Here is your fight size update for Friday, May 16, 2025.
Below are the top headlines from Fightful today, the best digital excuses from around the world of wrestling, and more.
- WWE Now previews John Cena remaining Undisputed WWE Champion and so much more ahead of WWE SmackDown. Check it out embedded above.
- H2O ref, Nick Papagiorgio has retired:
#ThankYou pic.twitter.com/oVp9H1NpXv
— Nick Papagiorgio (@RefNickPapaG) May 16, 2025
- Check out the very best of five-time Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, featuring battles with Becky Lynch, Bayley and more.
- Eight years ago, the tweet that kick started All In and in retrospect, AEW, was put into the world:
I can't believe this tweet turns 8 years old today. To see how far the professional wrestling world has come since then is nothing short of amazing! https://t.co/ejw9jWbq2O
— WWE Guy (@TheWWEGuy_) May 16, 2025
- Donovan Dijak we will always be around to respond to a mention of the word retribution on Twitter as it pertains to professional wrestling:
Please no. https://t.co/djfh5QFj4x
— DONOVAN DIJAK (@DijakFYE) May 16, 2025
- Johnny Gargano has reacted to Indi Hartwell's TNA debut and her use of Hurts Donut.
It's uniquely yours, Indi Wrestling.
— Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) May 16, 2025
-- - Three years ago today, Sasha Banks & Naomi walked out of WWE.
On this day caution was proceeded https://t.co/aqCWN7Cl7i
— Trinity (@TheTrinity_Fatu) May 16, 2025
- Samantha Irvin gives Jacqueline Moore her flowers:
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— Samantha (The Bomb) (@SamanthaTheBomb) May 16, 2025
- ICYMI: Chris Jericho Speaks About Sabu's Passing, Sabu Attending FOZZY Show in April
- Per Fightful Select: Chelsea Green recently signed a new WWE contract, Fightful Select has learned. Green signed back with WWE in late 2022, before returning several months later at the 2023 Royal Rumble. Since that time, she became WWE Tag Team Champion and the first ever Women’s United States Champion.Fightful Select is told that her contract would have expired later on in 2025. However, she’s signed a new multi-year deal. The exact length is not yet known.
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