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After 14 reigns with a world title, Charlotte Flair has pretty much faced off against any performer one can think of within the WWE Universe. Becky Lynch? Been there, done that over 300 times if you count tag team matches. Rhea Ripley? That’s happened, too, most recently at WrestleMania 39. Heck, outside of NXT stars […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced the christening of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, the title eventually won by Seth Rollins at Night of Champions, the belt was immediately christened the WWE Universe’s new bronze medal by fans, as apparently, Roman Reigns was simply too good to give up either of his titles. The current […]

Though he may have a, shall we say, prickly exterior, in his heart, Grayson Waller is kind, even generous. When Logan Paul landed himself a spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder match, Waller offered him up a seat on The Grayson Waller Effect to discuss his intentions in London. When Edge returned to […]

After watching Zoey Stark take care of business in the ring against Becky Lynch in their first match post Money in the Bank, Trish Stratus was overjoyed to run backstage with her “lapdog” to discuss the downfall of her former tag team partner for a WWE Digital Exclusive. When asked by Jackie Redmond if Lynch […]

For the first third of the 2023 calendar year, there wasn’t a hotter feud in the WWE Universe than Seth Rollins versus Logan Paul – which, considering the strength of the feuds over the period of time for Sami Zayn, Roman Reigns, and Cody Rhodes is freakin’ saying something. Despite being a certified company man […]

Malakai Black has filled basically every possible role one could have in professional wrestling. He’s been a main eventer, he’s been a heater, he’s been a tag team and even trios specialist, and during his brief time on the WWE main roster, he experienced what it was like to be stuck in the mid-card having […]

After coming up short in every single match he’s wrestled on WWE television in 2023, The Miz finally landed in the winner’s column on Monday Night RAW when he secured a pinfall victory over Tommaso Ciampa with a little help from Bronson Reed, who was technically allowed to help out in the no-disqualifications match. Stopping […]

After main eventing his debut match on the main roster at Madison Square Garden on SmackDown, Grayson Waller was feeling himself. Sure, in the immediate aftermath of the match, morale wasn’t too high for the “Sydney Stunner,” but as the days have passed and his accomplishments have come into focus, Waller’s in great spirits, announcing […]

In the summer of 2022, August 5th, 2022, to be exact, Karrion Kross and Scarlett made their triumphant return to WWE following a surprising return to the indies mere months removed from a dominant, 136-day reign as the NXT Champion. Since that fateful day, the “Herald Of Doomsday” has wrestled 16 televised matches, going 7-9 […]

Seth Rollins is WWE’s premier fighting champion. Since securing the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Rollins has taken on seemingly all challengers who have dropped his name on television, besting Damian Priest in an open challenge, plowing through Bron Breakker in a hard-fought contest back in NXT at […]

July has been very, very, very good to Grayson Waller. Ever since he opened up about his broken leg and welcomed Logan Paul onto a special edition of The Grayson Waller Effect, live from London, England – which technically took place on June 30th, but I digress – the “Down Under Wonder” has worked an […]

After securing her first-ever wrestling win in a match against Valhalla on Monday Night RAW, Chad Gable and Otis had seemingly seen enough of the former Maximum Male Models leader and were ready to graduate Maxxine Dupri from the Alpha Academy. Taking the ring to “Pomp & Circumstance” while decked out in graduation ropes for […]

After recapturing the titles they never lost at Money in the Bank thanks to a not-so-lowkey assist from Shayna Baszler, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez found out who their next challengers will be for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles in Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville, WWE’s resident “Complaints Department” who were initially supposed to […]

On WWE television, Karrion Kross and AJ Styles really don’t like each other. For one reason or another, Scarlett identified the “Phenomenal One” as the next performer to challenge her husband via her tarot cards, and ever since, The OC has been firmly in the sights of Kross, who still has the “Killer” mentality that […]

Though they haven’t held the Undisputed WWE Team Team Championships since all the way back on April 1st, 2023, when they famously lost both sets of straps to the dynamic duo of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, in the main event of Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, it’s hard […]

After spending the better part of a week hyping up The Judgment Day‘s journey down to NXT to settle their business with Trick Williams and the NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes, the dynamic quartet of Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, and “Dirty” Dominik emerged from the tunnel in the opening segment of NXT and explained […]

In the WWE Universe, few performers have the same mythology as The Undertaker. Sure, WWE had employed supernatural-tinged performers before The Undertaker, and have tried to that well since, with Isla Dawn famously causing a referee to puke black sludge during her match with Alba Fyre at NXT Deadl1ne, but for the most part, The […]

After working 1,376 of his 1,440 professional wrestling matches in WWE, according to Cagematch, Mark Henry has settled into semi-retirement as a member of AEW, where he initially began working as a commentator on Rampage, then started interviewing wrestlers heading into the main event of the show, before curring together pre-taped packages that may not […]

When WWF Champion/NWO founder/Kliq member Kevin Nash made the bold claim that LA Knight is nothing but a rip-off of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and/or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, it created a clear divide among fans of professional wrestling of WWE’s resident “Megastar.” For some, the comparison was apt; Knight has a certain type of […]

