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After hinting at a big announcement regarding the first edition of AEW Collision on the previous edition of Dynamite, Tony Khan appeared on-screen once more to let the cat out of the bag and officially deliver the news that fans – specifically CM Punk fans – have been waiting to hear for months. “It’s great […]

Though they most recently held championship gold in New Japan Pro Wrestling, holding the IWGP Tag Team Championship and the NJPW StrongOpenweight Tag Team Championships until they vacated both due to injury at NJPW Strong Resurgence 2023, Aussie Open didn’t have to wait long to find their new professional wrestling home, as the unsigned tag […]

Despite being booked in Hollywood, a very special place in the careers of more than a few WWE Superstars, with performers like Hulk Hogan and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson incorporating the city’s name into their moniker, WrestleMania 39 only had two surprise guest appearances on the show, neither of which had much of an association […]

When Chelsea Green made her surprise return at the 2023 Royal Rumble, she looked exactly like she had in WWE before and on the indies for Impact Wrestling, GCW, and others… at least until she didn’t. That’s right, after making her way into the ring, and was promptly dropped by Rhea Ripley in five or […]

Between addressing a live WWE audience one final time in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and flying across the Atlantic to prepare for their match against Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens sat down for a special interview with Cathy Kelley for The Bump. Discussing Owens’ preferred […]

Ever since Maxxine Dupri took an interest in Otis, first as a Maximum Male Model and then in a Mandy Rose sort of way, Chad Gable has been hesitant to let his number one guy attempt to spread his wings and fly… at least until the most recent edition of RAW, when Dupri actually helped […]

After getting a save from Shotzi immediately after securing a win over Chelsea Green on RAW, Raquel Rodriguez made it official: Shotzi and Rodriguez would take the fourth spot in the forthcoming four-way match to decide on the next WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Stopping by RAW Talk with Byron Saxton to discuss their new […]

After securing a massive win in the ring against Candice LeRae in only her second match on RAW, Zoey Stark was riding high, so much so that when the contest came to a close, the former NXT standout decided to stick around a little bit longer to tell Cathy Kelley all about it on a […]

On the final episode of RAW before Night of Champions, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens decided to walk out to the center of a ring in front of a sold-out Hershey, Pennsylvania crowd to deliver one final live promo – Friday’s SmackDown is pre-taped – before they defend their titles against Roman Reigns and Solo […]

To some, one of the biggest question marks of the last decade of WWE history regards what a main roster Adam Cole run would have looked like. The former standout and leader of The Undisputed Era, Cole held the NXT World Champion and North American Championship for a combined 529 days and is responsible for […]

Though he may not have championship gold around his waist and, unless something very unusual happens at Night of Champions, he all but certainly won’t be heading into RAW on Monday night with a strap over his shoulder, Cody Rhodes has been booked like a champion, or at least like a very big deal, since […]

Though it’s been over 11 years since John Cena and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson threw down in the middle of the ring for “Greatness vs. Redemption” at WrestleMania 29, the match has lived in the hearts, minds, and memories of WWE fans the world over not just for the individual efforts of the performers at […]

With his spot on the Night of Champions card officially secured, Mustafa Ali was ready to discuss his forthcoming feud with GUNTHER has just how excited he was to take a shot at the Intercontinental Championship in Saudi Arabia with Byron Saxton on the go-home edition of RAW. … unfortunately, that conversation didn’t happen. No, […]

After a short yet sweet build designed around a post-match beatdown on former 24/7 Champion Dana Brooke, Rhea Ripley has officially found her opponent at Night of Champions, where she will wrestle Natalya for the right to call herself the SmackDown Women’s Champion… even though both women were technically drafted onto RAW at the beginning […]

After taking an absolute beatdown at the hands of Brock Lesnar in “The Sweetest Place on Earth,” Hershey, Pennsylvania, potentially breaking his arm in the process, Cody Rhodes refused conversations with almost every member of the RAW touring staff, with Adam Pearce getting kicked to the curb on multiple occasions. The one lone exception? Paul […]

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns – and Dean Ambrose, aka Jon Moxley – will forever be linked within the WWE Universe. Coming together to form The Shield, arguably the most popular trio in wrestling this century right up there with the New Day, all the way back in 2012, Rollins and Reigns have floated in […]

AJ Styles is one of the most accomplished performers on the WWE roster. He’s held championships in almost 20 companies, recorded eight different championship reigns within WWE, and now, with The OC by his side, is looking to become the top dog on the red brand once more, proving to fans that a World Champion […]

As crazy as it may sound, as she doesn’t even turn 31 until August, it has almost been a decade since Saraya made her on-screen WWE debut, winning the Divas Championship off of AJ Lee on the April, 7th, 2014 edition of Monday Night RAW. Since then, the performer formerly known as Paige had her […]

With Fast X officially in theaters doing pretty good numbers, the day will soon come when John Cena stops doing daily media appearances to discuss the film, his professional wrestling career, and how much in-ring WWE work he still has left in the tank. … but until that day comes, fans will get intriguing quote […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, AEW has officially announced the debut of Collision, the promotion’s new Saturday night show, which will be coming to fans weekly starting in mid-June. Soon, fans will get two more hours of AEW television each week, the brand’s massive roster will be split a bit more evenly, creating more […]

