a Collectible – $60 each
Darby Allin is just the first big guest we will be announcing over the next few months. Writers, artists, authors, cosplayers, voice actors, wrestlers and more will all be joining us this December so grab your tickets now!
Kurt Angle Says He Was Originally Planned To Become The First WWE Undisputed Champion Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 18, 2021
During an Ask Kurt Anything segment of The Kurt Angle Show, WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle revealed he was originally planned to be the first-ever WWE Undisputed Champion.
Vince McMahon however changed his mind and ended up going with Chris Jericho instead, to which Angle agreed.
"I was actually set to win the (Undisputed) title. But Vince McMahon came to me about a week before and said, “Hey, I’m not going to put the title on you. I’m going to put it on Jericho, because he’s red hot right now, he’s working his way up, and he needs this title more than you.” And I agreed with him, so I said “You’re absolutely right. I’d put it on Jericho too if I were you.” So it was considered for me to win the title, but I think Vince went with Jericho because he needed it more and Chris was a red hot babyface at the time. You know, giving him that title just legitimized him more. He deserved it."
Sami Zayn Pitched To Wrestle X-Pac At SummerSlam 2019, X-Pac Teases Return Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 18, 2021
Sami Zayn revealed he pitched for SummerSlam 2019 against WWE Hall OF Famer X-Pac, who has since responded with a tease for a potential return to the ring if the fans want it.
Sami Zayn went up against 1-2-3 Kid under the name ‘El Generico’ in the 2011 Rey de Voladores Finals at Chikara King Of Trios Night Three event.
Zayn posted a clip of the match.
I asked if I could wrestle him at Summerslam two years ago.@TheRealXPac, that is. Not the other guy. https://t.co/6nca8NgzD2
During last week's WWE releases, Mojo Rawley was let go from the company.
According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE at one stage had plans to make Rawley the next Goldberg:
"He was highly touted as a future superstar when signed in 2012. The first idea I heard for him was to make him into a Bill Goldberg powerhouse. But then that idea changed, and it was constant changes and all downhill."
9 years of fun, passion, and pure HYPE!!!! Thank you all for getting, and Staying HYPED with me!! I love y’all this much!!!!
As reported last week, Chelsea Green was released from her WWE contract.
In an interview with Fightful following her release, she revealed that she was originally planned to become Charlotte Flair’s protege on WWE television.
"I was going to be partnered with her or I was going to be her protege. And then I kind of heard rumblings of that in the weeks after that I was going to be, I don’t want to say the next Charlotte, but coming up behind her, with her as my mentor, which is amazing."
Mickie James Comments On What She Plans To Do Next Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 18, 2021
Mickie James was released from her WWE contract last week. James had reportedly wanted to return to the ring but it seemed the company had no plans for her to do so and let her go.
James a short statement on her Twitter on Sunday concerning her future. She tweeted: "If you wondering what I’m doing next… The answer is simple. Everything they said I couldn’t."
If you wondering what I’m doing next... The answer is simple.
Everything they said I couldn’t. ��
WWE has moved another name from Raw to SmackDown.
We reported earlier that WWE had moved Mia Yim aka Reckoning from the red to the blue brand. In a further update, POST Wrestling is reporting that Slapjack is also being shifted to the blue brand.
It remains to be seen what WWE has planned for them.
A live crowd in attendance for WWE SummerSlam 2021 is reportedly planned.
Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated reported WWE is planning to have fans in attendance for SummerSlam which takes place in August, although no date or location has been set. The hope is that majority of the U.S. population will have had both their COVID-19 vaccines by then.
WWE President Nick Khan recently said the next time WWE goes back on the road with fans will be the return to full-time crowds.
At present, WWE will continue to air their weekly television and pay-per-views inside the Yuengling Center in Tampa, FL with a virtual crowd on screens.