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After almost two months away, Liv Morgan finally made her way back to the WWE Universe, taking the ring alongside her tag team partner Raquel Rodriguez after the current champs, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, defeated Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre to unify the NXT and WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship belts into one entity. […]

After spending the better part of his adult life in a professional wrestling ring for WCW, WWE, TNA, and his own Reality of Wrestling, two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has found a new way to contribute to the business as a commentator at NXT, where his unique take on the sport and his […]

After punching their ticket to the O2 Arena in London for a WWE World Tag Team Championship match with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, Pretty Deadly found themselves the special guests of The Grayson Waller Effect, the Smackdown-based talk show that just can’t seem to get over with audiences despite the undeniable charisma of its […]

One week removed from his decision to reunite The Usos instead of sticking it out as a singles star with Solo Sikoa, Roman Reigns, and Paul Heyman, Jimmy, and Jey Uso decided to address the WWE Universe in order to explain why they effectively dashed The Bloodline once and for all. After some semantic adjustments, […]

What is the most memorable Money in the Bank cash-in of all time? Is it Seth Rollins betraying Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 31? Dolph Ziggler’s cash-in on Alberto Del Rio in 2013? Or how about Austin Theory’s decision to cash-in on “The Visionary” on a random episode of RAW for the United States Championship, a […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, few Superstars, regardless of age, gender, or employer, have had as much success in the ring as Becky Lynch. Once known simply as “The Man” for being the top performer in WWE, Lynch has been a part of seven different championship reigns since landing in WWE in 2013 and […]

After being linked to Ronda Rousey in WWE basically since “The Baddest Woman on the Planet” made her debut in the promotion in 2014, Shayna Baszler was finally afforded a chance to work with her former UFC buddy in the ring full-time in 2023, when the duo linked up to become a tag team. Winning […]

Before there was LA Knight, at least on the main roster, there was Max Dupri, the brother of future Alpha Academy member Maxxine, and the manager of the Maximum Male Models, a faction that may or may not still exist in WWE. The character was more creepy than charismatic, his catchphrases were more about “juices” […]

After watching his WWE contract come to an end, crucially without a retirement match – something that may or may not have been promised by Vince McMahon to the WCW legend – fans have been eagerly wondering what will come next for Bill Goldberg. Will he go on an indie world tour looking for the […]

In professional wrestling, every indie star is looking to latch on with a mainstream promotion – be that WWE, AEW, Impact, or New Japan Pro Wrestling –  and turn their passion into a full-time job. Sure, traveling the highways going city to city can be an incredible thing, with established stars occasionally even making their […]

As the WWE Universe prepares to descend on London for a pair of shows headlined by the Money in the Bank at the O2 Arena, one of the acts that curiously isn’t scheduled for a spot on the show is none other than Sheamus, the 12-time WWE Champion and leader of the Brawling Brutes. Now […]

Though the 2023 calendar year is only half over, it’s hard to find many matches that rise to the level of the bout between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay back at Wrestle Kingdom 17 in January. A certified classic that earned Dave Meltzer’s highest rating of the year at 6.25, the bout was long, dramatic, […]

Monday Night RAW was not a bellwether showing for Raquel Rodriguez. Slated for a Money in the Bank qualifying match for the Women’s Ladder match, Rodriguez found her efforts dashed by some unprompted interference from Becky Lynch, and had to watch in horror as Trish Stratus punched her ticket to London on a technicality, as […]

Seth Rollins is a lot of things to the WWE Universe; he’s a “Visionary,” he’s a “Revolutionary,” he’s the workhorse World Heavyweight Champion with two successful television title defense this month alone, and he’s somehow become the top babyface in the company despite Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company pushing Cody Rhodes to fill that […]

After taking a loss at Night of Champions to Gunther in a match he hyped up as a career-defining bout one way or another, Mustafa Ali found himself on the wrong side of the results column and a free agent in the WWE after being overlooked by both RAW and SmackDown in the draft. Fortunately, […]

After holding the Intercontinental Championship for 376 days and counting, coming just 78 days short of the Honkytonk Man’s record of 454, it’s only natural for fans and professional wrestling pundits alike to wonder if the time is right for Gunther to step out of the comfort zone and take a shot at one of […]

After taking part in his first NXT match since all the way back in 2013, Seth Rollins had to deal with a second battle at the Performance Center when his current archrival Finn Balor jumped him from behind and began spamming stomps until Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams, fresh off of some locker room wisdom […]

With one spot left in the Money in the Bank Women’s Ladder match, Raquel Rodriguez found herself in a bit of a two-on-one situation when Trish Stratus, her opponent in the match, started getting help from her protege Zoey Stark, who has already qualified for the contest. This, understandably, didn’t sit too well with babyface […]

While Bronson Reed still hasn’t qualified for a match at Money in the Bank, with Logan Paul nominating himself for the last spot in the Ladder match despite somehow avoiding a qualifying match of his own, that hasn’t stopped the New Zeland-born Superstar from pretty much running the table every time he gets in a […]

