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August 30th officially marked three years since Roman Reigns defeated “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt to become the Universal Champion at Payback 2020. Over that three-year period, he’s defended the title on 29 occasions, unified the title with the legacy WWE Championship to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, and watched The Bloodline expand and contract […]

A lot was on the line when Gable Steveson made his in-ring WWE debut at NXT’s The Great American Bash. Dubbed the “second coming of Kurt Angle” by fans eager to see another “Olympic Hero” produce incredible memories and provide WWE with a much-needed young babyface to help usher the promotion into the future. Unfortunately, […]

When news broke, in the middle of AEW All In, that CM Punk and Jack Perry – and maybe CM Punk and Miro – had gotten into a physical altercation before he took the ring at Wembley against Samoa Joe, it left more than a few fans rolling their eyes. After having to deal with […]

While everyone and their wrestling-loving mother is seemingly falling in love with the idea of Edge jumping ship from WWE to AEW, with fantasy bookings ranging from the “Rated-R Superstar” taking the belt off of MJF, to serving as a much-needed locker room leader, to even another title reign alongside his life-long best friend Christian, […]

After weeks and weeks of being worn down by Matt Riddle‘s unquenchable desire to find a new tag team partner, it looks like Drew McIntyre is finally starting to warm up to the idea of McRiddle; a tag team named after the famous McDonald’s breakfast sandwich that fans are just loving. Stopping by RAW TALK […]

After watching Rhea Ripley slowly but surely take away everything she cared about within the WWE Universe, from her tag team partner Liv Morgan, to her WWE Woman’s Tag Team Championship belts and even her own health, Raquel Rodriguez has returned to in-ring action with on thing on her mind for her match at Payback: […]

After securing a roll-up victory on Bronson Reed in the middle of RAW, Tommaso Ciampa was feeling good. Sure, he’s not quite where he wants to be just yet, as this marked his first televised win since all the way back in June, but as Byron Saxton reminded the “Blackheart” on RAW TALK, it must […]

After wishing farewell to Bray Wyatt on social media like many of her fellow WWE Superstars, Becky Lynch wore a special armband down to the ring on RAW to celebrate her fallen friend’s memory before beating the you-know-what out of Trish Stratus and Zoey Stark in the (presumably) penultimate match of this six months-spanning feud. […]

When looking back at Bray Wyatt‘s professional wrestling career, one of the true highlights was his career has to be his interaction with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at WrestleMania 32, where the duo exchanged words on the mic before “The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment” squashed Eric Rowen in six seconds in what is […]

On the first episode of Foley is Pod since the passing of Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk, Mick Foley had a lot to say. A lifelong disciple of professional wrestling who has been in or around the business for five decades and counting, Foley has a unique perspective on the careers and passings of both […]

Kurt Angle looks pretty darn good for 54. Now granted, maybe that’s because he’s more or less had the same look for his entire run in professional wrestling, and in 2023, wrestlers like Sting are continuing to work regularly into their 60s, but even now, four years after his last match, Angle still gets asked […]

Folks, it’s official, it’s legitimately official: John Cena is returning to WWE, and he’s sticking around for a two-month tour as a member of the SmackDown roster. Soon, Cena will become a regular on FOX for (almost) every Friday in September and October, and, considering he’s booked to wrestle a match with Seth Rollins at […]

While Cody Rhodes has wrestled for dozens of different promotions over his professional wrestling career, working matches all over the world between 2016-2022 when he was on his tour through the indies, in the end, the “American Nightmare” always felt like a WWE guy. He carried himself like a WWE Superstar whether he was working […]

After weeks of back-and-forth beatings, intense posturing, and more than a few surprise beatdowns at the hands of the “King of Strong Style,” Seth Rollins was afforded one final chance to address the WWE Universe before his match with Shinsuke Nakamura at Payback; a match not just for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship but potentially […]

Though it’s been over a month since the WWE Tag Team Champions, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, defended their straps on WWE programming, successfully beating Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio on RAW in Atlanta, Georgia, the PWG standouts are going at it again against two of their least-favorite members of The Judgment Day at Payback, […]

With Payback rapidly approaching, fans of WWE in Tennessee were treated to something special on RAW when, after watching Sami Zayn and Damian Priest work a solid opening match, the music of the “Megastar” hit, and they all started cheering on their favorite performer, LA Knight. … only, it wasn’t LA Knight who appeared in […]

As MJF prepared for the biggest match of his career, wrestling Adam Cole in the main event of All In at Wembley Stadium in front of 81,035 paid fans, he stopped by Busted Open Radio with fellow New Yorkers Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer to discuss the emotions surrounding the journey from All In 2019 […]

When Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful broke the news that CM Punk and Jack Perry got into a brawl backstage between their respective matches at All In, it put a bit of a damper on the start of the biggest event in professional wrestling history. Why oh why did Punk get into a physical altercation […]

One way or another, Trish Stratus has been working a program with Becky Lynch since all the way back in February, when she linked up with the then-WWE Woman’s Tag Team Champions to further their feud with Damage CTRL. Since then, the trio of Stratus, Lynch, and Lita have wrestled a match together at WrestleMania […]

