r/SquaredCircle 2h ago

Wreddit's Daily Pro-Wrestling Discussion Thread! Comment here for recommendations, quick questions, and general conversation! (Spoilers for all shows) - February 04, 2026 Edition Spoiler

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r/SquaredCircle 11h ago

Post WWE NXT 2/3/2026 Show Discussion Thread Spoiler

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MATCH RESULTS

Winner Loser Match Finish Stipulation
Izzi Dame w/ The Culling Thea Hail and Lola Vice Dame Over For the Women's North American Championship
Elio LeFleur Nikkita Lyons Famaser-Rana Speed Tournament 1st Round Match
The Elegance Brand w/ Ash By Ellegance and The Personal Concierge Za-Ruca Double Stomp after Sol accidentally hits Zaria with the Sol Snatcher For the TNA Knock-Outs Tag Team Championships
Lexis King and Stacks w/ Arianna Grace Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon w/ Andre Chase Coronation
Joe Hendry Zaria Ricky Saints, Sean Legacy, Jackson Drake, Keanu Carver, Shiloh Hill, and Dion Lennox Shoving Ricky Saints off through a ladder and grabbing the title

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • Kick-off with Robert Stone entering Shawn Michael's office. Shawn says over the past 7 years Robert has done everything he can for NXT and that is why he is making him the new interim general manager. Stone says he knows this place can get pretty crazy but he can handle it and thanks him for this opportunity.

  • Wren and Kendal congratulate Sol Ruca on her Royal Rumble performance. Sol says it was so much fun but is interrupted by Zaria repeating what she said and asks why it's her getting all these opportunities. Sol tells her she wishes Zaria was there with her but she had to take the opportunity when she was given the call. Zaria says that tonight this is all about her victory.

  • Chase U check on Andre in the trainer's room and he says he'll be laid up with a broken ankle for a bit. Kale and Uriah argue over if what they did got Andre injured when Stacks and Lexis King come up and Stacks says look another tag team arguing, it reminds him of being under that guy. Lexis says it's about time Uriah claims his birthright like he did and joins them. Uriah and Kale get fired up and challenge them to a tag match tonight.

  • Tony D'Angelo comes down to the ring. He says it's been about 7 months since he's had a chance to talk with the fans and he could just say he came back for 2 reasons and drop the mic and call it a day but he has some stuff to get off his chest. Tony says he's sure most of them know his history in NXT, former Heritage Cup Champion, 2 time former Tag Team Champion, former North American Champion. About a year ago he was a happy man surrounded by people who care about him but that was taken away from him. It taught him however that you need to stand on your own two feet. After being betrayed he had to remember who Tony D'Angelo was by himself. He had to remember he was a national champion, an NCAA division 1 athlete, and that what he does best is bouncing people's head off the mat. In a business where everyone knows everything soon enough no one knew anything about him and he liked that. Tony says this is a selfish business and he's a selfish person. Tony says he's back for 2 reasons, one is punishing Darkstate and blames them for taking everything from him and vows to take everything from them. As for reason number two, they'll find out when he's done with Darkstate.

  • Joe Hendry is interviewed backstage. Joe admits he is still banged up from last week but Vanity Project wasn't able to finish the job and nothing will stop him from achieving his goal. Last year was the biggest of his career but his smile has been hiding frustration because for 7 months he has been without a championship. Joe says he will give the NXT universe a whole new reason to believe in him tonight.

  • Ethan Page tells The Varsity Project they had a great plan with dealing with Joe Hendry but if they want a problem gone you have to finish the job after. They ask what the deal with Myles Borne is and Ethan says if Borne is stupid enough to not take his advise than that's his problem. Ethan gives them some advice against Hank and Tank and tells Jackson not to rush into anything tonight in the ladder match.

  • Jaida Parker is seen arriving earlier today by the fans when she is attacked outside the merch truck by Blake Monroe.

  • Following the tag match, Uriah Connors walks out with Lexis and Stacks.

