Two more members of The Rhodes family have made their AEW debut. Wayne & Wyatt Rhodes, the nephews of Dustin Rhodes & Cody Rhodes, made their debut in a dark match during Saturday’s AEW Collision tapings, taking on Aaron Solo and Jon Cruz. They used the tag team name The New Texas Outlaws, a homage to the tag team consisting of their grandfather Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch. The two made their wrestling debut back in March, wrestling at a Rhodes Wrestling Academy showcase event. During the Collision TV tapings, their uncle Dustin became a double champion in Ring of…

WWE In the main event segment of tonight’s August 16 WWE SmackDown, Roman Reigns was attacked by a returning star in a big Bloodline moment. Solo Sikoa told Roman Reigns that if he wanted this Ula Fala back, he was going to need to come and take it from Sikoa. Roman Reigns did not disappoint as he rather promptly made his entrance to confront Sikoa in the ring, who was accompanied by Tama Tonga. There would end up being a wordless exchange as the fight quickly turned physical and Roman Reigns was able to chase off Sikoa and take out…

The ratings and viewership data are in for this week’s (Aug. 7) episode of AEW Dynamite. Per Wrestlenomics, Dynamite netted 622,000 viewers and a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic. These results are slightly better than last week’s 609K and 0.18, which ranked among the lowest numbers in Dynamite history. The big attraction on this week’s episode was an Anything Goes main event match of babyface Jeff Jarrett versus Bryan Danielson, with Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat on hand as a special guest. The overall results didn’t budge much from last week, mostly because the Olympics are dominating TV…

About three kilometres behind the Alandi temple, as one enters Kelgaon through a kaccha road that cuts through a mountain, tucked away in a corner is the Jog Maharaj Sports Academy. Thirty young women from remote parts of the state, training in wrestling and holding the Olympic dream in their eyes, watched all the matches of Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat. “The happiest we have been this season is when Vinesh Phogat qualified for finals. Along with the entire country, we too harboured hopes that she’ll clinch the gold. But what happened is heartbreaking…We initially thought she would get another chance,…

WWE A gimmick change for a WWE star usually yields a newfound direction and success for your career. Coming off the heels of a very successful SummerSlam 2024 event, there are plenty of talent on both Raw and SmackDown who are in need of a major shift. From turning heel or babyface to moving to a different brand, fans could see several stars make a significant change. Here are six WWE stars who could potentially be getting new gimmicks. 6. Odyssey Jones Joins The New Day On WWE Raw On the August 5 edition of Monday Night Raw, Odyssey Jones…

Actor Nakuul Mehta is left shocked and amazed at veteran actor-turned-politician Hema Malini’s comment after wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Paris Olympics for being 100 grams overweight. She had said that the wrestler should’ve kept her weight in check, and Nakuul feels it was uncalled for. Also read: Hema Malini now calls Vinesh Phogat ‘heroine of this Olympics’, internet says ‘no need to act nice’ Nakuul Mehta took to social media to express his views. Nakuul reactsThe actor took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express his disappointment. He reposted a tweet of Hema’s video byte, and shared…

PARIS — The Indian wrestler who failed to make weight for her gold-medal bout at the 2024 Paris Olympics has abruptly retired.Vinesh Phogat, who would have been India’s first Olympic medalist in wrestling, announced in an emotional post on social media that she is walking away from the sport. The news came less than 24 hours after she had taken dramatic steps to lose weight, including cutting her hair, but came in about 0.2 pounds over the maximum allowed in her class.In a message written in Hindi and posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Phogat said goodbye to her…

Phogat had starved herself for a week, exercised and spent hours in the sauna to cut the kilos from her usual 55-56kg to meet her competition weight.India’s Vinesh Phogat lopped off her hair and forced herself into a smaller singlet but still fell 100 grams short of Olympic glory in a cruel twist to the rollercoaster career of one of the most compelling wrestlers of her time, at the Paris Games. While a billion-plus Indians went to bed on Tuesday night thinking they were assured of a silver medal and dreaming of a gold from Phogat, the 29-year-old was doing…

WWE There has been an exit from the executive team within WWE this week according to a new report noting a longstanding employee was let go. As reported by PWInsider Elite, WWE’s Vice President of Talent Relations Operations, Kristin Altman, was “let go” by the company earlier this week. Altman had been with WWE since 2007 when she began as a receptionist before transitioning to Talent Relations in 2008. With numerous positions with increasing responsibility seemingly occurring during her time with the company, according to her LinkedIn profile her most recent title was Vice President, Talent Relations Operations. Altman described…

PARIS — The most unusual day of Sarah Hildebrandt’s wrestling career ended with her earning an Olympic gold medal.The American won the 50-kilogram women’s category Wednesday, defeating Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 3-0 in the championship match to become the fourth U.S. woman to win a gold medal.For a while, she thought she wouldn’t even have a gold medal match.Vinesh Phogat of India appeared to reach the finals of the 50-kilogram category after three wins Tuesday. But United World Wrestling, the sport’s governing body, disqualified her after she barely missed weight Wednesday morning.Measures such as cutting Phogat’s hair weren’t enough…