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There was a time when Jonah looked primed to become one of the biggest foreign stars in New Japan Pro Wrestling. He was booked very well in both Impact and NJPW Strong, where he’d frequently “send ’em (his opponents) to the morgue” like his theme song suggests, both as a singles performer and as part […]

The first time Rick Ross appeared on AEW television in a backstage segment with the team then known as Swerve in our Glory, he went just a little bit viral for declaring that Keith Lee’s words towards Swerve Strickland were nothing but “Accusations! False Accusations!” The segment, which rapidly became a meme, GIF, and standalone […]

Action Andretti is on a roll in AEW; since scoring a huge morale victory over QT Marshall back in October, Andretti has defeated Chris Jericho, signed an AEW contract, and been the talk of the town ever since. He’s been featured in stories across the internet, appeared on Busted Open Radio, and even *spoiler alert* […]

When Athena, then known as Ember Moon, returned to NXT after suffering an ankle injury on the main roster, it looked like she was going to be in-store for a serious in-ring relaunch. Though her main-roster run wasn’t without its highlights, Athena’s best in-ring run in the greater WWE Universe came under the watchful eye […]

Call it a byproduct of running his own promotion, Smokey Mountain Wrestling, from 1991–1995, or for his work as the booker in WWE developmental territory OVW, but Jim Cornette has never been one to shy away from fantasy booking for WWE, AEW, or any promotion in between, and based on his expansive podcasting audience based […]

While the New Day are currently in the midst of a serious resurgence as the new and reigning NXT Tag Team Champions, winning the belts at Deadl1ne off of Pretty Deadly and successfully defending them for the first time on television against the duo of Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, the high-flying, fun-loving, Booty-Os hawking […]

When The Miz took the ring against Dexter Lumis on Monday Night RAW for a winner-takes-all combination money-ladder match, he really needed to win. Sure, Miz is theoretically loaded, with money just rolling in from his WWE contract, his Miz and Mrs. contract, and his royalties from The Marine movies he made for WWE Studios, […]

Jim Cornette isn’t the biggest fans of AEW as a whole. Sure, he has his guys, his MJFs, his FTRs, but his hatred for The Elite runs deep, with roots that extend even deeper than AEW’s inception on New Year’s Day 2019. And yet, sometimes Cornette makes comments on the promotion that aren’t so much […]

Folks, it’s official: Jonah, aka Bronson Reed from NXT, has left the ranks of the indies, Impact Wrestling, and New Japan Pro Wrestling behind once and for all – at least for now – to return to the greater WWE Universe. All of his work establishing himself as a Vader-esque big man with an absolutely […]

After nearly hitting Bianca Belair with the Sister Abigail following her win over Bayley to become the #1 contender for the RAW Women’s Championship, Alexa Bliss was asked to take a seat to talk about what happened alongside Byron Saxton and “The EST of WWE.” Were Bliss’ actions intentional, a clear shot at a performer […]

Does any professional wrestler trend more often on Twitter than Enzo Amore? Though the nickname hasn’t been used in the ring by a WWE performer since all the way back in January of 2018, it seems like a month doesn’t go by where the performer who now goes by either nZo or Real1 – or […]

Since officially making his debut in AEW at Double or Nothing and then his in-ring debut roughly a month later as part of the Royal Rampage match to decide on a new #1 contender for Jon Moxley’s then-interim AEW World Championship, Rush has appeared in 16 singles, doubles, or trios matches on Dynamite, Rampage, Dark, […]

Every couple of months, AEW descends on sunny Orlando, Florida, to film a chunk of content at Universal Studios for their original YouTube wrestling program, AEW Dark. Filmed in the same sound stage that TNA used to record in back in the day – as the Young Bucks pointed out when they appeared on the […]

On December 18th, 1970, Robert Alexander Szatkowski was born into the world. A native of Battle Creek, Michigan, who had dreams of becoming a star, he first came to prominence in 1987 when he appeared in a skit with “The Million Dollar Man,” Ted DiBiase for the WWE, before going on to have some success […]

Bobby Fish hasn’t been a member of AEW since August 31st, 2022, when his contract wasn’t renewed by Tony Khan. Since then, he’s worked some matches for Impact, tried his hand at boxing in a bizarre bout with commentary from Sammy Guevara, and just generally tried to keep busy with his podcast, The Undisputed Podcast, […]

While WWE has made a point out of re-signing a number of the wrestlers they fired during the pandemic and beyond, with Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s Infinity Gauntlet now looking like a suit of armor, there were a few notable names who either weren’t rehired – like Wesley Blake or EC3 – or can’t be […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are 13-1; they’ve beaten very good teams in commanding ways, they’ve beaten bad teams in very underwhelming ways, and they’ve even lost a game to the Washington Commanders where Nick Sirianni’s offense possessed the ball for just under 20 minutes. Fortunately for fans in the City of Brotherly Love, after watching the […]

Ironically enough, when it rains, it pours in Arizona, as, after losing former first overall pick Kyler Murray to a season-ending ACL injury, Colt McCoy has been ruled out for the remainder of the Cardinals’ Week 15 game against the Denver Broncos with a concussion, according to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. In his place, […]

Mandy Rose hasn’t even been a former employee of WWE for a week, and yet, she’s already drawing incredible interest from around the professional wrestling world, from fans, to fellow wrestlers, and even those in the backstage area who could sway her hiring decisions. Case and point, the fine folks over at Busted Open Radio, […]

