Author: Ethan Renner

An F4WOnline Editor since 2019, Ethan has been covering wrestling and MMA since 2011. He has hosted The Wrestling Life Podcast since 2014, and is a former Baltimore Sun TV/Tribune Media contributor. He is also a Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan.

Three matches added to TNA Bound for Glory

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The Hardys challenging for the TNA Tag Team titles in Full Metal Mayhem is one of three new matches set for Bound for Glory.

As revealed during Thursday’s TNA Impact episode, Matt & Jeff Hary will square off against ABC’s Ace Austin & Chris Bey, plus TNA Tag Team Champions Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards in a Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory on Saturday, October 26.

Two more matches have also been added to the Bound for Glory lineup .

Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends her title against Masha Slamovich at the pay-per-view in another bout made official during Thursday’s Impact.

A grudge match between Moose and Mike Santana has also been added to the October 26 card.

Already announced for the pay-per-view, PCO takes on Matt Cardona in a Monster’s Ball match with two titles up for grabs, plus TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Joe Hendry.

The updated TNA Bound for Gory lineup:

  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Joe Hendry
  • TNA Tag Team Champions Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards defend against Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy, and Ace Austin & Chris Bey in a Full Metal Mayhem match
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Masha Slamovich
  • Moose vs. Mike Santana
  • TNA Digital Media & International Heavyweight Champion PCO defends against Matt Cardona in a Monster’s Ball match

Alberto El Patron to defend AAA Mega title vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

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El Hijo del Vikingo is set to challenge the former Alberto Del Rio for the AAA Mega Championship next month.

AAA has revealed most of the lineup for their Guerra de Titanes event scheduled for November 10, with Alberto El Patron defending the Mega title against Vikingo atop the card. Dorian Roldan will be in El Patron’s corner, while Latin Lover will second the challenger.

Vikingo was forced to vacate the Mega title earlier this year after suffering a ruptured knee ligament and torn meniscus. Nic Nemeth defeated El Patron to win the vacant championship in April at a Triplemania XXXII event, then El Patron defeated Nemeth for the title at a Triplemania XXXII event in August.

Vikingo made his return to the ring for AAA on September 29 after missing seven months of action due to his injury. Currently the acclaimed high-flyer is touring Japan for GLEAT.

The announced lineup for the Sunday, November 10 AAA Guerra de Titanes show:

  • AAA Mega Champion Aberto El Patron defends against El Hijo del Vikingo
  • AAA Latin American Champion Octagon Jr. defends against El Mesias
  • Laredo Kid, Drago & Dinamico vs. Nobu San, Kento & Takuma
  • Lights out match: Vampiro, Mecha Wolf & Pagano vs. Abismo Negro, Psicosis & Taurus
  • Reina Dorada & El Fiscal vs. Havok & Crazzy Steve
  • Two matches TBA

Women’s Tag Team title defense added to WWE SmackDown

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Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill are set to defend their WWE Women’s Tag Team titles on the October 11 SmackDown.

Following a confrontation with Meta-Four’s Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson on Tuesday’s WWE NXT show, a Tag Team title defense for Belair and Cargill is set for this Friday’s SmackDown episode.

Belair and Cargill have appeared on both of the first two WWE NXT shows on The CW, including teaming with Kelani Jordan in a trios victory on this week’s episode.

The Women’s Tag Team Champions also hosted this past weekend’s Bad Blood pay-per-view alongside Naomi.

Roman Reigns will also speak on this Friday’s SmackDown, plus SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis will discuss a future United States Championship match for Carmelo Hayes.

The lineup for Friday’s WWE SmackDown:

  • Roman Reigns speaks
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defend against Meta-Four’s Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson
  • SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis meets with Carmelo Hayes about a future United States title match

Nikkita Lyons returns to WWE NXT TV

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Nikkita Lyons has returned to WWE NXT television for the first time since January.

