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Nick Khan Leaving CAA To Become WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer https://deadline.com/2020/08/nick-khan-exit-caa-wwe-president-chief-revenue-officer-1203004685/ Nick Khan Heading From CAA To WWE In Powerhouse Move https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2020/08/05/CAA-WWE.aspx The Most Powerful Agency In Sports Just Booked $5 Billion In New Deals via @forbes https://www.forbes....

Report cites ratings concerns, creative problems in decision to not recommend WWE stock https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/7/29/21347246/investor-research-firm-slams-wwe-creative-worried-raw-smackdown-ratings As WWE Ratings Tumble, McMahon Must Stop Blaming Storylines https://variety.com/vip/amidst-wwe-ratings-tumble-mcmahon-must-stop-blaming-storylines-1234712446/ REPORT: WWE is looking into...

WWE is doing a new version of the Nation of Domination https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/wwe-is-doing-a-new-version-of-the-nation-of-domination/ WWE Reportedly Considering Recreating Legendary Attitude Era Stable https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2020/07/22/wwe-reportedly-considering-recreating-legendary-attitude-era-stable/#1e105fe77800 WWE star ended losing streak that dated back to...

Results: Kevin Owens defeated Murphy Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston)in a Tables match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Bayley (c) (with Sasha Banks) defeated Nikki Cross (with Alexa Bliss) for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship MVP defeated Apollo Crews (c) by forfeit for the WWE United States Championship Seth Rollins defeated Rey Mysteri...

The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier) Moose (c) defeated Tommy Dreamer in an Old School Rules match for the (unsanctioned) TNA World Heavyweight Championship Kylie Rae won by last eliminating Taya Valkyrie[Note 1]Gauntlet for the Gold match to determine the #1 contender for the Impact Knockouts Championship Chris Bey defe...

IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary 2020 will be: IMPACT World Championship - Four-Way Elimination Match Ace Austin vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Trey Miguel vs. TBA IMPACT Knockouts Championship Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo IMPACT X-Division Championship Willie Mack (c) vs. Chris Bey IMPACT Tag Team Championships The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) (c) vs. Sami Callihan & Ken Shamrock IMPACT Kno...

Kelly Klein says multiple women have spoken out on sexual harassment/misconduct from Jay Lethal. Matt Riddle comes forward about Candy Cartwright. Kelly Klein says multiple women have spoken out on sexual harassment/misconduct from Jay Lethal https://wrestlingnews.co/roh-news/kelly-klein-says-multiple-women-have-spoken-out-on-sexual-harassment-misconduct-from-jay-lethal/ Matt Riddle’s accuser Cand...

Short-Term Booking Is Leading WWE to Long-Term Disaster https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2898249-short-term-booking-is-leading-wwe-to-long-term-disaster The latest on status of this year’s WWE SummerSlam https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/the-latest-on-status-of-this-years-wwe-summerslam-2/ WWE fires back at ‘Wrestling Journalists’ in response to securities fraud class action lawsuit regarding S...

KOP discusses the recent issues involving the likes of Joey Ryan, Marty Scurll And Dave Crist Fired By Impact Wrestling In Wake Of #SpeakingOut Allegations https://www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2020/06/22/joey-ryan-and-dave-crist-fired-by-impact-wrestling-amid-allegations/#6c3f54eca877 Joey Ryan deletes social media accounts after more than a dozen allegations surface online https://wrestlingn...

With Bruce Prichard in charge of both Raw and Smackdown, WWE goes back to the basics of booking. We look at the issues surrounding a resurgence of Pritchard back to heading the creative side of WWE. With Bruce Prichard in charge of both Raw and Smackdown, WWE may finally find what it is missing: consistency across both brands. https://www.cbr.com/wwe-huge-change-creative-team-not-bad/ WWE Rocked b...

WWE Backlash brings us a mat classic with Randy Orton and Edge that was easily better than their Wrestlemania match. As for the match itself it might not be the greatest wrestling match ever, it's a match of the year candidate. Results: Apollo Crews (c) defeated Andrade (with Angel Garza and Zelina Vega) for the WWE United States Championship Bayley and Sasha Banks (c) defeated Alexa Bliss and Nik...

KOP looks at the directions of Matt Riddle and Karrion Kross. Can wrestlers like Riddle and Kross break through the corporate creative bubble. WWE has to be able to break this bad habit for the good of wrestling. Karrion Kross talks to Sports Illustrated about his run in WWE so far. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/karrion-kross-i-have-not-been-stifled-creatively-joining-nxt https://www.si.com/w...

