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The last time Charlotte Flair was wrestling on television, the WWE was a very different place. Vince McMahon was still in charge of creative, Paul “Triple H” Levesque was a retired legend outside of the public eye, and Becky Lynch was still masquerading as a heel on RAW. Speaking of RAW, that’s where Liv Morgan […]

Folks, it’s happening; it’s finally happening: AEW is going to unify their two World Heavyweight Championship belts at All Out. All of the anticipation has been worth it, all of the hype has been justified, and the dynamic duo of CM Punk and Jon Moxley, a pair of post-modern anti-heroes who are among the most […]

During his interview with Danny Limelight on the SHAK Wrestling YouTube Channel, Shakiel Mahjouri asked “The Radioactive Papi” about all sorts of different topics, from his thoughts on WWE, to his status in MLW and even his matches with Konosuke Takeshita and Kenny Omega, but the one question that rose above the rest and will […]

Orange Cassidy and Best Friends have been with AEW since basically the very beginning. Though the trio didn’t appear on All In, the “The Biggest Independent Wrestling Show Ever,” they took the ring at Double or Nothing in 2019, where Best Friends took on The Hybrid 2, and OC was a member of the pre-show […]

Max Durpi is back in WWE after an alarmingly short absence, and his Maximum Male Models are thriving. They’ve gotten a sponsorship from PureLife Water that resulted in a commercial appearance during SummerSlam, had big-time photoshoots, and seemingly find themselves in a WWE Tag Team Division that is being taken seriously for the first time […]

When Drew McIntyre pulled out a win over Sheamus in WWE’s first-ever Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match ahead of SummerSlam, fans had to know that one way or another, WWE was going to get “The Celtic Warrior” on Clash at the Castle. Sure, he isn’t the same performer he once was, when he won the […]

There was a time when 2point0 weren’t exactly the most popular performers in the AEW Galaxy. Now granted, to more recent fans of the promotion, this sounds crazy; there wouldn’t be an AEW Galaxy, the term, if it wasn’t for Angelo Parker blurting out the phrase in a promotional segment for his faction, the Jericho […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when WWE fans would have to watch an NXT star’s debut on RAW or SmackDown through interlocked fingers. Sure, occasionally, it would go swimmingly, like Bron Breakker’s trips up to RAW during his program with Dolph Ziggler, but for the most part, that was an outlier. No, […]

Though the backstage drama has been ever so slightly overshadowing their in-ring product – need I say more than “Hangman” Adam Page vs. CM Punk? – the actual in-ring AEW product has been on fire as of late. The company is drawing good viewership numbers, drawing big gates for live shows, and, after literally years […]

Shawn Michaels is having a very good week in the WWE Universe. He was promoted to Vice President of Talent Development Creative, watched NXT put up a huge viewership number for their Heatwave television special, and has watched his post-in-ring profile get elevated considerably as a result. And yet, not one week into his new […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque left NXT in 2021, it felt like the end of an era for WWE’s third brand. The Black and Gold color scheme was swapped out for a rainbow-colored splatter painting motif that would look right at home on an early Steiner Brothers singlet – which, considering who Bron Breakker’s father […]

Would WWE’s Edge by any other name be as sweet? This question, asked to the “Rated-R Superstar” by Ryan Gaydos, sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business, would seemingly lead to the same old sort of answer, right? Something to the effect of ‘WWE gave me the name, and it just sort of stuck?’ […]

Folks, in case you haven’t heard, Kenny Omega has officially returned to an AEW ring. That’s right, after 277 days away, “The Best Bout Machine” has made his triumphant return to an AEW ring to face off against one of his final pre-injury opponents in Lucha Libra AAA, Andrade El Idolo, as part of the […]

When Santos Escobar landed in the WWE Universe as a member of the NXT Brand, it felt like a pretty big deal. Originally known as El Hijo del Fantasma – which literally translates to “The Son of Fantasma” – Escobar battled around the wrestling world, from CMLL to Lucha Libre AAA to Impact, and even […]

277 days is a very long time, AEW fans. That’s almost 100 days longer than a K-12 school year, longer than Major League Baseball’s regular season, and long enough for a baby to go from a dream to reality. That figure is also the length of time between Kenny Omega’s loss to “Hangman” Adam Page […]

When Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed broke up an unfortunate July 6th episode of AEW Dynamite, it hit more than a few fans in their feelings. Granted, if the two parties split up, Billy was always going to side with his Sons, Colten and Austin, as they are his children after all, but what he […]

CM Punk’s pipebomb takedown of Jon Moxley at the start of AEW Dynamite had a little bit of everything; from WWE references, to talk of money problems, and even a kiss on the lips that would make a GCW fan blush, Punk left very little to the imagination and got the fans behind him, against […]

Say what you will about CM Punk in the ring, about his occasional botch, or his lack of exceptional cardio, but there’s nobody better on the mic in the industry today. Punk can open a show with nothing but a microphone and 15 minutes of time to kill, and can talk down or up any […]

For weeks, rumors have circulated about just how much money Vince McMahon paid out off the books during his tenure at the head of WWE, with the exact recipients of his payouts largely shrouded in mystery. Fortunately, that shroud has been pulled back ever so slightly, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that $5 million […]

