The former Cora Jade now Elayna Black has responded to claims she bullied Alexis Lete during their time together in WWE: “I shouldn’t be giving this girl an ounce more of my energy but this will be the one and only time I speak on this and if you know you know. This girl came into the Performance Center and immediately had heat with everyone for being disrespectful on more than one occasion. I texted this girl trying to HELP before her heat got worse (that had already traveled up to main roster before she even had a match). I’ll go ahead and post the screenshots myself. She chose to basically tell me to fuck off and then continue to get heat for weeks. Only until multiple main roster talent members spoke to her as well, she decided to come up to me and apologize. I told her I appreciate the apology but I don’t respect how she handles things and the ways she disrespects pro wrestling. I came from indie wrestling, absolutely loved wrestling and was trying to carry on the love and respect that was there when I got there in black and gold. There is absolutely no respect for wrestling with people like this and it’s not my job to care about anymore. Which is exactly what is wrong with that entire place in general. I spoke to her maybe five times total of that. Blunt to a fault sometimes? Yes. But bullying is crazy.”
On behalf of both myself and the contributors to the website, our condolences to Trish Stratus on the passing of her mother.
This week’s Dynamite did a 0.16 and 565K viewers, down from a 0.17 18-49 demo and 690,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
The state of Ohio gave AEW and WWE some eye watering tax credits for shows that haven’t even happened yet in 2025-26: AEW received $2,134,560 while WWE received $1,096,941. They also received tax credits for the 2024-25 cycle of TV production, with AEW getting $1.275 million and WWE getting $1.6 million.
From TKO: “TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (‘TKO’ or the ‘Company’) (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company, announced that its President and Chief Operating Officer, Mark Shapiro, will participate in the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 1:50 p.m. ET (10:50 a.m. PT) in San Francisco, CA. A link to the live session, as well as a replay available for at least 30 days, will be accessible on the company’s investor relations website at investor.tkogrp.com.”
NWA has announced a new TV taping Sept. 5th in Tampa, Florida with the following people.
- NWA World’s Champion Thom Latimer
- NWA World Women’s Champion Kenzie Paige & Kylie Paige
- EC3 & Pretty Boy Smooth
- Alex Misery
- Natalia Markova & NWA Television Champion Bryan Idol
- Carson Bartholomew Drake
- NWA Women’s TV Champion Tiffany Nieves w/ Ms. Starr
- NWA World Tag Team Champions Knox & Murdoch
- Mondo & Slade
- The Southern 6: Thrillbilly Silas Mason, the NWA US Tag Team Champions Kerry Morton & his partner, NWA Jr Heavyweight Champion Alex Taylor
Even though there’s no longer a landing page for AEW on their website, AEW is still covering ESPN related pro wrestling news.
Swerve Strickland is dealing with a legitimate knee injury. (PWI)
Brooke Hogan may be getting her wish as Florida authorities are now looking into the possibility that medical malpractice led to her father’s death.
In this interview Bronson Reed says Paul Heyman is a genius: “He is a genius when it comes to pro wrestling. He’s been in the game for a long time. I think the most important thing for me is knowing when and where to do things. That’s what he helps me with. He knows when I should attack Roman Reigns. How I should do it. Having the Shoe-La Fala. He’s a great reminder of how to be great in our business.”
Here’s the card for the next syndicated episode of WOW. (WOW)
- A classic WOW Superhero vs. Sylvia Sanchez
- Animal Instinct have a pow-wow with Xena Phoenix and Kara Kai
- Santana Garrett and Princess Aussie vs. Holly Swag and Penelope Pink
And here’s the updated card for SmackDown tonight. (WWE)
- Motor City Machine Guns vs. Carmelo Hayes & The Miz
- Aleister Black vs. R-Truth
- Charlotte Flair vs. Piper Niven
- The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Melo Don’t Miz (Carmelo Hayes & The Miz)
- The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) vs. MFT
- John Cena appears
Evil Uno will make his DDT Pro debut September 28th.
Despite Dana White’s bluster that every indie wrestler should want to be on Power Slap, Joey Janela says he turned down the opportunity when it was offered: “Nothing against anyone doing the powerslap deal props to you but they hit me up and asked me if I wanted to do it, & I said fuck no. Was the money good yes, was the money good enough to give someone a free shot at jaw, The Embarrassment & CTE deluxe? Fuck no, I’ll take the $50 to launch myself off a ladder through the thumbtack table any day of the week.”
From MLW: “Major League Wrestling today announced Alex Hammerstone vs. Matthew Justice in a Texas Death Match at MLW FIGHTLAND, presented on YouTube free from the NYTEX Sports Centre, in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, September 13.”
Here are the latest ROH on Honor Club results. (FF)
- CMLL World Trios Championship Match: El Sky Team def. Los Depredadores
- Blake Christian def. Beef. Christian and Lee Johnson attacked Beef post-match.
- QT Marshall cut a promo in the back saying that Paul Walter Hauser crossed a line last week and is just a fan while Marshall is a wrestler, and he would be making Hauser’s dreams come true at Death Before Dishonor. He said it would be a Fight Without Honor, as Hauser isn’t a wrestler.
- The Beast Mortos def. AR Fox
- The Von Erichs & Sammy Guevara def. Adam Priest and The Workhorsemen
- Trish Adora def. Janai Kai
- Hechicero def. Jay Lethal
An indie wrestler from Georgia has been arrested for allegedly sending nudes to underage girls. His real name is David Joseph Mabry but he wrestled for NAWA as DJ Black.
Dustin Rhodes’ double knee replacement surgery was reportedly a success. Best wishes to him!
