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- SquaredCircleβs Weekly Pro-Wrestling Discussion Thread! (September 29th 2024) (Spoilers)
Hello SquaredCircle! Welcome to our Weekly Discussion Thread!
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What have you watched lately? Seen any great matches? Have suggestions for things to watch? Anything not getting covered in other threads that ya wanna fill people in about? Questions about promotions, wrestlers, 'the business' or more?
Feel free to post below!
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(Reminder, this thread can and will contain spoilers for possibly any show. Spoiler tags are not required in here, but if the show just happened try and keep spoiler talk it to its respective discussion thread for the first day).
- AEW Rampage Discussion Thread - 08/09/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, AEW Rampage comes to us from Winston-Salem, North Carolina!
The card for tonight's show will be:
Singles Match Darby Allin vs. The Butcher
Singles Match Rocky Romero vs. Wheeler Yuta
Tag Team Match Dave Dawson & Zane Dawson vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
Singles Match Saraya (w/Harley Cameron) vs. Nyla Rose
And more!
Please check your local listings and AllEliteWrestling.com for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!
- WWE SmackDown Discussion Thread - 08/09/24 (Spoilers) (Updated with card)
Tonight, WWE SmackDown comes to us from Tulsa, Oklahoma!
The card for tonight's show will be:
U.S. Title No. 1 Contenderβs Match Andrade vs Santos Escobar
No. 1 Contender's Match #DIY vs Pretty Deadly
Singles Match Jade Cargill vs Alba Fyre
Tag Team Match The Street Profits vs A-Town Down Under
Plus LA Knight holds a United States Title celebration, Roman Reigns makes his return, and more!
Please check your local listings and WWE.com for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!
- AEW Dynamite Discussion Thread - 08/07/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, AEW Dynamite comes to us from Winston-Salem, North Carolina!
The card for tonight's show will be:
Singles Match Viva Van vs. Mariah May
Singles Match Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bryan Keith
AEW American Title Eliminator Match MJF vs. Kyle Fletcher
Anything Goes Match Bryan Danielson vs. Jeff Jarrett
And more!
Please check your local listings and AllEliteWrestling.com for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!
- NJPW Windy City Riot Discussion Thread - 04/13/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, NJPW is stateside and brings us Windy City Riot LIVE from Chicago, Illinois! The card includes:
Singles Match Minoru Suzuki vs. Ren Narita
NJPW STRONG Women's Title Match Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. AZM
NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Title Four Corner Match Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (c) vs. Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) vs. The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs)
Singles Match Jack Perry vs. Shota Umino
Singles Match Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi
Riot Rules Match ???, ???, ??? & Eddie Kingston vs. ???, ???, ??? & Gabe Kidd
NJPW World Television Title Match Matt Riddle (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Non Title Match Tomohiro Ishii vs. Nic Nemeth
IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jon Moxley
And more!
The pre-show starts 7:00pm (CT), 5:00pm (PT), 8:00pm (ET), live on NJPW World.
- WWE Smackdown Discussion Thread - 04/12/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, WWE Smackdown comes to us from Detroit, Michigan! The lineup is:
Cody Rhodes returns to SmackDown for the first time as WWE Champion
Bayley makes her first appearance since winning the WWE Womenβs Championship at WrestleMania XL
And more!
Show starts LIVE at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on FOX. Check your local listings for more information.
- AEW Rampage Discussion Thread - 04/12/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, AEW Rampage comes to us from Charleston, West Virginia! Your card will be:
Singles Match Orange Cassidy vs. Alex Reynolds (w/John Silver)
AEW TBS Title Open House Match Julia Hart (c) vs. Leyla Hirsch
Singles Match Angelo Parker vs. Zak Knight (w/Harley Cameron & Saraya)
Singles Match Matt Sydal vs. Jay White (w/Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn)
And more!
Show starts at 10pm EST | 7pm PST | 9pm CST | 3am BST
AEW can be found on: TNT in the US, TSN+ in Canada, ViX in Latin America, ESPN in Australia, and FITETV/DAZN in the UK, EU, and elsewhere.
