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  • PFL Announces Official Partnership With GOVX

    PFL Announces Official Partnership With GOVX

    Moments ago via a press release, the Professional Fighters League – PFL – has announced a partnership with GOVX, a website providing discounts to first responders (military service members, first responders, law enforcement officers, emergency medical professionals, and other government service personnel.)

    Full press release:

    NEW YORK – MAY 11, 2026 – Professional Fighters League (PFL) and GOVX, the online shopping platform exclusively for current and former military, first responders, emergency medical professionals, educators and other government service personnel, announced today an official partnership for the 2026 event schedule.

    As part of the partnership, GOVX will provide discounted tickets of up to 25% off to North American PFL events on GOVX.com to its existing membership base of over 12 million members.

    “There’s a natural bond between fighters and those who serve,” said PFL CEO John Martin. “Through our partnership with GOVX, we’re bringing that bond to life by expanding access to PFL events and creating meaningful connections with a community that truly understands competition at the highest level.”

    The official partnership will also be supported through robust promotion on GOVX.com with broadcast integrations and in-venue branding for North American PFL events.

    Additionally, GOVX will have the privilege of serving as the Event Presenter for PFL San Diego event on Saturday, June 27th at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Within the event, GOVX will also have the distinction of operating as the Presenting Sponsor of Military Row, helping to honor the local San Diego military community on fight night.

    “We are thrilled to officially partner with PFL and bring one of the world’s leading combat sports organizations to a deserving community,” said Alan Cole, GOVX CEO. “Through our partnership, we look forward to bridging the gap between MMA athletes and the service community by offering exclusive access to those who truly understand what it means to train, fight, and win.”

    The next scheduled PFL event is Saturday, May 23rd in Brussels. The show is headlined by Patrick Habirora taking on Benson Henderson.

    The event airs on ESPN with the preliminary card beginning at 12:30 pm Eastern time, and the main card airing at 3pm Eastern time.

    Get your tickets for the event here.

     

  • AEW Action Figure Line At Jazwares Shuts Down, Employees Laid Off

    AEW Action Figure Line At Jazwares Shuts Down, Employees Laid Off

    Some big news in the wrestling action figure space made its way to the surface recently.

    On Friday, May 8th, Wrestling Figure News reporter revealed that the toy company Jazwarew laid off their entire AEW team that day.

    “Late Friday, I got word that, unfortunately, the entire AEW Jazwares team over there at Jazwares were laid off on Friday.”

    What this means for the AEW action figure business remains to be seen as nothing new has been announced as of now.

    AEW has been partners with Jazwares since 2020 – who had created 3 different lines for the figured – Unmatched, Supreme, and VAULT.

    Bodyslam will keep you all updated as any new information becomes available.

    Full video below:

  • New Champion Crowned, Surprising Victories, Plus More – UFC 328 Results – May 9, 2026

    New Champion Crowned, Surprising Victories, Plus More – UFC 328 Results – May 9, 2026

    UFC 328 was held in Newark, New Jersey and headlined by a Middleweight Title fight with  Sean Strickland challenged Khamzat Chimaev.

    MAIN CARD

    • Sean Strickland def. Khamzat Chimaev (c) via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
    • Joshua Van (c) def. Tatsuro Taira via fifth-round TKO (punches)
    • Alexander Volkov def. Waldo Cortes Acosta via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
    • Sean Brady def. Joaquin Buckley via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
    • King Green def. Jeremy Stephens via first-round submission (rear naked choke)

    https://x.com/ufc/status/2053335911472169037?s=46

    The show aired on Paramount + in the United States.

     

  • Monday Night RAW Preview – May 11, 2026

    Monday Night RAW Preview – May 11, 2026

     

    RAW is live tonight from Knoxville, Tennessee.

    -The WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella & Paige will be there tonight after they were called out by Judgment Day’s Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez last week.

    Will Judgment Day get a shot at the titles, or will the champs elude them?

     

    Six Man Tag Team Match
    -The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) team up with Joe Hendry to take on The Vision (Logan Paul, Austin Theory, Bron Breakker) w/Paul Heyman

     

    –Oba Femi open challenge – who will step up?

     

    -After losing to Roman Reigns at Backlash, Jacob Fatu will take part in the Roman Reigns Acknowledgement Ceremony.

