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When the story of Bray Wyatt‘s career is written, the final chapter will feature one wrestler extensively: LA Knight. Now granted, the two performers didn’t have much, or really anything in common other than a comfortability on the microphone, as Wyatt’s entire schtick was built around his love of horror movies, cults, and general spookiness, […]

Though WWE committed the vast majority of the final SmackDown of the month of August to the untimely passing of Bray Wyatt, who suffered a heart attack the day before, the “Eater of Worlds” wasn’t the only Superstar who passed away in the days after Monday Night RAW, with the hardcore legend Terry Funk also […]

Becky Lynch really doesn’t like Trish Stratus. After coming together as an impromptu faction alongside Lita in the lead-up to WrestleMania 39, the duo split apart in April to an incredible degree, with Stratus turning on Lynch after the pairing lost a WWE Woman’s Tag Team Championship match to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez on […]

As SmackDown rapidly approaches, WWE fans the world over are preparing for the sort of all-encompassing tribute show that will all but surely push all previous plans aside in favor of celebrating the life and career of Bray Wyatt. Matches will be wrestled, likely with tributes to Wyatt and fellow fallen former Superstar Terry Funk, […]

As seemingly the entire professional wrestling world across promotions mourns the loss of one of the sport’s most indelible performers, Bray Wyatt, fans have openly wondered how this has affected those closest to the third-generation pro, with Erick Rowan, Bo Dallas, and Braun Strowman, the most notable members of the Rotunda and Wyatt families, all […]

Bray Wyatt, The Fiend, the Eater of Worlds, Husky Harris; no matter what you called Windham Rotunda during his decade and a half in the WWE, it’s clear he made a name for himself in professional wrestling with his chameleon-like commitment to character, his willingness to innovate, and for better or worse, his willingness to […]

For how polarizing a performer Bray Wyatt may have been in the professional wrestling ring, with some fans hating his otherworldly personas, spooky vignettes, and quite possibly the most controversial character in WWE history, The Fiend, it’s hard for even the most old-school, by-the-books wrestling fan to not see the passion he brought to his […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced to the WWE Universe that Windham Rotunda, the Superstar widely known to fans as Bray Wyatt, had unexpectedly passed away at the way-too-young age of 36, it left folks shocked. Sure, it was fairly widely known that Wyatt had been dealing with an illness for quite some time, leading […]

When news broke that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s daughter was going to be making her NXT debut under the Ava Raine moniker, linking up with Joe Gacy, Rip Fowler, and Jagger Reid as part of Schism, it made more than a few fans turn their heads. Sure, it made sense to put Raine in a […]

With AEW All In rapidly approaching, it seems like all 100 of the promotion’s wrestlers – that’s actually a conservative estimation – have been lining up interviews to help promote what is being billed as the biggest show of all time. Some are using this expanded external interest to hype up their matches in London, […]

Though he may not currently have the Intercontinental Championship around his waist, Chad Gable earned a pretty darn good consolation prize on RAW, when he became the first man to secure a singles win – albeit count-out – over Gunther since he was elevated onto the WWE main roster in 2022. Call it a cheap […]

When WWE announced that they were releasing Hit Row and its leader, now known as Swerve Strickland, back in November of 2021, it left more than a few fans of professional wrestling – Swerve included – wondering why WWE was so quick to pull the plug on such a popular NXT act, especially right after […]

With the biggest professional wrestling show of all time, AEW All In, rapidly approaching, MJF sat down for a special one-on-one interview with Renee Paquette on Dynamite to discuss his plans for the show, his future, and his friendship with Adam Cole, which isn’t a work, he promises. Asked how he feels heading into the […]

With the final match left on his WWE contract officially wrestled and his exact out date, though technically unknown, rapidly approaching, Edge is nearing what might just be the most important decision of his professional wrestling career: what’s next? Will the “Rated-R Superstar” stick with what he knows and re-sign with WWE, even if it’s […]

When Adam Cole showed up at the end of All Out 2021, it was an incredible surprise for AEW, WWE, and NXT fans alike. The long-time face of NXT during its greatest era, the “Black and Gold era,” there wasn’t some great bidding war for the former NXT/PWG/Ring of Honor Champion, with fans fantasy booking […]

Two years removed from the announcement that he was diagnosed with dementia, Terry Funk, the Japanese Death Match legend, NWA standout, and WWE Hall of Famer has passed away at 79. A second-generation wrestler who came up under the watchful eye of his father Dory Funk Sr., and brother Dory Funk Jr., Funk spent the […]

If there’s one man in the world who knows a thing or two about Brock Lesnar, both inside and out of the ring, it’s Shelton Benjamin. A fellow alumnus of the University of Minnesota, Lesnar, and Benjamin have been working in WWE together in one form or another for over 20 years, with the duo […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Cody Rhodes wasn’t known as the “American Nightmare,” an AEW Evp, the hottest act on the independent scene, or even Stardust, but instead a member of the Rhodes Scholars, his mildly popular tag team with Damien Sandow that is more famous for not appearing at WrestleMania […]

After successfully defending her title against Thea Hail at The Great American Bash, Tiffany Stratton was afforded a chance to address the WWE Universe at Heatwave and reflect on a “Very Tiffy Summer” in NXT. Initially, the segment was fairly standard stuff, with Stratton running through all of her accomplishments while the audience listened along, […]

