Tag: Wrestling Revolver

Joe Gacy confirms first post-WWE indie date

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Joe Gacy isn’t wasting any time getting back into the ring.

The former Wyatt Sicks member has already been announced for some upcoming indies shows and conventions following his release from WWE, but Gacy, now going by “Joseph Sawyer,” confirmed today that his first appearance will take place for Wrestling Revolver on Friday, July 24. This is the earliest possible show Gacy can work with it being exactly three months removed from his release.

No opponent for Gacy was included in the announcement. The Wrestling Revolver event is named “The Silence of the Lambs” and is being held in Nashville, Tennessee. It will be broadcast live for free on YouTube.

“My first appearance is finally announced,” Gacy wrote. “See me in Nashville.”

AEW star Jon Moxley is among those advertised for the show, along with Mance Warner, Killer Kelly, and Myron Reed.

All of the Wyatt Sicks members — Gacy, Bo Dallas, Nikki Cross, Erick Rowan, and Dexter Lumis — were released from WWE in the company’s post-WrestleMania 42 roster cuts. The group will be appearing together at WrestleCon in Minneapolis this August.

Gacy & Lumis are former WWE Tag Team Champions from their time competing together on SmackDown.

Paul Walter Hauser defeats Matt Cardona at Wrestling Revolver Ready or Not

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Paul Walter Hauser won his second-ever pro wrestling match.

The Emmy-award winning actor defeated Matt Cardona at Saturday’s Wrestling Revolver Ready or Not event. The match involved both Bully Ray and Cardona’s manager, Steph De Lander. The finish of the match had Ray come to the aid of Hauser, putting Cardona through a flaming table that allowed Hauser to score the win.

After the match, Hauser cut a promo saying he may work in Hollywood but he comes from the pro wrestling fans of this world. He then asked Bully Ray if he could hold his own against Sami Callihan. As Ray was answering, Callihan came out and angrily accepted Hauser’s challenge for a match that will take place during WrestleMania weekend in Philadelphia.

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Hauser in the last year has won both a Golden Globe and Emmy award for his role in Black Bird. Hauser went as far as to mention Cardona during his Emmys acceptance speech. In November, he competed in his first-ever wrestling match, defeating Matthew Palmer at another Wrestling Revolver event.

Jacob Fatu on WWE’s Bloodline storyline, wrestling first intergender match

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

This past Thursday at Wrestling Revolver, former MLW Champion Jacob Fatu wrestled his first ever intergender match against former GCW World Champion and Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion Masha Slamovich.

I talked to him after the match about intergender wrestling, the WWE Bloodline story, and more. 

WWE Bloodline

Fatu is part of the Samoan wrestling dynasty as he is part of the Anoa’i family. He is the son of Samual Fatu (Tonga Kid) which makes him a cousin of the cousins of Jimmy & Jey Uso, Solo Sikoa and Roman Reigns. 

Given how intricate and long the Bloodline story has gone on in WWE, I asked Fatu his opinions on the popular storyline. 

“They’ve been in there, putting in the work. I mean, we’re talking about three years straight with the storyline, but I’m a fan overall. And the crazy thing is just because I’m related to them when I watch, I think I know what’s going on. Then, they always hit us with that twist. So overall, they’re doing good. Shoutout to the Bloodline, shoutout to the Usos, Fatus, Anoa’is. We’re really all one family.”

I asked Fatu if we perhaps might ever see him get involved in the story.

“In due time, it could be there, it could be anywhere. Like I said, leave it in God’s hands. If it happens, it happens.”

He went on to say that he’s very proud of his family and recalled Wrestlemania 39 being one of the exciting moments seeing the Usos, Solo Sikoa and Roman Reigns all part of the night.

Intergender Wrestling 

At Wrestling Revolver on November 16, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, Fatu wrestled his first ever intergender match against Masha Slamovich. 

When I asked Fatu his thoughts on intergender wrestling being a controversial topic, Fatu said that “first and foremost, women make the world go round.” 

“I got seven kids. I got girls. And my girls are the toughest right. And not only that, but for real when it comes to matches like that, it’s like, the girls are on the road just as much as I am. You know, we’re all in the same boat so it ain’t nothing but respect. 

They feeding their family, taking care of {things} like they know the ins and outs. So but not only that, like, it’s not just a random person. We talk about my son, you know, so absolutely it felt good. It was good opportunity. But to be in there, I was very, very excited today for my first inter-gender match. And it was good.”

Fatu then gave credit to Slamovich for being able to build a platform for herself and said he had “goosebumps” following the match and that the match felt good. 

Jon Moxley tag match announced for Wrestling Revolver Unreal

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AEW star Jon Moxley will be competing in tag team action at Wrestling Revolver’s Unreal event later this month.

