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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 […]

Bobby Lashley hasn’t been the same since he lost his United States Championship to Seth Rollins on the October 10th edition of WWE RAW. Since then, Lashley’s gotten into fights with Brock Lesnar after losing a match at Crown Jewel, gotten into fights with Rollins and Austin Theory in various unscheduled segments that ultimately led […]

Samoa Joe is one bad, bad dude. The self-proclaimed “King of Television” after winning the Ring of Honor Television Title on the April 13th edition of Dynamite and the AEW TNT Championship at Full Gear, Joe defended his straps twice last week, first against Darby Allin on Dynamite and then against Juice Robinson at ROH […]

It has been over four years since Alexa Bliss held singles gold in WWE, excluding, of course, her minute run with the 24/7 Championship in the match where it truly jumped the shark earlier this year. Now granted, Bliss hasn’t been without gold for long, as she has held the RAW Tag Team Championships on […]

Matt Riddle is one of the most modelable stars in the WWE Universe; he can work up and down a card with ease, work tag or singles matches, and even looks fully at home providing nothing more than some comedic relief, as he’s proven multiple times over including his current gimmick asking performers to “bang […]

The second feud a performer has in WWE can make or break their entire run with the company. Now sure, sometimes, performers don’t even make it to their second feud, as Karrion Kross learned all too well during his first run on RAW, but for the most part, first feuds are easy; creative introduces a […]

At this point, CM Punk is sort of “persona non grata” in AEW. Yes, the man known as “The Best in the World” did provide one of the biggest pops in the promotion’s history when he debuted on Rampage at the United Center in Chicago, worked some great matches, was the promotion’s fifth World Champion, […]

If “Switchblade” Jay White is the catalyst of professional wrestling, then The Good Brothers, “Machine Gun” Karl “Bright Lights” Anderson and “The Big LG” Doc-now-Luke Gallows, are his worker bees who have taken the Bullet Club gospel to Impact, AEW, and now WWE, where they work alongside another former Bullet Club leader, A.J. Styles and […]

While Wheeler Yuta recorded arguably the biggest win of his professional wrestling career at Ring of Honor Final Battle, defeating his career-spanning rival, Daniel Garcia, in a match to become a two-time ROH Pure Champion, fans, pundits, and everyone in between still had one question for the 26-year-old star that rose above all others: what […]

When the participants were announced for the NXT Iron Survivor Challenge, few expected to see Grayson Waller close out the contest drinking out of his shoe with the word “winner” before his name on the title card. Carmelo Hayes was in the match, as was JD McDonagh, and even dark horse entrants like Axiom and […]

While Xavier Woods is most well known for his main roster run with New Day, his Youtube Channel/time on G4 as Austin Creed, and even for his early indie runs as Consequences Creed, before he was flipping pancakes and eating Booty-Os, Woods was working on his craft in FCW and eventually NXT well before the […]

Sasha Banks’ status in WWE has been one of the biggest stories in professional wrestling since, well, since she and Naomi – real name Trinity Fatu – walked out of the company back in June when Vince McMahon was in charge. It’s been reported numerous times that she’s done, just as many times that she’s […]

Bron Breakker has only been wrestling professionally since September of 2021, when he made his in-ring debut for NXT in a win over LA Knight. Since then, he’s won all but four of his televised matches, won as many NXT Championships as he’s lost singles matches, and has now officially defended his strap successfully on […]

And just like that, there was one match left on NXT Deadl1ne, and boy oh boy, what a match it was. Taking the ring against Apollo Crews, his breakfast/fishing buddy, Bron Breakker was ready to wrestle his 11th match as the NXT World Champion after 251 days and counting with the strap, and you’d best […]

After watching a very fun Woman’s Iron Survivor Challenge to open the show, fans of the WWE Universe were hyped as heck to see the men take part in the second running of the same match concept on NXT Deadl1ne, the final “Premium Live Event” of the calendar year. Would the bout deliver in the […]

New Day are the second-ranked tag team in WWE right now, trailing only The Usos due to their spot in the promotion’s top faction, The Bloodline. If in basically any other era, that would be cool, WWE has two separate brands, RAW and SmackDown, for a reason, and the two teams could theoretically co-exist on […]

Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn do not like each other. They’ve wrestled numerous times back in NXT when the former was going by Kay Lee Ray, including in five singles matches, and when Fyre was very close to securing the Women’s Championship against long-time rival Mandy Rose, who but Dawn appeared to ruin the show […]

After spending the afternoon watching a fantastic Ring of Honor Final Battle, the first-ever ROH Women’s World Champion Roxanne Perez – then known as Rox-C – earned the honor of being the first entrant in the first-ever running of the Iron Survivor Championship at NXT Deadl1ne, facing Zoey Stark for the entirety of the 25-minute […]

Claudio Castagnoli has been a member of AEW since Forbidden Door 2022, when he replaced Bryan Danielson in a match with Zack Sabre Jr. that was meant to unofficially decide on who was the best technical wrestler in the world. From there, Castagnoli took part in Blood and Guts as a member of the Blackpool […]

Samoa Joe is a bad, bad dude; since making his way to AEW and eventually Ring of Honor after a long and very up-and-down run in WWE, Joe has won almost all of his matches, had made friends with Wardlow – even if that only lasted a few weeks – and ultimately won a pair […]

Tony Khan, respectfully, you messed up: The Briscoes-FTR III really should have been the main event of Ring of Honor Final Battle, and frankly, that opinion really isn’t particularly controversial, as even Dave Meltzer called it one of the five best tag team matches of the 2022 calendar year alongside their first match at Ring […]

Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia don’t like each other one bit. They wrestled a 60-minute match to a draw for the IWTV Independent Wrestling World Champion, have wrestled at the first two Ring of Honor cards of the year, Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor and Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor, and at the […]

Brian Cage’s run in AEW has been weird. After entering the promotion positioned as Taz’s in-ring man hired to teach Darby Allin a lesson about respect, “The Machine” fell off in a major way after losing the FTW Championship to his former faction mate Ricky Starks. After six months away, Cage re-emerged as a member […]

When Keith Lee and Shane Taylor shared the backstage area of AEW Rampage ahead of Ring of Honor Final Battle, it felt like the perfect setup for a match a half-decade in the making. On paper, the pairing was perfect, as Lee and Taylor were known as the Pretty Boy Killers in Ring of Honor […]