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Folks, it’s official: Bandido is #AllElite. That’s right, after folks hypothesized that he was secretly under contract and it was reported by Fightful and others that a contract was extended, The Wrestling Observer’s Josh Nason and Dave Meltzer have officially let it be known that the deal is done, and “The Most Wanted Luchador” has […]

Solo Sikoa is a company man. Though he may be the “enforcer” of The Bloodline and the toughest dude in the faction, save maybe Roman Reigns, he would never challenge the rule of his cousin like his older brother Jey did at the beginning of the “Head of the Table” storyline. Now granted, maybe one […]

Anna Jay has had one foot out of AEW’s Dark Order for some time now. Initially signed during the pandemic, Jay found a home with Evil Uno, John Silver, and company when the late Brodie Lee hand-picked her to join the faction – giving her the number 99 in honor of one of his favorite […]

Since re-debuting in the WWE Universe roughly three months ago, making an appearance at the end of the first SmackDown of the month of August, Karrion Kross has had it out for Drew McIntyre. Though the duo have only technically wrestled twice on WWE televised programming, first at Extreme Rules in a strap match that […]

Grayson Waller has been a member of the WWE Universe since March of 2021, when the Australian-born grappler then going by Matty Wahlberg signed on with the company, according to The Wrestling Observer. He’s wrestled 55 matches for the company, according to Cagematch, first for 205 Live, then on NXT, and even as a representative […]

After wrestling his first “Premium Live Event” match at Crown Jewel since being released from WWE in June of 2021, Braun Strowman was feeling pretty sure of himself. Sure, his match wasn’t exactly a 60-minute Ironman contest between two champions, but his “Clash of the Titans” showdown against Omos drew strong enough reviews for its […]

In the NFL, fortune favors the bold. Sure, teams can win games by dinking and dunking their way up and down a field in a slow matriculation that ticks time off of the clocks and slowly puts points on the board, but nothing’s more entertaining than a big 50-yard completion down the field for a […]

The Green Bay Packers are a team in crisis; after winning three of their first four games to start the season, the team suddenly find themselves in the midst of a five-game losing streak, which is the most consecutive losses since all the way back in 2008, when Aaron Rodgers initially began his reign under […]

For the sixth-time over the past 10 weeks, the Chicago Bears have lost a game. While this may not be the biggest surprise, as the team did trade just away two Pro-Bowl-level defensive talents over the past week and change, this particular loss stings more than most because it almost didn’t happen. No, in a […]

It’s hard to call Logan Paul’s third match in WWE anything but a resounding success. Sure, technically, he lost the contest, which was very widely expected, but he took shots from Roman Reigns like a champ, got in some impressive shots of his own – even if one has basically stolen from “Hangman” Adam Page […]

Braun Strowman is normally the biggest guy whenever he steps into the WWE wrestling ring. Measuring in at 6-foot-8, 340 pounds, Strowman routinely towers over opposing wrestlers with ease, thus allowing him to work matches that align with his nickname, the “Monster Of All Monsters.” Throw him in the ring with a performer like Roman […]

In a way, one could argue that Bobby Lashley lost the United States Championship because of Brock Lesnar. Sure, technically, Seth Rollins pinned the now-former US Champion for the belt, as championship turnovers tend to do, but before the bell could even ring, Lesnar delivered an absolute beatdown on the former champion, landing more F5s […]

When news broke that Bray Wyatt was going to appear at Crown Jewel, the entire WWE Universe waited with bated breath to see what the former Fiend had to say in the ring. Fortunately, he didn’t disappoint. “My name is Bray Wyatt,” Wyatt began. “There was a time I would have done just about anything […]

When Logan Paul and Roman Reigns entered the ring for the main event of Crown Jewel, it was crystal clear that WWE really wanted the match to feel like a spectacle. The duo had massive instructions, worked a deliberately paced match that felt much different than any other bout on the card, and did everything […]

When it was announced that  Bianca Belair and Bayley were going to take part in a Last Woman Standing match at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, fans were mixed on the prospects of the contest. Sure, after watching Belair and Bayley duke it out multiple times since the latter returned to the WWE Universe […]

The Usos are roughly a week away from becoming the longest-running tag team champions in WWF/WWE history. With 475 days and counting since they won the SmackDown Tag Team titles off of another familial due, Dominik and Rey Mysterio, all the way back in July of 2021, Jimmy and Jey are just eight days away […]

When Braun Strowman vs. Omos was announced for WWE Crown Jewel, there were only so many ways the match could go. Omos could squash Strowman, Strowman could squash Omos, or the smaller of the two men – which, for the first time ever, was Strowman, takes the punishment and fights back for a David and […]

As improbable as it may have sounded a few months ago, Judgement Day might just be the most cohesive unit on the RAW brand, serving as an interesting foil to SmackDown‘s Bloodline, which features the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, The Usos. They worked in a cohesive manner, with rapid-fire tags and impeccable in-ring psychology, […]

Drew McIntyre just wants a fair shake against Karrion Kross in a WWE ring – no fireballs, no pepper spray, just a fair, even match between two in-ring performers to see who is the better in-ring wrestler. But how can the “Scottish Warrior” ensure that would happen? Would he ask for an empty arena match? […]

Heading into the second match at WWE Crown Jewel, a rematch of the Women’s Tag Team Championship match run on RAW that saw the Damage CTRL duo of Dakota Kai and IYO SKY dethroned as champs, Alexa Bliss had more than just the match on her mind. Wrestling with Asuka, her impromptu partner who helped […]

