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Heading into the final SmackDown before the WWE Draft, Xavier Woods was feeling pretty darn good about himself. He’d secured a major win over LA Knight on the previous edition, was booked for his first-ever shot at the Intercontinental Championship, and found himself three seconds away from earning his first-ever singles title as a member […]

When WrestleMania 39 came and went without so much as a cameo from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, fans wondered why the “Rattlesnake” opted against making his return to the ring at “The Showcase of the Immortals.” Was he too busy with his new television “Stone Cold Takes on America?” Could he not get in shape […]

With All In II officially on the books for Wembley Stadium this July, wrestlers from inside the company and from around the world alike have been evaluating the AEW landscape in the hopes of working their way onto the card and into a match at what’s shaking up to be a historically significant card. Some, […]

With the WWE Draft rapidly approaching, stars from RAW, SmackDown, and even NXT have begun to look at the landscape of the promotion they cash checks from in order to predict where they will land moving forward. With Paul “Triple H” Levesque already announcing that Roman Reigns will have his titles merged on whatever brand […]

When Triple H took over WWE creative from his father-in-law, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, he found himself in a precarious situation. After spending the better part of half a decade building up the brand’s developmental system, filling out the Performance Center in Orlando with a potent combination of NIL athletes and indie darlings, Levesque found […]

After unsuccessfully requesting their release from WWE, the Grizzled Young Veterans, aka Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler of The Schism/The Diad, have finally addressed their future on NXT and beyond, as they noted on social media. “As of today, WWE has denied my request for my release,” Reid, aka James Drake, wrote. “I want to […]

After taking care of business against Damage CTRL in an impromptu trio match on Monday Night RAW, Bianca Belair was feeling pretty good hanging out with her tag team partners, Liv Morgan, and Raquel Rodriguez. All three women secured wins over prospective challengers for their straps, and for Belair, specifically, she got valuable reps against […]

When WWE announced that Seth Rollins was going to be wrestling Omos at Backlash in Puerto Rico, it was largely met with confusion, including from the former WWE Champion himself. There was no build-up to the feud, no previous interactions that signaled bad blood one way or another, or even an inkling that MVP wanted […]

After securing a six-man tag win over Legado Del Fantasma alongside his brothers, Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa, Jey Uso was riding high. He was on the phone with another member of The Bloodline, either Roman Reigns or Paul Heyman, celebrating the win, he was ordering some mahi mahi with extra soy sauce, and he […]

Where, oh where, has Becky Lynch been on RAW? It’s a worthwhile question to ask, as, after losing the WWE Tag Team Championship belt on RAW and then being double-crossed by Trish Stratus in the ring, fans haven’t seen heads or tails of the seven-time champion. Heading to the back in the hopes of finding […]

After nearly 400 days as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns’ reign is over… at least kind of. That’s right, after teasing a “major announcement” for RAW on social media, Paul “Triple H” Levesque walked down to the ring to thunderous applause from the Chicagoland crowd and proceeded to announce that, after nearly 1,000 […]

With the final RAW before the WWE draft officially booked for Chicago, fans expected plenty of interesting angles and even more intriguing goings on, but one thing fans didn’t get to see was a backstage interaction that might just be the most interesting and intriguing storyline of them all: CM Punk being backstage at the […]

With the WWE draft rapidly approaching, Elias was afforded a chance to address his future in the WWE Universe and whether or not he would like to roll into the forthcoming proceedings as a solo act or as part of a tag team with his sort of friend Rick Boogs. Elias, to his credit, put […]

With WWE preparing for the final edition of RAW before the WWE draft, seemingly every member of the WWE Universe has been looking for ways to stand up and stand out, heading into what could be an inflection point in the promotion’s storytelling. One of those performers is Mustafa Ali, who, after hearing Byron Saxton […]

Ever since Goldberg announced that WWE did him dirty and refused to give him the retirement match Vince McMahon promised him before his contract expired, fans have been speculating like crazy over who would wrestle the WCW legend next. Announcing an unofficial retirement tour that could feature as many as four retirement matches on an […]

Before he was wrestling his brother, teaming up with Keith Lee, and training the women’s division of AEW, Dustin Rhodes was Goldust, one of the most “Bizarre” characters to ever grace a WWE ring. From the gold and black facepaint – which semi-transitioned over to AEW – to the blonde wig, his valet Marlena, his […]

Zelina Vega has been a member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in 2018, and yet, she’s never once won a singles championship within the promotion. Sure, she’s done just about every other thing a performer can do since then, from being a manager to being a Queen, and even a tag […]

Though Cody Rhodes hasn’t been a member of the AEW universe in over a year, with his final match in the promotion coming in January of 2022 when he lost the TNT Championship to Sammy Guevara on Dynamite, “The American Nightmare’s” influence on the promotion he helped to start remains to this very day, with […]

After taking care of business on SmackDown in the first-ever Intercontinental Championship challenge of Xavier Woods’ career, Gunther was riding pretty darn high; his Intercontinental Championship had been successfully defended for the 10th time, Imperium came off as imposing as ever, and with the WWE draft rapidly approaching, the faction looked prime to hear their […]

Ever since Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez won the SmackDown Women’s Championship belts off of Becky Lynch and Lita Trish Stratus, they’ve had a target on their backs from the “The Complaint Department,” aka Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green… at least until Friday Night SmackDown, when, one week after taking not-so-friendly fire from a well-placed […]

