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It feels like every month or so, fans get an update from Big E on his future prospects in the WWE Universe, with July’s appearance on After The Bell leaving fans in an encouraging spot. August’s update, unfortunately, was not so good, as during the SummerSlam media conference, Big E told the folks in attendance […]

For the eighth time in his professional wrestling career, CM Punk will be wrestling a match of note on SummerSlam weekend. The biggest difference? When Punk steps into the ring against Ricky Starks with the “true” World Championship on the line, it will be as a member of AEW, not WWE. Now, as fans most […]

After watching wrestling fans take London by storm for the 14th running of Money in the Bank, the WWE Universe will soon descent on the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan, for SummerSlam to see who will come out on top of the biggest show of the summer and who will have to return to the proverbial […]

When Ricochet and Logan Paul take the ring in the opening match of SummerSlam this Saturday in Detroit, it will be a classic example of the haves versus the have-nots. Initially signing with the promotion back in 2018 after having spent 13 years working on his craft on the indies, when Ricochet made his debut […]

When Cody Rhodes took the ring for the main event of WrestleMania 39, there was a lot on the line. With three-straight slaps to the mat, Rhodes could secure the belt his father never won, end Roman Reigns‘ Undisputed World Heavyweight  Championship reign before it hit 1,000 days, and secure one of the biggest, if […]

Though they’ve only shared the screen for a few moments in 2023, there is, was, and seemingly will forever be tension brewing under the surface between Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes at the top of the RAW roster. On paper, it makes sense, right? Rollins knocked Rhodes out of action for six months in the […]

While Xavier Woods is most well known across the WWE Universe for being a member of one of the greatest trios of all time, the New Day, he’s technically assembled a second family that is just as prolific across the promotion’s digital footprint, even if it doesn’t always get the same level of notoriety: UpUpDownDown. […]

Though Kevin Owens only signed with WWE in 2014, the “Prizefighter” has been on an absolute tear, wrestling 897 matches across NXT, RAW, SmackDown, house shows, and Premium Live Events while spending 683 days as a title around his waist, 188 with the Universal Champion, 143 with the NXT Championship, 132 with the Intercontinental Championship, […]

Folks, it’s official: after rumors circulated that AEW could be interested in booking a certain WWE Hall of Famer for a match at All In, Rob Van Dam has officially brought “The Whole F’n Show” to Dynamite to help his old friend Jerry Lynn settle a score with don’t-call-him-“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry. Taking the ring […]

When American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes officially hit Peacock, fans from around the professional wrestling world, from Tony Khan and The Elite all the way down to egg accounts on Twitter tuned in to see what the former AEW EVP would have to say about his former employer. For the most part, Rhodes was kind […]

If there’s on thing Paul Heyman is good at, it’s backstage politicking. Sure, the “Wise Man” of The Bloodline is a fantastic talker, a wonderful matchmaker, and one of the best minds professional wrestling has ever seen, but when you want to get a guy over, or at least get them featured prominently on WWE’s […]

In August of 2022, Seth Rollins is on top of the world, or at least on the top of the WWE Universe. He’s the proud holder of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, main events shows all over the world whether they’re televised or not, and is about to take part in a choice match at […]

At SummerSlam, Drew McIntyre is going to either secure a very big win the likes of which alters the WWE record books forever, as Gunther will be just 33 days away from overcoming Honky Tonk Man’s 454-day record with the Intercontinental Championship, or he will drop the ball, drop the match, and drop down the […]

With their match against Jey Uso rapidly approaching the Motor City for SummerSlam, Roman Reigns and his “Wise Man,” Paul Heyman, stopped by ESPN’s First Take to talk turkey with noted WWE superfan Stephen A. Smith. When asked about what makes him such a good manager in a section of the 10:52 video dubbed “Stephen […]

When the new NXT Tag Team Champions, Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, needed a third for a trios match against their The Great American Bash opponents Gallus, the “Don of NXT” went through his Rolodex and called up a person from his past few ever expected to see on NXT television ever again: Santos […]

After weeks and weeks and weeks of anticipation, American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes has finally hit Peacock screens around the world. Suddenly, fans can see what all of the fuss has been about, how much WWE decided to color Cody Rhodes‘ story to paint themselves in a better light, and most importantly of all, how […]

If you’ve been keeping up with AEW over the past few months, you may have noticed that there is a steady controversy building around Tony Khan’s booking of the women’s division. To some, the division has fallen off in a major way ever since Jamie Hayter suffered an injury in April that had kept her […]

After securing a technically legal victory at The Great American Bash versus Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali, Dominik Mysterio returned to NXT with the North American Championship over his shoulder and his “Mami” Rhea Ripley by his side. Taking the ring to celebrate their win – keyword their – Ripley complimented her “Latino Heat” for […]

After watching some fun matches to start off the show, Shawn Michaels, Booker T, and the rest of the WWE creative department watched with bated breath to see how Gable Steveson would fare in his first-ever professional wrestling match. Would the new-aged “Olympic Hero” find immediate success, getting the crowd behind him in a bout […]

There was a time when Sami Zayn was the hottest performer in the WWE Universe. He was heavily featured on television, had the fans behind him to an absolutely incredible degree, and found himself with the perfect venue for his make-or-break match against Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the Elimination Chamber, […]