When AEW panned the camera up into the stands in the pre-show of All In and made it abundantly clear that Mercedes Mone, aka Sasha Banks in WWE, was one of the 81,035 fans in attendance at the “biggest professional wrestling show of all time” – though she all but certainly didn’t pay for her […]

When Adam Cole and MJF took the ring in the main event match of All In at Wembley Stadium, it felt special. Sure, the duo had already wrestled on the show earlier in the night, securing the Ring of Honor Tag Team Championships off of Aussie Open after they themselves took the titles off of […]

When Billy Gunn left his boots in the ring against the House of Black following a failed AEW World Trios Championship challenge by The Acclaimed on Collision, few expected to see the DX member get back into the squared circle again, let alone do so at the biggest show of all time, All In. Week […]

Why did Will Ospreay wrestle Chris Jericho at All In? Was it because he wanted to finally check the “dream match” off of his checklist after their previously booked bout in New Japan Professional Wrestling was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Was it because he took issue with Jericho using his match to perform […]

If Sting wanted to call it a career at All In, he had everything set up to say goodbye to the AEW Galaxy. Almost three years after his return at Winter is Coming in 2020, Sting took to the ring alongside his best friend, Darby Allin, to his old WCW song, “Seek and Destroy” by […]

When Saraya took the ring at Wembley Stadium for one of the biggest wrestling shows of all time, All In, to “We Will Rock You” by Queen, fans just had to know that Hikaru Shida’s time as the AEW Women’s World Champion was numbered, measured in minutes, not days… 8:43 to be exact. Beginning the […]

When news broke that Terry Funk passed away in the week leading up to AEW’s biggest show of all time, All In, and John Moxley just happened to be booked on the show in a Stadium Stampede match, you just had to know that the top hardcore wrestler of this generation – yeah, I said […]

When the Young Bucks and FTR – curiously wrestling one match after Kenny Omega and two matches after CM Punk – took the ring at AEW All In, they had one question on their minds that they desperately wanted to answer: who is the greatest tag team of this generation? Now sure, some will say […]

In a move that turned more than a few eyes, Kenny Omega and his Golden Elite buddies “Hangman” Adam Page and Kota Ibushi took the ring against Bullet Club Gold – “Switchblade” Jay White and “Rock Hard” Juice Robinson – and Konosuke Takeshita in the second match of All In, immediately following the match between […]

*All In drama alert, All In drama alert,* this is not a drill AEW fans. That’s right, despite reportedly having some beef on Collision over a desire to use real glass, Jack Perry decided to rub it into CM Punk during the final Zero Hour match before All In, when he and Hook did suplex […]

How would Tony Khan begin the biggest show of his professional wrestling booking career, All In? Would he start things slow? Get as many performers in the ring as possible? Or bring the energy early on to really get the fans up? Well, as it turns out, he went right for the jugular, booking the […]

When Adam Cole and MJF threw their hats into the ring to wrestle not once but twice at All In in order to legitimize their friendship in the most wrestling way possible, with Tag Team Championship gold, it turned heads around the professional wrestling world. Sure, All In is the wrestling show, with 80,000+ fans […]

After months and months of anticipation, AEW All In is officially here; soon, fans will find out if AEW truly delivers the biggest wrestling show of all time and if the hype surrounding the show will live up to fan expectations. If it works out, AEW has a chance to truly establish itself as the […]

The reason Cody Rhodes left WWE in 2016 is common knowledge, right? After being unhappy with his spot in WWE following a gimmick change to Stardust, the second-generation WWE Superstar decided to bet on himself against the cream-of-the-crop independent wrestling had to offer, all the while launching his own wrestling promotion, AEW, along the way […]

After a summer of anticipation, extensive hype, and a build-up that, while reviled by some, has led to a number of main event-worthy matches, All In is officially here, marking one of the most exciting professional events in not just the history of AEW but also the history of professional wrestling period. With 81,285 tickets […]

After working over a wonderful match with Finn Balor in a touching tribute to Bray Wyatt, the victorious LA Knight was riding high; he got an incredible reaction from the crowd, cut a fantastic promo that put over Wyatt as much as it buried The Miz, and is now set to ride into Payback in […]

Hulk Hogan is a lot of things; he’s arguably the most instantly recognizable professional wrestler of all time, arguably the most successful professional of all time across a wide range of subjects, and a certified shooter who is willing to tell tails about his historic run in the ring, even if on occasion, he doesn’t […]

When news broke that Cash Wheeler, the hair-having half of the AEW Tag Team Champions, FTR, had been arrested and charged with third-degree aggravated assault stemming from a road rage incident back in late July, it left fans of the promotion, of #TheRevival, and of professional wrestling, in general, wondering what in the you-know-what was […]

There’s a reason why fans call Bryan Danielson the greatest wrestler in the world. No matter what promotion he works for, from Ring of Honor to WWE and now AEW, the “American Dragon” has found a way to get himself over, get himself on top, and stay there despite from bigger, stronger, and more athletic […]

While watching Michael Cole lead an expansive tribute show to honor the memories of Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk, with dozens of WWE Superstars standing in unison as the promotion rang a ten-bell solute to their fallen alumni, one face notably missing from the assembly was Alexa Bliss, the do-it-all diminutive former champion who worked […]