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When the teams of The Factory and Best Friends emerged from the back in time for the first match of AEW Full Gear‘s pre-show, something wasn’t quite right. The members of The Factory came out first, with QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Nick Comoroto, Cole Karter, and Lee Johnson all walking down to the ring before […]

When videos emerged online of 57-year-old “Stone Cold” Steve Austin working out, fans assumed it meant one thing and one thing only: WWE had struck up a deal to bring “The Texas Rattlesnake” back for a second final match. The minds of fans began to race, “who would be the next opponent? Would it be […]

After three months(ish) away, Konosuke Takeshita officially returned to AEW for the go-home edition of Rampage before Full Gear, taking part in a tag team match against Eddie Kingston and Ortiz with Jun Akiyama in the show’s main event. Now, for most non-Japanese wrestling fans, this wasn’t all that important of a match, certainly not […]

Folks, it’s here, it’s finally here: AEW Full Gear. Soon, Tony Khan will deliver 10 hard-hitting matches loaded with drama, suspense, and intrigue and may even turn over a championship or two for good measure. Fans will see the return of The Elite, who hasn’t graced AEW television outside of the vanishing video package, the […]

“It’s so progressive for our division,” Britt Baker said of her forthcoming match with Saraya at AEW Full Gear. “It’s a story-driven match. It’s a very compelling story, and the match is going to be even more exciting. She’s been out of the game for five years. That’s a long time. For all our differences, […]

Danhausen has been a fixture of AEW since January of 2022, when he made his surprise debut at Beach Break in the main event match between Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy. Since that fateful date, Danhausen has joined Best Friends, formed an unlikely tag team with Hook that was affectionately nicknamed Hookhausen, and wrestled a […]

Folks, it’s official; Kevin Owens will be the 10th and final member of the men’s namesake match at WWE Survivor Series WarGames. While fans both at home and in the arena weren’t too surprised by the appearance of “The Prize Fighter,” as he was the most logical 10th man for the match, his status heading […]

It has been just over a month since the man born Shaun Ricker ditched the Maximum Male Models to officially become the man he was always meant to be in the WWE Universe, LA Knight, once more. Since then, he’s wrestled three matches, a win over Mansoor, a win over Ricochet, and a loss to […]

When the clock strikes midnight, and it officially becomes Sunday, November 20th, MJF very well may be the new and reigning AEW World Champion. That’s right, since officially joining AEW on a five-year contract in 2019 and making his debut for the company at Double or Nothing in the Casino Battle Royale on the pre-show, […]

While members of AEW were sniping at her for being physically unable to defend her title as the current “real” AEW Women’s World Champion, Thunder Rosa made one of her fairly routine appearances at Busted Open Radio and, when asked about which wrestler won the week, she gave an answer that will make NXT fans […]

Toni Storm is technically the AEW Women’s World Championship. Sure, she holds the strap and has even defended it on seven occasions since winning it at All Out 2022 in a match against Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, and Jamie Hayter, but in the annals of the promotion’s history – not to mention the annals of […]

After AEW Dynamite went off the air, MJF took the ring alongside Tony Khan and cut one heck of a babyface promo after his in-ring interaction with Jon Moxley but before their match at Full Gear for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship. “A lot of bullsh*t has gone on.” MJF said to the crowd after […]

Heading into Full Gear 2022, AEW is having a tournament to decide who will become the first number-one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship after either Jon Moxley or MJF leaves The Rock in Newark, New Jersey with the strap. Dubbed the “World Title Eliminator Tournament” for obvious reasons, things took an interesting turn when […]

Folks, the Good Brothers are officially in WWE. That’s right, while the news of Doc-now-Luke Gallows and “Machine Gun” Karl Anderson jumping ship from NJPW and Impact to The Fed is nothing new, as the return of The OC is so well-worn that they’ve already worked a “Premium Live Event” and added a fourth member […]

Folks, it’s official: Chris Jericho of AEW is The Bride on Fox’s The Masked Singer. …what? But… but how? How can “The Ocho” be on Fox at 8 pm Eastern singing in a giant dinosaur/dragon costume with a wedding dress over top when he was also working a match alongside Sammy Guevara, Claudio Castagnoli, and […]

Folks, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, are officially back in AEW…ish. That’s right, after semi-returning with a video segment erasing their history from Tony Khan’s promotion a few weeks ago and then following it up with more packages in subsequent weeks, images of Omega and the Jacksons, Nick and Matt, appeared on […]

Folks, it happened; it finally happened: after hinting at the AEW debut of his Waterboy character Captain Insano since all the way back in July, Paul Wight has officially debuted the gimmick on the go-home edition of Dynamite. Making a surprise appearance in the hotly anticipated music video premiere by The Acclaimed, Wight, Max Caster, […]

When Logan Paul took the ring against Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel, it changed the tenor of the WWE Universe forever. While some questioned why Paul “Triple H” Levesque was so eager to push a social media star with just two matches on his resume against the winningest champion in this era of WWE, when […]

As AEW pushes closer and closer to deciding on the winner of the “World Title Eliminator Tournament,” fans have been left with more questions than answers about who will inevitably face off against each other at Full Gear, live from Newark, New Jersey. What happened to Ricky Starks, who was supposed to wrestle “The Murderhawk […]

