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WWE News: Austin Aries Explains Why His Stint With Company Didn’t Turn Out As Expected

When Austin Aries signed with WWE in 2016, he had an impressive resume that included world championship reigns in both Ring of Honor and TNA (later Impact Wrestling). However, that stint with the company ended about a year and a half later without a single title won while working for Vince McMahon. In a recent […]

By Lorenzo Tanos | 3y ago

AEW News: Former WWE Superstar Confirms That He Attended Latest ‘Dynamite’ Taping

According to Bodyslam, former WWE superstar Austin Aries was at the latest All Elite Wrestling Dynamite taping, but he wasn’t there to try and get a job with the company. According to Aries, he was at the arena on a different kind of business, as he recently accepted a new job that involves collaborating with […]

By Kieran Fisher | 3y ago

WWE News: Former Superstar Says He’s Leaving Twitter To Focus On His Mental Health

Multi-titled veteran wrestler Austin Aries, who briefly competed for WWE as part of its cruiserweight division, announced this week that he will be deactivating his Twitter account due to what he described as mental health concerns. As quoted by Sportskeeda, Aries took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, where, in a series of posts, he explained […]

By Lorenzo Tanos | 3y ago

AEW News: Former WWE Superstar Praises Company, Reveals That He’s A ‘Free Agent’

Former WWE star Austin Aries recently took to Twitter and revealed that he wants to have a match with Cody Rhodes, while also taking time to praise All Elite Wrestling, the company that his dream opponent co-founded earlier this year. Aries, who currently competes for Major League Wrestling, was responding to a follower who stated […]

By Kieran Fisher | 3y ago

AEW Rumors: Former WWE Star Might Have Teased Move To AEW In Recent Tweet

Wednesday night’s premiere episode of AEW: Dynamite on TNT didn’t just prove to be a memorable one in terms of its matches. Aside from showcasing former WWE superstars such as Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley (formerly Dean Ambrose) as long expected, Dynamite’s premiere also featured the official All Elite Wrestling debut of Jake Hager, who […]

By Lorenzo Tanos | 4y ago

WWE News: Former Impact World Champion, WWE Superstar Officially Signs With Major League Wrestling

The tumultuous, but very successful career of Austin Aries is taking another turn as he is heading to Major League Wrestling. He often calls himself the “Greatest Man That Ever Lived,” and he’s been able to back that up at times in the ring. He’s a former multi-time Impact Wrestling World Champion and he’s spent […]

By Danny Cox | 4y ago

TNA News: Austin Aries Tweets Homophobic Remarks, Fat-Shames Female Wrestler – John Hennigan Responds

Next Sunday, Austin Aries is going to put his Impact World Championship on the line against Johnny Impact when they face off at Bound For Glory. The feud has been building over the last few weeks, but things have become really personal now. Aries hopped on Twitter on Friday night and decided to not only […]

By Danny Cox | 5y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries Invites Neville To A Rematch After He’s Done Serving His Time

Austin Aries’ time in WWE was very short-lived and one that will not go down as one of the greatest things of his career, but he isn’t the only one. It has been close to a year since former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville has wrestled a match in the company, and he may never do […]

By Danny Cox | 5y ago

TNA Impact Wrestling Officially Gets Rid Of One Of Its Biggest Titles

There have been a lot of changes in TNA Impact Wrestling over the last few years and they are continuing to make things a bit different. Last week, Austin Aries continued to dominate in his return to the company by winning the Impact World Heavyweight Championship back from Pentagon Jr. With that victory, he has […]

By Danny Cox | 5y ago

WWE Rumors: Another Major Star Leaving WWE Soon?

