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In a match versus Damian Priest that was over twice as long as any of the contests that came before it, Bad Bunny put on an absolute show for the nearly 18,000 fans in attendance Backlash in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in true international Superstar fashion, he brought an entourage along that looked more […]

A lot has been said, written, and discussed about how cool it would be to see Zelina Vega win a match against Rhea Ripley at Backlash in Puerto Rico to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. It would be a full-circle moment from the Superstar of Puerto Rican decent, would legitimize her as a top-tier […]

Theoretically, WWE set things up perfectly to take the United States Championship off of Austin Theory at Backlash. They booked a pair of supersized opponents in Bronson Reed and Bobby Lashley, who really don’t like each other, and could have had one pin the other to take the strap without Theory having to take the […]

Seth Rollins is a big, bad dude; he’s secured wins over basically every performer on the WWE main roster over the last decade or so via his impressive in-ring efforts, his wits, and his brutality, and might just be the favorite to win the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions in Saudi […]

Typically, when a member of a tag team wrestles a singles champion at a “Premium Live Event,” their chances of securing the win are rather low. Sure, there have been plenty of champions who came from the world of tag team wrestling, with Shawn Michaels leaving Marty Jennetty behind to become an all-time great singles […]

After a month of pomp and circumstance, Backlash is officially here, and for Zelina Vega, that means one thing and one thing only: wrestling Rhea Ripley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Fortunately, Vega hasn’t completely let the moment pass her by, as, while talking to Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown, she noted just how […]

After watching from the sidelines as the rest of his The Judgement Day faction-members, Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor, and Rhea Ripley, got their moments in the sun at WrestleMania 39, Damian Priest has finally been afforded his own chance to shine when he wrestles none other than Bad Bunny, his former tag team partner at […]

After dropping their WrestleMania 39 rematch against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships, The Usos really need a win in San Juan, Purto Rico to get back in the good graces of The Bloodline’s leader, Roman Reigns. Fortunately, the Brothers Fatu have a not-so-secret weapon they’re ready to deploy […]

Bianca Belair is effectively one win away from making WWE history. If she can secure the dub against IYO SKY at Backlash and WWE doesn’t pull some 24/7 Championship/Money in the Bank-type behavior, Belair will wake up on Sunday as the longest reigning Women’s Champion of the modern era, with her 401-day reign exceeding all […]

After infamously breaking his ankle on a house show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, AJ Styles is officially back, and his faction, The OC, are better than ever. Reunited under the banner of The Bullet Club’s second leader, The OC were not only drafted onto SmackDown as a four-person unit but secured their first win as a […]

Though he isn’t technically booked for a match at Backlash, Rey Mysterio got his big moment in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the night before, where, after fully embracing a feud with his son, Dominik Mysterio, he and fellow lWo member, Zelina Vega, wrestled a match against “The Eradicator of The Judgement Day” and her Kayfabe […]

Though WrestleMania 39 has long since passed, the Backlash is officially upon the WWE Universe, with grudges to be settled, feuds to be renewed, and even a few surprising potentially planned along the way by Paul “Triple H” Levesque. Could fans see a new champion crowned in Puerto Rico? Potentially so; though there isn’t a […]

After hinting at his plans for SmackDown during WWE’s Backlash press conference earlier in the day, Cody Rhodes was finally afforded a chance to address a live crowd with a hot microphone in his hand in the lead-up to his match against Brock Lesnar in San Juan, and as he often does, “The American Nightmare” […]

After spending the better part of a year away from the WWE ring, Naomi, the former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion who walked out of the company with Sasha Banks (aka Mercedes Moné) last summer, has officially returned to the ring, joining Impact under the ring name Trinity Fatu, or just Trinity for short. That’s […]

Folks, it’s official: AEW has sold 60,000 tickets and counting for All In 2023. Not since the debut of CM Punk has excitement been at such a fever pitch for Tony Khan’s company, and with “The Best in the World” reportedly coming back to AEW in the not-too-distant future, it would appear things are only […]

In the lead-up to Backlash, WWE decided to pull a page from the UFC handbook to have joint interviews with a few of the acts on the card, with Zelina Vega and her “manager” Rey Mysterio sitting opposite Rhea Ripley and her Dom Dom, Dominik Mysterio, in front of a white-hot Puerto Rican crowd who […]

For a time, Damian Priest and Bad Bunny were thick as thieves in WWE; they’re both from Puerto Rico, both have loved wrestling from a young age, and both found unlikely success in America, with the former signing with WWE deep into his 30s at the suggestion of Matt Riddle and the latter largely rapping […]

When Dominik Mysterio took the ring on the go-home edition of RAW before Backlash, he was booed to a degree that would make MJF blush. Standing alongside his best friends The Judgement Day, Damian Priest, Finn Balor, and Rhea Ripley, Mysterio attempted to talk some smack on the lWo ahead of Backlash, but his efforts […]

When Bad Bunny challenged Damian Priest to a Puerto Rican Street Fight at Backlash in his native San Juan, it seemed like a pretty good idea for the international recording superstar; while fans of WWE know Bunny can go, it’s a whole lot easier to go to war against a performer like Priest when you […]

Michael Cole loves working with Pat McAfee. Though their partnership was a marriage of convenience more than anything else, with the veteran Cole serving as the logical partner for an uber-charismatic yet wrestling naive announcer, from there, the bromance blossomed into something truly special, with the duo seemingly enjoying all 120 minutes they shared the […]

