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After some minor hype drumming up the event, the SmackDown World Cup tournament has officially kicked off in the WWE Universe. Now, the field of eight performers, some of them representing international markets, some of them representing the good ole United States of America, will descend into a SmackDown ring to decide on who is […]

When The Bloodline sans Sami Zayn made their way to the ring at the end of WWE SmackDown, it felt like the group was preparing for a right-proper acknowledgment session. On paper, things have been really going The Bloodline’s way as of late, with Roman Reigns successfully defending his belt against the ever-unconventional Logan Paul […]

Folks, as crazy as it may sound, WWE’s next “Premium Live Event,” Survivor Series, is just two weeks away, and already, the teams for the event’s two premier matches, a male and female version of WarGames, are slowly coming into focus. First came the addition of Nikki Cross, who left her almost-a-superhero ways on SmackDown […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque took over primary booking duties for WWE from his father-in-law, Vince McMahon, it turned Vincent M. McMahon’s company into the wild, wild west. Sure, some acts would be elevated, with Bayley returning at SummerSlam with Dakota Kai and IYO SKY to form the team eventually nicknamed Damage CTRL, while others, […]

Thunder Rosa hasn’t stepped in an AEW ring since August 10th, 2022, when the AEW Women’s World Champion defeated the team of Eli Sakura, Marina Shafir, and Nyla Rose in a trios match with Hikaru Shida and Toni Storm. While she technically remains champion, as she’s successfully defended the strap on six occasions, including bouts […]

Folks, this is not a drill: Konosuke Takeshita is officially returning to AEW. That’s right, after leaving the states after a legitimate star-making performance against then-Ring of Honor World Champion Claudio Castagnoli for a run in his current home promotion DDT Pro Wrestling, the 27-year-old suplex scholar is heading back to America for another run […]

Tyrese Haliburton is a professional basketball player. Initially drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the lottery of the 2020 NBA Draft, the Iowa State product was traded to the Indiana Pacers in a controversial move for Damontas Sabonis back in February of 2022 and has since gone on to become the featured player of Rick […]

After weeks of hints and rumors hidden inside of promos with the Viking Warriors, Sarah Logan has officially returned to WWE SmackDown. A former member of the WWE Universe best known for her time with the Riott Squad, Logan was cut by The Fed in 2020 as part of the great pandemic purges and announced […]

Something… unusual happened when LA Knight was being interviewed by Megan Morant on WWE SmackDown. Sure, Knight didn’t approve of the questions presented his way, as if anything else is new, but as he explained why the new WWE World Cup won’t matter since he’s heading for championship gold, something peculiar began to play on […]

Folk’s it’s official: Saraya is in AEW, and she’s looking to wrestle. That’s right, after Britt Baker no-showed her appearance on a joint interview with the newest member of the AEW commentary team, Renee Paquette, the duo finally met in the ring on AEW Dynamite to air out their grievances before the promotion’s final Pay-Per-View […]

Though Chris Jericho is about as AEW as they come at this stage of his career, currently holding the Ring of Honor World Championship in his first reign, “The Ocho” will still freely talk about his time in WWE and how he feels the company is going. From discussing Vince McMahon’s final run, which he […]

After a tough start to the 2022 NFL season, his first season away from the Seattle Seahawks since being drafted by the team in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft, Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos found some surprising success in London during Week 8, when they bested the Jacksonville Jaguars despite a […]

After recording losses in six of their first seven games, including five-straight losses from Week 3 through Week 8, the Detroit Lions finally got back into the winner’s column with a shocking, big-time win over their division rival Green Bay Packers. Riding high off that effort, which was spurned on by a strong effort by […]

As fans prepare to watch a Philadelphia Eagles Week 10 game against the Washington Commanders, it’s hard not to look back on the week preceding and appreciate just how unusual the path the team took to get to the Sunday evening showdown. Though the Birds have bested the Commanders once before this season, finishing off […]

MJF really doesn’t like Jon Moxley. A pair of AEW originals who have been around each other since before Dynamite began airing for fans at 8 pm on either TNT or TBS, the duo have only wrestled once before, at All Out 2020, but the rematch is shaping up to be all the more consequential, […]

