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DarkState defeated the Hardy Boyz in a Broken Rules match at Halloween Havoc on Saturday to win back the NXT Tag Team Championships.

Saturday’s contest was a rematch from the NXT vs. TNA Showdown episode of NXT TV back on Oct. 7, which pitted the best of NXT and TNA against each other in a series of high stakes matches.

One of the matches on that show was a title vs. title match with the Hardy Boyz putting the TNA World Tag Team Championships on the line and DarkState doing the same with the NXT tag titles.

Matt and Jeff Hardy were victorious, making them the first duo in history to hold the NXT and TNA tag team titles simultaneously.

The Hardys successfully defended both sets of titles in a memorable tables match against the Dudley Boyz at TNA Bound for Glory, and DarkState made their presence known at that event as well.

While DarkState didn’t get involved in the Hardys vs. the Dudleys, they did interrupt the X-Division Championship match between Je’Von Evans and Leon Slater, causing a no contest.

Amid promises to continue leaving a path of destruction in their wake, DarkState received an NXT Tag Team Championship rematch against the Hardy Boyz at Halloween Havoc, but it was no ordinary match.

On the final episode of NXT before Halloween Havoc, Matt and Jeff entered the Lake of Reincarnation, morphing them into their alter egos of “Broken” Matt Hardy and Brother Nero.

Given the supernatural aspect of those characters, it was fitting that Matt and Jeff brought them back out for a Broken Rules match at Halloween Havoc, which WWE billed as the scariest show of the year.

Despite competing in a signature match of the Hardys, DarkState came out on top at Halloween Havoc, meaning the NXT Tag Team Championships are back around the waists of NXT Superstars.

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Ricardo Rodríguezâ€s road to recovery hasnâ€t just been about leaving WWE behind—it was about surviving personal betrayal that nearly destroyed his life.

During an episode of TV Aztecaâ€s La Granja VIP, Alberto Del Río dropped the heartbreaking truth behind his longtime friendâ€s spiral into alcoholism, revealing that Rodríguezâ€s ex-wife cheated on him with his own brother.

“His wife cheated on him with his brother and they took everything from him. They literally cleaned him out and left him on the streets. That sent him into a depression that led to alcoholism.â€

The betrayal wasnâ€t just emotional—it left Rodríguez financially devastated and homeless. Del Río explained that the fallout pushed him into a deep depression that eventually led to alcohol dependency. Despite everything, Rodríguez fought his way out. Del Río proudly shared that his friend has now been sober for over two years.

“But he beat it. He overcame it two and a half years ago. Heâ€s been sober ever since.â€

Rodríguez had stepped away from the wrestling world entirely during his darkest period, but eventually returned—this time to run his own wrestling school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

“When he came back — after conquering his demons — he returned to the industry and started his own little wrestling school.â€

Del Río also emphasized that even though Rodríguez is best known as a ring announcer, heâ€s always been an excellent in-ring talent.

“Heâ€s an amazing wrestler. Technically, heâ€s great, but he doesnâ€t have the look, the aesthetic, or the physique to be marketable. Still, heâ€s an excellent wrestler.â€

Ricardo Rodríguez went through hell—stabbed in the back by the two people closest to him, left with nothing, and drowning in alcohol just to cope. But instead of letting it break him, he clawed his way out and rebuilt from the ground up. Now sober, running his own wrestling school, and back in the business he loves, Ricardo isnâ€t just surviving—heâ€s thriving. If thatâ€s not a redemption arc, what is?

What would you do if your partner cheated with your own sibling? Do you think Ricardo deserves another big moment in the ring? Sound off in the comments and share your take.

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Rhea Ripley took to social media to share a gnarly injury that she suffered while performing at a WWE Japan Supershow.

In a recent post on X, Ripley showed off a video of her and the broken nose she suffered. As one would assume, the video is gnarly, as Ripleyâ€s nose is completely swollen, and stuffed with gauze. The WWE star seems to be a good sport about it, though, as she jokingly says “yeah†while showing off the injury before giving the camera the thumbs up.

As for what happened, fans in attendance at the Japan Supershow were available to provide context. According to fans online, Ripley was hurt in a match while partnering with IYO SKY. Facing Stephanie Vaquer and Raquel Rodriguez, SKY was thrown out of the ring and onto Ripley. The collision knocked Ripley down, and in the process broke her nose.

Despite the injury, Rhea Ripley seems to be fine making jokes about it. In a separate post on social media, she shared a photo of her dog Barry, a bull terrier, known for their big noses. In a side-by-side, she also shared a photo of her bruised and swollen nose, jokingly comparing the two.

