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Pat McAfee has been a breath of fresh air since initially stepping his toe into the WWE Universe back in 2018. From his memorable run as a pre-show commentator for NXT TakeOvers, to his feud with Adam Cole that saw the ex-Indianapolis Colts punter take the ring for a surprisingly good match at WWE NXT […]

Goodness, another week, another big-time in-ring squash by Kevin Owens as he looks to recapture his place at the WWE’s top “Prize Fighter.” It all started out well enough, when Austin Theory, with his first name officially back and his jaw still jacked from taking a fist to the face from Tyson Fury, took the […]

After finally, officially turning his back on his father Rey and Edge at Clash at the Castle, Dominik Mysterio has made his intentions clear on the fallout episode of RAW: Dom has officially thrown his hat in with Judgement Day to fully come into his own in the WWE Universe freed from his father’s long, […]

After 296 days, Kenny Omega has recaptured a championship belt in AEW, becoming the inaugural World Trios Champion alongside the Young Bucks, Nick and Matt Jackson. Over that tenure, another new belt, the AEW All-Atlantic Championship, was christened, two more belts, the World Championship and the AEW Women’s Championship, had interim editions minted, and every […]

WWE fans, I hope you weren’t eagerly counting down the days until Control Your Narrative comes to a town near you, as you might just be having your ticket refunded in the not-too-distant future. Why? Well, because after watching Karrion Kross jump ship from CYN to WWE to become an ever-present thorn in the side […]

AEW’s All Out had a ton of interesting action and a slew of big-time bouts to keep the 10,000-plus fans in attendance plus the hundreds of thousands more watching from home entertained. There were title changes – though not the one many an Acclaimed fan wanted to see – titles christened, and more than a […]

While Finn Balor and his Judgement Day brothers – and sister – in arms lost the battle at WWE’s Clash at the Castle in their tag team bout versus Edge and Rey Mysterio, the team ultimately won the war, as Dominik Mysterio, “Mr. 619’s” son, officially turned on his father and delivered a stiff close […]

After taking a face full of black mist from Sting at the end of the penultimate match of AEW’s All Out, Malakai Black was pinned cleanly in the corner of the ring by Darby Allen following his signature Coffin Drop. On paper, this wasn’t a particularly unusual way to end the match. Sure, it would […]

Welp, there you go; after months of anticipation and a weird swerve where Jon Moxley secured the rights to call himself the World Champion for a little less than two weeks, CM Punk has officially been afforded an opportunity to hold AEW’s top strap above his head in the middle of the ring while thousands […]

Malakai Black and AEW reportedly have issues. Rumor has it the proprietor of the House of Black has asked for his release for a litany of reasons, including for how he’s been booked, and after almost having to retire due to a long-standing back injury, the prospects of Black’s time in AEW potentially coming to […]

And just when AEW fans thought masked men couldn’t ruin the integrity of another match, they were met with the interesting development of Luchasaurus, the typical friend of the newly re-minted “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry, turning on the second-generation entertainer and absolutely demolishing him before the bell even rang. It all started normally enough, with […]

Sometimes, a booker gets it wrong. They decide Brock Lesnar should break The Undertaker’s streak, that John Cena should beat Wade Barrett and the Nexus, and that Shawn Michaels should defeat Bret Hart with a sharpshooter even if the “Best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be” didn’t actually […]

When discussing the best modern champions in professional wrestling, a few teams routinely come to mind. There’s the Young Bucks and FTR of AEW, The Usos of WWE, and even the Briscoe Brothers, who have wrestled for Impact and GCW in addition to their prolific run in Ring of Honor But one team who doesn’t […]

AEW spent months building up Athena as the perfect person to defeat Jade Cargill and secure the TBS Championship. They did it all; they gave her a babyface faction that all got injured, they played up her prowess in the ring with an impressive string of wins against Cargill’s Baddies, and had the reigning TBS […]

The Casino Ladder Match is a time tradition in AEW that affords its winner a chance to challenge for a championship in exchange for the oversized poker chip hung from atop the middle of the ring. A sort of Money in the Bank without the intrigue of a whenever cashing, so far, no performer in […]

Anytime Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and “Hangman” Adam Page wrestle in an AEW ring together, you just know it’s going to be a five-star affair at minimum. The quartet have wrestled together and against each other in some of the most consequential matches in AEW history, from their match for the AEW tag team […]

After exclusively defending his All-Atlantic Championship abroad, PAC finally earned an opportunity to defend his strap in an AEW ring, taking on the long-absent Kip Sabian during All Out Zero Hour. The results, unfortunately for Sabian, went about as people expected. Though Sabian gave it his all, wrestling against his fellow countryman in a spirited […]

Kip Sabian hasn’t been in an AEW ring in over 500 days. Granted, he’s been to countless Dynamites, Rampages, and even down to Orlando for Dark tapings with a suit on his back and a box on his head, but ever since he was taken out of action by Miro after the duo lost Arcade […]

After watching Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo secure a win for the Lucha Libre AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion despite being run over by an ATV and getting hit by a trashcan, AEW fans waited eagerly to see Hook, “The Cold Hearted Handsome Devil” make quick work over the less magical half of 2point0, […]