Over the years, many great talents have gone through NXT and found great success on the main roster, but Hideo Itami is one of the great performers who has been left behind in WWE’s developmental system. He’s been with WWE for three years without much to show for his time because a significant shoulder injury […]

By Will McCormick | 5y ago

Austin Aries Reveals Why He Was Fired From WWE

This summer, Austin Aries was released from WWE after only a year and a half with the company. Aries made a highly anticipated debut in NXT after spending years in both Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling, winning the World Championship for both promotions. Aries would spend a short time as a babyface before turning […]

By Chris Featherstone | 5y ago

Former WWE Star Says Trump Wants NFL To Put Their ‘Slaves Back In Place’

Last weekend, there was controversy surrounding the NFL thanks to President Donald Trump making comments that owners of teams should fire any player that kneels during the national anthem. Many NFL owners came out and knelt with players and the entire situation has divided NFL fans across the nation. Interestingly, former WWE superstar Sean “X-Pac” […]

By Shawn Lealos | 6y ago

Wendy’s Twitter Account Holds Nothing Back When Burning Austin Aries And WWE Tag Team The Revival

Social media has changed the way that storylines and angles happen, but it can also bring about interference from whom you’d least expect it. If you’re on Twitter, you may have learned by now that Wendy’s account is one of the most hilarious and savage on the Internet. In the last couple of days, Wendy’s […]

By Danny Cox | 6y ago

Reason Why Austin Aries Was Unhappy And Requested His Release Revealed

Last night, the WWE Universe was shocked to see that WWE had come to terms with Austin Aries to release him from his contract with the company. Each year, WWE officials wish several performers the best in their future endeavors after WrestleMania, but not a lot of people believed the powers that be would start […]

By Will McCormick | 6y ago

Austin Aries Released: Does This Mark The Start Of WWE’s ‘Future Endeavors’ Season?

WWE cruiserweight standout Austin Aries has been released from his contract, the company announced Friday over Twitter and on its official website. Prior to his stints with WWE’s developmental territory NXT, and the company’s Cruiserweight Division, the 39-year-old Aries, real name Daniel Solwold, was an established veteran of the U.S. independent wrestling scene, and had […]

By Lorenzo Tanos | 6y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries Taking Some Time Off, ‘Raw’ Or ‘SmackDown Live’ Bound Upon WWE Return

For years, the WWE Universe wondered how successful “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” could be with WWE. After fifteen years in the industry and overwhelming success in Ring of Honor, New Japan, TNA, and everywhere else he had been, Austin Aries finally joined NXT for a short run. He suffered some unfortunate injuries, but […]

By Will McCormick | 6y ago

WWE Extreme Rules 2017 Results

WWE Extreme Rules 2017 was a night set for extreme havoc involving weapons and previously successful gimmicks. It literally was a night which was scheduled with malice and ill intent for everyone involved in terms of what’s legal and where. From a kendo stick toting women’s championship match between Alexa Bliss and Bayley, to a […]

By Philip Hughes | 6y ago

WWE News: WWE Officials Changed the Finish For Multiple Matches at ‘WWE Payback’ at the Last Minute

Heading into WWE Payback, it was rumored that the PPV would be mostly uneventful, but that was before WWE officials decided to make big changes to the card at the last minute. The WWE Universe was surprised about Chris Jericho defeating Kevin Owens to become the U.S. Champion. There was speculation about Alexa Bliss beating […]

By Will McCormick | 6y ago

WWE News: TJ Perkins Comments On His ‘WWE Raw’ Heel Turn At The Expense Of Austin Aries

TJ Perkins was the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Champion after winning the WWE Network’s Cruiserweight Classic. As one of the most exciting wrestling shows of the week, the Cruiserweight tournament, hosted by Mauro Ranallo and Daniel Bryan, showcased 32 competitors from around the world. Names such as Tajiri, Kota Ibushi, Zack Sabre, Jr., Cedric Alexander, and […]

By Chris Featherstone | 6y ago

WWE News: WWE In Talks With Sinclair Broadcasting For Possible ROH Buyout

WWE has become the leader of the pro-wrestling scene for years now, but they could very well be pushing into this world even more as it appears they’re in talks to buy out Ring of Honor Wrestling. ROH has been around for over a decade, as they really began to come into prominence after WWE […]

