Madison Rayne recently spoke with Ryan Boman of Sportskeeda to discuss her time with Impact Wrestling and her retirement. Saturday’s Impact Hard To Kill pay-per-view saw Rayne announce her retirement from the pro wrestling business. She and husband Josh Mathews had worked the Impact announce table for the past year, but now Rayne is moving on and Mathews has been promoted to the role of Senior Producer for the weekly Impact TV show and pay-per-view events.
Rayne recently earned a college degree and is moving on from pro wrestling to pursue other opportunities outside of sports entertainment. It was recently reported that she was taking on a full-time non-wrestling job. Rayne commented on how now is the time to move on.
Former ROH World Champion Reportedly Has Major Heat Backstage in NJPW Posted By: Caylon Knox on Jan 18, 2021
A report has surfaced from Fightful Select and WrestleTalk.com about a former Ring of Honor Wrestling World Champion who reportedly has quite a bit of heat backstage in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Unbreakable Michael Elgin, who competed in NJPW from 2015 to 2019, is said to be rather unpopular behind the scenes in NJPW. He left the organization on March 31st, 2019 and allegedly told people that it was his decision to leave the company, partly due to a conflict with Tama Tonga. Elgin reportedly felt that Tama was unsafe to work with and only had his spot in NJPW because of his legendary father, King Haku (also known as Meng).
Matt Cardona (formerly known as Zack Ryder from his long tenure in WWE) made his surprise debut for Impact Wrestling during Saturday night s Hard to Kill pay-per-view. Early in the night Ace Austin took to the ring with Madman Fulton demanding a championship match since he won the 2021 Super X [.]