Lyons made her unannounced return on Tuesday’s WWE NXT episode in a backstage segment with NXT GM Ava, plus Lola Vice. Later in the episode, Lyons vs. Vice was made official for next week’s episode.

Lyons suffered a left ACL injury in January, with her last televised bout taking place on the January 9 WWE NXT episode against Blair Davenport. Lyons returned to the ring on an NXT house show on September 27, teaming with Dante Chen in a mixed tag team victory over Izzi Dame and Jasper Troy.

The left ACL injury was the second catastrophic knee injury Lyons suffered in as many years, as she suffered ACL and meniscus tears in January 2023, missing most of that calendar year as well due to injury.

Lyons vs. Vice is one of four matches set for the October 15 WWE NXT show. The announced lineup:

  • NXT Championship number one contender’s match: Wes Lee vs. Ethan Page vs. Je’Von Evans (winner challenges Trick Williams at Halloween Havoc on Sunday, October 27)
  • Stephanie Vaquer vs. Wren Sinclair
  • New NXT North American Champion Tony D’Angelo celebrates his title win
  • Lola Vice vs. Nikkita Lyons
  • The Halloween Havoc wheel (Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal) returns

New North American Champion crowned on WWE NXT

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Tony D’Angelo snapped Oba Femi’s winning streak to become the new North American Champion on Tuesday’s WWE NXT.

D’Angelo pinned Femi on Tuesday’s episode with a sunset flip out of a Femi powerbomb attempt to win the title for the first time. D’Angelo celebrated with his Family following the upset victory:

Femi’s first North American title reign ends at 273 days, plus D’Angelo handed Femi his first loss of 2024 in the title bout. Femi had been 30-0 across all matches in NXT this year.

Femi won the Breakout tournament final on a New Year’s Evil special episode of NXT on January 2, earning him a contract for a title match. He then cashed in the following week, defeating Dragon Lee to capture the North American title.

Counting house shows, Femi defended the North American title 23 times prior to his defeat Tuesday, including a successful defense over D’Angelo at the No Mercy PLE on September 1.

D’Angelo’s victory is his fourth championship win in NXT, as he has held the NXT Tag titles twice, plus the NXT Heritage Cup once.

Hologram vs. Komander added to AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday

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The undefeated Hologram makes his Dynamite debut on this week’s special Title Tuesday episode.

AEW’s Tony Khan announced in a social media post early Tuesday that Hologram will go one-on-one with Komander on Tuesday’s Dynamite in Spokane, Washington. Khan bills the bout as a special attraction:

“TOMORROW, Tues, 10/8 Special Tuesday Night #AEWDynamite Special Start Time 9pm ET/8pm CT

First Time Ever in AEW @KomandercrMX vs @AEWHologram

On a special TUESDAY Night Dynamite, hours from now, Title Tuesday Special Attraction: Hologram debuts on TBS vs Komander TUESDAY NIGHT!”

Debuting under the Hologram gimmick in AEW in July, the former Aramis has gone 13-0 in all AEW match types, including 3-0 in singles bouts. Hologram has defeated Gringo Loco, The Beast Mortos, and Angelico in his prior AEW singles bouts.

The updated lineup for Dynamite Title Tuesday airing at a special 9 p.m. Eastern start time on October 8:

  • Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta vs. Claudio Castagnoli & PAC
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Champion & TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends both belts against Emi Sakura
  • Winner faces Mariah May at WrestelDream for the AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker vs. Willow Nightingale
  • Hologram vs. Komander

Two champion vs. champion matches official for WWE Crown Jewel

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The first two matches are set for the Saturday, November 2 WWE Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

As first revealed during Saturday’s Bad Blood PLE, two champion versus champion matches between the top men’s and women’s singles title holders in WWE are set for Crown Jewel. The winners of the matches will be crowned the first-ever WWE Crown Jewel Champions.

It was officially announced during Monday’s Raw that those bouts will feature Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther, and Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax.