When “Stone Cold” Steve Austin took the ring at WrestleMania 38 for an episode of The K.O. Show, WWE fans weren’t sure what to expect from “The Rattlesnake.” Though the segment wasn’t officially billed as a match, it was the final segment of a stacked WrestleMania card that included Vince McMahon’s return to in-ring action, […]

When the Baltimore Ravens drafted David Ojabo in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft, fans knew he wasn’t going to make an instant impact for the team. On paper, Ojabo checks just about every box fans could want from a modern-day edge rusher, he’s tall, long, and a disruptive force against both the […]

When Austin Theory ran out with his Money in the Bank Briefcase during the final segment of WWE RAW broadcast live from beautiful Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, it changed the course of his WWE run and of WWE’s briefcase-housed open contract forever. For the fans in attendance, and even watching from home, history was literally unfolding […]

After being thoroughly embarrassed on the previous episode of RAW by Johnny Gargano and his universal remote, The Miz was looking to change his narrative within the WWE Universe. Booking a segment of his “Miz TV” show via Adam Pearce and company, Miz asked Byron Saxton to interview him, a surprise format change from the […]

With Survivor Series officially less than two weeks away, Rhea Ripley is set to pull double duty in the WWE Universe, as the enforcer of Judgement Day will all but surely back up her faction-mate Finn Balor in his one-on-one grudge match against fellow former Bullet Club leader A.J. Styles before taking part in the […]

Mia Yim is a very popular performer in the WWE Universe. Though she hadn’t technically recorded her first win in the ring since returning from Impact a changed woman, once she secured the W against Tamina in a relatively one-sided singles victory, the services of The OC’s “Rhea Ripley neutralizer” inflated like the price of […]

Catching up with Dana Brooke before WWE RAW, Mandy Rose’s former tag team partner was asked what it was like to not only lose her 24/7 Title but watch Niki Cross throw it in the trash(ish) as if it didn’t matter to her one bit. “I’ve shown up and I have shown out every single […]

At NWA Hard Times in New Orleans, NWA head booker Billy Corgan made the controversial decision to take the strap off of Trevor Murdoch, who was in his second reign with the 10 Pounds of Gold, and give it to Tyrus, the NWA staple who WWE fans might remember as Brodus Clay. Needless to say, […]

It has officially been 25 years since the Montreal Screwjob. That infamous occurrence, which came at the end of the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match between Brett Hart and Shawn Michaels at Survivor Series 1997 “Gang Rulz” broadcast live from beautiful Montreal, Quebec, Canada, sent shockwaves through the company now known as WWE, sent one […]

As the Bruins prepare for their most crucial game left on their schedule – let alone the biggest rivalry in all of UCLA football – against their cross-town rivals, the USC Trojans, things are heating up. Sitting at 8-2 with a 5-2 record against their division after dropping a shocker to the University of Arizona, […]

There was a time when Anthony Ogogo looked like one of the hottest new names in AEW. Initially pitched to play the heavy role in The Inner Circle instead of Jake Hager in the early, pre-Dynamite era of Tony Khan’s company, Ogogo made his in-ring debut in an April edition of Dynamite against future The […]

Folks, I regret to inform you that WWE is going crush angles; I know, I hate it too, but in a recent backstage segment immediately after Shotzi secured the number one contendership for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, the former Blackheart ran into Emma to discuss the prospects of wrestling Ronda Rousey on a future event […]

When Jay Lethal made his surprise debut in AEW at Full Gear 2021, where he challenged Sammy Guevara for a match for his TNT Championship, the reaction from the professional wrestling world was mixed. For fans who have been keeping up with the “Black Machismo” since he made his debut in Jersey All Pro Wrestling […]

After notoriously being benched for 2021 sixth-round pick Sam Ehlinger by edict of owner Jim Irsay, Matt Ryan had a lot to proven in Week 10, when he returned to the starting lineup for the Indianapolis Colts. Playing for infamous first-time head coach Jeff Saturday, who was tweeting, “Raiders look horrible” two weeks before he […]

“Bret Hart has noted being greatly appreciative of FTR and C.M. Punk and other wrestlers for calling him the all-time best. The Calgary Hit Men hockey team sent all three jerseys a few months ago. Bret has been wearing FTR T-shirts. He can’t appear with AEW due to his legends contract so can only be […]

After years of anticipation – literally – the Detroit Lions have officially done it: they won two games in a row. That’s right, by beating out the Chicago Bears 31-30 at Soldier Field, the Lions have officially secured their second straight win in a row, marking the first time that has happened since Weeks 6 […]

Jim Cornette has an… interesting relationship with AEW. On one hand, the long-time wrestling personality appreciates that WWE finally has a true competitor and has pointed out how Tony Khan’s promotion has brought more wrestling to RAW and SmackDown, which is always nice, but then again, many of the core tenants of AEW and by […]

After missing Weeks 8 and 9 with an ankle injury, Ryan Tannehill returned to the Tennessee Titans for their Week 10 contest against the Denver Broncos, and believe you me, he returned in a very big way. Facing off against a defense that ranks first against the pass but only 21st against the run, according […]

Though he may be the least prolific champion on the main roster right now in terms of WWE accolades, what with the other belts being held by two-thirds of The Shield and the longest-tenured Tag Team Champions in the promotion’s history, the “Ring General” is anything but an unworthy Title holder – an anti-Austin Theory, […]

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 […]