- ROH on HonorClub Discussion Thread - 04/11/24
Tonight, ROH on Honor Club comes to us from...somewhere! The card includes:
ROH World TV Championship Proving Ground Match Rhett Titus vs Kyle Fletcher
Singles Match Christopher Daniels vs Cole Karter
Singles Match Isiah Kassidy vs Action Andretti
We'll Also see Anna Jay, Nyla Rose, Zak Knight, The Rightous and Shane Taylor Promotions in action, And more!
ROH starts at 7pm ET/6pm CT only on Honor Club!
- TNA iMPACT Discussion Thread - 04/11/24
Tonight, TNA Impact comes to us from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! The card includes:
TNA Digital Media Title Match Crazzy Steve (c) vs. Laredo Kid
Tag Team Match ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. First Class (AJ Francis & Rich Swann)
Monster's Ball Match PCO vs. Kon
Non Title Match Trent Seven vs. Moose
And more!
TNA Impact! starts at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on AXStv, Fight Network, YouTube Insiders, TNA+, and DAZN. Check your local listings for more information.
- π¨WrestleMania Week (and a little beyond) Discussion Thread!π¨ (Spoilers for Any and All Shows)
πΆ It's the most wonderful tiiime of the year! πΆ
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Hello friends, it's that time of year once again. WWE is bringing us another WrestleMania, arguably the biggest event in pro wrestling, and as has become the norm everyone's getting in on it! The week surrounding WrestleMania is loaded with events from numerous pro wrestling companies giving so many sure-to-be amazing matches!
I'll be setting up discussion threads and posting highlights for at least a couple of these shows but given how many there are, please feel free to use this thread as an all purpose discussion thread (should you not want to make any individual threads yourselves!)
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Below is a non-exhaustive list of wrestling events over the coming period (television not included). I will try to highlight most of the bigger shows, but should I leave anything out do feel free to add it in the comments!
(Info below sourced from Cagematch on April 2nd, all cards subject to change.)
Event: Stardom American Dream 2024 In The Keystone State Date: 04.04.2024 Card
Event: DEFY Can't Deny It Date: 04.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport X Date: 04.04.2024 Card
Event: DDT Goes Philadelphia Date: 04.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW/JCW Vs. The World 2024 Date: 04.04.2024 Card
Event: WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2024 Date: 04.04.2024 Card
Event: PROGRESS Chapter 166: Freedom Walks Again Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: TJPW Live In Philly Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 8 Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW For The Culture 2024 Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: REVOLVER x HOG Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: ROH Supercard Of Honor 2024 Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: CMLL Super Viernes Date: 05.04.2024 Card
Event: WWE WrestleMania XL - Saturday Date: 06.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW Effy's Big Gay Brunch 9 Date: 06.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break: Clusterfuck Forever Date: 06.04.2024 Card
Event: GCW Vs. TJPW Date: 06.04.2024 Card
Event: NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024 Date: 06.04.2024 Card
Event: WWE WrestleMania XL - Sunday Date: 07.04.2024 Card
Event: RevPro Live In London 84 Date: 07.04.2024 Card
Event: SPARK Trailblaze Date: 07.04.2024 Card
Event: CZW Live! At The Murphy Rec Center: Philly Special Date: 07.04.2024 Card
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Any shows or matches you're really looking forward to? Comment below!
(Reminder, this thread can and will contain spoilers for possibly any show. Spoiler tags are not required in here, but if the show just happened try and keep spoiler talk it to its respective discussion thread for the first day).
- [NXT Spoilers] New NXT Titles Revealed
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I fucking hate these UFC looking pieces of shite lmao.
- WOW Women of Wrestling isn't listed in my area in it's normal Sunday timeslot. Does anyone still have WOW listed in their market in it's normal timeslot after NXT debuts?
WOW's website claims it's on in my area Sunday at 1:00pm, and that threw me off, because it's normal timeslot here is Sunday at 12:00pm.
I checked and 12:00pm is now "Paid Programing", and 1:00pm is "The Conners". I haven't scanned through the whole week yet, but I have a feeling it's just "NXT is here now, WOW is no longer here."
Anyone else able to still get WOW on their CW syndicate?
Edit: Turns out they changed the timeslot to Sunday at 2am. So......it does still exist. I wonder if they're just letting the contract length run out, before they let it run out.
- Billy Corgan: "I bought this company to bring it back to the top, and we are going to do that. Because as long as I own the National Wrestling Alliance, we arenβt going anywhere, we canβt be stopped."www.wrestlezone.com Billy Corgan: As Long As I Own NWA, We Aren't Going Anywhere
NWA President Billy Corgan says he bought the NWA to bring it back to the top, and they're going to do that.