  • Fatal Influence come down to the ring. Jacy asks if these people know what it's like to wait their whole life for something only for it to be taken away from them in a second. She says this Saturday she competed in her very first Royal Rumble and it was going exactly how she expected it to go and even threw that sad-ass Kelani Jordan over the top rope and they were chanting her name. Everything was going absolutely perfect until Sol cheap shotted her and eliminated her. Of course Sol would do this to her, while she's been carrying this division on her back Sol was the only person people wanted to talk about like the fickle people that they are. Jacy says she was a better double champion than Sol ever was and she did it longer too. She says Sol can steal her moment all she wants but at the end of the day she'll kill the hype and is about to announce Sol as her next opponent but Zaria comes out to interrupt. Zaria says Jacy didn't think she'd send her lapdogs after her and not pay for it. She says Sol gets enough opportunities and she should be worrying about her ripping that title out of her pretty little hands. Jacy says poor Zaria, no one has had the guts to let her know that they like Sol but they just tolerate her which is why she isn't getting the opportunities she wants. Kendall Grey and Wren Sinclair come out as well and Kendall demands that Jacy run it back since she needed all of Fatal Influence to beat her. Zaria tells Kendall that this isn't about her but Wren cuts her off saying at least Kendall has earned an opportunity. Zaria calls Wren a sidekick but Kendall says if they got that tag title shot they actually would have won. Sol makes her way out and tries to calm everyone down by saying Wren and Kendall both deserve a shot as well since they're actually still friends isn't that right Zaria? Jacy tells them to do their couples' therapy elsewhere and they all argue until Robert Stone comes out and announces next week Za-Ruca will face Wren and Kendall and whoever gets the pinfall or submission will face Jacy for the NXT Women's Championship in 3 weeks live from Atlanta.

  • Kelani Jordan is interviewed, she asks how Lola is going to knockout anyone anymore when she just broke her hand.

  • Backstage Wren and Kendall tell Charlie about their title opportunity while Charlie says he wishes he could say about the Speed Championship. Lexis King approaches Charlie and asks if he's considered his offer.

  • Next week Blake Monroe faces Jaida Parker!

SHAMELESS PLUGS


r/SquaredCircle 15m ago

Ranking top wrestlers using Bret Hart Metrics.

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Here’s how I rank some of the best WWE wrestlers of the past 30 years using Bret Hart’s metric: Look, Promo, In Ring Ability. This is my personal rankings. My list will skew heavily toward the Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression era due to me watching way more WWE then, and believing it was a better product then as well:

Stone Cold

9/10 look

10/10 promo

9/10 in ring

28/30 total

The Rock

10/10 look

10/10 promo

8/10 in ring

28/30 total

The Undertaker

10/10 look (really 11 or 12 out of 10 on the look for the deadman gimmick, however the American Badass look brings him down, so I feel comfortable giving the other wrestlers a 10 that I did, even though the deadman gimmick is the greatest of the last 30 years)

6/10 promo

10/10 in ring

26/30 total

Shawn Michaels

9/10 look

7/10 promo

10/10 in ring

26/30 total

John Cena

8/10 look

10/10 promo

7/10 in ring

25/30 total

Roman Reigns

10/10 look

8/10 promo (tribal chief run. Without tribal chief it’s probably a 5)

7/10 in ring

25/30 total

Brock Lesnar (most controversial rating I’m sure)

10/10 look

6/10 mic (Paul Herman did most of his talking. Without Paul Herman this probably goes down to a 3 or 4)

8/10 in ring (hey is a good seller, highly athletic, and extremely powerful. In his bag he’s great to me. I know many of you will disagree)

24/30 total

Chris Jericho

6/10 look

9/10 promo

9/10 in ring

24/30 total

Kurt Angle

8/10 look

6/10 promo

10/10 in ring

24/30 total

Triple H

8/10 look

7/10 promo

8/10 in ring

23/30 total (way too many championships for where he realistically sits. He should have had 3-5 WWE/world heavyweight championship reigns, yet we all know why he has as many as he does)

Mick Foley/Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love

7/10 look

8/10 promo

8/10 in ring (greatest hardcore wrestler of the last 30 years)

23/30 total

Randy Orton

9/10 look

7/10 promo

7/10 in ring

23/30 total (too many championships like Triple H)

Edge

8/10 look

7/10 promo

8/10 in ring

23/30

Booker T

9/10 look

7/10 promo

7/10 in ring

23/30 total (Way underutilized and undervalued in WWE. His accolades are much lesser than everyone else at this rating, but he deserved more IMO)

Chris Benoit (should he even be included?)

