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Well, AEW‘s Fyter Fest Night 3 is officially in the books, and goodness, what a show it was. Swerve in our Glory was celebrated in a segment that also featured rapper Kevin Gates, Ricky Starks retained his FTW Title against the artist formerly known as Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan (Cole Karter) only to be challenged […]

After weeks of anticipation, ESPY night is here, and the WWE‘s dedicated award, the “WWE Moment of the Year” award, has officially been handed out for the, well, WWE moment of the Year. But who could it be? Was the award headed to the Pat McAfee show? Or how about back to Victoria to the […]

Say what you will about AEW‘s Eddie Kingston, that he’s one of the best talkers in the business, that he has an “unprofessional physique,” or that his angles have a tendency to get a bit too real for anyone’s good, but even his biggest detractors can’t say with a straight face that the “Mad King” […]

After securing a massive win over Cole “Don’t-call-him-Tony-Two-Dimes-Donovan” Karter on AEW’s Fyter Fest, Ricky Starks got greedy. Though his match was somewhat contentious, with Karter getting in a few should-have-been-pins on the “Absolute” one, Starks was drinking a little too much of his Kool-Aid once the ref hit 1-2-3 and demanded a microphone to issue […]

Anytime Brody King and Darby Allin find themselves in the same AEW ring – or a Zumiez in the Pacific Northwest – you know it has the potential to get violent. I mean, we’re talking about a man who defeated Allin not with a Gonzo Bomb but a choke off the side of the ring […]

Welp, that didn’t take long; after officially making his first post-NXT appearance in a wrestling ring as part of the AEW Dark tapings in Orlando, Florida, Cole Karter, aka Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan, has officially been bumped up to the “main roster” to wrestle Ricky Starks on the Week 2 edition of Fyter Fest as […]

For a few years in the early 2010s, there wasn’t a cooler faction in the WWE than The Shield; they wore cool, all-black gear with potentially unnecessary kevlar vests, featured three of the top up-in-coming future main eventers in Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Dean “Eventually Jon Moxley” Ambrose, and after going on a very […]

In case you haven’t heard, Fightful Select is reporting that Kenny Omega’s return to AEW is in the not-too-distant future, with Tony Khan and company already readying their roster for the “Best Bout Machine’s” eventual return. All things considered, this is very good news indeed. Though Omega’s absence has been for the right reasons both […]

No wrestler in AEW history has ever kicked out of the One-Winged Angel; the finisher is considered one of the most protected finishing moves in all of wrestling and has become so ubiquitous that even casual fans know the name of the Kenny Omega move, a name he stole from Final Fantasy 7 villain Sephiroth. […]

No title in either the WWE, or any other promotion really, has changed hands more than the 24/7 Championship. Though it was only christened in 2019 and handed to Titus O’Neal by none other than Mick Foley, the belt has changed handed on 177 different occasions since its inception and has been held by everyone […]

After weeks of anticipation, Logan Paul and The Miz finally had their face-to-face encounter on WWE‘s RAW, and the results were downright… fruity. That’s right, after Paul made it abundantly clear that he wasn’t going to tag with Miz moving forward in the pursuit of the Undisputed Tag Team Championships after the “Awesome One” double-crossed […]

After being rumored to wrestle everyone from A.J. Styles to Chris Jericho, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, and even Ricky Morton – which actually almost happened – Ric Flair‘s final opponents, plural, have officially been announced for his Final Match: Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal. That’s… a choice. Now granted, Flair won’t be alone in his […]

Becky Lynch wants her WWE belt back, and she doesn’t care who knows it. Ever since she lost the RAW Women’s Championship all the way back at WrestleMania 38, Lynch has been devising ways to get in the ring with Bianca Belair with the belt on the line and though it hasn’t always worked out […]

After the “Cena Celebration” live from Laredo, Texas was a responding success, it’s only right that the WWE Universe returns to the idea again to celebrate another one of the promotion’s longest-tenured stars in Rey Mysterio in a celebration of his own, broadcast live from the wrestling mecca, Madison Square Garden on July 25th. NEXT […]

When Randy Orton went down with a potentially career-threatening injury, it prematurely put to bed indefinitely one of the hottest tag teams in the entire WWE Universe, RK-Bro. While Riddle has attempted to keep his head above water and focused on bouts against Roman Reigns on SmackDown, a half dozen of his peers in the […]

As the WWE inches closer and closer to their biggest show of the summer, SummerSlam, matches for their Big Four Premium Live Event are going to be announced with increasing frequency. Angles will be set up on RAW, on SmackDown, and even potentially on NXT 2.0, and the storylines for each will grow increasingly more […]

For much of the afternoon of Monday, July 18th, 2022, WWE fans were abuzz with a rumor that maybe, just maybe, A.J. Styles would be announced as the final opponent of Ric Flair at his end-of-the-month event being advertised as his “Final Match.” Would it actually happen? Would Vince McMahon actually allow one of his […]

Being a professional wrestler, even in a company like AEW with a relatively light workload, isn’t for everyone; the hours are long, the traveling can be a slog, and the constant physical beating can take a toll on even the most physically fit performer. While some performers relish the road-dog lifestyle, sleeping in 15-passenger vans […]

CM Punk‘s status in AEW is one of the biggest questions surrounding the promotion during the summer of 2022. On one hand, his injury wasn’t bad enough to require him to outright relinquish his title. If he suffered a Santana-esque ACL injury that would cost him 8-16 months, then Jon Moxley’s belt would be a […]