- Penta El Zero Miedo Says He's Still Under Contract To AEW, Is Ready For When He's Neededwww.fightful.com Penta El Zero Miedo Says He's Still Under Contract To AEW, Is Ready For When He's Needed | Fightful News
Penta El Zero Miedo clarifies his contractual status.
>βItβs like I was saying, everyone defends their interests. Tony is defending his interests and we are defending our own. Iβll say this, I am still under contract with AEW, that is my present. I have not thought about my future because I prefer to think about my here and now, and my now is AEW. If they decided to not have us in matches, thatβs their thing, but I am ready for the day they need me to go to work with the same energy and enthusiasm Iβve always had.
>"We will see what happens in future months, but I am still in AEW and I cannot even think about talking to another company because that is not of my involvement. My legal team, lawyers and that stuff will handle everything relating to contracts and the like, but my job is inside that ring and with the fans. Everything that happens outside of that will be handled by people in their areas. My present in AEW, Iβm still firm with them and, quite frankly, I donβt know what will happen in the futureβ.
- Buff Bagwell Says He Received An $80,000 Residual Check For Appearing In 'WCW/nWo Revenge' On Nintendo 64www.fightful.com Buff Bagwell Says He Received An $80,000 Residual Check For Appearing In 'WCW/nWo Revenge' On Nintendo 64 | Fightful News
Buff Bagwell was paid handsomely for his appearance in the legendary "WCW/nWo Revenge" game for the Nintendo 64.
- Saturday Nights Main Event
So, we've all heard that it's coming back. I haven't yet heard if it's a one-off, or if it's a semi-regular show.
What I DID just hear, that I hadn't heard originally, is that it's an 8pm eastern start time. I assume 2 hours.
Even though I don't watch WWE, that kinda still pisses me off. It's supposed to be an 11:30pm thing, sitting in the SNL time slot on weeks when SNL is on a break week.
By 10pm, you'd still have time for a 60 minute show, then 30 minute local news, and STILL have room for SNLs regular time slot.
It's not the same.....
- WON: NWA Power to air on X for next five weeks
>For the next five weeks, the NWA will be airing its content on X/Twitter.
>The promotion announced today that, starting this Tuesday and running weekly through October 29, episodes of NWA Power will air on the NWAβs X account at 6:05 p.m. Eastern time. The five episodes will feature matches from NWA 76, the promotionβs yearly anniversary show that was taped in Philadelphia at the end of August.
>βWe wanted to reward all of our loyal fans domestically and around the globe by allowing them to see our spectacular anniversary show,β the NWAβs Joe Galli said. βEspecially to those fans who may have been missing out on NWA Power over the past few months.β
>This Tuesday, NWA Power will be headlined by EC3 defending his NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship against Thom Latimer. There will also be a Tag Team title match with Alex Taylor & Kerry Morton challenging Mike Knox & Trevor Murdoch.
- [Fightful] Killswitch/Luchasaurus Hospitalized
> An AEW star is in rough shape after a scary medical situation. Former AEW Trios, Tag Team and TNT champion Luchasaurus, aka Killswitch is recovering after his fiance found him collapsed on Friday, September 27. He was rushed to the hospital where they found his blood oxygen below 80 percent and determined he had pneumonia in both longs. It was discovered that he was days away from permanent lung damage. Killswitch has been on oxygen in the days that have followed, and was told to expect a recovery of over a month. His in-ring return is unclear. Fightful gained permission from those close to Killswitch/Luchasaurus before running this article.
- [Spoiler] New NXT Opening and Logo
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New titles to put the new silver logo on them were introduced as well before the first match.
- SquaredCircle's 'Meme Monday' Thread! - (September 30th 2024)
Welcome to SquaredCircle's 'Meme Monday' - Hangman Edition!
Have you seen a great wrestling meme this week about Cowboy Shit that just made you crack up? Did you watch a silly moment in a show and just need to craft a fiery meme out of it? Well post em below, cowpokes!
The highest voted meme shall win and be showcased in next week's thread if it doesn't burn down!
Last week's winner attached!