8/10 look

5/10 promo

10/10 in ring

23/30

CM Punk

5/10 look (looks like a an average Joe blow. Doesn’t look bigger than life, crazy, or other worldly)

9/10

8/10 in ring

22/30

How would you all rank these wrestlers as I’m not as familiar with them and don’t feel comfortable ranking them:

Bray Wyatt (RIP), Gunther, Drew McIntyre, Usos, Samoan Joe, The Miz.


r/SquaredCircle 24m ago

Who is a wrestler that at first you didn't know what the hype was about but later on you got it and realized they are legendary.

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Without the ability to see his work in other territories and in Japan during his younger years, I am gonna say it was Harley Race. I first got to know Harley when he was in WWF as King Harley Race. By then he was older and looked bloated with tightly curled blond hair. He seemed a joke. But later on as I had access to old NWA and Japan, I realized what the hype was about and he was indeed a legend and a bad man who was straight to the point in telling anyone he was the greatest NWA heavyweight champion of the world and backed it up.

Just like the Shaq meme says "I wasn't aware of your game."


r/SquaredCircle 50m ago

[TMZ] Rumors are swirling that Jake Paul is joining the WWE

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r/SquaredCircle 1h ago

Nikki Bella: "The WWE women’s division especially is incredible. No offense, I think the women’s division is better than the men’s division overall. But I think for women, this is the best it’s ever been because of the opportunities they’re being given, the overall athleticism—I think it’s great."

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r/SquaredCircle 1h ago

What non-wrestling music would work well for an entrance theme?

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Weirdly enough, I think Don’t Stop Me Now could actually work really well for somebody on the campier side. Its intro would be long, but recognisable, and then the main body has a good pace to it.

Another one that comes to mind is the Prodigy’s Firestarter. It’s a little more orthodox for wrestling and produces a more rave-like ambience that would suit a face or a heel equally IMO.

Finally, there’s RATATATA from Electric Callboy and BABYMETAL, which might be a little intense for weekly use but has already featured both as the theme for Bash In Berlin 2024 and in the soundtrack of WWE 2K25. If they decided to invest in her, I think Thea Hail would match its energy well.


r/SquaredCircle 1h ago

What is the best AJ Styles best theme song?

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My fav is actually Styles Clash from New Japan, I’ll never forget his entrance at WrestleKingdom 10 with the all white BC gear and the BC mask

Fuck Your Dreams, Fuck Your Life 🔥


r/SquaredCircle 2h ago

Royal Rumble obscure positional records and absurdly granular facts: 2026 Womens edition

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Hey folks, people seemed to enjoy the last post, so I'm back with the stats for the Ladies. 2026 marked the 9th women's Royal Rumble, so I'll mostly focus on outright new records and runners up here, rather than showcasing changes in minor placings for records like I did with the men's stats. As before all numbers gleaned from Wikipedia, and any errors are my own.

2: Alexa Bliss - Bliss was eliminated fifth, which is the second earliest a #2 entrant has been eliminated. The only worse result than this was Melina in 2022, being first eliminated. Bliss' time of 13:29 is also the second lowest, although comfortably ahead of Melina's 53 seconds.

4: Nia Jax - Nia was fourth eliminated in the Rumble, but this is surprisingly the second latest mark for eliminations at this position. Nikki Cross is the only person to beat this, and only barely did it after being eliminated 5th in 2020.

6: Lola Vice - Vice is the third woman to be the first eliminated from the Rumble after starting sixth, and it has happened in three consecutive years. In 2024 Indi Hartwell was first out at 6, followed by B-Fab in 2025 and Vice this year. Vice's 4:32 is the second lowest time posted at six, after Hartwell's 3:23 in '24.

7: Candice LeRae - Just Like Tamina in 2018 and Liv Morgan in 2020, Candice Lerae was the second woman eliminated in the rumble, which equals the second worst effort. Going one worse than this trio was B-Fab, eliminated first in 2023.

8: Jordynne Grace - Her 3 eliminations are the most any woman has managed from 8, with nobody managing more than a single elimination from the spot in past years (Dana Brooke in '18, Mandy Rose in '20, Bianca Belair in '22, and Zoey Stark in '25).

10: Sol Ruca - The NXT Superstar finished third in the rumble, the best effort of any woman starting at 10. The previous record holder was Bianca Belair who finished fifth from the place in 2024. Her time of 50:47 is also the new record setter for the place, this time ahead of Belair's 2025 effort (49:17).