As crazy as it may have sounded a year ago when the faction was feuding with Edge, Rey, and Dominik Mysterio at SummerSlam in Nashville, Tennessee, there isn’t a hotter faction in the entire WWE Universe than The Judgment Day. The Bloodline? Borderline broken up. The LWO? Wrestling for mid-card titles. And as for Damage […]

After over a year on the main roster, LA Knight is finally starting to pick up steam, with the “Megastar” set to wrestle on his third-ever WWE Premium Live Event following his promising, if not ultimately disappointing, effort in the Money in the Bank Men’s Ladder match and a disastrous debut in the Mountain Dew […]

When Kevin Owens re-signed with WWE in 2021 after seemingly receiving very strong interest from AEW to revisit his Kevin Steen character from the indies, it left fans of The Fed feeling very excited about the prospects of the “Prizefighter” closing out his career on RAW or SmackDown. Sure, Owens wasn’t used nearly as strongly […]

When Trish Stratus made her surprise return on February 27th, 2023, to help her long-time friend Lita and new-time friend Becky Lynch solve their Damage CTRL problems, it felt like it was only a matter of time before the WWE Hall of Famer would eventually turn on her babyface pals and go into business for […]

With SummerSlam officially less than a week away, Brock Lesnar and Cody Rhodes were afforded one final chance to discuss their forthcoming match in Detroit, Michigan; a match Corey Graves officially labeled a rubber match of their feud on commentary. Soon, all of the backstage brawls will have been fought, all the promos will be […]

After watching Logan Paul talk up the crowd in his final RAW appearance before SummerSlam, Ricochet made his way to the ring like a galavanting hero to inform the “Maverick” just how he feels heading into the biggest show of the summer. “Wait, wait, wait, wait Logan, what’s going on, man?” Ricochet asked as the […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation featuring matches on RAW, beatdowns in NXT, and a successful title defense at Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins will finally get his third and potentially final singles match of the year against Finn Balor at SummerSlam in Detroit, Michigan on August 5th. Soon fans will see if the […]

How do you make Shayna Baszler, a borderline career heel who repeatedly discusses her enjoyment of inflicting pain and punishment on other performers via her expansive collection of submission maneuvers, a babyface? Do you give her a superhero gimmick like Nikki ASH? Have her take sympathy one an underdog and form a new tag team? […]

Four years after landing his breakout role Fezco in HBO’s Euphoria, Angus Cloud has tragically passed away at the age of 25, his family shared, as initially reported by TMZ. A native of Oakland, California, who actually went to school with his future Euphoria co-star Zendaya, Cloud parlayed his small-screen success into a career that […]

Who is the GOAT of WWE? Is it the longest-reigning world champion in the promotion’s history, Bruno Sammartino? How about the man who turned the WWF from a regional promotion to the world leader in sports entertainment, Hulk Hogan? Could it be the greatest character Vince McMahon and company ever came up with, the Undertaker? […]

Who runs the game in the WWE Universe? Well, if you ask the man born Shaun Ricker, he’ll tell you it’s none other than LA Knight, the character he’s been playing since making the leap to the WWE main roster, but does he? Does he really? While fans would desperately like for that to be […]

Though he refused to acknowledge it at the time, except, of course, in the most subtle, meta way possible, Cody Rhodes has slowly but surely trickled out information about what brought him from AEW to WWE back in 2022 and what his heel run could have been had he stuck it out in the promotion […]

When Bianca Belair found herself booked for a tag team match with Charlotte Flair on SmackDown, it put the “EST of WWE” in a precarious situation. On one hand, Belair has been dying to recapture her RAW Women’s Championship – now the WWE Women’s Championship – since she lost the title to Asuka at Night […]

As crazy as it may sound, Dominik Mysterio is on a pretty prolific run in the WWE Universe right now as the NXT North American Champion. Winning the title on NXT television on July 18th, the second-generation WWE Superstar has successfully defended his title twice, once on SmackDown versus Butch and against on RAW versus […]

Though it may not often seem like it, Drew McIntyre actually has a great deal of respect for Gunther. Two members of the Intercontinental Championship fraternity, a group that features 184 different title reigns since the belt was introduced in 1979, including three by the strap’s lone female holder, Chyna, Gunther has helped to elevate […]

Cody Rhodes is a professional wrestler in WWE. Now granted, it certainly feels like he does a whole lot more than just that, as he does a ton of media for the company, makes charity appearances for Make-A-Wish and others, and even runs a wrestling academy on the side with his former AEW coworker QT […]

Whether they wrestle one more match, 100 more matches, or never wrestle again, Ilja Dragunov and Gunther will forever be linked for one reason and one reason alone: NXT UK. Working on one of the most criminally overlooked brands in the WWE Universe, Dragunov, and Gunther – then wrestling as Walter – went to absolute […]

In professional wrestling like in life, nobody stays at the top forever; even the greatest WWE Superstars will eventually start to show their age, and in their place, young stars like Grayson Waller who are hungry to establish their own legacy will make their main roster debuts in the hopes of taking one of those […]

The Street Profits haven’t won a match on WWE television since all the way back on May 19th. Since then, they’ve wrestled all of two matches, taking Ls to The Brawling Brutes in the SmackDown Tag Team #1 Contenders Gauntlet and then again to Pretty Deadly in singles action one week later. Is this the […]