When Trick Williams let it be known to his long-time friend Carmelo Hayes and the rest of the WWE Universe that he was looking to strike it solo instead of being the Flava Flav to the NXT Champion’s Chuck D, it left more than a few fans wondering if the 29-year-old had made the right […]

After watching Gunther take his first singles loss on the WWE main roster to Chad Gable, Ludwig Kaiser vowed to do everything in his power to make sure the leader of Imperium didn’t have to turn in his Intercontinental Championship to Alpha Academy in the future. But how would he do it? Would Kaiser use […]

LA Knight is on a certified roll in the WWE Universe. In less than a year on the main roster, at least under his current moniker, the “Megastar” has gone from undesirable to undeniable, to paraphrase Cody Rhodes, getting booked against some of the biggest stars in the promotion and becoming the sort of performer […]

Ever since news broke that Cash Wheeler, one-half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR, had been arrested in Orlando, Florida for third-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a late July road rage incident, fans the world over – literally – have wanted to know what Tony Khan had to say on […]

When The Miz made his way over to SmackDown to watch LA Knight wrestle Austin Theory for a future title shot against Rey Mysterio for his United States Championship – totally not interfering in the proceedings along the way – it felt like only a matter of time before the “Megastar” made his way back […]

When news broke that John Cena was officially returning to the WWE Universe not just for an appearance on the first SmackDown of the month of September, broadcast to fans around the world from Hershey, Pennsylvania, but for a confirmed match at Superstar Spectacle in India on September 8th, it left fans from all over […]

Though Shinsuke Nakamura is currently the next man up to wrestle Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, there is a small army of performers who are lining up to call next on the “Visionary,” with everyone from Tommaso Ciampa to Bronson Reed, Ricochet, and even Akira Tozawa, fresh off a win over The […]

After taking an absolutely incredible loss to Akira Tozawa with a little help from the “Megastar” LA Knight – a fitting payback from his own match with Austin Theory on SmackDown – The Miz was steaming mad, so much so that he actually reached out to WWE’s officiating crew to see make sure they know […]

After fans finally found out what Shinsuke Nakamura said to Seth Rollins during their confrontation on the previous edition of RAW – that the “King of Strongstyle” knew about his injured back – Seth Rollins stopped by the backstage area just before the main event match between The Judgment Day and Kevin Owens and Sami […]

There was basically no downside for Chad Gable when he took the ring against Gunther on RAW. If he won the match, Gable would earn his first-ever singles title win as a member of the promotion, an improbable yet true distinction, and finally prove to folks the world over that the Alpha Academy breeds champions. […]

When Big E won the WWE Championship in September of 2021, it was one of the rare feel-good moments WWE only gives to fans from time to time. Sure, his title reign wasn’t long, lasting just 110 days – the exact same length of time as his Intercontinental Championship reign, funny enough – he only […]

When Gunther takes the ring on the Friday, September 8th edition of SmackDown, he will officially be the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history… assuming he doesn’t lose to Chad Gable first either on the Blue Brand or in a match booked for Payback the week before. Standing pretty at 437 days with the strap […]

When LA Knight debuted on SmackDown as LA Knight last fall, waving goodbye to Max Dupri and all of the juices he titillated, fans wondered what to expect from the fast-talking, kavorka-exuding, “Yeah!” saying WWE Superstar. Sure, to fans of the promotion who also dabble in the indie product – or at least NXT – […]

Sami Zayn has pretty much reached the pinnacle – lowercase p – of professional wrestling at this point in his career. Sure, he hasn’t won “the big one” in WWE, having to grapple with the realization that he may never be “the chosen guy” in the top promotion in the world as a result, but […]

When news broke that Kairi Sane was taking a “leave of absence” from Stardom/New Japan Pro Wrestling following a very successful 18-month run back in Japan, rumors started to arise that Asuka‘s former tag team partner in The Kabuki Warriors was approaching a return to the WWE Universe for the first time since July of […]

After getting down to business in their first televised tag team match since all the way back in June – which was a loss to Pretty Deadly, if you can believe it – the Street Profits returned to the WWE Universe with new attitudes, new suits, and a new quasi-manager in Bobby Lashley, who congratulated […]

While watching the New England Patriots attempt to maintain their lead in their preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, fans witnessed a scary situation when rookie seventh-round pick Isaiah Bolden connected head-first with Malik Heath on a would-be tackle attempt that left the Jackson State product face down on the turf long after the […]

When Excalibur announced on AEW Rampage that fans would be hearing from the members of FTR, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, on Collision, it left more than a few fans rushing to their DVRs to guarantee they wouldn’t miss the segment. Now granted, few, if any, fans were expecting to see Wheeler address his recent […]

After being one of the most consistently utilized performers on the WWE Universe in 2022, becoming the youngest United States Champion in the promotion’s history and even winning the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match despite not even being booked for the match heading into the show, Austin Theory has sort of fallen off […]

As UCLA football fans watch the Bruins’ long-time signal-caller Dorian Thompson-Robinson light things up as the surprise success story of the Cleveland Browns preseason, the next great Chip Kelly quarterback is quietly putting in work in Westwood, even if the program isn’t necessarily sure who will be taking snaps under center – read: from the […]