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After a stop-start effort in the tag team division –  winning the Women’s Tag Team Fatal Fourway at WrestleMania, taking some time off, winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles, unifying the tag team titles, and then losing the tag team titles to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez – Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey have […]

After taking part in arguably the scariest spot on the entire Money in the Bank card and following it up with a brutal brawl backstage disclosed to fans on Monday Night RAW, the “One and Only” Ricochet stopped by the backstage area with new reporter Jackie Redmond to drop the hammer on social media star […]

After missing out on taking part in the Money in the Bank Ladder match, Bronson Reed could have pouted, throwing a fit in the locker room or going on a rampage through the backstage area of RAW to rip through the likes of Akira Tozawa as revenge, fortunately for the security staff in Baltimore, Maryland, […]

After securing the win and then landing a save from a returning Drew McIntyre on the fallout edition of RAW after Money in the Bank, Matt Riddle was incredibly happy to have a friend in his corner in Baltimore, so much so that they duo spent some time chatting backstage long after the 1-2-3. “Dude, […]

After taking an absolute beating at the hands of the “A-Lister” on the previous edition of RAW, Tommaso Ciampa had something to say to The Miz and didn’t want to risk watering down his message due to the time constraints of television, so, as he’s become accustomed to doing, the “Blackheart” took to social media […]

After a very successful showing at Money in the Bank at the O2 Arena in London, securing a win over Finn Balor with a little help from Señor Money in the Bank, Damian Priest, Seth Rollins came to the RAW taping in Baltimore, Maryland, to celebrate his accomplishments and hype fans up for a fantastic […]

After watching Cody Rhodes get into a brutal brawl with Brock Lesnar in the opening segment of RAW, WWE’s newest backstage reporter, Jackie Redmond, decided to call out the “American Nightmare” once more to see if he has anything to say on the return of the “Beast Incarnate.” Fortunately, Rhodes did have something to say […]

After securing a commanding win at Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins was afforded a chance to run down the PLE card on the fallout edition of RAW, recalling all of the major moments by The Usos, Cody Rhodes, and Señor and Miss Money in the Bank. “Whoa, Baltimore, well you sound so sweet, but […]

After taking a loss at Money in the Bank, falling to the mat in the middle of the ring mere seconds before Damian Priest pulled down the briefcase in the name of Judgment Day, fans wondered what was next for LA Knight. Would he set his sights on Priest and try to recapture the briefcase, […]

By pinning Roman Reigns for the first time this decade – literally – at Money in the Bank, The Usos effectively secured the first major win in The Bloodline Civil War, an escalating conflict that came to a head at the O2 Arena in London. Despite being offered the world, singles gold, his name in […]

On-screen, Finn Balor hates Edge; the “Prince” dislikes how he handled The Judgment Day, going so far as to kick him out of the group on the same day he joined it, dislikes his babyface turn, and really dislikes that he had to receive more than a dozen staples to the head after a botched […]

Becky Lynch has been a member of the WWE Universe since 2012, when she retired her Rebecca Knox and Komeera monikers to move to Orlando and become one of the first members of the NXT roster. Over that decade and change, Lynch has worked some 900 matches, won seven titles, and even become one of […]

After two successful televised title defenses in the month of June alone, a grueling schedule by WWE standards, Seth Rollins found his most difficult challenge yet at Money in the Bank, where he finally threw down with Finn Balor with a world title on the line – albeit the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, not the […]

No matter how you slice it, Money in the Bank at the O2 Arena in London was a slam dunk for WWE. Per the man himself, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, the show was the most financially successful arena Premium Live Event in the promotion’s history, the SmackDown the night before was the most financially successful […]

After recording an increasingly strange win over Dominik Mysterio in the fourth match at Money in the Bank, Cody Rhodes decided to hit the shows, put back on his suit, and take part in a special interview with Ariel Helwani as part of BT Sport’s coverage of Money in the Bank. Now granted, did Rhodes […]

After three long years of factional dominance, holding down the top of the WWE card in the singles and tag team divisions with little remorse for the rest of the locker room – heck, they probably had their own locker room the whole darn time, so who doubly cares – The Bloodline finally went to […]

In the penultimate match of Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins was afforded a chance to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship in his highest-profile match yet, going face-to-face with Finn Balor in a championship rematch seven years in the making. Taking the ring to a 60-40 crowd split, with the “Visionary” holding the slight […]

After watching Damian Priest disappointingly win the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match, Shayna Baszler turn on Ronda Rousey, Drew McIntyre return, John Cena return, and Cody Rhodes defeat Dominik Mysterio one-on-one – though not necessarily in that order – the WWE Universe was treated to the second Money in the Bank Ladder match […]

After watching Cody Rhodes work a rather pointless match with Dominik Mysterio at Money in the Bank, the WWE Universe was afforded an absolute treat when John Cena, the face of the last era of WWE made an unannounced cameo in London to hype up the crowd. But why? What was Cena there to do? […]

Heading into Money in the Bank, fans were incredibly curious to see how Dominik Mysterio was going to pull out the win against one of the true standard bearers of WWE, Cody Rhodes. Was he going to get some help from Rhea Ripley, giving fans the sort of Chyna-approved spots that have become a rare […]