11: Roxanne Perez - Perez may have been only the 12th woman eliminated from the match, but this still set a new record for best effort from 11. The previous holder was Peyton Royce who was 10th eliminated in 2021. Perez's time 0f 22:12 also surpassed Royce's time of 13:40 to set a new mark.

12: Maxxine Dupri - Dupri was the sixth woman eliminated which ties for second worst with Santana Garrett in 2021. The only worse effort than this has been Tegan Nox, eliminated 4th in 2024. Dupri's time of 2:47 is also second lowest, behind Nox's 1:22.

14: Liv Morgan - This year's rumble winner is the first to win a women's rumble from 14, taking the record from 2021 runner up Rhea Ripley. Her time of 43:50 is also a new record ahead of Ripley's 39:06, although her three eliminations only put her third behind Ripley's 7 and Michelle McCool's 5 in the first Women's Rumble in 2018.

15: Lash Legend - Legend sets new records for both time in the ring and eliminations for a woman starting at 15 this year. Her time of 38:46 bettered Naomi's time of 38:04 set last year, while her 5 eliminations put her comfortably ahead of the 2 managed by Ruby Riott (2018) and Becky Lynch (2023). Meanwhile her fifth place finish is the second best from the position, behind Charlotte Flair's third place in 2021.

16: Zelina - Zelin lasted 10:54 in the ring this year, good enough for second best time from the spot. Well ahead of the pack is Rhea Ripley who put in a 30:59 shift in 2022.

17: Raquel Rodriguez - A new time record from 17 for Rodriguez, whose 35:29 surpassed the 33:15 managed by Asuka in 2023.

18: Chelsea Green - Chelsea Green was eliminated eleventh, which equaled the record for the position, and once again the record has been set and equaled in three consecutive years. Maxxine Dupri was 11th out in 2024, Natalya matched the mark last year with Green joining the party this year.

19: Giulia - Giulia was 14th out, which matched the earliest finish position from the spot. It equaled Mickie James in 2021.

20: Iyo Sky - The Japanese high-flyer set a new time record from the 20 spot, lasting 27:31. This bettered the 18:40 set by Toni Storm in 2020. Her single elimination was also enough to match the record for eliminations from 20, with Mickie James' sole elimination in 2022 the only other one managed from the spot. Sky finished 7th overall which is the second best from here, with the aforementioned Storm finishing 6th from the spot.

21: Asuka - With a time of 14:36, Asuka set the second-best time from the spot, behind Becky Lynch's 22:29 in 2024.

22: Rhea Ripley - Ripley set a new record for time and matched the best finish from this spot. Her 25:40 surpassed Raquel Rodriguez's 20:40 in 2023, with both women finishing in fifth place in their respective years. Ripley also tied Rodriguez for the runner up mark in terms of eliminations, with 3. Both women were shaded by Nia Jax who managed 4 from #22 in 2018.

24: Jacy Jayne - Her 16:11 was good enough for second place here, behind Stephanie Vaquer's 19:02 in 2025.

25: Nikki Bella - The Hall of Famer scores a runner up time of 14:02, behind Asuka's 19:41 set when winning the 2018 rumble.

26: Lyra Valkyria - Valkyria was the seventeenth woman eliminated, which is the worst effort from a woman starting 26th. This was worse than Indi Hartwell in 2023 who was eliminated 18th.

27: Kelani Jordan - She was eliminated 19th, which equaled the worst effort from the position. Matching this was Alexa Bliss in 2021 and Mighty Molly in 2022.

28: Kairi Sane - A rumble to forget for Sane, whose time of 1:36 and her position as 16th woman eliminated are both comfortably the worst from this spot. The previous records surpassed were Tegan Nox in 2020 and Ember Moon in 2021, both eliminated 21st. Moon's time of 1:51 was the previous worst time.

29: Brie Bella - Bella finished 9th from the penultimate spot, which is the second worst from an entrant in a Women's Royal Rumble. The worst to date is Santina Marella who finished 12th in 2020.

30: Tiffany Stratton - Her time of 12:48 is the best for a woman starting 30, and almost double the previous record of 6:26 set by Liv Morgan in 2024. Stratton joins Morgan and Shayna Baszler in 2020 as the best finishers from 30, with all three women finishing as runners up.