As of now, itâ€s unclear how long, if at all, the injury will keep Rhea out of action.

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Stone Cold Steve Austin might not be done with Broken Skull Sessions just yet. After hinting at the return of his hit interview series during a recent fan interaction, a new report suggests the show could soon be back — though nothing is officially confirmed.

According to Fightful Select, thereâ€s been talk behind the scenes about the series making a comeback through WWEâ€s digital channels. While the news isnâ€t locked in, the report noted:

“In regards to Steve Austinâ€s podcast coming back, weâ€re told it is more than likely happening on a WWE digital platform.â€

Austin recently stirred things up on Instagram when a fan asked if the series was coming back. His response? A casual “couple of weeks†— just enough to light a fire under longtime fans of the show.

Broken Skull Sessions originally ran from 2019 to 2022 and featured Austin in long-form sit-down interviews with some of wrestlingâ€s biggest names. The show quietly vanished without explanation, leaving many wondering if it was shelved for good.

Since then, Austin has remained a consistent presence around WWE, even returning to the ring for one night only against Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38. That performance reignited interest in both his wrestling future and his podcast series.

Now, with speculation picking up and digital platforms playing a bigger role in WWEâ€s content strategy, it wouldnâ€t be a shock to see the Broken Skull Sessions return in some form — but fans shouldnâ€t get ahead of themselves just yet.

Would you rather see Stone Cold bring back Broken Skull Sessions or return for one last match? Drop your answer in the comments and let us know what youâ€d want from the Rattlesnake next.

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TNA star Chris Bey continues to hit huge personal milestones as he defies the odds in his broken neck recovery.

It’s been nearly one year since Bey suffered a broken neck during an in-ring accident while competing at a TNA TV taping in October 2024. There was initially doubt that he would ever walk again, but Bey is back on his feet and has now been discharged from physical therapy. On a new episode of Talk is Jericho, Bey revealed that he is able to live an independent life where he can do things on his own.

“I’m completely independent where I can dress myself, I can feed myself,” Bey said. “One of the things that I struggled with last was my grip strength as far as opening things. I couldn’t really open bottles and stuff. And I still have trouble depending on the type of bottle, opening things. But I can drive myself now. I can pretty much do everything that I need to do, you know, on the day-to-day basis.”

The one thing Bey is not able to do, at least at the moment, is wrestle. His present goal is just to wake up and feel good in life. As far as long-term, Bey believes he’ll be able to wrestle again one day even if it’s just one more match — but he knows that it will be no time soon.

“I truly look at it like, I’m going to let time tell me. And I’m going to let my body tell me,” Bey said. “I think when I think about wrestling, it’s not so much about going back to wrestling and getting back in wrestling as much as it is at least finishing my story my way, whether that means one more match or one more program, whatever it is.”

The 29-year-old Bey said he wants to eventually focus on having a family one day. While out of action, he’s open to contributing in other roles like producing or even doing something on-screen. Bey said he’s talked with TNA about potentially shadowing other agents when he’s able to. Bey noted that part of his recovery has been learning how to speak again, so doing something like commentary would help him build up those skills.

Bey made an appearance at TNA’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view in Lowell, Massachusetts last weekend. Before the show, TNA President Carlos Silva celebrated him with a TNA All Star Award.

In TNA, Bey is a three-time Tag Team Champion and was one of the promotion’s top up-and-coming stars before his injury.

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The full extent of Kota Ibushiâ€s devastating injury has now been revealed, and the news isnâ€t good. After fracturing his femur during the October 8 Collision taping, Ibushi has undergone surgery and faces a recovery timeline that could stretch well over a year.

On the October 14 episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer discussed the seriousness of the injury, calling it one of the most difficult setbacks a wrestler can face. Alvarez explained that Ibushi has vowed to return, but the odds are stacked against him.

“Mushid [Ibushi] had surgery on his femur. Yeah. That sucks. He vowed to be back someday, though. He said, ‘It canâ€t end like this.†Even if he comes back, itâ€s questionable whether he can. I know that surgery. Some people walk with a limp for the rest of their life. Itâ€s a very serious deal.â€

Meltzer confirmed just how long Ibushi may be out of action.

“12 to 18 months.â€

Alvarez added that the injury was especially gruesome.

“He said the bone pushed through the muscle.â€

Meltzer explained that the landing could have been far worse, emphasizing how lucky Ibushi was not to injure his neck or head.

“One of his friends told me that the way he landed—if that landing broke your femur, which is an incredibly hard bone to break—thank God he didnâ€t land on his neck or head. It could have been catastrophic. This is bad. This could be a career-ending injury, even though he vows to return. Itâ€s a tough one to come back from.â€

Despite the bleak prognosis, Alvarez noted that Tony Khan personally visited Ibushi in the hospital, bringing flowers and a handwritten letter to remind him that AEW still has his back.

