Tag: Covid

Report: WWE no longer requiring COVID testing for talent

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A new report says that WWE has informed talent that COVID testing is no longer required.

Fightful Select is reporting that WWE Performance Center talent was informed this past weekend that they are no longer being required to take COVID testing twice a week, which previously had been mandatory. Additionally, WWE main roster talent have been informed that weekly testing is not required. It is not known if there is a vaccination qualifier to that or not.

WWE has been hit hard in the last week due to COVID-19 protocols. WWE’s show at Madison Square Garden on Sunday had both main events changed after most of the participants were removed from the show due to protocols. Big E vs. Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins in a triple threat match for the WWE title was changed to a cage match between Kevin Owens and Edge. A match between Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch for the Raw Women’s title never took place.

PWInsider reported this afternoon that a number of WWE producers are not at Raw tonight due to COVID-19 protocols.

Big Audio Nightmare: Moxley vs. Nagata, COVID cancellations, Stardom

Posted on by Adam Summers

It’s a solo express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare this week as Adam Summers guides you through the world of Japanese professional wrestling.

Topics this week include:

  • The ongoing and expanding state of emergency in Japan and how it is affecting wrestling there
  • The NJPW COVID-19 outbreak
  • The Jon Moxley vs. Yuji Nagata IWGP U.S. title match on AEW Dynamite
  • Thoughts on NJPW in the long-term
  • Some great matches in Stardom, more curious NOAH booking, and a first look at the upcoming CyberFight Festival.

All that and much more on this edition of the Big Audio Nightmare!

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June 29, 2020 Observer Newsletter: #SpeakingOut continues, WWE COVID-19 outbreak

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

The Pro Wrestling industry in Europe and North America, an industry that has had a male-dominated culture since its inception, was rocked to the core by women this past week with story after story of abuse with names from every significant promotion.

The U.K. scene was hit the hardest, but there were allegations against significant names in every promotion.

When the week was over, Joey Ryan was accused by so many women of inappropriate sexual actions that people lost count (there were at least 16 stories that had come out), and was not only fired by Impact, closed down his Southern California promotion, Bar Wrestling, and it’s hard to believe that his career in pro wrestling isn’t over. His closest friends were shocked, saying they had no idea and many people who knew him as these revelations came out went into some deep depression and soul-searching trying to process the information. One person close to everyone on the Southern California scene said that Ryan’s entire life was wrestling and that nobody had any contact with him since 6/21, and also noted that probably very few tried to get in contact with him either.

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