2020

Live from Las Vegas, Nevada (my kind of town), this is Smackdown Live for episode #1008. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. If you want to support us at TJRWrestling, here’s a Donate Link for our Paypal where anything you send will go towards building the site. Thanks to Melo Man for the banner up top. The…

NXT has a busy couple of days ahead of them. The NXT road schedule to close out the week kicks off tonight. The traveling crew will be running a house show at the RWJ Barnabas Arena in Toms River, New Jersey. Also this evening, the local crew will be holding a non-televised live event at…

— According to a report at PWInsider.com, WWE Hall of Famer and former Raw General Manager Kurt Angle will be present at this coming Monday’s WWE Raw taping in Sacramento. The timing of Angle being backstage is certainly interesting since it will be the day after the TLC PPV where acting GM Baron Corbin’s future…

Brock Lesnar’s WWE RAW return was recently announced. The WWE Universal Champion is being advertised by the Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for the January 21st WWE Royal Rumble 2019 “go-home” edition of RAW. The show will mark the final episode of RAW heading into the first PPV of the new year, where “The…

As noted, legendary pro wrestling announcer / interviewer / host and beloved WWE Hall Of Famer “Mean” Gene Okerlund passed away at age 76 this week. Featured below are a number of tweets from WWE Superstars and wrestling personalities reacting to the unfortunate news. A voice and sound track to an entire era of our…

As seen on this week’s episode of 205 Live, Humberto Carrillo has made his debut for WWE as he answered the non-title open challenge from WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy on Tuesday night. Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store Following his appearance on the show, Carrillo spoke in an exclusive WWE.com backstage interview, and 205…

— According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Braun Strowman (who was cleared to return to action only this week) and Seth Rollins are the favorites for the men’s Royal Rumble. — On the women’s side, theer was a “storyline pitch” where Becky Lynch would fail in her attempt to beat Asuka and then come back…

– Rey Mysterio took to social media this week to share a photo and some thoughts on what was a special moment for him. The longtime WWE performer visited late WWE Hall Of Famer and life-long friend, Eddie Guerrero’s grave for the first time since his passing in November of 2005. Check out Mysterio’s photos…

On Thursday, Impact Wrestling issued the following press release to announce a press conference with their new partners, the NFL Alumni, Las Vegas Chapter: IMPACT Wrestling and the NFL Alumni, Las Vegas Chapter (“NFLALV”) will host a press conference on Friday, February 15 starting at 5:30 p.m. PT at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas,…

— Several sources are reporting that the Kofi Kingston’s spot and performance of being in the Smackdown Gauntlet match for one hour was originally earmarked for Mustafa Ali. With Kingston shining in the spot and getting accolades both backstage and by the audience, an opportunity for him has opened up. — The WrestleVotes account is…