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  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada Officially Set for AEW Double Or Nothing

    Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada Officially Set for AEW Double Or Nothing

    The Ace will battle the Alpha for the AEW International Championship at AEW’s next big PPV in Queens.

    The plan for the Don Callis Family was that if Konosuke Takeshita could work together with AEW International Champion, Kazuchika Okada, he would earn the next shot at the gold wherever it may be.

    However, that didn’t go according to plan and ended up with Okada watching Takeshita walk out on him before taking the pin at AEW Dynasty against Matt and Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks.

    Despite constant pleas from Don Callis himself, Okada put his money where his mouth is, stating he’s the champion that Takeshita will never be and made the match between the two at AEW Double or Nothing officially official.

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    The last time these two fought was in the semi-finals for the AEW Continental Championship where Okada used a screwdriver to cheat his way to the victory, despite that, he still lost in the finals to the current holder, Jon Moxley.

  • Triple H, Nick Hogan, And Jimmy Hart Unveil Hulk Hogan Statue At WWE World

    Triple H, Nick Hogan, And Jimmy Hart Unveil Hulk Hogan Statue At WWE World

     

    Hulk Hogan officially has his own statue at WWE World.

    Last July, Hulk Hogan (Real name Terry Bollea) passed away. Hogan has had a storied history in the world of professional wrestling, from being the WWF’s first face of the company, to being in the first main event of WrestleMania, to his heel run in World Championship Wrestling, and everything else he said and did in his personal life.

    The character of Hulk Hogan doing his signature ear cup, hoisting up the American Flag, all in bronze can be officially seen at WWE World, and it was unveiled by Triple H, Hogan’s son Nick Hogan, and his longtime best friend, Jimmy Hart.

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    Fans in attendance can also visit WWE World and see the “Hulkamania Forever” exhibit, which has all of his iconic gear, photos, memorabilia and more.

    Here is a video of Nick getting his first look at the statue of his late father.

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    A documentary on the life of Hogan, featuring his last-ever interview is set to release on April 22 on Netflix, and the WWE will be honoring Hogan at this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony when his match vs. Andre The Giant gets inducted into this year’s Immortal Moment.

  • WWE Main Event Results – 4/16/26

    WWE Main Event Results – 4/16/26

    WWE Main Event aired via tape delay on April 16, 2026 on WWE’s YouTube Channel.

    It’s an all women’s show as Jordynne Grace showcases her powerhouse style in a matchup against Zelina Vega to kick off the show.

    Maxxine Dupri then squares off with Raquel Rodriguez in a clash of strength and determination.

    You can see full results from both matches below.

    WWE Main Event Results:

    • Jordynne Grace def. Zelina Vega
    • Raquel Rodriguez def. Maxxine Dupri

    Jordynne Grace returned on this event after a minor leg injury a few weeks ago. You can watch the full show below on WWE’s YouTube Channel, which airs every Thursday.

     

  • Wardlow: You Will See the Biggest, Baddest Version Of Myself When I Come Back

    Wardlow: You Will See the Biggest, Baddest Version Of Myself When I Come Back

    An update on the timeline of recovery for Wardlow.

    Last August, Wardlow made his return to All Elite wrestling after being involved in a car accident that took him out for over a year.

    Upon returning, he aligned himself with the Don Callis Family and feuded briefly with former AEW World Champion, Swerve Strickland until a torn pectoral muscle a couple weeks later took him out of action for the last couple of months.

    Now, there is now an update that has been provided from Wardlow after his recent interview with BCP+.

    Wardlow spoke extensively on the events that unfolded with getting hurt and apologized to the fans with going ghost on social media. Here is the full quote below.