- Black Label Pro cancelling shows and going on hiatus
"Unfortunately we have decided to cancel Fancy Wrestling and the rest of the events upcoming.
We are going on a hiatus for the time being.
All tickets have already been submitted for refunds.
Thank you for all the support."
- EXCLUSIVE: AEW "Strongly Considering" New Partner For Future Video Gamesinsider-gaming.com EXCLUSIVE: AEW "Strongly Considering" New Partner For Future Video Games
After development struggles, going over budget, and conflicts, AEW is considering looking for a new developer for future video games.
- WWE Raw Discussion Thread - 09/30/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, WWE Raw comes to us from Evansville, Indiana!
The card for tonight's show will be:
Last Monster Standing Match Bronson Reed vs. Braun Strowman
Singles Match Kofi Kingston vs. Chad Gable
Singles Match Rey Mysterio vs. Xavier Woods
Six Man Tag Team Match LWO (Cruz Del Toro, Dragon Lee & Joaquin Wilde) vs. The Judgment Day (Carlito, Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh)
And more!
Please check your local listings and WWE.com for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!
- WWE: Get to know CM Punkβs dog Larry
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Yes it's a video about the dog.
- Scott DβAmore Confirms That He Tried To Buy TNA Wrestling After Being Let Go From The Companywww.fightful.com Scott DβAmore Confirms That He Tried To Buy TNA Wrestling After Being Let Go From The Company | Fightful News
Scott DβAmore confirms that he tried to purchase TNA Wrestling.
>ββ¦Itβs public record, I tried to buy the company, right? To set the record straight β for those that say I tried to buy it and then I got let go, I mean, I had got let go and then I tried to buy it which was the more logical series of events. So itβs like, look, I think I know where I want this thing to go and I know where we can take it and Iβm willing to put my money and others money where my mouth is and say, βHey, let us acquire it and see what we can do with it.β Ultimately, that was turned down so they continued to do their thing. Once the bitterness, the hurt feelings, and the anger subsides, just sit there and go, βOkay, whatβs next?ββ
- Prestige Wrestling Roseland 9 - Full Show [YouTube]
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- Fightful Select was told that there still isn't a timetable on Mark Davis' return. He is progressing but is not ready for any sort of return from his undisclosed issue.
Well there goes my thought that he'd be back soon-ish for a big UE return/Fletcher splitting away from Don.
- [Full Match] Brian Cage vs Taya Valkyrie from Lucha Underground
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- The Beast Mortos: The Interview? | Hey! (EW) 9/29/24
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- AEW Collision - Grand Slam (pt2) Discussion Thread - 09/28/24 (Spoilers)
Tonight, AEW Collision brings us the second half of Grand Slam, coming to us from New York City, New York!
The card for tonight's show will be:
AEW TNT Title Match Jack Perry (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki
Singles Match Brody King vs. Action Andretti
Six Man Tag Team Tornado Match The Learning Tree (Big Bill, Bryan Keith & Chris Jericho) vs. The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Mark Briscoe & Orange Cassidy)
Saraya's Rules Match Saraya vs. Jamie Hayter
Lumberjack Strap Match Jeff Jarrett vs. Adam Page
AEW World Trios Title Match Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) & PAC (c) vs. Komander & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) (w/Alex Abrahantes)
Three Way Match The Beast Mortos vs. Dralistico vs. Hologram
AEW Continental Title Eliminator Match Kazuchika Okada vs. Sammy Guevara
And more!
Please check your local listings and AllEliteWrestling.com for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!
- MLW Slaughterhouse Canceled Due To Hurricane Helenewww.fightful.com MLW Slaughterhouse Canceled Due To Hurricane Helene | Fightful News
MLW cancels upcoming show.
https://mlw.com/2024/09/27/st-petersburg-show-cancelled-due-to-hurricane-helene/
>MLW St. Petersburg Show Cancelled Due to Hurricane Helene >All ticket holders will receive full refunds
>Due to the severe impact of Hurricane Helene in St. Petersburg, we have made the decision to cancel the upcoming show at the Coliseum. The safety of our staff, talent, crew, and fans in the Tampa/St Pete area is our top priority, and we believe this is the most responsible course of action given the current conditions.
>We will keep everyone updated with further details, including rescheduling information if available.
>All ticket holders will receive full refunds effective immediately.
>Please stay safe and take care.