With the 2023 WWE draft rapidly approaching, fans are wondering which performers will be staying put on the brand fans have come to know and love and which Superstars will be on the move from Mondays or Fridays or the other way around. But who, you may ask, should go first overall? Roman Reigns? Cody […]

If there’s one thing Britt Baker knows a ton about, it’s getting people’s attention. She’s willing to speak her mind in interviews, even if it doesn’t always rub folks the right way, is a confident in-ring performer, even if her matches can be polarizing, and has basically forced herself into the “main character” role on […]

Kurt Angle hasn’t been a “full-time” professional wrestler since 2019, when he worked 11 matches for WWE from January through April before being beaten by Baron Corbin at WrestleMania 35. Since then, Angle has remained busy, appearing on WWE programming a few times for one reason or another, working the convention circuit, and even starting […]

While taking part in a social media Q&A for WWE to help promote NXT‘s forthcoming “Premium Televised Event,” The Spring Breakin’, Grayson Waller was asked a pretty simple question by Twitter user Warren Rath, “if you could make your mark by facing one of the greatest in WWE history, past or present, who would it […]

With WrestleMania 39 almost three weeks ago, pretty much everyone has commented on the finish between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Some folks, like Kevin Nash, loved it, others, like Dax Harwood, hated it, and hopefully, the 80,000 fans who attended the show on purpose have come to terms […]

When Sasha Banks decided to leave WWE behind in favor of testing her mettle as a member of the NJPW roster under the Mercedes Moné moniker, it was a polarizing decision among wrestling fans. Why would a performer like Moné, a Four Horsewoman of the “Women’s Revolution,” leave the franchise that made her into a […]

After spending the better part of a week hyping himself and the rest of the WWE Universe up for his Intercontinental Championship match against Gunther, Xavier Woods found himself on the losing side of the bout when the referee hit the 1-2-3 and raised “The Ring General’s” hand after his 10th-straight successful title defense. Asked […]

After securing a win over the Viking Raiders on SmackDown, Ricochet was feeling pretty good as he attempted to chase down his tag team partner, Braun Strowman, backstage. Still, that didn’t stop the high-flying “One And Only” from taking a moment to address the match with Megan Morant for a digital exclusive segment. “You know […]

After watching her faction, the lWo, suffer a loss at the hand of The Judgement Day via a well-placed South of Heaven by Damian Priest on Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega made her way to the back for a conversation with Adam Pearce in pursuit of one thing and one thing only: bringing championship gold back […]

With the 2023 WWE draft rapidly approaching, fans, pundits, and Superstars alike have begun to wonder how the forthcoming two-night event will change the very fabric of The Fed and on which show their favorite performer will be working next, on RAW with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick or on SmackDown with Michael Cole and […]

On screen, AEW is more or less stable; MJF in a feud with the Four Pillars that probably won’t result in a title change, Wardlow is the new TNT Champion once more, CM Punk is nowhere to be found, and other than some drama between Taya Valkyrie and Jade Cargill over the use of The […]

After watching one, nearly two of his max contract players get ejected from the Philadelphia 76ers’ Game 3 win over the Brooklyn Nets, Doc Rivers was bothered. Sure, his team was ultimately able to secure the win and keep their undefeated postseason streak alive thanks to a hot closing frame from should-be max contract player […]

Since officially retiring from WWE in 2006, Trish Stratus has been doing anything but hanging out on the beach waiting for her next royalty check. From working for Canada’s Got Talent, to serving as a trainer on WWE Tough Enough, and even working 14 matches for the promotion over the proceeding 17 years, including working […]

When Zelina Vega linked up with Legado Del Fantasma as a replacement for Electra Lopez, it was to do what she does best: shepherd a group of developmental standout heels onto the main roster. On paper, this was a very good use of Vega’s talent, as she’s a savvy operator who can talk, wrestle, and […]

When Chelsea Green decided to shoot a bottle of water into Liv Morgan’s face at the end of her number one contenders match on SmackDown, it instantly granted the indie darling “enemy number one” status with the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Morgan and her partner, Raquel Rodriguez, demanded revenge on the thrown-together tag team […]

No matter what Saraya accomplishes in AEW, how many championships she wins, home many careers she ends or makes, and how long she goes in the promotion, she will forever be known to many, if not most, wrestling fans as Paige, the former NXT Champion who beat AJ Lee for the Diva’s Championship in her […]

Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa do not like each other. They’ve feuded online, feuded in the ring, and have since gone off to feud on AEW: All Access, even if they’ve technically never actually shared the screen on the promotion’s new backstage show. While this feud has seemingly helped to generate buzz around AEW’s fourth […]

If you listened to Sami Zayn speak during the month of March, there was one message he continued to reiterate above all others: The Bloodline was going to fall at WrestleMania 39. On paper, his case was pretty strong; if he and his tag team partner, Kevin Owens, were able to take out The Usos […]

Big E hasn’t wrestled a match for WWE since all the way back in March of 2022, when he took a particularly brutal overhead belly-to-belly suplex outside the ring that resulted in a broken neck and an uncertain future for the former WWE Champion. Since then, Big E’s future has been very much up in […]