Recently Released WWE Superstar Claims Vince McMahon’s Exit “Killed” Their Career; September 25th Live Wrestling News Round-Up

Zack Sabre Jr. has sent a message to his AEW WrestleDream opponent Bryan Danielson.

After his recent match at NJPW Destruction in Kobe, Zack Sabre Jr. took the opportunity to send a fiery message to his upcoming opponent. Fuelled with passion and confidence, he declared:

WrestleDream against the mighty dragon bollocks. Seattle, October 1. Sleepless in Seattle? No, no, no. Submissions in Seattle.

Sabre Jr. wasted no time in challenging Danielson’s technical prowess, asserting that their match would determine who the best technical wrestler in the world truly is. He questioned Danielson’s ability to execute moves without jeopardising his own joints, claiming that the former cannot match his own skillset.

You can read Zack’s full comments, here.

Kurt Angle revealed that he nearly signed to the UFC to join The Ultimate Fighter.

In a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Angle revealed that UFC President Dana White once offered him the chance to join The Ultimate Fighter in 2009. The offer included a fight against Kimbo Slice, with a lucrative contract on the line.

However, Angle’s well-documented struggles with painkiller addiction prevented him from passing the physical required for a UFC deal. Reflecting on his decision, Angle expressed gratitude, as his history of neck injuries would have left him at a severe disadvantage against world-class fighters.

You can read Angle’s comments in full, here.

Teddy Long has no love for former WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis.

Speaking in a new interview shared with Wrestling Shoot Interviews, Long explained he’s also got no love for Johnny Laurinaitis.

The former referee was asked who he preferred working under out of Jim Ross — another former Head of Talent Relations — and Johnny Ace.

Check out the video below!

Wrestling media personality Chris Van Vliet has recalled a hilarious encounter with WWE legend John Cena during his recent appearance on the Maven Huffman channel.

Speaking with former WWE Superstar Maven, Chris Van Vliet would recall a text exchange with Cena during which ‘The Doctor of Thuganomics’ would reveal his unrivalled sense of humour.

Check it out below!

Don’t expect to see ‘The Celtic Warrior’ back in the WWE any time soon!

According to a new report Sheamus’ recent WWE absence has been caused by a “really bad” shoulder injury.

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer would report:

“Seamus [has a] really bad shoulder injury by the way. That’s why he hasn’t been on TV or at house shows.”

This news follows a recent report that Sheamus’ WWE contract is set to expire in 2024 and he is yet to agree terms with the company.

You can read more that report, here.

Eric Bischoff had high praise for former WWE Superstar Mustafa Ali following his surprise release last week.

Speaking on his Strictly Business podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff gave his thoughts on the releases.

Bischoff said he was surprised WWE didn’t want to release Ali until after his match with Mysterio while praising the star as an “amazing talent.”

“I think he’s an amazing talent. I think the world of him. He’s an amazing talent. I know he [has an] amazing amount of drive and ambition. My guess…if anything, he will be even more motivated and inspired than he was two days ago.”

Eric Bischoff is currently on tour with Inside the Ropes and Bischoff will be in Dublin tonight and in Belfast on the 26th, followed by London on the 27th and Glasgow on the 28th.

Select tickets are still available and can be purchased here.

NXT is about to get proud and fierce once again!

Fan favourite NXT Superstar Nikkita Lyons is closing in on her in-ring return!

Nikkita Lyons, who has been sidelined since February after undergoing surgery, had initially been expected to be out of action for up to a year.

However, in a recent Instagram post on September 24th, Lyons revealed that she is on the verge of returning to the ring for training.

You can check out Lyons’ update in full, here.

Eddie Kingston will be sticking around in AEW for a long time to come.

Fresh off the back of winning the Ring of Honor World Championship, the Mad King has announced he’s signed a new four-deal with AEW.

Speaking on AdFreeShows, Kingston said he made sure to play his cards close to his chest, but there’s nowhere else he wants to be.

“If you notice, you haven’t heard anything about me with a contract because I did my sh*t on the low. My thing was coming up, I got four more years. I’m straight. No one needs to know how much, no one needs to know how long. I got my f*cking sh*t. I got my sh*t and I’m going to be there for a minute because there is nowhere else I want to be,”

You can read more on Eddie Kingston’s future in AEW, here.