Morgan and Jax retained their titles with wins at Bad Blood last Saturday to cement their matchup. Gunther retained his World Heavyweight title on Monday’s Raw in the main event with a victory over Sami Zayn to make the Gunther vs. Rhodes bout official. Rhodes and Gunther then had a brief staredown to close Raw.

The lineup to this point for WWE Crown Jewel streaming live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, November 2:

  • Inaugural WWE Crown Jewel Championship match: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther
  • Inaugural WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship match: WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax vs. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan

Bron Breakker vs. Kofi Kingston booked for next week’s WWE Raw

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Two matches are official for the Monday, October 14 WWE Raw episode.

A pair of former Intercontinental Champions will go head-to-head next week as Bron Breakker faces Kofi Kingston. Breakker attacked Kingston, Xavier Woods, and current IC Champion Jey Uso on Monday’s Raw following Uso’s successful title defense against Woods.

Uso ended Breakker’s first IC title reign on the September 23 Raw, while Kingston has held the Intercontinental title four times in his WWE career.

The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships will also be on the line on next week’s episode.

As revealed during Monday’s Raw, Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill will defend their Tag titles against IYO SKY and Kairi Sane of Damage CTRL on next week’s episode.

The October 14 WWE Raw is being taped in St. Louis Monday night following the conclusion of this week’s episode.

The announced card for the show:

  • Bron Breakker vs. Kofi Kingston
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defend against Damage CTRL (Kairi Sane & IYO SKY)

Naomi to host WWE Bad Blood with Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill

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WWE has added a third host to the lineup for the Saturday, October 5 Bad Blood PLE in Atlanta.

It was revealed during Friday’s SmackDown that Naomi will host Saturday’s Bad Blood event alongside WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. The announcement came after Naomi defeated Tiffany Stratton on Friday’s SmackDown.

Cargill and Belair were announced as hosts for this weekend’s event during last Friday’s SmackDown.

The updated lineup for the Saturday, October 5 Bad Blood event with a special 6 p.m. Eastern start time:

WWE Bad Blood, Saturday, October 5, 6 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock/WWE Network —

  • Hell in a Cell match: CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu
  • WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against Rhea Ripley
  • WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax defends against Bayley
  • Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor
  • Naomi and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill host

Full lineup for this week’s AEW Rampage

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Four matches are set for the Friday, October 4 AEW Rampage episode.

As revealed during Wednesday’s Dynamite, Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen will team with Katsuyori Shibata in a trios bout against The Young Bucks and Jack Perry. Shibata is set to challenge Perry for the TNT Championship at WrestleDream, while Private Party are next in line to challenge The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team titles.

Also announced during Dynamite, The Learning Tree’s Big Bill and Bryan Keith will face The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly as those two factions continue to feud.

Queen Aminata will also be in action on Friday’s show against Harley Cameron.

Rounding out Friday’s card, Kamille will face Zoey Lynn, with TBS Champion Mercedes Mone in Kamille’s corner.

The full card for the Friday, October 4 AEW Rampage:

  • The Young Bucks & Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Private Party
  • Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
  • Queen Aminata vs. Harley Cameron
  • Kamille vs. Zoey Lynn

International title three-way official for AEW WrestleDream

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Will Ospreay will defend his International title in a triple threat match at AEW WrestleDream on October 12.

Following a controversial finish to an Ospreay vs. Ricochet title match on Wednesday’s Dynamite fifth anniversary where Konosuke Takeshita ran in to cause a DQ, AEW’s Tony Khan announced in a social media post after the show that Ospreay vs. Ricochet vs. Takeshita for the International title is official for WrestleDream:

In all, four new matches are set for WrestleDream following the events of Wednesday’s Dynamite. A TNT title match, an ROH World title match, plus a Darby Allin open challenge comprise the rest of the new match announcements.

The updated lineup for the Saturday, October 12 pay-per-view:

  • AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jon Moxley
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Katsuyori Shibata
  • AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against Ricochet & Konosuke Takeshita in a three-way
  • ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe defends against Chris Jericho
  • Darby Allin vs. TBD

Sammy Guevara stretchered out of Ring of Honor taping

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Sammy Guevara suffered an injury at Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and Ring of Honor taping and was stretchered from the ring.