After avoiding each other for the first 20 years of their respective careers, Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar never faced each other in a WWE ring. Two of the biggest titans in the game today post-2000, Lashley and Lesnar have passed each other like ships in the night, very big, warships with an unspoken understanding […]

It’s here, it’s finally here: WWE Crown Jewel is upon us. While the show is coming a bit earlier than the usual WWE “Premium Live Event,” what with the show being broadcast live on Peacock from Saudi Arabia, Paul “Triple H” Levesque has assembled an eight-match card that features a little bit of everything for […]

When LA Knight stopped playing games and started getting real, dropping his ill-fated Max Durpi name, and Maximum Male Models, Mace and Mansoor, it created questions about his former faction’s place in the company moving forward. Would Paul “Triple H” Levesque ditch the Models from WWE once and for all, or did he have something […]

AEW Rampage became must-watch TV this week, with an All-Atlantic City Dream Match in the books, and boy, oh boy, did it deliver. All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy faced off against “The Wrestler” himself, Katsuyori Shibata. While this alone is a pretty noteworthy match on paper, as this is only Shibata’s third match since his triumphant […]

Just when you thought there wasn’t enough wrestling content to keep fans happy on a Friday night, NBC’s Young Rock comes along to not only deliver the sort of stories about the life of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that are rarely conveyed on WWE SmackDown or AEW Rampage but also consistently delivers unique wrestling cameos […]

Speaking with Meghan Morant after securing a huge win over Rey Mysterio on WWE SmackDown for the SmackDown LowDown, GUNTHER was asked if that was the toughest match of his current title reign and detailed how he was able to overcome the former two-time WWE Heavyweight Champion and retain his IC Title against an opponent […]

Otis is a lot of things in the WWE Universe; he’s a former member of Heavy Machinery, the former Kayfabe boyfriend of current NXT Woman’s Champion Mandy Rose, and Chad Gabel’s current prized pupal in Alpha Academy, WWE’s premier scholastic faction this side of Chase U. Fortunately for Otis, his learning has extended outside of […]

When WWE announced that they were holding a press conference on Friday ahead of their Crown Jewel show in Saudi Arabia, fans knew that there would be some sort of interesting angle introduced by Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company to add to the spectacle of the affair, but few knew exactly what the 14-time […]

As AEW inches closer and closer to Full Gear, current World Champion Jon Moxley sat down with The Enquirer in his hometown of Cincinnati about non-alcoholic beer, his wife, and most importantly, sobriety and how it has helped him both inside and outside of the ring. “Over a year ago, I was afraid of dying […]

As the WWE Universe gears up for Crown Jewel, Mercedes Varnado, aka Sasha Banks, has dropped a major bit of news on her Instagram story that could generate a good bit of hype, even if it presents more questions than answers. Read what Varnado had to say on the subject below via a transcription from […]

In case it wasn’t made incredibly obvious by the video packages that have graced Dynamite over the past two weeks, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, are back in AEW; before long, the promotion’s televised product will feature Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson yucking it up as babyfaces or heels, depending on […]

Heading into the 2022 NFL trade deadline, Brandin Cooks expected to be traded by the Houston Texans. Currently in the middle of his ninth professional season, Cooks is clearly not on the same timeline as this particular Texans squad, who are starting a 24-year-old second-year ex-third-round pick signal caller out of  Stanford under center and […]

Just when the professional wrestling world seemingly couldn’t take any more surprise debuts – Lamar Jackson, Rick Ross, Jeff Jarrett,  – or returns hinted at or otherwise – Colt Cabana, The Elite – four performers who have been absent from AEW television for two months now made their triumphant return in the form of Malakai […]

When “Double J” himself, Jeff Jarrett, made a surprise appearance on AEW Dynamite, it presented more questions than answers. Was the very well-traveled veteran and founder of TNA Wrestling going to be leaving his black leather duster at the announcing table in order to stay awhile? Or was this a one-off, or at least a […]

Heading into AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan set a very interesting stipulation for Orange Cassidy’s latest All-Atlantic Championship defense; in order to retain his title, Cassidy would not only have to face off against Rey Fenix, one of the most dominant high-flyers in professional wrestling, but also Luchasaurus, Christian Cage’s “Right Hand of Destruction.” A tough […]

After watching former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson quasi-debut as a member of the audience at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena, the AEW Galaxy was greeted with another star-studded debut by way of platinum recording artist Rick Ross, or, as he asked Tony Schiavone to address him, “The Biggest Boss,” Rick Ross, who joined “Sneaky” Swerve […]

Just when you thought this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite couldn’t get any bigger, none other than a legit MVP candidate walked into the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena and got a massive pop from the thousands of fans in attendance. But who was it? Kenny Omega? Tony Khan? John Cena? What even is an MVP […]

Colt Cabana hasn’t been on AEW programming, not Dynamite, Rampage, Dark Elevation, or even Dark proper since all the way back in March of 2022 when he lost a television match to The Butcher and The Blade alongside then-Dark Order member Alan Angels. Sure, technically, Cabana worked a few shows for AEW to help promote […]

Just when you thought the AEW Galaxy was done with older heel managers who wanted to destroy the promotion from the inside – no offense, Dan Lambert – who but Double J himself, Jeff Jarrett, showed up on Dynamite to take things up a notch like only he can. First, some context; after striking up […]