“He was really thankful to Tony Khan. Tony came to visit him, gave him flowers, wrote him a letter, told him ‘We canâ€t wait for you to come back.â€â€

With a recovery window of 12–18 months and no guarantee of returning at the same level, Ibushiâ€s future in wrestling is now uncertain. Whatâ€s clear is that this freak accident has forced him to fight one of the biggest battles of his career outside the ring.

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Do you think Kota Ibushi will make it back to AEW after such a severe injury? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below.

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In May this year, Shotzi parted ways with WWE, ending her six-year tenure with the promotion. While many fans have wanted her to either return to WWE or sign with AEW, Shotzi has since been competing on the independent circuit, where she seems to be enjoying herself. Unfortunately, she recently suffered a broken arm, just as she was finding her footing.

“When I first got back on the indies, I was thinking like: oh, well, like if WWE or AEW hit me up, I’m, you know, I’m gonna take whatever comes at me!” she admitted during an interview with “TMZ Sports” recently. “Like, I don’t want to go back on TV, I want to, like, rehab my arm and get my strength back, so that plays into it too. I really just want to like, finish off this year and just have, like, a really good time on the indies…If I go back to TV, I’m like at full Shotzi-potential, full ballsy bada**, and I have all of my strength back in my arm.”

Shotzi has surprisingly been wrestling with a broken arm for much longer than most fans realize.Â

“I took a steel chair to my arm while I was doing a dive, and I knew immediately,” she recalled when asked if getting her arm run over by her tank was the moment she injured herself. Shotzi then added that she pushed through the aforementioned match despite knowing her arm was broken. Shotzi got more X-rays on her arm and admitted that multiple doctors said she needed surgery. Shotzi didn’t want to stop her momentum on the indies and asked for a thicker cast. Shotzi also added that her doctor was worried that she might lose rotation in her arm permanently, but recent X-rays have put her at ease.Â

“I think we’re good and I just need a few more weeks in the cast while I’m wrestling and, yeah, we’re going to be golden,” Shotzi said.

If you use any quotes from this article, please credit “TMZ Sports” and provide a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

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One of the prevailing themes of the Steve Staios era in Ottawa is that the general manager and his staff have done an excellent job of targeting and acquiring players who represented good fits.

With the exception of last summer’s Linus Ullmark trade, this front office has historically avoided making splashy moves of the previous regime by avoiding players who carry a lot of name value but fail to move the needle because they are a poor fit.

Working the margins and making incremental gains to support the organization’s young core has been the principal focus for the hockey operations department. Adding players like Nick Jensen, Jordan Spence, and Adam Gaudette will never generate big headlines, but they all were or continue to be better fits than the players they replaced.

In the case of Gaudette, last year’s free agent signing was coming off a strong 44-goal season with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds. Thanks to his familiarity playing for head coach Travis Green during their time together in Vancouver, Gaudette turned a productive preseason (four goals, one assist in five games) into an extended audition with the club that culminated in his best season as a pro. The 28-year-old recorded 19 goals and 26 points for the Senators while predominantly playing on the fourth line and second power play unit.

He parlayed those efforts into a two-year, $4.0 million contract ($2.0 million AAV) with San Jose.

Steve Warne did an excellent job drawing parallels between the Gaudette and Kaliyev situations earlier this offseason, so I will not discuss in detail here, but Gaudette’s absence created an opportunity. With it, the Senators targeted another player the hockey ops department is familiar with – signing unrestricted free agent winger, Arthur Kaliyev, to a one-year, two-way deal.

Could Arthur Kaliyev Be The Senators’ Next Adam Gaudette Story?
One of the feel-good stories of training camp last season was Ottawa Senators centre Adam Gaudette. Gaudette came to Ottawa last summer on a one-year, two-way contract, to battle for one of the final forward positions on the NHL roster. No one ruled him out, but he certainly wasn’t a shoo-in either.

The winger spent three years playing for Michael Andlauer and Steve Staios’ OHL Hamilton Bulldogs and won an OHL championship in 2018. Although Kaliyev was just a developing teenage prospect at the time, these years will inevitably provide familiarity and intimate knowledge of his strengths and weaknesses.

Kaliyev has been linked to the Senators since his 2019 draft year when the organization selected Shane Pinto with the 32nd overall selection. Several prognosticators believed it was a missed opportunity to draft Kaliyev, who was taken just one pick later by the Los Angeles Kings. In the Central Scouting Bureau’s final rankings, Pinto was the 28th-ranked North American skater, while Kaliyev ranked seventh.