After two weeks of anticipation, Seth Rollins finally got in the ring with Bron Breakker at NXT Gold Rush, and needless to say, he tore the roof off the Performance Center in Orlando. Taking the ring second to his familiar war chorus demanding that “The Visionary” does everything in his power to “burn it down” […]

After weeks of back-and-forth action, with Eddy Thorpe securing wins over Damon Kemp in two straight matches – albeit, under slightly dubious conditions – the older brother of Olympic Gold Medalist Gable Steveson was afforded a chance to settle things with the man formerly known as Karl Fredericks via a rubber match of sorts using […]

After coming up short in their first match on RAW, losing to Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler in their first match after winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, Kayden Carter and Katana Chance secured their first-ever win on the main roster, securing the W over Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville in a short but […]

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, for better or worse, will forever be linked in the WWE Universe. Though they took different paths to The Fed, with the former working the indies and Ring of Honor as Tyler Black whereas the latter was born into the business as the son of a Wild Samoan, when the […]

After hyping up his appearance on the Pat McAfee Show on Monday Night RAW, Seth Rollins was ultimately unable to stop by the former All-Pro punter’s show, likely due to his rib injury at the hands of Finn Balor and his forthcoming WWE World Championship match with Bron Breakker on NXT. A bummer? You bet, […]

On August 16th, 2020, everything changed for WWE Superstar Sonya Deville. Firmly entrenched in the waning moments of a long-standing storyline with Mandy Rose, who went from her Fire and Desire tag team partner, to her former friend firmly entrenched in a love triangle with Dolph Ziggler and Otis, Deville was supposed to take part […]

After two months away from a WWE ring, Logan Paul made his triumphant return at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, to give his hometown fans a lecture on the city’s losing ways and why he is going to change that by winning the Money in the Bank Ladder match and cashing it in […]

After making a rare trip over from SmackDown to RAW to help drum up excitement for Money in the Bank, imagine the shock LA Knight must have felt when none other than Logan Paul – the man often called a “Social Media Megastar” despite LA Knight clearly having claim to the moniker –  announced that […]

In professional wrestling, an untimely injury can ruin a push indefinitely; it happened to Finn Balor seven years ago after his match with Seth Rolllins at SummerSlam, to Tommaso Ciampa just after his loss to Austin Theory in a Harley Race-themed match for the United States Championship, and potentially happened to “The Visionary” too, when […]

This was supposed to be a very busy week for Seth Rollins in the WWE Universe. First, he was supposed to have an open WWE World Heavyweight Championship challenge on RAW, with The Miz suggesting that he was going to take on the offer in front of his hometown crowd before taking a redeye to […]

While conventional wisdom may have suggested that he’d be back in Orlando preparing for the self-proclaimed “biggest match of his career,” Bron Breakker instead decided to fly out to Cleveland to scout Seth Rollins ahead of their match at NXT Gold Rush. Unfortunately for Breakker, he didn’t get to see a WWE World Heavyweight Championship […]

After two-plus months away, Logan Paul finally made his triumphant return to the WWE Universe near his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, to discuss his future plans in The Fed and his desire to make “Believeland” into “The City of Champions” once more. Sitting atop a ladder in the center of the ring with both Money […]

In WWE, there aren’t many female Superstars who have found the same level of success as Charlotte Flair. A former NXT Champion, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, a former RAW Women’s Champion, a former SmackDown Women’s Champion, and even a former Divas Champion, with 14 total reigns with a World Championship to her credit, even […]

Seven years ago, when Seth Rollins and Finn Balor shared the ring at SummerSlam 2016, it felt like an inflection point in the WWE Universe. At the time, the duo were two of the hottest performers in the promotion, a “homegrown guy” with independent pedigree versus the original founder of Bullet Club to decide on […]

When Rhea Ripley debuted on RAW, challenging Asuka for a shot at her Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 37, fans were very excited to see what the WWE Universe had in store for the performer formerly known as “The Nightmare.” Though Ripley was ultimately successful in her pursuit and had a popular run with the strap […]

When Seth Rollins officially accepted Bron Breakker‘s challenge for a match at what would eventually be called NXT Gold Rush, fans across the WWE Universe turned their heads. Now granted, not because they actually believed that Breakker could win, as any good oddsmaker would place “The Visionary” as a heavy, heavy favorite in the contest, […]

To some fans, nothing would make them happier than to see WWE split up the Street Profits and give Montez Ford a right proper singles run away from Angelo Dawkins. On paper, it makes sense; Ford has all of the makings of a WWE Superstar from his talk to his walk to the way he […]

WWE is not a company that moves fast. Sure, title reigns can come and go with the wind, but the belts in question, and the names used by the promotion to describe them, can stubbornly stick around for a very long time, as the 24/7 Title will tell you. And yet, between WWE’s decision to […]

After taking a loss to IYO SKY on SmackDown in a qualifying match to decide on a participant in the open contract Ladder match, Shotzi will not be wrestling at Money in the Bank, at least not unless she can book a title match with Rhea Ripley or pick up a shift as a referee. […]

By winning the SmackDown number one contender’s tag team gauntlet match, even if they only got one flukey elimination versus the Brawling Brutes, who got four, Pretty Deadly officially secured themselves a match against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, which will take place at the O2 Arena in […]