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WrestlingDavid TeesSeptember 8, 2016, 5:05 pm74
Former UFC Heavyweight Returning To Action, But Not In The UFC
Shane Carwin, a one-time UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion and the man who challenged then UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar for the gold at UFC 116, will be returning to the fight game, but it will not be with the UFC.…
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WrestlingCarlos ToroSeptember 8, 2016, 4:30 pm81
Kell Brook On Weight Difference Between Him And Gennady Golovkin
Kell Brook has a tall order on September 10 when he faces off against Gennady Golovkin for Golovkin’s middleweight titles. One of the prevailing questions is going to be how Brook is going to handle Speaking to the Press Association…
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WrestlingPat FanninSeptember 8, 2016, 4:30 pm84
CM Punk Says He’s Struggling With Weight Cut
On Friday, CM Punk will step on the official scale and will need to be at least 171 pounds to fulfill his UFC fight agreement. His bout against Mickey Gall is in the welterweight division. The six-foot-two thirty-seven-year-old CM Punk talked about both welterweight and middleweight…
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WrestlingPat FanninSeptember 8, 2016, 3:30 pm66
Ian McCall Loses Another Opponent; Ray Borg Out Of UFC 203
Ian McCall will have to wait longer to return to The Octagon. FloCombat revealed Ray Borg was pulled from his fight with McCall on Saturday. Borg cited Illness as his reason for dropping from the fight. With a little less than 3…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappSeptember 8, 2016, 3:30 pm81
Rumors Are Flying: WWE Stars Mad About Promo, Paige, Ronda Rousey, Luke Harper, More
Note that the following are rumors, and should be treated as such. Fightful can’t verify the authenticity of the rumors, unless we’ve otherwise debunked them. – Wrestling Observer says that some talents are upset about Monday’s Sasha Banks promo, as…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappSeptember 8, 2016, 2:52 pm64
WWE Smackdown Viewership Down
Smackdown’s viewership didn’t fare so well in a post-Labor Day edition. Tuesday’s episode of Smackdown drew an average of 2.454 million viewers, which is down 377,000 viewers from last week’s 2.834 million. The show was #3 in the night among cable…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappSeptember 8, 2016, 2:30 pm64
Kevin Owens Responds To Vince Russo and Jim Cornette’s Criticisms
Vince Russo has been vocal in his criticism of Kevin Owens, but Owens isn’t buying it. The former WCW, WWE and TNA writer, and Fightful’s own Russo has often declared that Owens doesn’t “look like a star” citing the WWE…
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WrestlingAlex PawlowskiSeptember 8, 2016, 2:00 pm71
SmackDown React-Down, 9/6: Participation Trophy
Welcome to the weekly SmackDown React-Down Belated Edition Previously on The React-Down: SmackDown took all of the limitless potential unleashed by the glorious Miz (probably not an actual) shoot promo, crumpled it up in a little ball and set it…
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WrestlingCarlos ToroSeptember 8, 2016, 12:30 pm64
Mick Foley On RAW Opening Segment
The opening segment of the September 5 episode of Monday Night RAW saw GM Mick Foley and Commissioner Stephanie McMahon celebrate Kevin Owens being the new WWE Universal Champion, until Seth Rollins crashed the party. What followed was an impassioned promo segment…
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WrestlingSean Ross SappSeptember 8, 2016, 12:30 pm72
Fight-size Wrestling Update: Asuka Interview, ROH Relationship Ends, Ricochet, Hart Doc
Your Fight-size Wrestling update for September 8. – Asuka participated in a video interview on NXT, which you can see above. – Bobby Roode will appear on next week’s NXT. – Ricochet has been added to Evolve 68, taking on…