NXT, due to a number of factors is no longer the upshot developmental brand that most fans found fresh and exciting. Besides destroying Ring of Honor as one of their competitors as a result, WWE has turned NXT into a neutered feeder system (with lots of bonified stars who already were stars in other promotions) that has a few prospects that might be capable of overcoming bad main roster creative t...

Vince McMahon sent a company-wide email to wrestlers/employees to address diversity concerns, 24/7 mental health counseling available to everyone https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/vince-mcmahon-sent-a-company-wide-email-to-wrestlers-employees-to-address-diversity-concerns24-7-mental-health-counseling-available-to-everyone/ WWE issues statement on George Floyd and racial injustice https://wrestling...

WWE is now using NXT wrestlers as “fans” during TV tapings. Most fans were happy to see wrestlers serve as the audience during Monday’s episode of Raw and NXT instead of having no crowd noise while matches were taking place. WWE had the wrestlers stand without chairs where the crowd would be behind plexiglass, which was set up all around the ringside area. We talk about how it was a change too lat...

Cody defeats Lance Archer to become the first ever TNT Champion. Hikaru Shida becomes the new AEW Women's Champion. Shida wins following the tragic detail of Hana Kimura another young Japanese female wrestler following in Shida's footsteps at the age of 22. Shida commented of Kimura's death saying "Sudden things are preceded by feelings of insecurity and unbelievability. I will pray for the souls....

Investigators say a body, matching the description of the missing father, former WWE wrestling star Shad Gaspard, has washed ashore in Venice, California. He was swept away by a rip current while swimming with his 10 yr old son. Son was rescued by lifeguards. This tragic incident happened when Gaspard was with his 10-year-old son and a group of swimmers. Gaspard told rescuers to take his son right...

People.com reported WWE superstar Becky Lynch confirmed that she and fiancé Seth Rollins are expecting their first child together. The 33-year-old revealed her pregnancy during Monday night's episode while announcing she was relinquishing her Raw Women's Championship belt to WWE superstar Asuka, the winner of Sunday night's Money in the Bank. The joyous news means Lynch — one of WWE's biggest and...

Asuka and Otis pick up Money in the Bank briefcases, and aside of all other titles retained, that's how this pretty condensed PPV went. KOP chimes in on this recap. Stand-up comedian and podcast host Tom Segura is receiving backlash from wrestling fans for inflammatory comments made about the industry on a recent episode of his Your Mom’s House podcast he hosts alongside his wife—and fellow comedi...

KOP reviews Karrion Kross’ in-ring debut on WWE NXT. KOP commented on the debut on Twitter saying: @WWE has been more than capable of making a great entrance for a wrestler. Kross's gimmick is seasoned and has been ready-made for the main event on any wrestling card. It's all on Killer Kross now to fight the fight against the corporate #WWE firewall that has failed more talented wrestlers than it...

KOP thanks MLW, AEW and Impact for great programming while WWE is on Auto Pilot. AEW is being very constructive without having all of their talent. By MLW and Impact recording so far ahead that they haven't lost a beat. Support KOP by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts or a CashApp to @kingofallpodcasts Visiting KOP’s special Amazon page at http://www.kingo...

Climbing the Corporate Ladder? WWE Has No Regrets; KOP talks about how the overall pandemic and lockdown and how decisions could have been avoided to not force WWE's hand last week. Plus, we look at the current picture of Money in the Bank and Double or Nothing. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to https://www.paypal.me/kingofpodcasts Visiting KOP’s Amazo...

Sins and negligence come back to bite WWE. with a watershed moment that will affect all of professional wrestling forever. AEW benefits greatly, and this further strengthens their movement. WWE Changes its Monetization Strategy? XFL files for bankruptcy, lets go of everyone, and suspends play indefinitely. WWE received equity in XFL without paying for it Florida makes WWE an essential business. WW...

WrestleMania Off-Season is here. The good news is wrestling will continue during Covid-19. KOP looks at what we can expect. While most TV and live sports productions in America have temporarily shut down because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, two wrestling companies will continue to film. AEW stopped production a few days ago, but both WWE and Impact Wrestling will reportedly tape more TV th...

Broken Dreams no more as Drew McIntyre’s universal dream comes true at Day 2 of WrestleMania 36. Plus, Bray Wyatt gets revenge on John Cena. KOP recaps what was a bit more stretched out Day 2 of WrestleMania. How do the redemption stories of Drew McIntyre help WWE going into the off-season. Support the Wrestling is Real Podcast by: Sending a PayPal donation by going to https://www.paypal.me/kingof...