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Some great bits occurred in this episode split between Daily's Place and the usual studio:

A recap of Nyla Rose's attack on Athena along with Lexy and Billie's reactions.

Ending to the 8 woman tag match with a special (random) appearance.

Lexy interviews Nyla Rose post match.

The trials and tribulations of Dalton Castle continue.

Bit of a more detailed list this time than just the winners.

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WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:

1: Seth Rollins, 27%
2: Gunther, 15%
3: Will Ospreay, 12%
4: MJF, 9%

Runner-ups: Rhea Ripley, Roman Reigns, Bryan Danielson

WOMAN OF THE YEAR:

1: Rhea Ripley, 52%
2: Toni Storm, 7%
3: Bianca Belair, 6%
4: Athena, 5%

Runner-Ups: Masha Slamovich, Kamille, Trinity

FACTION OF THE YEAR:

1: The Judgment Day, 48%
2: Blackpool Combat Club, 16%
3: The Bloodline, 11%
4: Bullet Club Gold, 6%

Runner-ups: House of Black, The Outcasts, Cosmic Angels

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR:

1: FTR, 37%
2: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, 16%
3: Better than you Bay Bay, 9%
4: The Usos, 6%

Runner-ups: Motor City Machine Guns, Young Bucks, Finn Balor & Damien Priest

MATCH OF THE YEAR:

1: Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair, Apr 1st, 13%
2: Gunther vs. Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre, Apr 2nd, 11%
3: Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Jun 25th, 9%
4: MJF vs. Bryan Danielson, Mar 5th, 8%

Runner-ups: Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega, Jan 4th, Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa vs. The Usos, Jul 1st, Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy, Sep 3rd

INDIE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:

1: Matt Cardona, 50%
2: Steph De Lander, 7%
3: Allie Katch, 6%
4: Bryan Keith, 5%

Runner-ups: B3CCA, Blake Christian, Adam Priest

FEUD OF THE YEAR:

1: Sami Zayn vs. The Bloodline, 31%
2: CM Punk vs. AEW, 20%
3: Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar, 10%
4: Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus, 8%

Runner-ups: Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso, Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay, Don Callis Family vs. Kenny Omega

MOST HATED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:

1: Dominik Mysterio, 52%
2: Christian Cage, 8%
3: Roman Reigns, 7%
4: CM Punk, 6%

Runner-ups: Don Callis, MJF, Logan Paul

MOST POPULAR WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:

1: Cody Rhodes, 27%
2: LA Knight, 26%
3: MJF, 9%
4: Sami Zayn, 6%

Runner-ups: Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, Trinity

INSPIRATIONAL WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:

1: Mark Briscoe, 37%
2: Cody Rhodes, 25%
3: Richard Holliday, 8%
4: Mickie James, 7%

Runner-ups: Bray Wyatt, Zelina Vega, Billie Starkz

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR:

1: Trinity, 20%
2: Saraya, 19%
3: Adam Cole, 17%
4: Trish Stratus, 16%

Runner-ups: CM Punk, Miro, Roderick Strong

MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR:

1: LA Knight, 31%
2: Julia Hart, 28%
3: Trick Williams, 9%
4: Sanada, 4%

Runner-ups: Dominik Mysterio, Thea Hail, Kenzie Paige

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

1: Sol Rica, 29%
2: Ava Raine, 21%
3: Toga, 10%
4: Gabby Forza, 8%

Runner-ups: Dani Palmer, Yuma Anzai, Tiara James

STANLEY WESTON AWARD:

Sting/Nancy Benoit

Tonight, TNA comes to us from the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada! The card includes:

• Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay

• Tasha Steelz vs. Xia Brookside

• Grizzled Young Vets vs. Eric Young

• We'll hear from Nic Nemeth!

And more!

TNA starts at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on AXStv, Fight Network, YouTube Insiders, Impact+, and DAZN. Check your local listings for more information.

Nic Nemeth speaks

Osprey vs Josh Alexander

Xia Brookside vs Tasha Steelz

Kushida vs Trey Miguel vs Laredo Kid vs Mike Bailey vs El Hijo del Vikingo vs Jake Something

Grizzled Young Vets vs Young/Kazarian

USA: Axs, Youtube

Canada: Fight Network, Youtube

UK/Ireland: Youtube, DAZN

I feel like if you like AEW then you may like TNA. Similar vibe despite lower production value.

If you watch both consistently, what is your opinion between the two?

@SquaredCircle

#TNA #TNAImpact #ProWrestling

He’ll still appear at a few NJPW shows in February.

This feels wild.

“The report was delayed. It appears that the ligament had been completely torn (there were already fewer ligaments in other places), so I was completely immobilized in a cast that came down to just below my knee.
Next, I will decide what to do with the left side, and the right one will be coming back every two weeks.
My shoulder isn’t in perfect condition either, so I’m planning to fix everything this time.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
I would like to think about various things later.”
Kota Ibushi

This is the full show, with commentary, from a couple of weeks ago. The main event is Leon Slater vs Speedball Mike Bailey, and is incredible.

It was a family friendly show so the crowd is a bit less sweary and drunk than usual, and there is also no bleeding.

Card is as follows:

• Rumble Match (lots of local unknown talent and trainees, might as well skip)
• Tag Team Match: Rampage Brown & Will Kroos vs. Reece & Rogan
• Singles Match: Joe Hendry vs. Gene Munny
• Singles Match: Rhio vs. Emersyn Jayne
• Six Man Tag Team Match: Liam Slater, Natalie Sykes & Rory Coyle vs. Ace Matthews, Benji & Zeo Knox
• NORTH Title Match: Leon Slater (c) vs. Mike Bailey

(lemmy)

Edit: Fixed link.