By Joe Burgett | 6y ago

WWE News: Rich Swann On Why Cruiserweights Should Not Be Presented Differently

Ever since TJ Perkins defeated Gran Metalik to win the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Classic and capture the Cruiserweight Championship, the high-flying excitement of WWE’s smaller performers has seen a revival. Since the title returned, it has been held by Perkins, The Brian Kendrick, Rich Swann, and currently by Neville. The current plan is for Neville […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 6y ago

WWE News: Updated ‘WrestleMania 33’ Card, Three Huge New Matches Added

As of Tuesday afternoon, there were eight confirmed matches announced for WrestleMania 33, but WWE is far from finished. After SmackDown Live concluded last night, there were three more matches added to the card, but only two of them have been made official. The third match is essentially solidified and in place, but the other […]

By Danny Cox | 6y ago

WWE Rumors: Austin Aries To Take On Neville At ‘WrestleMania 33’?

WrestleMania 33 is less than two months away and there’s still a lot to be determined as far as the match card goes. As of now, Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar and Big Show vs. Shaquille O’Neal look to be the only matches that are 100 percent set in stone, assuming there’s no injury to any […]

By Jason Fletcher | 6y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries Will Reportedly Have Major Role At ‘Wrestlemania 33’

The WWE Universe has become familiar with Austin Aries as an announcer, but they will soon get acclimated with “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” inside the ring. Aries, who is the announcer for WWE’s 205Live and during cruiserweight bouts on Monday Night RAW, had recently become more vocal on the shows. Aries’ on-screen interactions […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 6y ago

WWE News: Triple H Reveals The Real Reason Why AJ Styles Didn’t Begin His WWE Career In NXT

In 2016, AJ Styles made his WWE debut at the Royal Rumble, and now, one year later, he is headlining the event as he defends his WWE Championship against John Cena. When Styles left New Japan Pro Wrestling, he ended up starting right out on the main roster and not in NXT as most everyone […]

By Danny Cox | 6y ago

WWE News: Vince McMahon’s Recent Impressions Of ‘205 Live’ & Cruiserweight Division

Last month, the Inquisitr reported that Vince McMahon and longtime WWE producer Kevin Dunn were in charge of 205 Live and not Triple H. The news was viewed as somewhat surprising, considering it was Triple H who had to convince Vince to green-light the brand and bring the Cruiserweight Division back to life. Vince seems […]

By Andy Slawecki | 6y ago

WWE News: Thea Trinidad Explains How Her Relationship With Austin Aries Started And NXT Match With Asuka

Thea Trinidad has inspired many up-and-coming female wrestlers to keep fighting for the goal of making it to the big leagues. It was not very difficult for her to choose a professional wrestling career since many members of her family were wrestling fans. Her dad was an amateur wrestler, and her uncle was a professional […]

By Chris Featherstone | 6y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries Expected To Debut On Main Roster For The Cruiserweight Division

When WWE announced that the Cruiserweight Classic tournament was going to occur on the WWE Network, it received mostly a positive reaction from fans worldwide. For members of the WWE Universe who have been watching both WWE and WCW for a number of years, they understand how important this division is in not only highlighting […]

By Chris Featherstone | 6y ago

WWE News: NXT Loses Another Top Star To Injury For Several Months

In just the last year alone, the WWE and NXT have sustained injuries to some of the industry’s biggest stars. Dating back to last September, Sting, John Cena, Randy Orton, Cesaro, Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Seth Rollins, Neville, Erick Rowan, Sami Zayn, and Hideo Itami have all been forced to the sidelines due to injury. […]

