Cageside Seats

It doesn’t seem that Blanchard is running out the door to another company. Manolo Has Pizzazz learned all of life’s lessons from decades of professional wrestling. Manolo has been covering the sport for over ten years on Cageside Seats. This piece of news has me scratching my head. CMLL released a statement in regard to Tessa Blanchard, and I can’t figure out what prompted the need to.

The match includes three WWE teams and Japanese bad boys. Manolo Has Pizzazz learned all of life’s lessons from decades of professional wrestling. Manolo has been covering the sport for over ten years on Cageside Seats. With space to fill on two nights of AAA Triplemania 34, WWE continues with another random bout that should take a nice chunk of time. AAA announced a four-way tag team elimination contest with former NXT tag champs currently on the SmackDown roster.

A quick look at the NXT/Evolve releases. So because one person (OLeo91) asked, I’m doing a quick analysis of the releases we’ve heard about as of Friday night. And look, these are real people who lost their jobs, so I’m going to try not to disparage anyone. But if they were rather bad at something, I will point it out. But I take no joy doing so. Note: I’m taking this list from Sean Ross Sapp’s report, so credit to him for that.

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Yet more talk on the pay cut New Day was asked to take in WWE before they became The New Level in AEW, and more rumors. ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 23: Kofi Kingston makes his entrance during Monday Night RAW at State Farm Arena on February 23, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Shanna Lockwood/WWE via Getty Images) WWE via Getty Images We made it to the weekend, let’s keep going.

Once again, Blake Monroe vs. Giulia didn’t happen. This time it’s because Giulia attacked Monroe backstage (serves her right) and then got the better of her in a brawl. I’ve appreciated they amped the intensity of this feud and even more that they’ve allowed Giulia to get really aggressive with it. She won’t win her match against a debuting Monroe whenever it happens, but I’m glad they didn’t just feed her to Blake either. Kyoki debuted alongside Shinsuke Nakamura in their tag team of Bakusai.

WWE hit Cleveland for Friday Night SmackDown this week and the powers that be decided to have some fun with the main event title picture. Early in the evening, General Manager Nick Aldis was chatting with WWE Champion CM Punk, trying to figure out what to do about a number one contender after Sami Zayn screwed things up last week. Then they walked by a guy planking on a box, where he’s been for months now: That right there is a pro wrestling angle if you’ve ever seen one.

That recent trademark turned out to be for this badass trio. Geno Mrosko is a lifelong pro wrestling fan who has been covering it since becoming a Manager at Cageside Seats in 2011. Earlier this evening, Royce Keys took to social media with the following video, one that certainly appears to give us the name for his faction alongside the recent called up NXT stars OTM: “How many times have I had to preach that it ain’t about family? It’s about loyalty. But hey, look what type of play I can call.

Nia Jax is first up, and already presented like a major threat to end the dream run right away. Geno Mrosko is a lifelong pro wrestling fan who has been covering it since becoming a Manager at Cageside Seats in 2011. Chelsea Green has been on the clock, having been given 30 days to get medically cleared to wrestle as a condition of keeping the WWE women’s championship she won at SummerSlam.

The blue brand goes home for SNME with a double barrel of debuts! Follow along here! Claire Elizabeth knows the names of all the moves and is a decent typist but has too much social anxiety to be someone’s secretary so instead she’s been liveblogging shows here at Cageside Seats since 2016. WWE SmackDown is live taped tonight (Sept. 4, 2026) from the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, and it’s the blue brand’s go-home show for Saturday Sunday Night’s Main Event.