PWInsider first reported that Guevara was seemingly knocked out in a bout with Serpentico being filmed for future Ring of Honor programming prior to Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite in Pittsburgh.

Guevara reportedly went for a cutter to counter a top rope attack from Serpentico, but the spot was mistimed and Serpentico landed on Guevara’s face. Bryce Remsburg was the referee for the contest and stopped the match, giving the victory to Serpentico.

Medical staff treated Guevara in the ring, then he was stretchered out.

Dave Meltzer posted that Guevara was believed to have suffered a concussion, but that was not confirmed:

The Guevara injury was one of two at the Ring of Honor taping. PWInsider also reports that independent talent Kelly Madan was knocked unconscious during a match with Lady Frost taped for ROH.

The report states that after Madan was knocked unconscious, the ring ropes were loosened to allow a back board to be brought into the ring, and Madan was also stretchered out.

Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill set for action on next WWE NXT

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WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill will be in action on next week’s WWE NXT.

After being advertised for an appearance on this week’s CW premiere episode, Belair and Cargill provided backup for NXT Women’s North American Champion Kelani Jordan as she confronted Fatal Influence’s Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Jazmyn Nyx. A six-person tag team match was then announced for next week’s episode with Belair, Cargill, and Jordan vs. Henley, Jayne, and Nyx.

The return of Sexyy Red to NXT for a musical performance was also announced for next week during this Tuesday’s CW premiere episode.

Three more matches are already official for next week’s show, with Randy Orton vs. Je’Von Evans, an NXT North American title bout, plus an NXT Tag Team Championship tilt.

The lineup for the Tuesday, October 8 WWE NXT:

  • Randy Orton vs. Je’Von Evans
  • NXT North American Champion Oba Femi defends against Tony D’Angelo
  • NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer & Axiom defend against Grayson Waller & Austin Theory
  • Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill & Kelani Jordan vs. Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx
  • Sexyy Red performs

Cora Jade returns to WWE NXT on CW premiere

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Cora Jade is back in WWE NXT.

Jade made her surprise return to the promotion on Tuesday’s CW premiere episode, aiding Roxanne Perez in her NXT Women’s title defense over Giulia.

As Perez took the referee, a hooded figure attacked Giulia at ringside during the title match. The interference allowed Perez to hit Pop Rocks and pin Giulia to retain her title in the first NXT bout of the CW era on Tuesday night at Allstate Arena in suburban Chicago.

Jade has been out of action since suffering a torn ACL at an NXT house show in January, just one month after returning from a five-month hiatus from the brand. Jade later underwent surgery to repair the knee injury.

An uneasy alliance between Jade and Perez was teased in a segment posted to WWE’s digital media channels:

Our live coverage from Tuesday’s WWE NXT premiere episode on The CW is available here.

Anna Jay announced for NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed number one contender’s match

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After returning from her Japanese excursion to Stardom, Anna Jay is ready to set foot in an NJPW ring for the first time.

NJPW has revealed that Jay will take part in a four-way number one contender’s match at Fighting Spirit Unleashed pay-per-view on Friday, November 8 in Lowell, Massachusetts. The winner of the four-way will earn a future NJPW Strong Women’s Championship match against current champ Mercedes Mone.

The four-way is the first match announced for the November 8 show, and Jay is the only participant announced for the contest to this point.

Other talent confirmed for Fighting Spirit Unleashed include current Strong Openweight Champion Gabe Kidd, IWGP Global Champion David Finlay, KENTA, Tomohiro Ishii, and 2024 G1 Climax tournament winner Zack Sabre Jr.

Jay made her in-ring return in AEW on last Friday’s Rampage episode after an eight-match tour of Japan in August that included taking part in Stardom’s Five Star Grand Prix.