In the opinion of future WWE Hall of Famer Matt Hardy, before there was the Blackpool Combat Club, Jon Moxley’s collection of violent gentlemen that also features Bryan Danielson, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli, there was the BAR, a fighting faction back in The Fed that featured Sheamus and the current Ring of Honor World […]

Since returning to WWE in 2022 at WrestleMania 38, Cody Rhodes has worked 75 matches, nine on a Premium Live Event, 16 on television, and 40 more on house shows at various arenas across the United States, Europe, and beyond – a fact made all the more impressive when you consider he was out of […]

After spending the week advertising a big promo where Cody Rhodes would address the WWE Universe about his desire to wrestle Brock Lesnar once more, the “American Nightmare” took the ring during the third hour of RAW to lay out his exact intentions to the thousands of fine folks in Buffalo, the millions more fans […]

After boldly declaring his intentions to address Logan Paul on Monday Night RAW during the fallout edition of WWE’s flagship show following Money in the Bank, the “One and Only” Ricochet got in the ring with street clothes on and a microphone in his hand and proceeded to cut a promo explaining his feelings about […]

After watching Damian Priest dash his chances to become the second-ever WWE World Heavyweight Champion at Money in the Bank and then getting in the way of his long-time The Judgment Day faction mate’s cash-in efforts on the fallout edition of RAW, Finn Balor opened up an absolutely loaded edition of WWE’s flagship program with […]

Big E has been a member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in back in 2009, when he made his debut for FCW under the moniker Big E Langston in a six-man tag team match featuring the likes of Byron Saxton, David Otunga, Eric Alexander, Alberto Del Rio, and Leroy Morgan. Over […]

In terms of professional wrestling history, Cody Rhodes has accomplished almost everything a performer could hope to in their career. He’s held gold all over the world, with 16 different title belts held over 23 different reigns, wrestled at nine different WrestleManias, and even helped to launch WWE’s first true competitor in 20 years in […]

After exchanging words and blows for weeks now, The Miz and Tommaso Ciampa have seemingly said all they need to say in the lead-up to a No Disqualifications match on RAW. One way or another, this feud will be finished, and if the WWE Universe is lucky, bother performers will move on to bigger and […]

When WWE began hinting at the return of Lacey Evans back in December of 2022, fans noted a very interesting similarity between her presentation and that of WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter. On paper, the comparison made plenty of sense, as both leaned into the Marine aesthetic – Evans was actually a Marine, whereas […]

After winning a Women’s Tag Team Title Number One Contendership Turmoil match to become the new top challengers for the belts currently held by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green were riding high, proud to earn their third shot at the titles as a team since incorporating in March. Stopping by […]

While discussing why Brock Lesnar beat the absolute bricks off of Cody Rhodes on the RAW after WrestleMania 39, Wade Barrett revealed that according to his reporting, the “Beast Incarnate” took considerable offense with wrestling first on Day 2 of the Showcase of the Immortals while the “American Nightmare” squandered his shot at the Undisputed […]

After charging down to the ring in Madison Square Garden to put a beating on “Murder Clown” Asuka following a, shall we say, eventful Women’s Championship match between the current champ and Charlotte Flair at the O2 Afrena in London, Bianca Belair was feeling a certain type of way on SmackDown, likely a mixture of […]

After taking part in arguably the most important match of his professional wrestling career in the match dubbed The Bloodline Civil War by WWE, Solo Sikoa took to his Facebook page – a page that technically still uses his old indie moniker, Sefa Fatu – to celebrate what he felt was his version of a […]

Austin Theory has been the WWE United States Champion since all the way back on November 26th, 2022, when he secured the win and his second tenure with the title at Survivor Series in a triple threat match with Bobby Lashley and then-champion Seth Rollins. Since that fateful day around Turkey Day, Theory has defended […]

After an incredible evening at Madison Square Garden, capped off with a career-spanning appearance on The Grayson Waller Effect and a commanding win over the “Arrogant Aussie” in his main roster debut, Edge was riding high. Twenty-five years after first working a show at the most famous arena in the world, securing a mixed tag […]

After punching their tickets to the semi-finals of the Owen Hart Cup Tournament, CM Punk and Samoa Joe found themselves booked for a match once more on the fourth edition of AEW Collision, marking the first time the long-time Ring of Honor rivals shared the ring in a non-tag team match since all the way […]

In professional wrestling, from WWE all the way down to your local indie fed, the safety of one move has become an increasingly hot-button topic over the past few months: the German Suplex. To some, the move is an offensive staple of everyone from high-flyers to collegiate stars and looks incredibly cool to the fans […]

One week removed from Money in the Bank, many professional wrestling fans still haven’t gotten over the fact that Damian Priest, not LA Knight, came down with the briefcase and secured the rights to the open contract inside of it. On paper, Knight had everything going for him; he was clearly the fan favorite, had […]

Though Matt Hardy no longer works for WWE, as he’s been a happy member of the AEW roster since March fo 2020, he still keeps up with the goings-on of his former employer for his podcast, The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, and has absolutely no issue putting over his former co-workers when the situation […]

After beating just about everyone NXT has placed in his path, one has to wonder what the WWE Universe has in store for Bron Breakker. Sure, technically, he’s booked for a match against the “Unbesiegbar,” Ilja Dragunov this coming week, with the winner landing a title shot against Carmelo Hayes at The Great American Bash […]