This Week’s Impact Wrestling Draws Best Viewership Since 2016

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling was able to draw 399,000 viewers. This is up 10% from last week’s 362,000 viewers. This is the best Impact viewership since The Final Deletion episode in July 2016, which drew 410,000 viewers. This week’s show featured World Champion Austin Aries winning the Title vs. Title main event match…

Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao: How "Money" cashed in yet again

Photo: Esther Lin/Showtime By Will Cooling for Wrestling Observer.com Six years to the day he announced the end of his premature retirement, the pay per view king and number one pound for pound fighter in boxing today, Floyd Mayweather, has secured his greatest victory of an illustrious career. In the biggest money fight of all…

More Backstage Details & Speculation on Lesnar’s New Contract

There seems to be conflicting information regarding the details of Brock Lesnar’s new contract extension with WWE. It was first reported that Brock Lesnar’s new contract extension with the WWE is a short-term deal, but then an MMA reporter tweeted that it was actually a multi-year contract and that it would allow Lesnar to compete…

WED. UPDATE: Vince McMahon gets a Hall of Fame induction, Ronda Rousey book tour continues, and more

by David Bixenspan | [email protected] | Follow @davidbix TV and major show notes for tonight: NXT on WWE Network at 8:00 p.m. ET is the go home show for next week’s Takeover special, with Hideo Itami & Finn Balor vs. Tyler Breeze & Adam Rose, Alexa Bliss vs. Carmella, Sasha Banks in action, Solomon Crowe vs….

NJPW Wrestling Hi No Kuni 2018 Results (04/29): Kumamoto, Japan

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently held their Wrestling Hi No Kuni Event which took place at the Grand Messe in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan. The event is highlighted by Minoru Suzuki defending his IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Tetsuya Naito. Below are the full results from the show: – Ren Narita & Yuji Nagata def. Shota…

Retro Review: TNA Slammiversary 2014 live results & recap: Bobby Lashley vs. Austin Aries vs. Eric Young, Samoa Joe

Click:Georgia Bulldogs Football Jersey Editor’s Note: Since Destination America is re-airing TNA Slammiversary from last year in place of a new Impact Wrestling, here’s Dave Meltzer’s original coverage from that night. By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com Welcome to our live coverage of TNA’s Slammiversary PPV from Arlington, TX.  We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s show…

WWE DVD Review: Jerry Lawler's 'It’s Good To Be The King'

By James Cox, WrestlingObserver.com “A lot of fans are going to remember the combination of Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman. Many will remember Jerry’s ’Kiss My Foot’ match with Bret Hart. Many of us will always remember Jerry’s amazing work at the announce desk. Jerry Lawler has impacted upon generations of fans.” Jim Ross, It’s…

Lucha Underground June 10 TV results & report: Cage vs. Hernandez vs. Drago vs. King Cuerno

By Jeremy Peeples, WrestlingObserver.com Last week, Jack Evans had a really fun match with Argenis and gained his first win in the company. He also won an ancient medallion from Dario Cueto. Chavo Guerrero turned heel after a couple of weeks as a babyface by luring Black Lotus into an attack by Cueto’s crew and…