Joel Pearl
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Wrestling
Mark Wheeler Discusses Trish Stratus Training At New Wave Wrestling Ahead Of WWE Evolution
Trish Stratus had her first singles in two years at WWE Evolution when she challenged Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship. To get ring ready for the match, Trish went to New Wave Academy in Toronto to train with…
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Wrestling
Fans Rebel Against WWE-Kross Contract Story | In The Weeds 8/11/25
Joel & Jeremy return from a weekend of wrestling and contract talks. Does WWE listen to fans anymore? Do they care? Karron Kross/WWE Updates Tyrese Haliburton really loves WWE, hated Cena’s heel run John Cena and Cody Rhodes find opponents…
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Wrestling
Mark Wheeler Talks Training With Trish Stratus, Wrestling On ROH While Injured, More
Mark Wheeler joins to discuss training with Trish Stratus ahead of WWE Evolution, working ROH while injured, his upcoming C4 Title match, and more. Fans can donate to C4 Fighting Back here: https://fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/campaigns/FB2025
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Wrestling
Details Behind WWE Unreal On Netflix, Season 2, And Reactions
WWE’s Unreal series on Netflix has debuted, and Fightful spoke with a number of people in the company regarding their thoughts. We were able to learn many of the things that were “set up” so to speak, and some others…
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Wrestling
The Curious Case of Kross & Scarlett’s WWE Contracts | In The Weeds 8/8/25
Joel & Jeremy wrap up the week looking for a contract. Mark Wheeler joins at 10:10a ET to talk Smash Wrestling’s Super Showdown, owning a wrestling school and more Have Kross & Scarlett received new contracts? Fightful Select Update Other…
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Wrestling
Hendry vs. Ali; Rich Swann Returns to TNA | TNA iMPACT! Post Show Review 8/7/25
Joel Pearl (@JoelPearl) goes solo reviewing TNA iMPACT! for August 7, 2025: -Joe Hendry vs. Mustafa Ali -Jacy Jayne vs. Ash by Elegance for the Knockouts Championship -Steve Maclin vs. Jake Something for the TNA International Championship -Lei Ying Lee…
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Wrestling
Frustrations With Hurt Syndicate In AEW | In The Weeds 8/6/25
Joel & Jeremy deal ’em and play ’em. – WWE and ESPN will make you pay more money in 2026 – John Cena indirectly swings back at Paul Levesque’s reason for Brock Lesnar’s WWE Return – TNA insert themselves all…
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Wrestling
WWE Unreal Director Chris Weaver Says WWE Did Not Dictate Storylines In Netflix Series
Chris Weaver, the director of WWE Unreal, discusses the extent of WWE’s influence on the storytelling in the Netflix series. In an interview with Fightful’s Joel Pearl and Jeremy Lambert, series director Chris Weaver revealed that WWE was not pushing…
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Wrestling
Brock Lesnar Is Back And He Shouldn’t Be. | In The Weeds 8/4/25
Joel & Jeremy’s monthly Monday ITW takeover returns to discuss returns that should not. No more WWE PLE post-show pressers. And now we know why. Brock Lesnar, named in an active sex trafficking lawsuit, returns to WWE Cody Rhodes recaptures…
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Wrestling
WWE Unreal Director Chris Weaver Explains Why Wrestlers Share All Their Names In The Series
Chris Weaver, the director of WWE Unreal, talks with Fightful about the decision to have wrestlers introduce themselves using the various names they are known by and to create typography graphics displaying all those names when they first reveal themselves…
