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Tony Khan is not too pleased about WWE trying to poach away his AEW talent. Speaking on the matter publically during his pre-All Out press tour, the multi-hyphenate publically addressed the tampering rumors that were reportedly also discussed at the company’s backstage meeting, as passed along by TJR Wrestling. “There was one issue, that had […]

WWE matches typically get a tough rep from Dave Meltzer. Despite being in business since all the way back in 1953, when Vincent J. McMahon ran the first show under the name Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the company now known as WWE has produced thousands upon thousands upon thousands of matches, and yet, over that near-70-year […]

With the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 3 game versus the Washington Commanders just over the horizon, the prospect of a 3-0 record is very much a reality. So, ahead of the Eagles-Commanders game, it’s time to make some Eagles Week 3 predictions. The Eagles are on a roll. They survived a shootout versus the Detroit Lions […]

With the San Francisco 49ers’ Week 3 game versus the Denver Broncos just over the horizon, the prospects of a 2-1 record is very much a reality. So, ahead of the 49ers-Broncos game, it’s time to make some 49ers Week 6 predictions. After dropping their Week 1 game against the Chicago Bears in an ugly, […]

While the Philadelphia Eagles have been crushing it on the football field through the still-young NFL season, with the team securing their second-straight win of the season via a dominant blowout of the Minnesota Vikings in their first trip back to Lincoln Financial Field since January of 2018 – whatever happened in that game? – […]

In case you haven’t heard, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks are unofficially suspended, and that decision has had serious, wide-spreading ramifications across the AEW Galaxy. From forbidding Omega from wrestling at Lucha Libre AAA’s TripleMania, to the suspension of Being the Elite, to “The Cleaner” being taken off of the AEW team at Tokyo […]

When Tony Khan made the decision to debut Saraya mere moments before the main event of AEW’s Grand Slam, he was putting a ton of pressure on Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson to put on a show worthy of standing alongside the roster’s addition, instead of falling into its shadow. Fortunately, Mox and BD are […]

Just when it looked like Tony Khan was happy with the performers he already had under contract, the AEW founder pulled a rabbit out of his hat and changed the landscape of the promotion forever with the addition of Saraya, aka the wrestler formerly known as WWE’s Paige. That’s right, though Saraya officially retired the […]

At AEW’s Grand Slam, PAC lived up to his nickname in a major way. Wrestling against one of his deepest seated rivals in Tony Khan’s company for the All-Atlantic Championship, PAC and Orange Cassidy started things off normally enough, with OC running his usual “Kicks of Doom” routine before rapidly transitioning into a forceful series […]

When Tony Khan booked The Acclaimed to wrestle the Swerve in our Glory duo of Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland at AEW’s All Out, it felt like a compelling yet otherwise mildly predictable bout for a championship team still relatively early in their championship run. The Acclaimed had wrestled for the AEW World Tag Team […]

Chris Jericho has accomplished a lot in his professional wrestling career. He’s won 22 individual championships over more than a half-dozen companies, became the first-ever Undisputed WWF Champion in the company’s history, and followed that feat up by becoming the inaugural AEW World Champion. And yet, the one belt that has eluded “The Wizard” over […]

Swerve Strickland is about to wrestle the most important match of his AEW career. When Grand Slam comes to an end both on television and for the thousands of fans in attendance at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the team of Swerve in our Glory, Strickland and Keith Lee, will either remain AEW World Champions or will […]

Amon-Ra St. Brown has been a revelation for the Detroit Lions. A second-year receiver out of USC who was lauded for his ability to make plays after the catch but took a tumble down draft boards due in part to his 4.51 40 time and lack of strength, Detroit snatched him up in the fourth […]

Though he didn’t technically make the 53-man roster coming out of camp, Britain Covey has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Eagles since the start of the 2022 NFL season, having been elevated from the practice squad in both Week 1 and Week 2. And yet, despite having returned five punts for 27 yards over […]

When The San Francisco 49ers announced that Trey Lance was to undergo surgery on a severely broken ankle with ligament damage, it put a damper on their still-young season. Sure, to some, the idea of putting Jimmy Garoppolo back under center was anything but a downgrade, as the veteran signal caller did lead the team […]

The Philadelphia Eagles are officially 2-0. They’re improbably tied with the New York Giants for the best record in the NFL, secured a massive dub on Monday Night Football, and find themselves one of the few teams in the NFL who are averaging 30 or more points per game through two games. After turning in […]

“Fly Eagles Fly! On the road to victory! Fight Eagles Fight! Score a touchdown! 1, 2, 3! Hit’em low! Hit’em high! And watch our Eagles Fly! Fly Eagles Fly! On the road to victory! E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!” Goodness gracious, talk about a win. Heading into a Monday Night Football, few expected to see the Birds blowing […]

At his heart, AEW’s Max Caster is an NYC guy. His father played for the New York Jets, he, much like MJF, is billed from Long Island, New York, and before he came to AEW, Caster learned the ropes – literally – at Create-A-Pro Wrestling, the school owned by Impact’s Bryan Meyers and AEW producer […]

After yet another round in their seemingly endless feud, Matt Riddle has taken things up a notch versus Seth Rollins, challenging the man formerly known as the “Monday Night Messiah” to a Fight Pit match at Extreme Rules after brawling in the back of the SAP Center in San Jose. First of all, any Extreme […]