“Black Taurus” is no more. The guy under the mask is fine. Let’s call this man “Bert” (not a real name) to make this paragraph less confusing. AAA owns the “Taurus” gimmick, that’s not in dispute. Bert portrayed the Taurus character in AAA from 2015 to 2016. Bert then left AAA, modified both the outfit and the name ever so slightly, and portrayed “Black Taurus” for a couple of years. Bert also registered the Black Taurus name and outfit, and appeared on TV in Mexico (for Lucha Libre Elite) as that character. Bert returned to AAA in 2018. He resumed using the “Taurus” gimmick on AAA shows, but kept the “Black Taurus” branding for his outside and independent work. That outside work included his time in Impact Wrestling, where Bert was billed as “Black Taurus.” AAA appeared OK with that. AAA raised no objections of Bert using “Black Taurus” on indie shows or on merchandise. Bert, again under “Black Taurus,” appeared in an ROH show and an AEW show. AAA has been less OK with that. To me, there are three ways this could’ve gone:

AAA could’ve let the “Black Taurus” gimmick go of any issues because of their great friendship and alliance with AEW AEW could’ve decided Bert’s ownership of the Black Taurus character was legally sound, and just stuck with the character over AAA’s objections. AEW could decide to modify the “Black Taurus” character and name to something slightly more distinct from “Taurus” to avoid any legal issues. Option 2 wasn’t a real choice. I think Bert (and AEW) would have a strong case, but AEW recently settled a lengthy lawsuit over the Luchasaurus mask. I expect they’d rather not deal with that for another character, especially one they’ve only recently and barely put on TV. Option 1 seems a great possibility if AAA and AEW were on good terms. It’s going to be Option 3; I’m told Bert was prepared for that to be a possible outcome. I don’t know exactly what Bert will look like or be called when you see him on TV again, but I’m expecting his name won’t have the word “Taurus” in it

TV is the key here. AAA’s probably not this upset if Bert is working untelevised indies, and there’s no reason for Bert to invest into a new character without TV promotion to get it over. It may take a few days for you to read this same information behind a paywall, but this means Bert’s got a AEW/ROH deal.

We're so back!

It's Wednesday, You Know What That Means!

Tonight, Dynamite is LIVE from North Charleston, South Carolina! The card includes:

• AEW World Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. HOOK

• TNT Championship: Christian Cage (c) vs. Dustin Rhodes

• ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships: Gates of Agony & Brian Cage (c) vs. Bullet Club Gold

• Deonna Purrazzo vs. Anna Jay (Toni Storm on commentary)

• We’ll hear from Swerve Strickland!

• We’ll hear from The Young Bucks!

And more!

Show starts at 8pm EST | 5pm PST | 7pm CST | 1am BST

AEW can be found on: TBS in the US, TSN+ in Canada, ViX in Latin America, ESPN in Australia, and FITETV/DAZN in the UK, EU, and elsewhere.

Ernest Miller reflects on facing Joey Janela.

"No, because I’m not a child. I’m the world champion. Oh, would you like me to go out and celebrate and go kiss a child maybe go run around in the bleachers? Is that what everybody missed? Was there supposed to be confetti and a big fireworks show and I high-five a bald eagle who is flying across in an F-14 jet? What soft-ass sorry stuff. The champion walked out of the building with the championship. That’s all you need to know. Unless that’s hard to comprehend. If it is, I’m sorry. I feel bad for y’all,"

RIP Jay.

Deonna is right here. While it’ll feel odd to get used to her gone from TNA, she had done pretty much everything. Looks like Gisele Shaw will get a chance to move up the card now, too.

#TNA #Impact #prowrestling #wrestling #professionalwrestling #SquaredCircle

Full text:

“You know who this is aimed at.

I do not believe I have to do this, but with the unnecessary amount of news and attention that we have received over the last few weeks, the amount of tribalism between WWE and AEW trolls has reintensified. I wish all of you idiots step on legos for the rest of your days.

Here's the new rule:

a) No mention of "AEW" or "Tony Khan" or similar topics in comments about WWE promotion, shows, titles, matches or contracted wrestlers, neither directly or indirectly.

b) No mention of "WWE" or "Triple H" or "Vince McMahon" or "Nick Khan" or "Shawn Michaels" in comments about AEW promotion, shows, titles, matches or contracted wrestlers, again neither directly or indirectly.

I will leave it at my disgression to extend this list of "contextually banned words" without further announcement. The vast majority of the community gets it and I will protect this community and our ideals.

Non-compliance with the new rule may lead to one-time warnings or direct bans, depending on severity and comment history.

I am sick and tired of "you people" (again, you know who this is aimed at). Stop dragging us into a painfully unnecessary and embarassing "flame war" between two fucking world-sized companies. The next step is to lock down WWE and AEW ratings to long-term registered users and I don't fucking care if half of you leave at that point. CAGEMATCH was a lot of fun when we were small and unknown and I much prefer "fun and small" over "big and hateful" any day. No money is made with this website off of any of you clowns and more people just cost me more each month for maintenance and hosting, so I don't give a shit about the "page hits".

Personal note: I just gave out warnings for the Jinder/Rollins match where people were not commenting about the match but making it about WWE vs. AEW or themselves. I genuinely do not understand how these people can call themselves wrestling fans. I genuinely don't.”

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Appears to be Black Taurus according to another tweet (the name is not distinct enough from 'Taurus' so he's gonna be changing his ring name.)