As a child, Bronson Reed got his “Mr. Nice Guy” nickname from his mother. … or did he? That’s right, despite cutting a special video package to introduce his new character, noting the motherly origin of the moniker, as it turns out, that was all a lie, a classic case of Kayfabe that seemed so […]

Though Ric Flair and John Cena don’t have an expansive in-ring history together, with the duo wrestling in the same ring on just seven occasions – five as a tag team, twice on battle royals – the duo will forever be linked because of their unique spots in wrestling history. “The Guy” in their respective […]

After securing a win over The Usos on SmackDown, the lWO, Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar, were feeling good; their tag team had been validated, their string of losses was dashed, and they landed a W versus arguably the greatest WWE tag team of all time. Sitting down for an interview with Megan Morant on […]

On a recent edition of his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T was informed that he was voted one of the worst commentators in all of professional wrestling by Wrestling Observer, coming in second behind only Corey Graves with 183 votes. Though Booker didn’t quite understand how the voting works, as he assumed that Dave […]

When news broke that, after sustaining an injury in her match against Bayley and Dakota Kai, Liv Morgan was going to be out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury, it sent shockwaves through the WWE woman’s locker room, literally. Suddenly, the WWE Woman’s Tag Team Championships, which had been firmly held by Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez […]

JBL has been a lot of things over his professional wrestling career; he’s been an acolyte, he’s been a WWE champion, he’s chased immigrants at the border telling them to leave the United States, and he even had a short-lived friendship with Baron Corbin, which thankfully came to an end before it could become too […]

A lot has been said, discussed, and written about Bad Bunny and his performance at WWE Backlash, and for good reason: it was really, really, really good. Dubbed one of the best celebrity wrestling matches of all time featuring maybe the greatest celebrity wrestler the WWE has ever seen – which, considering the long and […]

Since officially returning to WWE in December of 2022, Bronson Reed has been slowly building up momentum toward becoming an upper-mid card player. Reunited with Paul “Triple H” Levesque, the man who booked him to win the North American Championship in 2021, Reed has won (almost) every match he’s wrestled on RAW, had an impressive […]

After 21 years in the trenches, fighting through setbacks, gimmick changes, and even a character swap from indie to the WWE, Sami Zayn finally reached the apex of the industry when he headlined the first night of WrestleMania 39. Standing in the ring with Kevin Owens, his fellow French Canadian whom he quite literally came […]

Though it’s been a minute since they shared the ring together, when Grayson Waller brought out AJ Styles as the first guest on his The Grayson Waller Effect, it’s like the duo have been squaring off for years, with no love gained since their first segment together on RAW back in 2021. And yet, of […]

After officially making his in-ring debut on the previous edition of SmackDown, securing the 1-2-3 victory on Baron Corbin in near-record time, Cameron Grimes was feeling pretty darn good. After spending the entire first third of 2023 off of television following a successful run in developmental, Grimes was back, and the entire WWE Universe got […]

After promising The Street Profits, Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford, and the rest of the WWE Universe that he could beat them with any member of the SmackDown roster, LA Knight lost his first match tagging with Rock Boogs on The Blue Brand. … or did he? Discussing what happened in the ring for a […]

Say it ain’t so, Liv Morgan; say it ain’t so. After taking a few particularly brutal hits at the hands of Dakota Kai in her match against Damage CTRL, Michael Cole and Wade Barrett officially announced that, because of the extent of Morgan’s injuries, Raquel Rodriguez and her tag team partner have been forced to […]

Carmelo Hayes has been a member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in 2021, when he turned in his Christian Casanova card to take a shot at WWE supremacy. Since then, he’s gone from a standout on 205 Live to a regular on NXT proper, where he became the only man in […]

After hearing the unfortunate news of the passing of “Superstar” Billy Graham, TMZ Sports caught up with the “Texas Rattlesnake” himself, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, to get his thoughts on the loss of one of professional wrestling’s all-time influential personalities. Though his in-ring style may not look like it, as it turns out, Austin was […]

Dominik Mysterio has been a member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in 2003, when the then elementary school-aged child celebrated his father, Rey Mysterio, winning the Cruiserweight Championship on SmackDown. From there, Dom worked a program with Rey and Eddie Guerrero in 2005, with the duo arguing over who was his […]

Though WrestleMania 39 has been in the proverbial books for almost two months, fans, wrestlers, and WWE Hall of Famers have remained fiercely engaged on the topic of Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s decision to keep the belt on Roman Reigns and leave Cody Rhodes sitting in the center of the ring with his story still […]

After reportedly being taken off of life support by his wife and daughter, WWE Hall of Famer “Superstar” Billy Graham has officially passed away, as confirmed by TMZ. One of the true revolutionaries of the industry, known for his outlandish outfits, memorable promos, and flashy in-ring style, Graham officially retired from the ring at the […]

John Cena has been a member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in 2002, when he told Kurt Angle the trait he possessed that made him worthy of a match was “ruthless aggression.” Since then, Cena has worked some 2,200 matches across “Premium Live Events,” television episodes, dark matches, and the house […]