Wrestling Revolver has announced a first-time-ever tag team bout for the Thursday, November 16 event. Moxley & Sami Callihan will team up against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz). The show is taking place in Los Angeles and will stream live via Fite+.

Moxley makes frequent appearance for Wrestling Revolver, which is an indie promotion run by Callihan.

The Unreal event will feature the Wrestling Revolver debut of UFC Hall of Famer/former WWE star Ronda Rousey. Callihan told Busted Open Radio that booking Rousey is something that he “fell into” because of his relationships with other people and them putting him over to Rousey. Callihan said Rousey wanted to do the show for charity. All ticket sale profits from Unreal are being donated to Lahaina wildfire relief.

Rousey & Marina Shafir are facing Athena & Billie Starkz at Unreal. The show is also set to include the in-ring debut of actor Paul Walter Hauser, “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Bryan Keith, Rey Horus vs. Gringo Loco, Jacob Fatu vs. Masha Slamovich, and more.

Actor Paul Walter Hauser to make in-ring debut at Wrestling Revolver event

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Actor Paul Walter Hauser will have his first pro wrestling match later this month.

Hauser will face Matthew Palmer in a match that will take place at Wrestling Revolver’s Unreal event on November 16. It will air live on Fite TV and take place at the Homenten Glendale Ararat in Los Angeles.

Ronda Rousey will make her return to wrestling on the same card, teaming with Marina Shafir against Athena and Billie Starks. Other matches announces include Gringo Loco vs. Rey Horus, Mike Bailey vs. Bryan Keith, and Jon Moxley will team with Sami Callihan against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz).

Back in January, Hauser appeared on both AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage. During an interview on Rampage, Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, and Sonjay Dutt interrupted the segment and after some back and forth, Jarrett smashed Hauser over the head with a guitar. The Best Friends came out for the save, but Jarrett and company had already stolen what was called Hauser’s Golden Globe award, which they carried for weeks following the angle.

Hauser earned an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal as the title character in the film Richard Jewell. For his role as convicted murderer Larry Hall in the 2022 miniseries Black Bird, he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Ronda Rousey & Marina Shafir’s Wrestling Revolver Unreal opponents revealed

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Ronda Rousey will team with Marina Shafir in her Wrestling Revolver debut, and the promotion has announced the duo’s opponents. 

In a social media post Thursday, Wrestling Revolver officially announced Rousey & Shafir vs. ROH Women’s World Champion Athena & Billie Starkz for its Thursday, November 16 Unreal event. 

Wrestling Revolver had previously announced on October 28 that Rousey would debut at the show, and a tag match with Shafir was a safe bet, but not official until Thursday’s official announcement. 

Rousey made a surprise return to the ring on October 27 at a Lucha VaVOOM show in Los Angeles in her first wrestling appearance since leaving WWE following this year’s SummerSlam in August. Rousey & Shafir defeated Brian Kendrick & Taya Valkyrie in a tag bout at the Lucha VaVOOM event. 

Rousey left WWE following a loss to Shayna Baszler at SummerSlam, capping her second run as an in-ring performer with the company. In her time with WWE, Rousey was a two-time SmackDown Women’s Champion, a Raw Women’s Champion, a Women’s Tag Team Champion, and won the 2022 women’s Royal Rumble match.

Former WWE star Ronda Rousey to make Wrestling Revolver debut

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After making her surprise return to the ring on Thursday night, Ronda Rousey has already been announced for another independent wrestling event.

The UFC Hall of Famer and former WWE star will make her Wrestling Revolver debut at a show in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 16. The event is named “Unreal” and will air live on Fite TV.

Rousey had posted a tweet on Friday teasing that she would be appearing at the Wrestling Revolver show.

Rousey last competed for WWE when she lost to Shayna Baszler in an MMA rules match at SummerSlam this August. The program between Rousey and Baszler started abruptly when Baszler turned against Rousey at Money in the Bank, causing them to lose the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles. Dave Meltzer reported at the time that Rousey had a “hard out” date with WWE.

Nearly three months after that SummerSlam match, Rousey returned to the ring by competing for indie promotion Lucha VaVoom on Thursday. The appearance wasn’t announced in advance. Rousey & Marina Shafir defeated Brian Kendrick & Taya Valkyrie.

The finish of the match was Rousey submitting Kendrick with an ankle lock.

“@luchavavoom was honestly the best Lucha/burlesque hybrid show I’ve ever had the pleasure of jumping into unannounced,” Rousey wrote on Instagram.” Anyone who doubted me and @marinashafir could make magic in a ring is an idiot – thank you @thetayavalkyrie and @mr.briankendrick for being down to get down with us.”