When it was announced that Gunther was going to defend his Intercontinental Championship mere miles away from where he spent 900-plus days as the NXT UK Champion versus Matt Riddle at Money in the Bank, it left a meh reaction from fans across the WWE Universe. Sure, Gunther and Riddle have been going at it […]

Heading into Money in the Bank, Liv Morgan noted that, if she and her tag team partner Raquel Rodriguez, the “uncrowned WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions” after having their titles stripped due to a shoulder injury by Paramus, New Jersey native, she would be the first woman in history to defeat Ronda Rousey professionally three […]

From Butch, to Shinsuke Nakamura – who is even more over after the Lil Uzi Vert song – to Santos Escobar, Damian Priest, Ricochet, LA Knight, and finally Logan Paul, a curious decision indeed, considering their reactions from the crowd on SmackDown, WWE decided to march out seven of their finest Superstars to open up […]

After being firmly stuck in the WWE mid-card for years – literally – following his brutal shoulder injury at SummerSlam in 2016, having to vacate his Universal Championship the next day to Seth Rollins on RAW, Finn Balor is back to doing what he does best: working heel. The unofficial leader of The Judgment Day […]

Before he stole the show on SmackDown, before he was called the “Megamanager” by Logan Paul, and before had the social media star shaking in his boots from his sheer popularity, LA Knight first walked into the O2 Arena earlier in the day solo, experiencing the moment on his own for a WWE vlog. “(See) […]

After a rare month without a WWE Premium Live Event, with Night of Champions booked for the end of May, WWE is unleashing one of the most exciting shows of the year on the fine folks in London, England, with not one but two Ladder matches set to decide on who will earn the monikers […]

After a week of hype and a message to the WWE Universe about his broken leg, Grayson Waller was over-the-moon to have the biggest guest of his SmackDown career on The Grayson Waller Effect, Logan Paul, but what would the social media star have to say? Would he bury the “Arrogant Aussie” in order to […]

With The Bloodline set to go to war for the first time since its inception during the Thunder Dome era of pandemic wrestling in Orlando, Roman Reigns decided to address the WWE Universe one final time before Money in the Bank and offer up an unlikely olive branch to his cousins The Usos, but if […]

Though Becky Lynch technically hasn’t won the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match just yet – though it certainly feels like things are pointing in that direction – “The Man” is already imagining how it will feel to grasp at the briefcase that has eluded her for her entire career thus far and bring […]

When WWE started releasing dozens of performers due to “budget cuts” during the COVID-19 pandemic, it left many wrestling couples suddenly working for different companies. Now granted, it wasn’t exclusively divisive, as Adam Cole was able to sign with AEW when his WWE contract expired, reuniting him with IRL girlfriend Brit Baker, but Zelina Vega […]

Former Denver Broncos defensive lineman Darren Drozdov, known to the WWE Universe as simply “Droz,” has passed away at 54. A native of Mays Landing, New Jersey, Drozdov began his athletic career in at Oakcrest High School in South Jersey, where he parlayed an All-State quarterback career into a scholarship to play defensive tackle for […]

In professional wrestling, everyone has an expiration date, even The Undertaker, a performer literally meant to embody a “living dead man.” Debuting in WWE under the moniker “Kane the Undertaker” in 1990, Taker spent 30 years in the trenches for Vince McMahon and company and proved such a valuable member of the roster that he […]

After being absent from American professional wrestling television for the better part of 20 years, the legacy of Owen Hart made an unlikely AEW debut in 2021 with the christening of the Owen Hart Cup, a men’s and women’s tournament that was won in May of 2022 by Adam Cole and Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. […]

With the go-home edition of RAW before Money in the Bank officially in the books, the groundwork has officially been set for Cody Rhodes‘ match against Dominik Mysterio, marking the first time the “American Nightmare” will be afforded a chance to get his hands on the newest member of The Judgement Day after weeks of […]

With the first day of the 2023 NHL Draft officially in the books, with rounds 2-7 set to resume at 11 am EST, fans across the greater sports world have one question above all others: will Kevin Owens make an appearance? Now for fans out of the know, while the 32 teams across the NHL […]

In a company where some wrestlers go their entire career without having a WrestleMania moment, let alone one in the main event of the “Showcase of the Immortals,” Kevin Owens has the rare privilege of having two, as he was able to wrestle “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in 2022 and followed it up with another […]

If there’s one performer in the WWE Universe with a massive question mark next to their name, it’s Natalya. Sure, she’s technically getting regular television time, which hasn’t always been the case in her professional wrestling career, and she’s even working an angle with the top women’s champion in the promotion, Rhea Ripley, but the […]

On Saturday in London, Becky Lynch has the potential to check one of the few items left off of her WWE career goals list and officially become the winner of the Money in the Bank Ladder match, securing the open contract that comes inside the white and gold briefcase, too. And yet, even if Lynch […]

Though he was never officially announced for the card, the 80,000 fans packed into SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California waited with bated breath to see if their namesake hometown hero, LA Knight, would make his surprise debut at WWE’s biggest show of the year, and provide the sort of pop that only the “Megastar” can […]