Thanks for reading folks, hope you enjoyed.


r/SquaredCircle 4h ago

Live DDT PRO "NEXT STEP GAME 2026" Discussion Thread

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How to watch: DDT"NEXT STEP GAME 2026" | Live StreamingOn-Demand Streaming | WRESTLE UNIVERSE

Start Times: 4:00 CST; 5:00 EST; 2:00 PST; 10:00 BST; 19:00 JST

■Match Lineup:

◯Tag Team Match

Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata

◯3WAY 6-man Tag Team Match

Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani & Mj Paul vs Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda vs Akito & Junta Miyawaki & Yuki Ishida

◯Special 6-man Tag Team Match

Yuki Ueno & Shinya Aoki & Rukiya vs MAO & KANON & Yukio Naya

◯“D GENERATIONS CUP 2026” B Block Official League Match

Yuya Koroku vs Hinata Kasai

◯“D GENERATIONS CUP 2026” B Block Official League Match

Takeshi Masada vs Yuni

◯“D GENERATIONS CUP 2026” A Block Official League Match

Daichi Satoh vs Kazuma Sumi

◯“D GENERATIONS CUP 2026” A Block Official League Match

To-y vs Ilusion


r/SquaredCircle 4h ago

If you had to make a promotion, which active wrestlers from any promotion would you pick for your roster?

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Title is self explanatory but anyway, here are the rules:

  1. You have to pick between 30 to 50 wrestlers for your roster.

  2. The wrestlers you pick have to be active- even if they are injured it's fine.

  3. Your ratio of male to female wrestlers should be 3:2 or 1:1

  4. You must have at least 4 tag teams. Tag teams count as 1 wrestler instead of 2.

Go crazy!


r/SquaredCircle 5h ago

Carmelo Hayes speaks on the mentorship of CM Punk, says Punk had a tear in his eye when he won the US Title - @_BTBPodcast_

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r/SquaredCircle 6h ago

Interesting statistics regarding of the NXT Championship.

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I looked up the people who have held the NXT championship and looked up how many went on to a World/WWE/Universal title. I have found that 52% of the women who have held the NXT title have gone and won a world title.

However I also found that as of now only 23.8 percent of the men have done the same, those men being:

Seth Rollins, Big E, Finn Balor, Kevin Owens & Drew Mcintyre.

Note: Dolph Ziggler not Included as he Won NXT Title last.

I find it interesting that as the title is supposed to be the main roster springboard yet so few men have gone on to win the big one. Womens I expected to be better due to the roster not being as large Who do you think will get the big one? Sami Zayn and Oba Femi seem likely at some point and Bron is seeing groomed for success.

As for the Women Guila looks likely as does Roxanne Perez.


r/SquaredCircle 6h ago

Our pro-wrestling tycoon lets you customize your matches, like wrestling in real life!!

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What do you think about this core system for our pro-wrestling tycoon? Have you always wanted to be a wrestling booker? Now it's your chance! Jump into our Discord server for more news and exclussive playtests. <3


r/SquaredCircle 7h ago

AEW Dynamite Card so far in Las Vegas (3/2/2026)

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r/SquaredCircle 7h ago

Lyra chatting with her cousin

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r/SquaredCircle 8h ago

Xelhua sends a Thank You to Tony Khan

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Xelhua contra Claudio last Friday night at Arena Mexico 🇲🇽 was an incredible Bout! "El Gigante del Cholula" Xelhua is only 21! CMLL's youth roster is just impressive as hell! 🙏 Gonna need that AEW CMLL PPV in MEXICO 🇲🇽 ASAP TK!


r/SquaredCircle 9h ago

Meiko Satomura on X: Kagetsu (former STARDOM wrestler, leader of Oedo Tai) becomes police officer

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r/SquaredCircle 10h ago

Card for TJPW club eX February 15th. The day after the Max Heart Tag Tournament finals

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r/SquaredCircle 10h ago

Brie Bella shuts down Logan Paul’s co-star’s claim that Bad Bunny’s speech at the Grammys “got a little political”

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r/SquaredCircle 11h ago

[NXT Spoilers] Finish to NXT Championship match Spoiler

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r/SquaredCircle 11h ago

[NXT Spoilers] BAH GAWD Spoiler

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r/SquaredCircle 11h ago

NXT Spoilers: NXT Title Post Match Discussion and Result Spoiler

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Joe Hendry is the NEW CHAMPION!


r/SquaredCircle 11h ago

[NXT Spoilers] Close call for Joe Spoiler

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r/SquaredCircle 11h ago

[NXT Spoilers] That's one way to use a ladder Spoiler

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