By Andy Slawecki | 7y ago

WWE Spoilers: Ring Of Honor Legend Roderick Strong Makes NXT Debut At TV Tapings

When Austin Aries entered the NXT Dusty Rhodes Classic Tag Team Tournament and said he had a mystery partner, WWE rumors started to fly about a former tag team partner of Aries from Ring of Honor. It turned out to be true as the WWE website reported that Roderick Strong made his debut in NXT […]

By Shawn Lealos | 7y ago

WWE News: Huge NXT Debut Expected To Take Place Next Week

Vince McMahon has made it abundantly clear over the last several months that his talent pool needs to be restocked. The brand extension may have created fresh match-ups and new opportunities, but it also exposed a lack of depth on both RAW and SmackDown Live. NXT became the breeding ground for some of those immediate […]

By Andy Slawecki | 7y ago

Five NXT Stars Who Should Be Called Up To The WWE Main Roster Immediately

For several years now, NXT has been billed as a developmental league for WWE, even though some of the most talented wrestlers from around the world come through there. If you look at the regular NXT house show lineups, you’ll see a lineup full of stars that don’t need to be in WWE’s developmental system, […]

By Aaron Sass | 7y ago

WWE Brand Split: Five Reasons Why It Has Already Failed

When WWE announced that the brand split would be returning back in May, fans were hopeful that they would actually do it right this time around, and now that we’re a couple of weeks into the split, it’s pretty safe to say that they’ve already botched it. WWE decided to bring back the brand split […]

By Aaron Sass | 7y ago

WWE News: Update On Major WWE NXT Stars Possibly Being Drafted To ‘RAW’ Or ‘SmackDown’ Tonight

Over the weekend, WWE made their plans for the WWE Draft known. The rules were in place, and it really helped fans understand how things would go down. With the introduction of the Cruiserweight Division on WWE RAW last night, it makes the WWE Draft very interesting. One thing that trumps all of this may […]

By Joe Burgett | 7y ago

WWE News: Original Perception And Plans For AJ Styles And Austin Aries Before And After Signing With WWE

AJ Styles is one of the hottest acts on the WWE’s main roster, while Austin Aries has already proven to be one of NXT’s top talents. That was never supposed to be in the cards. For either of them. CM Punk may have paved the way for some of the stars — like Styles and […]

By Andy Slawecki | 7y ago

WWE Draft Date And More Details Regarding Brand Extension Revealed

When WWE SmackDown goes live on July 19, it will also be the same night that each member of the roster will find out their future moving forward. The WWE announced in a press release this morning that a draft will take place on the inaugural live SmackDown on USA Network this July 19. On […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE News: Bobby Roode Makes NXT Debut At Live Event [Video]

After months of speculation regarding Bobby Roode’s future, the former TNA World Heavyweight champion officially made his debut with WWE NXT. At NXT’s live event at Download Festival in England, the Toronto, Canada, native entered the arena as fans in attendance let out a “holy s**t!” chant. The 39-year-old Roode went on to defeat Angelo […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries Talks Shinsuke Nakamura, NXT, And Brand Split

Only a few months into his NXT career, professional wrestling veteran Austin Aries will tangle with fellow WWE newcomer Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT Takeover: The End. It’ll be the first time both men face each other in their careers. With Aries primarily wrestling in the United States and Nakamura becoming a legend in Japan the […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE News: Triple H To Lead NXT Invasion Of Main Roster For Superstar Draft – NXT To Get One Hour Of ‘Monday Night Raw’

On July 19, SmackDown will move to Tuesdays and will be going live with its own unique talent roster. That means the WWE superstar draft is set to happen sometime before then, and it is expected to take place on Monday Night Raw on July 11, but that’s not confirmed. Everyone is wondering which superstars […]

By Danny Cox | 7y ago

‘WWE NXT’ Spoiler-Free Preview: May 25 — Major ‘TakeOver: The End’ Announcements

There are only two episodes of WWE NXT left before their next special, NXT TakeOver: The End, on June 8. Going into this week’s show, the NXT Universe already knows that Samoa Joe will defend the NXT Championship against Finn Balor in NXT’s first-ever Steel Cage Match. The only other match already booked is the […]