     

    All this, plus more, tonight on RAW. 8pm Eastern/7pm Central on Netflix.

  • AEW Dynamite Preview – May 13, 2026

    AEW Dynamite Preview – May 13, 2026

     

    Last night during the LIVE AEW Collision episode, new matches for this upcoming weeks Dynamite have been revealed for Wednesday night.

    -After a successful World Title defense against PAC on Collision, Darby Allin will defend against Don Callis Family member Konosuke Takeshita.

    -Also during the Collision event last night, it was announced that the Owen Hart tournament would be returning, and the brackets for both the men’s and women’s tournaments will be revealed on Wednesday Night Dynamite.

    -We’ll hear from former two-time AEW World Heavyweight champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman – MJF!

    -Former TNA X Division champion Ace Austin takes on Will Ospreay. Many fans have been wanting to see this match for quite awhile. Ace signed with AEW around this time last year, while Ospreay recently returned from a pretty severe neck injury.

    -In a massive 5 on 5 match, The Young Bucks will partner up with the team of Cope & Christian, as well as current AEW Trios champion Orange Cassidy to take on current AEW Tag Team champions FTR, the Dogs – David Finlay & Clark Conners – as well as former AEW National champion Tommaso Ciampa.

    Tune into AEW Dynamite at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central on Wednesday Night on TBS and streaming on HBO MAX.

  • TNA Star Steve Maclin Talks Tunnels To Towers Event, TNA Being A Destination For Free Agents

    TNA Star Steve Maclin Talks Tunnels To Towers Event, TNA Being A Destination For Free Agents

    Steve Maclin is a former TNA (IMPACT) World Champion, and a former two-time and inaugural TNA International champion. He recently had an injury scare against Mike Santana in a match fighting for the World Title where he collapsed after a kick to the jaw.

    A few weeks later, Maclin gave an update that he’s cleared to compete after a short time away from the ring.

    While speaking with Ryan Gaydos of Fox News digital sports, Steve Maclin discussed many topics, including potential free agents coming to TNA, the Tunnels to Towers charity event he and his wife Deonna Purrazzo are hosting.

    “TNA has always been under the radar. It’s kinda been that land of misfit toys where you can go and reinvent yourself or invent yourself as a new character in general and kinda show the world who you are,” he told Fox News Digital. “TNA has always been giving me that opportunity, especially the day that I hit the ground running in TNA Wrestling, I haven’t stopped – becoming the world champion, becoming the first TNA international champion, and now, hopefully coming back and going back after the world title as well.

    “It’s a place where you can grow and it’s a place that’s kinda that locker room that everyone has always been looking for and it’s that family orientation. And it’s said a lot in the world of pro wrestling but it’s very family oriented where we all take care of each other no matter how good or bad the creative is or how the upper echelon is, the locker room always takes care of the locker room. They’re the ones that make bad creative look like its good creative on television.”

    Maclin and Purrazzo will host the Battle for the Brave on June 6 in support of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Maclin served with the U.S. Marines.

    “It’s a great cause just because that entire New York/New Jersey area, the Tri-State area, has really been affected by 9/11. It affected both of our lives,” Maclin told Fox News Digital in a story published earlier this week. “I enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2005. It just affected everyone. So, especially a lot of the talent that’s on the card as well, everybody has some type of story or link toward 9/11.

    “And with Tunnel to Towers, a lot of people in that area love the cause and love what Tunnel to Towers does for the community by giving back to first responders’ families, paying off mortgages, smart homes for veterans who have been wounded and now paying off college tuitions for first responders’ and veterans’ families who have lost some loved ones.”

    H/T Ryan Gaydos for Fox News Digital
    order the event on Triller here:
    https://x.com/wrestlingt2t/status/2052841277700370925?s=46

    TNA has some more events coming up in Sacramento, California next Thursday and Friday nights. Will Steve Maclin make his return to the company at one of those events? We’ll have to tune in to find out.

    Catch TNA Wrestling iMPACT! every Thursday Night on AMC TV.

    Get your tickets for TNA LIVE on Thursday, May 14 and the TNA iMPACT TV tapings on Friday, May 15 here.