While the WWE Universe is abuzz with the returns of more than a few familiar faces, from Karrion Kross to Hit Row, the same level of love hasn’t been shown to NXT. Sure, Indi Hartwell heavily implied that she was given a love letter from her Kayfabe husband Dexter Lumis, but other than the return […]

For one reason or another, Tony Khan really likes to throw themed AEW shows during the summer. Call it a hangover from the pre-television era of the promotion, where shows like Fight for the Fallen or Fyter Fest cost money to watch, or as a counterpoint to the monthly “Premium Live Events” that WWE runs […]

After seven months away from the ring with an injury, Penelope Ford officially made her way back to the ring on AEW Dark Elevation to match wits with Heather Reckless at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And who, you may ask, was watching her ringside for this long-awaited return bout? Well, that would be […]

Though Trish Stratus hasn’t wrestled in a match since SummerSlam 2019, the WWE Hall of Famer unquestionably remains one of the most popular women to ever lace up her boots and step into the ring. She’s wrestled 500-plus matches, all of which took place inside the WWE Universe, and her efforts were rewarded with not […]

As much as fans didn’t want to see it, Theory is officially back in WWE Universe. While this isn’t technically “news” news for fans in the know, as Theory has wrestled in three matches before making his return to RAW, including a win over Ricochet at the WrestleMania 29 Launch Party in LA, and a […]

WWE’s Kevin Owens is a darn good professional wrestler. He’s had fantastic matches everywhere from Bingo Halls to PWG, ROH, and NXT, and will forever be remembered as the man who wrestled “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in his final match as a professional wrestler as one of the two main events of WrestleMania 38. He’s […]

When A.J. Styles and Bobby Lashley took the ring for their first-ever singles match in WWE, TNA, or any promotion really, fans bucked in for what was expected to be a darn good match. As Corey Graves and company pointed out at the onset of the outing, the two performers are living legends who will […]

For one reason or another, fans have been debating which member of the WWE faction, The Shield, is the best wrestler. Some prefer Roman Reigns, the current Unsidputed WWE Universal Champion who has held the RAW belt for over 700 days and has genuinely dominated the wrestling world for about two years now. Reigns hasn’t […]

WWE giveth, WWE taketh away. For Kevin Owens, the Prize Fighter, to truly come back and represent the best of what wrestling can be, KO had to make a statement. That statement, unfortunately, came at the expense of none other than Ezekiel, the man he’d be feuding with for months due to maybe being his […]

When Konosuke Takeshita announced that he’d be leaving America for a return to his home promotion DDT in Japan, it put a general ennui over the AEW Galaxy. Fans lamented the loss of the homegrown phenom, who went from an AEW Dark Elevation afterthought to the sort of performer who could headline Battle of the […]

“I smell war… and I’m game” these words, laid out over a Dakota Kai Instagram story that also featured a promotional poster for WWE’s Clash at the Castle, pretty well qualifies the relationship between the invading team of Bayley, Kai, and Iyo Sky and Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka, the babyface trio looking to […]

When Adam Cole turned his back on the Young Bucks on the August third edition of AEW Dynamite, it served as an inflection point in the story of The Elite. After trying to hold strong with their fellow quasi-former Bullet Club member Cole and his Undisputed buddies, the Bucks found themselves bullied, beaten down, and […]

A little over three years ago, Kenny Omega decided to take his talents to a brand new professional wrestling company by the name of AEW and left his long-time, on-again, off-again tag team partner Kota Ibushi back in Japan. At the time, this break-up was sad but expected; Ibushi signed a very long-term contract to […]

If Triple H doesn’t bring back any more wrestlers from the “Great WWE Talent Purge of 2020-22,” he will have already shaken up the roster more than any other booker in the promotion’s history. Not since the launch of The Nexus, the return of the NWO, or even the WCW Invasion angle has there been […]

In case you’re living under a rock, Hit Row has officially returned to the WWE Universe, with the “OG3” trio of Top Dolla, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, and B-Fab all back on the Blue Brand looking to squash some local talent who maybe didn’t read their one-day SmackDown contracts. The return of Hit Row, however, isn’t […]

To call Roxane Perez’s time in professional wrestling charmed might just be an understatement. Since officially embracing her pursuit of a wrestling career full-time after she graduated from high school, Perez wrestled all over the country, signed not one but two full-time contracts with two of the biggest wrestling companies in the world, and ultimately […]

What’s next for Bobby Lashley on RAW? He’s taken care of business against Ciampa, dispelled of Theory, and unless his on-again, off-again house show circuit program with The Miz is magically ripe for a big-time televised run following a win over his “Mizion,” it would appear “The Almighty” might have just found himself without an […]

“I’m not retired; I’m unemployed. That’s what I keep saying. I see things on Tony Khan‘s TV show that appall me – I could help with that. I have been begging him for a job on every platform I can, and I want to know why he won’t hire me. That’s the next big news […]

When WWE officially announced the brackets for the Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament, it featured two very notable names that few expected to see in a RAW or SmackDown ring. No, it wasn’t Sasha Banks and Naomi; while that would have broken the internet and garnered an incredibly animated reaction, the duo have seriously failed […]

As you may or may not know, in addition to being the AEW Interim World Champion, Jon Moxley is also the current GCW World Champion, having held the belt for 344 days and counting since he took it off of one-time AEW performer Matt Cardona on September 4th, 2021.  He’s defended the strap on five […]