By Dustin Murrell | 7y ago

WWE News: Triple H Talks NXT, Creating Superstars, And His Role

While Triple H is one of WWE’s most legendary active in-ring performers, his physical involvement has been cut back severely over the past six years as he has transitioned into an executive role. “The Game” has not been seen since losing the WWE World Heavyweight championship to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 32 in front of […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE Rumors: One Former TNA World Champion Signs With WWE And Another Is Very Close

Ever since it was revealed that Bobby Roode and Eric Young were done with TNA, there were rumors of the two former World Champions heading to WWE. In early April, Roode was shown on camera at NXT Takeover: Dallas. This past week, Eric Young appeared on NXT and took on Samoa Joe in a really […]

By Danny Cox | 7y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries Thought He Was Too Undersized For WWE

After a 15-year career working for every major wrestling promotion in the world, Austin Aries signed with the WWE and made his debut for the company’s developmental promotion, NXT. Moving forward, he’s expected to be a huge part of the brand, but for a long time, he thought his size would hold him back. In […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE News: Austin Aries On If He Belongs In WWE Instead Of NXT

Part of WWE’s modus operandi over the years has been their insistence on creating and developing their own stars, rather than relying on other organizations or the superstars themselves to do it for them. But Vince McMahon himself said in the first ever Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network that the last WWE superstar […]

By Andy Slawecki | 7y ago

TNA News: Austin Aries On TNA’s Future, ‘It Always Goes Back To Ownership’

A lot of scrutiny has come and gone for TNA. Impact Wrestling is in dire trouble, as they had to move their HQ to the warehouse where their merchandise goes through. Instead of a nice corporate office, they will have to share a warehouse. Dixie Carter doesn’t have any answers at the moment and none […]

By Jon Fisher | 7y ago

TNA News: Investors Reportedly Keeping TNA Alive But Won’t For Much Longer Unless Dixie Carter Gives Up Majority Stake

It has been rumored for quite some time that TNA Wrestling is going through a bit of a financial problem. They are obviously not making the kind of television revenue they made with Spike TV. They, of course, aren’t even making as much as they did with Destination America reportedly. The major issue for TNA […]

By Joe Burgett | 7y ago

WWE News: Bobby Roode Reportedly Signed With WWE Last Week

After his brief appearance at NXT Takeover: Dallas, former Total Nonstop Action (TNA) superstar Bobby Roode is reportedly signed to a WWE contract, according to Wrestling Inc. The deal with WWE was reportedly signed one week before Roode was shown on-camera during NXT’s big show during Wrestlemania 32 weekend. In addition to his appearance at […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE News: AJ Styles Denies Signing With TNA Before Reaching WWE Deal

Hours away from his match against Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 32 — the first Wrestlemania of his career — “The Phenomenal 1” AJ Styles will cap off a historic five-month domination of the pro wrestling world. In late December last year, Styles competed at Ring of Honor’s (ROH) biggest event of the year, Final Battle, […]

By Mark Suleymanov | 7y ago

WWE Rumors: Another Longtime TNA Star Announces Their Departure — Heading To WWE?

Just a little over a week after the TNA departures of Bobby Roode and Eric Young were announced, yet another longtime veteran of the company is done. TNA Knockout Angelina Love has officially revealed that her contract with the company has expired and she will not be going back. Yes, she did just recently give […]

By Danny Cox | 7y ago

WWE Rumors: Huge Update On Eric Young And Bobby Roode Possibly Heading To WWE After Leaving TNA

On Saturday night, two longtime TNA faithfuls and former world champions ended runs that spanned more than a decade. Eric Young and Bobby Roode have been two of the key faces of Impact Wrestling since 2004, and they’ve done just about everything imaginable with the company. It wasn’t exactly known why they ended up leaving […]

By Danny Cox | 7y ago

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