  • TNA Star Eric Young Talks Getting Ricky Sosa Signed

    TNA Star Eric Young Talks Getting Ricky Sosa Signed

    Ricky Sosa is officially a member of the TNA Wrestling roster after appearing in February and then signing with the company at the Sacrifice event at that end of March.

    While speaking with HUGE POP!, Young spoke about Sosa snd how he remembers competing at an independent show in France and seeing Sosa. Young went on to call TNA Head of Talent Relations Tommy Dreamer and told him that TNA should sign Sosa before someone else does.

    “Obviously, Ricky Sosa was a huge get for TNA. I wrestled in France on a show and he was there. The day I got home, I called Tommy (Dreamer) and I said, ‘I saw this kid. You gotta hire him before someone else does because it’s just a matter of time,’ and he had that viral video of his entrance, and it’s everywhere, and he came and he signed with us, and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna get the opportunity to work with him.

    He’s got a lot of proving to do. But I think that he’s up for the challenge and I think that he’s one of those rare things and I don’t know if he’ll be another Leon (Slater). That’s a tall bar. I’ve always known when Leon was good. But after wrestling him, I can tell you he’s one in a hundred million. Maybe more than that. One in a billion. He’s so good, he doesn’t even know how good he is.”

    H/T Andrew Thompson of Fightful. 

    Ironically, Ricky was last on TNA programming taking a piledriver from Young on the April 9th episode on Thursday Night iMPACT! after he signed with the promotion a few weeks earlier. Hopefully, Ricky will be back soon.

    Eric Young defeated EC3 this past Thursday in a No Disqualification Match on AMC TV.

     

  • Three Matches Revealed For 5/15 TNA iMPACT! TV Tapings

    Three Matches Revealed For 5/15 TNA iMPACT! TV Tapings

    Moments ago, TNA took to their social media Twitter/X account to reveal that – after their confrontation on iMPACT last night – Indi Hartwell and Elayna Black will collide in a match.

    https://x.com/thisistna/status/2052840964318974020?s=46

    Yesterday, TNA took to their own social media X account to reveal that the Hardy’s will be in action against The Righteous in what’s being called a “Wicked Garden Match”, and while we have no clue what that entails, it should be interesting to find out.

    https://x.com/thisistna/status/2052433279492505967?s=46

     

    On April 28, TNA International Mustafa Ali took to his social media Twitter/X account to reveal that he’ll be defending the title in an open challenge against an opponent who “holds a major championship outside of TNA.”

    https://x.com/mustafaali_x/status/2049270164173017308?s=46

    The possibilities for the match are endless. We’ll have to keep tabs on the event to see who shows up to answer the call. 

     

    Get your tickets for the event here.

  • Two New Matches Announced for LIVE 5/14 TNA iMPACT!

    Two New Matches Announced for LIVE 5/14 TNA iMPACT!

    Last night during the weekly Thursday Night iMPACT! broadcast, commentators Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt ran down the card for next Thursday’s LIVE show. Most of the matches had previously been announced, however, one new match was revealed.

    Undead Realm members Rosemary and Allie will team up to take on Diamond Collective members Victoria Crawford and Mila Moore.

    https://x.com/wrestlingcovers/status/2052579458268242010?s=46

    After the show was over yesterday, Mustafa Ali and Order 4 released a video on social media where Ali would announce that he would be defending the International Title in an Open Challenge.

    https://x.com/thisistna/status/2052589183474995266?s=46

     

    TNA had previously revealed that Leon Slater will be defending the X Division Title against Cedric Alexander as he tries to become THE longest reigning X Division champion in company history; a Sacramento Street Fight between former teammates and partners AJ Francis & KC Navarro; and a Battle Royal to determine the new number one contender to the TNA World Title.

     

    Get your tickets for the show here.

  • New TNA Knockouts World Champion Crowned

    New TNA Knockouts World Champion Crowned

    Last night during the weekly TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! broadcast on AMC TV, a title change was front and center.

    Lei Ying Lee defeated NXT star Arianna Grace to become a two-time Knockouts World champion.

    https://x.com/thisistna/status/2052584371308171555?s=46

    Last week during the episode, a video played of Santino Marella announcing that not only was he reinstated as Director of Authority, but as his first act back he was making his daughter Arianna defend the Knockouts World Title against Lee this week.