Though he isn’t yet healthy enough to make it back on the field for the San Francisco 49ers, three-time Pro Bowler George Kittle found time to drive down to San Jose to watch some good old fashion WWE wrestling for a taping of RAW. .@gkittle46 in the house on #WWERaw!! pic.twitter.com/QqNxTEkkN4 — WWE (@WWE) September […]

Ever since Vince McMahon hung up his suit and had to find a new gym away from Titan Towers, Austin Theory has been without a father figure in the WWE Universe. Granted, Theory has talked himself up without Mr. McMahon by his side, acting like a big, strong boy like he’s Tyler “Freakin’” Bates of […]

A.J. Brown and Jalen Hurts are certified buddies. They’ve been friends since they were high school recruits, have remained close since the former went to Alabama and the latter landed at Mississippi State, and even worked out in the offseason together before Brown cashed paychecks from the Philadelphia Eagles. Though Brown’s relationship with Hurts wasn’t […]

In an announcement that few saw coming but everyone unconsciously needed, Paul “Triple H” Levesque has made a change to Survivor Series, the WWE “Premium Live Event” that features bouts between Superstars on RAW and SmackDown. After years of steadily losing its luster following the increased frequency by which stars cross promotions to compete in […]

Since returning to AEW from his extended absence, MJF has taken up the practice of speaking about himself in the third person. ‘What MJF wants, MJF gets,’ ‘MJF always does what’s best to MJF;’ you know how things thing tends to go. But why? Is Friedman fully embracing the WWE way of doing things before […]

In May of 2022, the Phoenix Suns came up short. Despite their best efforts to leave it all on the court, the up-start Suns, led by a Hall of Fame-bound point guard and a future All-Pro shooting guard, were unable to overcome the unrelenting title machine known colloquially as the Golden State Warriors and watched […]

After suffering through a dumbfounding Week 1 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers bussed their way back to Title Town in the hopes of figuring out what in the sam heck went wrong and how to fix it. Was the team just… bad? Was the Matt LaFleur hype train finally proven to […]

When Seth “Freakin’” Rollins isn’t heel-ing it up as a member of the RAW roster, the WWE superstar is likely watching the Chicago Bears, who are his favorite team in the NFL. Rollins has shouted out the team in the past on multiple occasions and has even been photographed in Bears gear, which is slightly […]

After a Sunday full of interesting outcomes, shocking upsets, and more than a few broken television sets, the final weekend game of Week 2 of the NFL season came down to a rivalry as old as time, or at least as old as 1921: the Green Bay Packers versus the Chicago Bears. Aaron Rodgers would […]

As rumors continue to swell that WWE could bring back even more of their formers stars following the returns of Johnny Gargano, Dakota Kai, Hit Row, Braun Strowman, and many, many others, one performer has consistently ranked number one on the majority of fans’ wish lists: Bray Wyatt. That’s right, despite being linked to seemingly […]

Wardlow is having himself a run in AEW. He’s the current TNT Champion in his first reign, in the middle of a 15-man win streak that includes victories over W. Morrissey, MJF, Scorpio Sky, Orange Cassidy, and Jay Lethal, and has even rekindled his friendship with FTR, who were once his faction-mates in The Pinnacle. […]

After dropping a stunner to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season, the Cincinnati Bengals traveled down to Dallas to hopefully right the ship against a Cowboys team without Dak Prescott, their starting quarterback who suffered a finger injury in Week 1. Surely this would be the game where Cincinnati put […]

After turning in an incredible win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 1, the Pittsburgh Steelers were riding high. National media outlets had to reconfigure their expectations, Pennsylvania fans celebrated a 2-0 weekend of their professional football teams, and folks in Cincinnati cried into their Skyline Chili over a game many expected to win – […]

“Please allow me a few weeks or months to recalibrate myself. This is not goodbye, and we will see each other very soon.” These words, spoken on the mic by Malakai Black after his final scheduled match at Prestige Wrestling versus Kid Bandit on Saturday night per 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧, marked the first time Black had spoken […]

After watching his New Orleans Saints squad drop a stunner to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2, Dennis Allen was understandably asked about what went wrong and who, he felt, was responsible for the all-out brawl that effectively shifted the momentum into Tampa Bay’s direction. Allen blamed the loss on turnovers, lamented his team’s […]

After securing an impressive come-from-behind victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1, the New Orleans Saints traveled to the Sunshine State to go toe-to-toe with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While the Bucs are a very good team, the Saints have had their numbers since they added Brady under center, with a […]

Though it may be Week 3 of the 2022 NCAA season, for schools like UCLA, who are on the quarter system, it’s still technically the summer session, with fall students not officially returning to the Westwood until September 25th. And yet, whenever the Bruins take the drive up to the Rose Bowl for one of […]

Whether working in Houston or Philadelphia, Daryl Morey knows a thing or two about building a team. He assembled numerous very successful Rockets teams, rebuilt the Sixers to an impressive degree even after being hired very late in the game in 2020, and has further fined-tuned Philly’s finest despite having a limited asset pool. So […]

After dropping a shocker to Appalachian State in a game that notoriously cost $1.5 million to book, the Texas A&M Aggies entered Week 3 of the 2022 NCAA season with a lot to prove and a fanbase that could best be described as worried. Sure, the team’s Week 1 win was impressive, as a 31-0 […]

If there’s one person Jey Uso doesn’t like even a little bit, it’s Sami Zayn. He doesn’t like that he keeps trying to hang out with The Usos, likes his buddying up with Roman Reigns even less, and hates with every fiber of his being that the Laval, Quebec, Canada native calls himself The Honorary […]