Though she hasn’t been a member of the WWE Universe since 2020, Maria Kanellis has consistently received questions from fans of herself, her husband Mike (Kanellis) Bennett, and of Vince McMahon’s company in general ever since due to her endearing popularity in the professional wrestling world. Sure, she’s found plenty of success elsewhere, including her […]

When news broke that the wrestler formerly known in NXT as Harland, Parker Boudreaux, made a surprise appearance at AEW‘s Dark tapings live from Orlando, Florida, it sent minor shockwaves through the independent wrestling world. Infamously known online as some variation of ‘Next Brock Lesnar’ or ‘Brock Lesnar 2.0,’ the supersized former Central Florida/Notre Dame […]

After weeks away from WWE television, including a notable absence from Money in the Bank 2022, Kevin Owens is reportedly heading back to RAW for Monday’s edition of the show broadcast live from the Amalie Arena in sunny Tampa, Florida. Yes, after being notably absent from the June 20th edition of RAW, likely because he […]

Though he hasn’t been a member of the WWE Universe on a full-time basis since he was released from his contract in the spring of 2020, Kurt Angle will forever be linked to the promotion he wrestled from 1998 to 2006. He’s been back in The Fed on multiple occasions, including reportedly being offered a […]

When John Cena isn’t playing the Peacemaker, appearing in commercials, or making his way back to the WWE Universe for events like the Cena Celebration on RAW, he does normal things like you, me, and everyone else. He cooks dinner, watches TV, and when he feels up to it, relentlessly posts memes on his must-follow […]

As you may or may not have noticed, Bayley has been gone from WWE for quite some time, having suffered a torn ACL in the lead-up to Money in the Bank 2021. Though the last name-less superstar has still remained a fixture of the WWE Universe, with the occasional appearance on the company’s television programming […]

11 years ago, AEW World Champion CM Punk defeated John Cena at Money in the Bank to become the WWE Champion. This match, which also featured Vince McMahon threatening to have Cena fired if he didn’t win and Alberto Del Rio almost cashing in his MitB briefcase before eating a roundhouse kick, ushered in the […]

When CM Punk went down with a broken foot that robbed him of another “Summer of Punk,” it felt like a massive blow to the immediate plans and overall landscape of AEW. After three years of largely sticking to the plan, with Tony Khan booking long and healthy title runs for each of his handpicked, […]

In case you haven’t heard, Ric Flair is set to wrestle a match later this month featuring more than a few interesting performers spanning the histories of AEW, NJPW, Impact, and even WWE also on the card. … yup, you read that correctly, we’re talking about the ‘Rolex wearing, diamond ring wearing, kiss stealing, wheeling […]

When news broke that Alan “5” Angels of the Dark Order was leaving AEW after failing to agree to a new contract with Tony Khan and company, it felt like a pretty big deal in the grand scheme of the faction’s future in the promotion. Sure, they lost Stu Grayson to a similar contract dispute […]

2022 hasn’t gone as planned for NXT Superstar Indi Hartwell. She lost her father figure, Johnny Gargano, when he let his contract expire, her mother figure, Candice LeRae, when her contract expired in May and, after getting Kayfabe married to Dexter Lumis in a good old-fashioned wedding segment, she lost him too, as he was […]

If there’s one decision the WWE probably wishes they could do differently over the past few years, at least in the ring, it’s probably having Bill Goldberg defeat “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt at their Super ShowDown show in Saudi Arabia. The Fiend was smoking hot, winning the WWE Universal Championship over Seth Rollins in a Falls […]

When Tony Khan delivered the following quote – as dictated by Wrestling Inc. – on Busted Open Radio about Santana’s much-speculated about injury suffered at Blood and Guts, it put a cloud over a match that many an AEW fan considered a resounding success. “Obviously, it’s a very dangerous match, and going into it, we […]

The Street Profits have been one of the best tag teams in the WWE for a very, very, very long time. Since initially debuting all the way back in 2016, when Montez Ford was then known as Kenneth Crawford, the duo have gone on to wrestle together on 403 occasions in every city imaginable as […]

When WWE signed Parker Boudreaux as part of their 2020 NXT recruiting class, it felt like a really big deal. A collegiate offensive lineman who started his career off at Notre Dame before transferring to Center Florida, the tackle-turned-grappler stood an imposing 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, and had a certain kind of look – muscular and […]

It’s July, which means that 2022 the calendar year is officially half over. The days will start to get shorter, the weather will eventually cool off, and the WWE Universe will prepare for the back half of their slate of Big Four Premium Live Events, with SummerSlam coming later this month and Survivor Series scheduled […]

Jade Cargill came into AEW like a flash flood; she arrived with little warning, changed the landscape of the promotion forever, and the results will resonate for years to come. Initially serving a Silver Surfer-style herald of sorts for the impending arrival of the sporting world’s Galactus, aka Shaquille O’Neal, she stuck around once her […]

When Bret Hart was screwed out of his WWF Championship in front of a packed Montreal crowd at Survivor Series 1997, it shook the wrestling world to its very core. The move shocked the local crowd who loved their home country hero, heated up the feud between the company now known as WWE and the […]

After being released by the WWE in June due to a “policy violation” and then being Kayfabe killed off of NXT television in a move that would make Lucha Underground blush, the man formerly known as Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan is headed back to the independent wrestling scene, where he previously performed as Cole Karter. […]

When Lio Rush arrived in AEW as the joker entrant of the Double or Nothing Casino Battle Royal, it felt special. Rush was incredibly hot due to his time in MLW, GCW, CZW, and Ring of Honor, and even if he’s flirted with retirement in the past, the prospects of adding the “Man of the […]