Edge talks exclusively to Inside The Ropes about the original plans that were scrapped for Edge to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Taboo tuesday 2004!

Check it out!

Join Corey Graves as he sits down with, the leader of the LWO himself, Santos Escobar on the latest episode of After The Bell!

WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long has revealed his issues with former booker Ole Anderson claiming that a bizarre hair vs hair match was designed solely to bury him.

Speaking with Wrestling Shoot Interviews, Long would recall his backstage heat with Anderson.

The former SmackDown GM would state:

“Ole gave us the finish for the match and they wanted to cut my hair. Now me and Paul Ellering are both bald.

Well, okay, I got hair on the side. That’s all I got. I got nothing up here. Paul Ellering ain’t got nothing.

So I didn’t understand what was the purpose of cutting my hair when I don’t got nothing, you know, but I think it was all his [Ole’s] way of just burying me.

Because I got really about that and I went to Jody Hamilton and Jody Hamilton god rest his soul. He’s the one that kept me from walking out.

I was gonna leave that night because that wasn’t right and Jody told me he explained to me about Ole and everything. He said, “don’t you know, just don’t lose your job.” Just go ahead and do what you need to do.”

Becky Lynch is coming to NXT once again and she is bringing the NXT Women’s Championship with her!

WWE has announced a new segment for this week’s NXT show.

Viewers will hear from none other than Becky Lynch herself. This comes just days before Lynch’s highly anticipated title defence at NXT No Mercy on Saturday, September 30th.

The updated card for NXT can be found below courtesy of the Wrestling Observer Online:

NXT Global Heritage Invitational Finals: Butch vs. Joe Coffey

• Strap match: Eddy Thorpe vs. Dijak
• Trick Williams vs. Joe Gacy
• Gigi Dolin vs. Blair Davenport
• Bronco Nima and Lucien Price vs. Hank Walker and Tank Ledger
• Baron Corbin vs. Josh Briggs
• Carmelo Hayes, Ilja Dragunov sign contract for No Mercy title match
• Thea Hail vs. Dani Palmer
• We’ll hear from Tiffany Stratton
• We’ll hear from Becky Lynch

Bret Hart may be the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be…but his WCW career was far for excellent.

At least according to former WCW President Eric Bischoff.

Speaking on a recent episode of his 83 Weeks podcast, Bischoff would blast Bret Hart’s WCW career stating that it was a loss for everyone involved, including Bret Hart himself.

Bischoff would state:

“It’s no reflection on him, but Bret Hart. I mean, nothing good came out of it. Not for him. Not for us. Not for the fans. Everybody lost…

I strive for, embrace, and am grateful for opportunities where everybody wins. If there are three parties involved, and it’s a win-win-win situation, that’s optimal, right? You hope for these types of opportunities throughout your career or your life. With Bret, it was a lose-lose-lose, and for that reason alone, I wish I wouldn’t have done it.” [h/t to Fightful.com]

Eric Bischoff is currently on tour with Inside the Ropes and Bischoff will be in Dublin tonight and in Belfast on the 26th, followed by London on the 27th and Glasgow on the 28th.

Select tickets are still available and can be purchased here.

The WWE Hardcore Championship is one of the most iconic title belts in WWE history…but it was almost lost to an impound lot.

Former Hardcore Champion Maven has revealed that after taking the title belt to a bar to show off to some friends, he almost lost the belt for good after illegally parking outside the bar.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Maven would recall the near call, stating:

[Discussing if WWE Superstars get to keep their title belts]

“I almost got in trouble the first time I took it [WWE Hardcore Title] out.

At that time I was the only Hardcore Champion, I thought that was pretty cool.

So I took it out to a bar that night, I was parked in a spot I probably shouldn’t have been because I thought I was great…and my car got towed.

I had a flight the next morning to go out and defend the Hardcore Championship. Not having that belt on the flight for that show was not an option. I had to wake up the lot owner and I had to pay him $500 to get my car [amd the belt] out the lot, and phew I made my flight. My wallet was a letter thinner but I learnt a valuable lesson that night.