    “I miss him too. I miss Wardlow so bad. Like I said, it’s been over two years since I’ve wrestled. So, it has been a rough two years. Basically everything I have loved and cared about was taken away from me almost all at once. From my friend to my dog to wrestling to the ability to work out. I mean, everything I loved was taken from me, and I miss wrestling so much, I can’t even put it into words, and I do wanna apologize to the fans for my absence, and for completely going ghost on social media. Because I just kind of hid under a rock for a while… So I apologize to the fans. I will never be absent again, and I am so excited to get back to wrestling in front of a live crowd and at this point, I don’t care if they’re cheering me, I don’t care if they’re booing me. I just want to feel that energy. Positive or negative. I just wanna feel that energy and get back to doing what I love, and we’re very, very close to being ready… Obviously, I’m healing up from the torn pec, which most people know about. I also wanna state, because there’s a lot of discourse online about this, about injuries, right? This torn pec is the first injury in my entire life, indies included, that I’ve ever taken time off for wrestling. Any time you saw me absent before the car accident, any time you saw me absent was never because of an injury. It was creative or there just wasn’t anything going on at the time and I was sitting at home. Did I tweak my knee? Yes, and I continued wrestling. Did I tweak my hamstring? Yes. I continued wrestling. Then I got into that car accident, and I’m so dumb I would have continued to wrestle. Most people after that car accident would have been in a hospital bed. I didn’t even go to the hospital. I got in my car, went to the airport, and I flew across the country for work, and I had to stand in the bathroom most of the flight because it hurt so bad to sit down. When I got to work, I had our doctors take a look at me and my hip was actually popped out of place, and I flew there with my hip out of place which is why it hurt so bad to sit down, and they popped my hip right back into place right there, which I don’t think I’ve ever made the noise I made when that happened. I have a pretty high pain tolerance. Boy, did that hurt. So it was the car accident that really messed me up, and I was gonna continue to work, which maybe wouldn’t have been smart but I was gonna continue to work, and then the storyline that was planned got thrown in the garbage for like the second or third time, and that’s when I ultimately decided, okay, I’m gonna go home. The storyline that I was looking forward to for the second time got canned. I can barely walk at this point after the car accident. So I finally decided to take some time off, which was the first time ever in my career, and then it was while I was healing from that, (American) Gladiators came about. So, thank you to AEW and thank you to Tony Khan for giving me the blessing to go do Gladiators, and then yes, obviously a bummer. I come back immediately, tear my pec. But, we are most definitely going to come back the biggest, baddest version of Wardlow that anybody’s ever seen.”

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  • Rhea Ripley: It’s Hard Going On Twitter, It’s Negative Towards Me Even Though They Don’t Know Who The Hell I Am

    Rhea Ripley: It’s Hard Going On Twitter, It’s Negative Towards Me Even Though They Don’t Know Who The Hell I Am

    Rhea Ripley comments on the online discourse she has faced throughout the course of her career.

    Whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, or any other social media platform, the comments left by “fans” of pro wrestling have been targeted towards Rhea Ripley, whether it’s how she portrays her character on WWE TV or who she is off-screen when she is spending time with her husband, pets, and friends.

    Recently, Ripley made an appearance where she spoke to Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle on Pod Meets World and opened up more about how she developed an eating disorder because of the horrible things said about her.

    “It goes through waves where it’s really difficult and then sometimes really easy. This past year has been really difficult because I find that if my circle at home isn’t at peace, then that’s when I really struggle. That’s why I try to surround myself with people that I know are there for me and care for me. That’s my strong point. My husband [Buddy Matthews] is my strong point. My dogs are my strong point. My friend Tommy, who is always at our house every day, he’s my strong point. We work out together and it’s a positive environment. It’s really hard going onto Twitter. I need to delete that. It’s hard going on and trying to make it a work environment, but then, because it is a work environment, I get all these things coming up on my For You page. As soon as I click on the app, it’s negative towards me. I can’t even escape it or doomscroll like a normal human without seeing things about me, about my body, about my booking, about me as a human, even though they don’t know who the hell I am. It does get really tiring, but that’s also why I like to share what I’m going through.