Ah WarJoe; the AEW Galaxy barely knew them. That’s right, after thoroughly taking care of business against Ari Daivari on AEW Dynamite after the Trust-Busting money mark tried to buy his TNT Championship, Wardlow took the mic and declared to Powerhouse Hobbs, who has been going after him for weeks, that he wasn’t simply happy […]

Sitting down with his buddies on the imPAULsive podcast, Logan Paul finally gave his side of the story on what happened at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. “I don’t know how to say this, I lost.” Paul stated. “So check it out, we just got back from Saudi Arabia, WWE Crown Jewel, I faced […]

“Oh, don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me, I said, ‘You’re holding back,’ she said, ‘Shut up and dance with me,’ this woman is my destiny, she said, “Ooh hoo, shut up and dance with me.” – these words, originally sung by Nicholas William Petricca of the band Walk the Moon […]

Bobby Lashley is out for blood in the WWE. Since having his match with Seth Rollins for the United States Champion severely affected by a pre-bell attack at the hands of “The Beast Incarnate,” Lashley has wanted revenge on, well, basically anyone who got in his way; Mustafa Ali, Seth Rollins, and even Austin Theory, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in disarray; after failing to make substantive changes over the offseason, at least to the degree that some fans might have liked, the team has begun the year 2-8 and dug a pretty decent hole for themselves in a Western Conference that looks pretty unusual all things considered. With fans […]

The Green Bay Packers are a team in crisis. They’ve struggled to overcome the loss of Davante Adams on offense, have been a defensive sieve against the run, and, most crucially of all, have been bit by the injury bug to a downright disappointing degree. While the team isn’t completely out of playoff contention, as […]

Folks, Mia Yim is back; that’s right, after spending a year away from the fed following her firing from the company due to “budget cuts,” the NXT standout and one-time member of Retribution is back in WWE and looking to make an impression. Catching up with Cathy Kelley after her surprise RAW re-debut, Mia Yim […]

In WWE, a Money in the Bank cash-in is about the easiest way to win a championship. Since coming into existence in 2005, 80.95 percent of male cash-in attempts have been successful, with just John Cena, Damien Sandow, Baron Corbin, and Braun Strowman serving as the only men in the promotion’s history to lose in […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Nikki Cross didn’t just want to be a hero to the WWE Universe but something more; she wanted to be super. She had the Hurricane Helms-approved mask, the tights, and an unbreakable smile in the hopes of inspiring kids young and old to live their best […]

WWE’s decision to pair Baron Corbin up with JBL is like throwing a mountain of whipped cream on top of a giant vanilla milkshake; if you liked it before, you probably like it as much, if not more now, and if you never had much of a sweet tooth, you’re probably really don’t like it […]

When facing off three-on-three, The OC and Judgement Day are pretty evenly matched in WWE; both factions have a leader who was once a leader of the Bullet Club, both have a certified giant, and both have a small but spunky third guy who has never beaten Kazuchika Okada in the G1 Climax 2012 Final. […]

Lio Rush has been out of AEW for way longer than he was in the promotion at this point. Initially debuting at Double or Nothing 2021 as the joker in the Casino Battle Royale, Rush was injured in his initial debut but returned to Tony Khan’s company in November of the same year, where he […]

When Chris Jericho took to the ring for an open challenge against any former Ring of Honor Champion – a challenge eventually answered by Colt Cabana – at the recent AEW show in Baltimore, Maryland, few could have expected that he would spark a feud with the most unlikeliest of people, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar […]

Folks, the professional wrestling world has its first right proper free agent of 2023 officially on the board, as Nick Aldis, the former NWA Champion, has officially put in his notice to the National Wrestling Alliance that he will test the opening market and potentially sign with WWE, AEW, or even Impact, where his wife, […]

UCLA football is back, baby. That’s right, after years of mediocrity under ex-Philadelphia Eagles/San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly, the former Oregon Ducks maverick has put it all together with fifth-year quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson under center, and the team is reaping the benefits as a result. Sure, The Bruins have one loss, ironically against […]

San Francisco 49ers fans, the cavalry is coming. That’s right, after trading away then-leading rusher Jeff Wilson at the trade deadline, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan, and company have officially opened up the practice eligibility window on Elijah Mitchell, the Niners’ lead rusher from 2021. Entering the season as San Francisco’s starting rusher ahead of Wilson […]

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 […]