Which WWE Superstar do you think of when you picture the Hardcore Championship? Let us know by writing in using the ‘get involved’ feature at the top of the page or by clicking here.

Despite kayfabe largely falling out of existence since the introduction of widely accessible internet in the early 2000’s, there are some questions that have remained a mystery within the WWE.

Including…how exactly does a WWE Superstar get paid?

Are they sat at 11:59pm on the last Thursday of every month refreshing their Santander account to see if they have been paid yet…or is that just me.

Well former WWE Superstar Maven has revealed all.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Maven would breakdown the details surrounding a WWE Superstar’s pay schedule and how he was paid during his time with the company.

Maven notes:

“Do WWE wrestlers get paid weekly?

Great question.

We actually do, I actually got a physical hard copy check mailed to my house every week. My routine every Tuesday was I would land from my flight from Raw the night before and all of my mail would be sitting on my kitchen peninsula.

I would gather up every my check and I would gather up all my bills, I would actually and I still can’t believe I did this. I would actually physically drive around and I would deposit my cheque and Bank of America and then I would physically drive around and pay my bills.

Do WWE wrestlers make a lot of money?

It’s all subjective. At the time, I was coming off of a job as a school teacher and at the end of every month I remember I remember having around $300 to play with.

Was my first contract at WWE a lot of money? At the time for me, you bet your butt it was. And that was only a $50,000 contract. Obviously once I went to pay sheets, it seemed like all the money in the world.

 Do WWE wrestlers get paid when injured?

The quick answer that question is absolutely. When I broke my elbow. It was the first night of a loop.

I was wrestling, Matt Hardy. I came off the ropes for a high cross body and Matt ducked under which he was supposed to do, and I just landed wrong and exploded the bone in my elbow

. I immediately the next day was flown home and sent to an orthopaedic surgeon who then told me I would have to be I would have to get surgery. I didn’t have to tell the WWE at the time to go ahead and take me off pay sheets and put me on my downside. They automatically did it. They knew I was I wasn’t coming back for several months.

If I would have stayed on pay sheets, no check would have came that entire time I was home.”

AEW WrestleDream may be proving to be a nightmare for Tony Khan.

The upcoming AEW PPV event is set to feature a handful of inter-promotional matches featuring talent from AEW, ROH and NJPW.

However, despite the show featuring the likes of Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay and Katsuyori Shibata, attendance figures are not looking good for the event.

Although it’s too early to say definitively, it was reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter on September 23rd that WrestleDream has sold a little over 5,000 tickets. This means it’s on course for the lowest PPV live attendance since the pandemic.

The Wrestle Dream show is at 5,005, so it looks to be the lowest PPV audience since the pandemic.

How would you get AEW back on track? Let us know by writing in using the ‘get involved’ feature at the top of the page or by clicking here.

Rick Boogs was one of nearly thirty WWE Superstars to be released on September 21st & 22nd, 2023.

Boogs was released by the company alongside names including former WWE World Champion Dolph Ziggler, former Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin and fan favourite Mustafa Ali.

Speaking on YouTube, Rick Boogs would claim that his WWE release came as a result of a “political power play”.

Writing in the comment section of that video, Boogs would go one step further, claiming that Vince McMahon‘s WWE departure killed his career.

“I can say with 100% certainty, the removal of Vince McMahon killed my career.

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Good Afternoon!

I hope everyone is doing well and had a rocking weekend!

I will be with you from 2pm to 6pm BST (9am – 1pm ET) covering all the biggest stories from WWE, AEW, NJPW, IMPACT and more.

We will be kicking things off today with the biggest stories from the last 24 hours including:

• Rick Boogs blames Vince McMahon‘s WWE departure for killing his career.
• AEW WrestleDream set for record low PPV buys.
• Maven reveals how WWE Superstars really get paid.
• A former WWE star had to pay $500 to get the Hardcore Championship out of an impound lot.
• Eric Bischoff blasts Bret Hart’s WCW career.
• Teddy Long blasts former WWE official as one of the worst humans in the world.