    “I tried to keep the whole eating disorder quiet for a while because I’m still figuring it out. I try to be as vocal with my struggles as possible because if it’s going to help someone, then why not talk about it? I needed that when I was going through stuff as a kid. If I knew my idols were going through these struggles and they are powering through and being amazing, and I look up to them and think they are strong and larger than life, then I can get through it too. That’s why I’m vocal about what I’m going through. With this whole eating situation, it definitely stems from stress and not being in control. That’s my biggest thing. I’m a very in control person. I like being in control of a lot of things. When I can’t control work and my schedule, and at the time, my home life with one of my now ex-friends just terrorizing my life. Going to Australia and not being able to control how the crowd responds to my peers and pressuring them 24/7 and getting thrown into all this media for that, it was a lot all at once, and it kind of broke me for a little bit, but it wasn’t seen by everyone yet. Now, it’s being seen by everyone. I saw so many things. ‘She had to lose weight because of her back pain.’ ‘She’s off the roids.’ We get tested. I’m not on anything.”

    Ripley is set to challenge Jade Cargill for the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 42 on Sunday night.

    h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

  • NJPW Death Vegas Invitational Full Results

    NJPW Death Vegas Invitational Full Results

    NJPW Death Vegas Invitational I kicked off a late night at The Collective on Thursday, April 16 live at The Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada as apart of WrestleMania week and headlined by a huge Tag Team Death Match. You can see the full results of the show below.

    • Zack Sabre Jr. def. Fuminori Abe
    • Tag Team House Rules Hardcore Match: Gringo Loco & Joey Janela def. Daisuke Sasaki & Gedo
    • Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Kushida & Yamato def. Bustah & The Brain (Jordan Oliver & Alec Price) and MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor)
    • Triple Threat Hardcore Match: Ishin def. Jimmy Lloyd & Effy
    • Tag Team High Stakes Heartbreak Jackpot Match: El Phantasmo & Maika def. Starlight Kid & Dragon Kid (Maika was supposed to be Maki Itoh but due to visa issues Itoh had to withdrawn)
    • Triple Threat Tag Team Love & Peace Death Match: Matt Tremont & Nick Gage def. El Desperado & Jun Kasai & Rina Yamashita & Masashi Takeda

    This event was streamed on New Japan World & TrillerTV+. You can subscribe to TrillerTV+to watch all of The Collective events.

  • St. Louis Anarchy: Let Anarchy Be Anarchy Results – April 16th, 2026

    St. Louis Anarchy: Let Anarchy Be Anarchy Results – April 16th, 2026

    St. Louis Anarchy held their Let Anarchy Be Anarchy event on Thursday, April 16th, 2026 from the Bizarre Bar in Las Vegas, NV. The event streamed live on IWTV.

    Below are the quick results for St. Louis Anarchy’s Let Anarchy Be Anarchy:

    • Vinnie Massaro defeated Mad Dog Connelly
    • Alex Duke defeated Chase Holliday
    • Shazza McKenzie defeated Ashlyn Alexander
    • Billie Starkz defeated Davey Vega (w/ Nixi XS)
    • North Shore Wrestling (Will Keidis, Jack Osborne, & Sam Osborne) defeated Mike Outlaw, Camaro Jackson, & Everett Connors
    • Charli Evans defeated Laynie Luck
    • Gateway Heritage Championship Match: Anakin Murphy (c) defeated Jeremy Wyatt to retain the Gateway Heritage Title
    • Unsigned & Don’t Care (Gary Jay & Aaron Williams) defeated The Cowboy Way (1 Called Manders & Thomas Shire)
  • Death Invitational: ISHIN Defeats Jimmy Lloyd & EFFY

    Death Invitational: ISHIN Defeats Jimmy Lloyd & EFFY

    The second contest of NJPW’s Death Vegas Invitational featured the first stipulation contest of the evening, the stipulation was named “Cute Sexy Hardcore Three Way Match” between ISHIN from Dragongate and GCW’s Jimmy Lloyd and Effy.

    The contest featured the use of several objects including a large door that was used by all competitors, specially Jimmy Lloyd after performing a powerbomb on Effy though the table onto the corner, giving the first taste of objects.

    After this, all competitors exchanged strikes, chops, slaps and more. Chairs started being the key features of the match and where used until the last instants of the match, when ISHIN performed a Superplex to EFFY and subsequently a splash over a pile of chairs to Jimmy Lloyd, securing the victory for the Dragongate performer.