One weekend out of the year, WWE takes the show on the road to pay tribute to the troops at a show conveniently named Tribute to the Troops. The show, a mixture of matches and outside-of-the-ring activities, featured three matches this year and was headlined by a trios match between Imperium and the team of […]

When Apollo Crews headed down to NXT in June of 2022 after a run as “The Nigerian Prince,” fans of WWE wondered what the future held for the former IC Champion. Would he serve as a mid-card barometer, filling the role previously held by performers like Eric Young before they were fired? Or did creative […]

Ring of Honor 2.0 is the house The Briscoes and FTR built. Since returning with Supercard of Honor in April of 2022, Ring of Honor has fielded some pretty impressive matches, from Claudio Castagnoli’s matches with Chris Jericho to Wheeler Yuta’s matches with Daniel Garcia, and even the RUSH versus Dragon Lee match – which […]

When Booker T started sharing his thoughts via The Hall of Fame, it gave fans a glimpse into the mind of one of the more experienced minds in professional wrestling. He told stories about WCW and the glory days of WWE, shot on current topics, and even weighed in on his ever-expanding collection of students […]

Grayson Waller has been an active member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in June of 2021, when he made his in-ring debut under his current gimmick on an episode of 205 Live. Since then, Waller has worked a respectable 60 matches between 205 Live, NXT, Main Event, and the WrestleMania 38 […]

Back in September, Saraya was the hottest name in female professional wrestling, maybe professional wrestling, period. After suffering a broken neck that was initially classified as career-ending and then spending the next half-decade on the shelf as a result, the performer formerly known as Paige was back, in an AEW ring no less, and was […]

Grayson Waller is an absolute force in NXT. The first-ever winner of the Iron Survivor Challange who near-immediately used his place as the #1 contender to the NXT World Championship belt to cheapshot Bron Breakker after his win over Apollo Crews at Deadl1ne, sooner or later, Waller is going to be a main event player […]

John Cena has been a member of the WWE Universe for 20 years, as his 20-year anniversary celebration earlier this year was held to celebrate. He’s wrestled in 2,218 matches, according to Cagematch, won 25 championships in the promotion – 27 if you count OVW – and at the tender age of 45, could theoretically […]

Are Bray Wyatt and Uncle Howdy the same person? This question has been bothering more than a few WWE fans since “The Fiendish One” and his metal-masked uncle started appearing on the promotion’s television back in October and has remained a mystery ever since… until now? That’s right, after taking his weekly lumps from Wyatt […]

Though Matt Cardona is currently crushing it in Impact Wrestling, GCW, and NWA too, where he’s held the Impact Digital Media Championship, the GCW World Championship, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, respectively, there’s one title that eluded “Alwayz Ready” since he began his professional wrestling journey 18 years ago: the WWE Championship. That’s right, […]

Folks, it’s (basically) official: after roughly seven months of will-they, won’t-they, it sure sounds like Sasha Banks will be making her professional wrestling re-debut outside of WWE at Wrestle Kingdom 17, when she debuts for New Japan Pro Wrestling under another name, be it Mercedes Mone’ or Mercedes Varnado. But why? Why is WWE really […]

As the entire professional wrestling world reels over the decision by WWE to release Mandy Rose, Dave Meltzer took to his podcast with Bryan Alvarez, Wrestling Observer Radio, to detail Shawm Michaels’ thought process, as explained to him from his sources. “What happened was I guess there was a meeting and Matt Bloom brought to […]

Though Bobby Lashley may still technically be a member of the WWE Universe, as his firing from The Fed was reversed by Adam Pearce, presumably at the behest of Paul “Triple H” Levesque, “The Almighty One” isn’t exactly the biggest concern for current United States Champion Austin Theory at the moment. No, that honor belongs […]

After dropping a stunner – and his eighth World Championship belt – to Claudio Castagnoli at Ring of Honor Final Battle, Chris Jericho was asked by Tony Schiavone had he had planned next on AEW Dynamite. Would he turn his attention to MJF’s AEW World Championship? Or maybe one of the two belts held by […]

After having some fun in a five-on-five game of war at Survivor Series, Bianca Belair has to get back to the business of defending her RAW Women’s Championship, the title she’s held since April, but who in the WWE Universe deserves the next shot at The EST? Could it be Bayley? Maybe, but after two-straight […]

When Bobby Lashley, fresh off losing his match to Seth Rollins due to referee unavailability in the main event of RAW, laid hands on two officials and then Adam Pearce on his way to the back, folks assumed that it would have some sort of ramifications on the greater WWE Universe, but who expected to […]

Roxanne Perez hasn’t even been a member of the WWE Universe for one year, and she’s already one of the hottest performers in the promotion, with big-time wins in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament, the NXT Women’s #1 Contendership Fatal Four Way, and the NXT Iron Survivor Challange, a short-but-sweet run with the NXT Women’s […]

When Mandy Rose lost her NXT Women’s Championship to Iron Survivor Challange winner Roxanne Perez on the fallout edition of NXT, it felt like a real changing of the guard atop the proverbial card. After 413 days with the strap – the third-longest run in the title’s history behind only Asuka’s and Shayna Baszler’s – […]

Though William Regal is technically still an employee of AEW, and will be at least until “the end of the month,” when Tony Khan officially terminates his contract and opens the door for a return to WWE, according to a report from PWInsider, the deal has already been struck, with the “Gentleman Villian” set to […]

MJF hasn’t even been the AEW World Champion for a month, and he’s already begun to elevate the title… just not in the ring. That’s right, unlike Jon Moxley, who was a certified fighting champion, or Kenny Omega, who took the show on the road to Impact and Lucha Libre AAA in addition to his […]