Though its proverbial doors have been shuttered since all the way back in September of 2022, the fingerprints of NXT UK have been all over WWE’s on-screen product, with Paul “Triple H” Levesque booking ex-NXT UK Champion Gunther like a god with the Intercontinental Championship, Noam Dar officially bringing the UK Heritage Cup to Orlando, […]

Is there any member of the WWE roster right now, regardless of brand, who uses social media more effectively to put himself over than Xavier Woods? Working solo for the first time in what feels like forever following long-term injuries suffered by Kofi Kingston and Big E, Woods has used his medium of choice to […]

Matt Riddle is a RAW dude; he was drafted onto the brand back in 2020, appeared on multiple Survivor Series teams as a member of the brand, and now, after the 2023 running of the WWE Draft, he’ll call the Red Brand home once more moving forward. Stopping by The Bump to help promote his […]

When Santos Escobar and the rest of Legado Del Fantasma, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz del Toro, were elevated from NXT to SmackDown, leaving their former valet, Electra Lopez, in developmental for further seasoning, it excited more than a few fans of WWE’s developmental brand. Sure, losing Lopez was unusual, but replacing her with Zelina Vega, […]

When Indi Hartwell was drafted onto RAW with the final pick of the first day of the WWE Draft, it effectively marked the end of an era for NXT. The final member of The Way to work matches on Tuesday nights, Hartwell was part of WWE’s 2019 recruiting class and wrestled 95 matches in developmental, […]

After standing strong in the ring to challenge Bron Breakker to a televised match to fight for the honor of his best friend, Carmelo Hayes, Trick Williams walked to the Performance Center parking lot and was confronted by none other than Apollo Crews, the former NXT star who was drafted on RAW by WWE. Crews […]

With the WWE Draft officially over, fans, pundits, and performers themselves have begun to comment on which Superstars went where, with some questioning why Paul “Triple H” Levesque broke up the feud between The Judgement Day and lWo, while others complimented the decision to bring Imperium over to RAW, as Gunther will now be afforded […]

After wrestling his final match on NXT before being assigned to RAW on May 8th, a match he won against Dragon Lee with a little help from Noam Dar, JD McDonagh sat down in the locker room with a WWE camera to reflect on the journey that brought him the indies in the UK to […]

On this day 51 years ago, Dwayne “The Rock Johnson was born. That’s right before his feuds with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Kurt Angle, his time in the Rock and Sock Connection and the Nation of Domination, and even his time playing college ball at the University of Miami, Johnson was born into the […]

By announcing the new World Heavyweight Championship, WWE extensively handed themselves an out; an opportunity to have their Cody Rhodes cake and eat it two. At WrestleMania 39, Paul “Triple H” Levesque had a chance to turn “The American Nightmare” into a certified star; the moment was there, 80,000 fans were cheering “The Grandson of […]

Since returning to WWE following a few months off to begin the year, Shinsuke Nakamura has been dipping his toes back into the WWE Universe. He’s worked a few televised matches, made fun of The Miz’s, get this, manhood, and was drafted onto RAW, where he can wrestle the likes of Gunther, Drew McIntyre, Seth […]

Cody Rhodes is a wrestler who is driven by passion, not cold calculation. When a fan suggested that an indie show couldn’t do 10,000 tickets sold on Twitter, Rhodes took that as a personal challenge and helped to put together All In, the show that eventually launched AEW and effectively flipped the professional wrestling world […]

Though things are currently going swimmingly onscreen for World Wrestling Entertainment, with the WWE Draft widely considered a resounding success for RAW and SmackDown, even if Grayson Waller isn’t stoked on when he was selected, behind the scenes, the company is gearing up for another lawsuit, this time from a former writer, Britney Abrahams, claiming […]

After struggling to find much success in the ring so far in 2023, things turned around seemingly overnight for Bayley and the members of Damage CTRL, Dakota Kai and IYO SKY, as they secured a huge win over the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions on RAW, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, in their final RAW […]

After delivering an absolute beatdown on an enhancement talent on RAW, Omos, one of WWE’s free agents who are allowed to travel between either show, and his handler, MVP, stopped by RAW Talk to discuss why they agreed to this match on RAW and why it should make Seth “Freakin’” Rollins very nervous indeed for […]

And in the 2023 WWE Draft, Mr. Irrelevant is… Grayson Waller. That’s right, despite being the most polished prospect in all of NXT, Waller had to watch as a half dozen of his former fellow developmental recruits heard their names called on television, the SmackDown LowDown, or ultimately on RAW Talk before Matt Camp said […]

As improbably as it may sound, Rick Boogs was drafted onto SmackDown despite being largely absent from WWE over the 2023 calendar year… as a solo act. That’s right, despite being connected to Elias since returning from injury, SmackDown decided to bring him in as a solo act, with Elias left to fend for himself […]

After officially being drafted onto SmackDown along with his United States Championship belt, Austin Theory stopped by RAW Talk, potentially for the last time, to discuss his feelings about switching brands with Byron Saxton. “How does it feel for everyone else that’s on SmackDown?” Theory asked. “They’ve go to be excited to have the greatest […]

And last but not least, in the sixth round of Day 2, the 10th overall round if you count the first four rounds and 16 acts picked on Day 1, JBL and Teddy Long announced the final four selections in the 2023 WWE Draft, filling out the RAW and SmackDown rosters before WWE announces the […]