Kaliyev’s offensive production in Hamilton drove his draft value. Widely praised and renowned for his NHL-ready shot, he tallied 51 goals and 102 points in 67 games during his draft-eligible 2018-19 season.

In the years that followed, Kaliyev’s stock has dropped, but I spoke with the winger Thursday morning about his opportunity in Ottawa.

“It was really good,” the Uzbekistani winger said with a smile as he described his summer. “I trained hard. I had two tough injuries last year, and it was the hardest-working summer that I’ve had in a while. I’m trying to get back to the top of my game.”

Kaliyev sustained a fractured clavicle while battling with defenceman Kyle Burroughs on the second day of training camp last season. When he was cleared to return for play with the Kings in early January, the organization put him on waivers, where the New York Rangers claimed him.

The winger would play 14 games with the Rangers (three goals, one assist) before breaking his surgically-repaired clavicle again, ending his season.

The experience of a lost season ate at Kaliyev.

“Yeah, it was really, really frustrating,” he admitted. “I felt I was just starting to get better (in New York). I had a couple of good moments, and then I got hurt again.

“It was really, really sad at first when that happened. So, (when I recovered) I went back to work as soon as I could.”

That his career was reaching a pivotal moment was not lost on Kaliyev. The Rangers ultimately decided it was not worth tendering him a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.

Once Kaliyev recovered, he began his offseason workouts at the end of May, acknowledging that he had taken his training to a higher level.

“Everything needed to be at a top level with a lot of extra work, after missing so much time last year with injuries and recovering and not playing,” Kaliyev described. “I took it up a notch in the summer to get on top of my game and get my weight and body right.”

His NHL career began modestly enough. In his first full season as a 20-year-old in 2021-22, he tallied 14 goals and 27 points in 80 games. He followed that up by recording 13 goals and 28 points 56 games, improving his five-on-five points rate while leading the team in his individual expected goals rate (1.07 ixG/60) per NaturalStatTrick.

It is these levels that Kaliyev wants to get back to and surpass.

“In my second year, I was close to breaking out,” he confidently stated. “Then injuries started piling on for three years in a row. (My frustrations and struggles) don’t mean I can quit now.

“I’m trying to get back (to those levels), but I can’t (dwell on) the past. I want to try to get back to my top level and be even better than I was. I just have to keep working hard. Don’t quit on ice mentally and keep going every day. Keep working on being better in practices and games every day.”

Lip service and optimism are never in short supply during training camps around the NHL, but during my conversation with Kaliyev, it is evident that he understands how important this season will be for his career.

Given those stakes, it made sense for him to sign with the Senators where there is some familiarity.

“(Management) knows me well, and I don’t know how other teams would think of me after coming back from two surgeries,” said Kaliyev. “I’m not sure if I would get as good of a chance (to play and develop) if I went to another team.

“Ottawa knows me the best as a player and as a person. It will help me the most to become a top player again.”

The opportunity to reunite with Staios was a drawing factor.

“He knows how I can play,” Kaliyev stated. “He knows I try to play and work hard in every single game. (Staios) is going to help me to get back to the top of my game.

“I know they have a great staff here, too. I think they are one of the best, so they know what they are doing. To come here, this was my best option.”

Kaliyev was not discouraged by the fact that the Senators have quality depth at the wing position.

“I definitely compete in everything and will do everything I can (to win a roster spot),” he stated. “This is part of the business, and I’ll do my best to compete with anyone.”

Given his age, his underlying metrics and the organization’s familiarity with the player, it is easy to understand why the Senators would afford Kaliyev a chance to see if he can recapture some of the lustre.

As one of the lowest-scoring five-on-five teams in the league last season, the coaching staff will be looking for improvements. If Kaliyev can stay healthy and if his usage mirrors how the organization handled Gaudette, he could be an inexpensive secondary scorer for the club.

He represents a low-risk move with upside, but some of that enthusiasm dampened earlier this week after his ex-girlfriend made allegations on TikTok about verbal abuse and financial manipulation.

Steve Staios touched upon those allegations during his availability on the first day of training camp.

“We’re aware of (the allegations),” the general manager acknowledged. “It’s being monitored, but there’s nothing to it, is what we’ve been told. I don’t really have more to say on it.”

When I addressed the allegations with Kaliyev, I did not invite the player to comment on their specifics. I simply asked whether they were a distraction or had negatively impacted him as he began training camp with a new organization.

Kaliyev refused to comment.

By Graeme Nichols
The Hockey News Ottawa
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