Rousey, Baszler, Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke are the Four Horsewomen of MMA.

Tickets for the November 16 Wrestling Revolver event are set to go on sale this Monday (October 30) at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Wrestling Revolver notes that a portion of the proceeds will be donated toward Maui wildfire relief.

“This is gunna be fun, hope to see ya there,” Rousey wrote. “All profits from ticket sales going directly to Lahaina wildfire survivors via Venmo Mutual Aid.”

The show is Wrestling Revolver’s Los Angeles debut.

Jon Moxley unable to compete at Wrestling Revolver event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW star Jon Moxley wasn’t able to compete in his scheduled match for Wrestling Revolver on Sunday night.

Moxley was supposed to face Gringo Loco in a lucha street fight at Sunday’s Revolver Redemption event in Dayton, Ohio. But Rich Swann ended up replacing Moxley in the match. Moxley appeared in front of the crowd and announced that doctors would not let him wrestle on the show. Gringo Loco defeated Swann in the match.

After getting the win, Gringo Loco accused Moxley of being scared to face him.

Moxley hasn’t wrestled since suffering a concussion against Rey Fenix at Dynamite Grand Slam on September 20. Moxley is scheduled to return to the ring at Dynamite Title Tuesday this week, facing Fenix in an AEW International Championship rematch.

In their match at Grand Slam, Fenix defeated Moxley to win the International title. The title change wasn’t originally planned to happen, but Moxley called an audible after getting hurt.

Moxley appeared at two Wrestling Revolver shows on Sunday and also took part in a meet and greet. Moxley and Renee Paquette presented a trophy to Billie Starkz for winning Wrestling Revolver’s Women’s Grand Prix.

Jon Moxley match announced for Wrestling Revolver show

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AEW star Jon Moxley is returning to Wrestling Revolver for a match next month.

Wrestling Revolver has announced that Moxley will face Jake Crist at their Mayhem For All show on Saturday, May 6. The event is taking place in Clive, Iowa and will be available live via Fite+.

Wrestling Revolver stated that Moxley hand-picked Crist as his opponent for the show. It’s being billed as a match between two people who helped shape each other’s careers in the early 2000s.

The match will be Moxley’s first for Wrestling Revolver since August 2022. Moxley & Sami Callihan defeated JT Dunn & Logan James in a tag team match at that event.

Moxley also recently competed in an indie match over WrestleMania week in Los Angeles, defeating Alex Coughlin at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 9.

On this Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite, Moxley is teaming with Claudio Castagnoli against Brandon Cutler & Michael Nakazawa. The match will continue Blackpool Combat Club’s feud with The Elite.

Wrestling Revolver, Black Label Pro moving live events, content libraries to FITE+

Posted on by Josh Nason

Tuesday saw FITE take more steps toward becoming a player in the pro wrestling streaming space. 

The first was announced in the morning as GCW’s future live events and content library are moving to their FITE+ service with the second announced at night with both Wrestling Revolver and Black Label Pro following suit.

Like GCW, subscribers to FITE+ now have access to both both companies’ entire libraries and future live events. Wrestling Revolver next runs on November 12th for Smoke ‘Em If Ya Got ‘Em while Black Label Pro runs on the same date with Slamilton.

FITE+ costs $4.99 a month or $49.99 for a year and includes catalogs from companies like the NWA, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Top Rank, and more. 

The Iowa & Ohio based-Wrestling Revolver, owned by Sami Callihan, didn’t have a streaming home and was strictly on pay-per-view while the Crown Point, Indiana-based Black Label Pro is moving from IWTV.

Jon Moxley & Sami Callihan to reunite at July Wrestling Revolver PPV

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The delayed reunion of Jon Moxley and Sami Callihan’s Switchblades tag team is back on.

Callihan’s Wrestling Revolver announced Thursday that he and Moxley will reunite at the July 9th Cage of Horrors pay-per-view on FITE.tv with opponents to be named.

The two were originally slated to team up at last October’s Tales from the Ring for Wrestling Revolver, but Callihan suffered a broken ankle a month prior while wrestling for Impact.

Moxley and Callihan last teamed more than a decade ago. Callihan recently returned to action after recovering from his injury.

The event will feature a slew of AEW, Impact and indie talent.

Here’s the current card:

  • Swerve Strickland, Rich Swann & Matthew Palmer vs. JT Dunn, Tyler Matrix & Logan James in a Cage of Horrors match
  • Ruby Soho vs. Billie Starkz
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. 1 Called Manders
  • Jon Moxley & Sami Callihan, Trey Miguel, Blake Christian, POS, Jessicka Havok and Jake Crist in matches to be announced