  • Fuminori Abe responds ZSJ challenge; Sabre Emerges Victor

    Fuminori Abe responds ZSJ challenge; Sabre Emerges Victor

    New Japan Pro Wrestling presented the Death Vegas Invitational live from The Collective in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    The opening contest was Zack Sabre Jr against an unannounced opponent before starting with the hardcore attractions of the night. The challenge was answered by Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s Fuminori Abe, one of the best technical wrestlers in current day wrestling. Zack Sabre Jr looked at his opponent and showed an amazing level of respect as both competitors started trading locks and continued throughout the match in a technical showcase. In the end, it was New Japan Pro Wrestling and TMDK’s member who finally gained the upper hand at the end to achieve the win.

    After the match, Zack Sabre Jr showed respect to Fuminori Abe as the opening contest of the event concluded.

  • TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! Results – April 16, 2026

    TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! Results – April 16, 2026

    TNA Thursday Night iMPACT is airing tonight from Syracuse, New York. This episode was filmed 2 days ago.

    –KC Navarro def. AJ Francis via pinfall after Navarro reverses into a roll-up for the win. Nic Nemeth on commentary. Francis and Nemeth start arguing.

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    EC3 is standing backstage promo talking about his plans to finish what he started in TNA. He said he was the World Champion in its darkest days, and so now he wants to enjoy making it back to the top of the company once again.

     

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    –The System in-ring promo. Eddie Edwards says he should be TNA World Champion right now, but Moose cost him the opportunity. Alisha says they played everyone like a fool. Cedric takes issue with his loss to Leon Slater. Slater comes out.

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    Slater says he’s on the verge of becoming the longest reigning X-Division Champ of all time. Moose comes out and says Eddie lost at Rebellion because he’s a little bitch. He insults all of The System. Slater calls for a tag match. Daria Rae makes Moose & Slater vs the entire System official instead.

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    Backstage, Elijah asks Daria for a rematch with Frankie Kazarian. Daria calls Frankie, who says no.

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    Mustafa Ali and Order 4 in the ring ahead of Tasha’s match against Jada Stonw. Ali announces a TNA International Title open challenge, open to roster members and indie talents.

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    –Jada Stone def. Tasha Steelz (w/ Order 4). Order 4 ejected toward the end.

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    Spooky Rosemary vignette featuring Tessa Blanchard and Joseph Park, who was looking for his brother Abyss.

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    Backstage, Nic Nemeth gets approached by his brother about helping KC Navarro. Nic defends KC Navarro when The System insult him. Nemeth says he’ll fight them anytime, any place.

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    Mike Santana in-ring promo. He wants to give an opportunity. Rich Swann comes out. He says he’ll fight Santana all night long. Santana summons Daria Rae to make their title match official for next week.

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    TNA injury report by BIOFLEX:

    Trey Miguel – Knee – OUT

    Hardys – Wear & Tear – OUT

    Indi Hartwell – Knee – CLEAR

    EC3 – Precautionary – CLEAR

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    We get a video package of Lei Ying Lee talking about how Xia was her friend and then turned her back on her last week.

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    Backstage, we see Xia Brookside watching on the monitor. She’s approached by Gia Miller, who asked why she did what she did at Rebellion. Xia stares at Gia for a moment and then walks away.

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    –EC3 vs Eric Young ends in a no contest. Young wrapped a chain around EC3’s neck, then tossed him into the steel steps.

    Post-match, Eric puts a chair around Carter’s neck and continues the beating of Carter until the referees and security separate them.

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    Another Rosemary vignette. Mara Sade & Allie appear. Tessa demands that Rosemary tell her how to get out of the undead realm. Tessa chokes Rosemary with a chain. Mara and Allie free her. Tessa and crew leave through a bright red portal that leads to them coming out from under the ring in smoke.

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    Rosemary and Mara brawl with Tessa, Mila Moore, and Victoria Crawford. Allie appears and evens the odds.

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    Matt and Jeff Hardy backstage promo. Matt challenges Dutch to a match next week. A spoooky Willow laugh engulfs the segment as it ends. 

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    4 on 2 handicap match: 

    –The System def. Leon Slater & Moose. Cedric pins Leon.

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