Tyler Bate is a darn good wrestler. During his time in NXT UK, he wrestled some of the best performers the world has to offer, from Pete “Butch” Dunn to Walter/Gunther, and through it all, held the brand up as one of the pillars of English wrestling. He worked his butt off during the salad […]

Worlds Collide is meant to be a showcase of the best of the best the NXT and NXT UK brands have to offer. A sort of Survivor Series for the developmental brands, Shawn Michael, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and company put together a five-match card that was not only meant to unify a few titles […]

Mandy Rose has almost been the NXT Women’s Champion for a year. She’s held the belt for longer than everyone but Asuka and Shayna Baszler, has defended the strap on seven occasions, and has beaten basically every top talent the promotion has to offer. And yet, Rose desperately wants to return to either RAW or […]

When the NXT duo of Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett announced on commentary that Roderick Strong was in the hospital after being attacked in the parking lot of WWE’s Performance Center, it could have only meant one of two things. Either A, Strong was going to magically emerge from the back to either help his […]

After initially being held off of the Worlds Collide card, NXT’s North American Champion, Carmelo Hayes, took it personally. He logged onto social media to air out his grievances, made a video to stake his claim, and ultimately made his way to the ring at the end of NXT’s go-home show to shoot his shot […]

After months of anticipation, AEW’s All Out is officially here; soon, fans will find out who will become the inaugural AEW World Trios Championship, who will become the interim AEW Women’s Championship, and who will leave Chicago with the ultimate prize, the World Heavyweight Championship. There will be up and down, triumph and tragedy, and, […]

After months of anticipation, the wait is finally over: AEW’s All Out is officially here, and the fans both at home and assembled in Chicago are in for an all-timer. The show has already eclipsed a $1 million gate, marking the third-straight AEW Pay-Per-View to accomplish the feat, according to Tony Khan, and with 11 […]

After watching the WWE Universe Clash at the Castle in a rare UK Stadium show that saw no titles change, no major debuts minus save the return of Giovanni Vinci to Imperium and the elevation of Solo Sikoa from NXT to presumably SmackDown, and a whole lot of Tyson Fury singing karaoke with 60,000 of […]

WWE’s Clash at the Castle was a tight show. Kicking off at 1 pm ET and running until right around 4, the show had six matches and zero title changes but still felt like a worthy use of an afternoon, especially for Comcast subscribers who get Peacock for free. Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY […]

When it was announced on commentary that neither Paul Heyman, Jimmy Uso, or Jey Uso was in attendance at WWE’s Clash at the Castle, it felt like maybe, just maybe, Drew McIntyre would have a “fair” fight for the Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship. The match would be mano a mano, the bout would truly […]

When Drew McIntyre took the ring in Cardiff, Wales, for a bout with Roman Reigns for a match at WWE’s Clash at the Castle, the odds were always stacked against him, Sure, McIntyre had 60,000 fans cheering him on, hoping for nothing more than to see the hometown kid come away from the first UK […]

Deep in the thralls of an absolute slugfest between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre that felt like it might go on forever, who would appear to shake up the match but Austin Theory, the current holder of the WWE Money in the Bank briefcase and the contract it holds? Oh no, was Theory seriously going […]

Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle really don’t like each other. Since entering into a feud following Cody Rhodes’ brutal victory over the man formerly known as the “Monday Night Messiah” at Hell in a Cell, Rollins has had it out for Riddle, and their interactions have only grown more and more contentious with each passing […]

Heading into WWE’s Clash at the Castle, the ream of Edge and Rey Mysterio had almost nothing to lose. There were no championship belts on the line, the match was expected to have little effect on either performer’s legacy, and both will forever find themselves enshrined in the Hall of Fame regardless of how they […]

After being bullied up on by the heelish Shayna Baszler the for the better part of a month, Liv Morgan came into WWE’s Clash at the Castle with everything to lose and nothing but legacy points to gain. Facing off against a submission specialist who continued the work Ronda Rousey started at SummerSlam on her […]

Gunther is an imposing force in the WWE Universe. Since slimming down considerably from his days in NXT UK and cashing out his given first name, Walter, for a more menacing – and WWE copyright friends – moniker, the “Ring General” has been on a tear, winning the Intercontinental Championship from Ricochet on a June […]

When the trio of Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY debuted as a trio at SummerSlam, it felt like an inflection point in the WWE women’s division. Sure, none of these performers were necessarily new to the WWE Universe, as Bayley is a member of the Four Horsewomen, and both Kai and SKY had prolific […]

Fresh off the heels of one of the most exciting SummerSlams in recent memory, WWE is set to run its next “Premium Live Event” in Cardiff, Wales, where the stars of RAW and SmackDown will wrestle at Clash at the Castle. Fans will finally be afforded a chance to see the trio of Dakota Kai, […]

As you may or may not have noticed, Paul Heyman has been curiously absent from WWE television since he suffered a slam from Brock Lesnar at when things broke down outside the ring during the main event of SummerSlam. Granted, he has made a few verbal cameos, including an off-camera promo at the start of […]

The Acclaimed are heading towards arguably the biggest match of their collective career in AEW at All Out, when they’ll be taking the ring against Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland in Swerve in out Glory for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. While the duo have challenged for the belts in the past – on […]