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Over the past few months, Ronda Rousey has been on a mission to discuss her true feelings about WWE, much of which are not very good at all, but did you know there were members of WWE who weren’t particularly excited about the “Baddest Woman on the Planet” working in WWE either, and not just […]

Though she’s technically been a member of NXT since 2022, Roxanne Perez is still one of the youngest members of the WWE Universe, with the 22-year-old somehow younger than many of the NIL athletes the promotion has signed up in the 2024 class. And yet, despite her age, Perez is one of the most experienced […]

After forcing fans to wait through the entirety of AEW Dynamite for his big return in front of his hometown fans, Kenny Omega, wearing a suit and jacket instead of wrestling trunks, made his triumphant return to the ring in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, following four full months away from the promotion. But what would he […]

When Carmelo Hayes was drafted in the first round of the 2024 WWE Draft, it felt like a big deal. Sure, Hayes has technically been a member of the main roster for a few months now, returning to NXT for his feud with Trick Williams as a guest with few expecting him to stick around […]

After watching Tony Khan take a microphone blow from Jack Perry and a Tony Khan Driver from the Young Bucks in the Daily’s Place ring on AEW Dynamite the week prior, forcing the CEO to wear a neck brace to all three days of the 2024 NFL Draft, fans around the professional wrestling world tuned […]

After being absent from AEW television for the entirety of 2024 due to a life-threatening diagnosis of diverticulitis, Kenny Omega is officially set to make his Dynamite return in his hometown Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he will address fans officially for the first time since last December. But what will Omega […]

After months and months of speculation about Drew McIntyre‘s future in professional wrestling, with more than a few (premature) Drew Galloway is #AllElite graphics made by overly eager fans, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made things official on his social media accounts, announcing that the “Scottish Warrior” was sticking around in WWE on a new, long-term […]

For the longest time, there was a rumor that The Undertaker and CM Punk did not get along. Why did this rumor come about? Well, considering they haven’t work together for the better part of a decade and only worked one major program around their match at WrestleMania 29 period, any legitimate issues at the […]

In what might be their final appearance on NXT for some time after being drafted onto RAW on Night 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, Karrion Kross and The Final Testament attempted to capture gold on their way out of the promotion, with the Authors of Pain, Akam and Rezar, facing off against the champions, […]

After officially winning the biggest prize in NXT on Week 1 of Spring Breakin’, the NXT Championship, you would think Trick Williams would want to celebrate his big win and make a spectacle of his big moment, right? Yes, and technically, that very much did happen, but first, Trick Willie wanted to give credit where […]

While Tiffany Stratton was technically drafted onto SmackDown in the 2024 WWE Draft, her actual call-up to the main roster actually came much earlier this year, just before the 2024 Royal Rumble, with the 25-year-old grappler from Minnesota leaving NXT shortly after losing her NXT Women’s Championship to Becky Lynch in September of 2023. On […]

When Darby Allin casually let it slip on social media that broke his nose while recovering from a broken foot away from AEW, it caused eyes to roll around the IWC. Now granted, it’s not like doing extreme behavior is anything new for Allin, as a big reason why he’s so popular is because he […]

When Bill Goldberg boldly declared in an appearance on 93.7 The Ticket that he had no plans of joining AEW in the foreseeable future, calling the promotion “cheesy,” it got a few laughs and a few eye rolls from around the professional wrestling world. Sure, Goldberg is still a person of note and still has […]

As WWE assembled a collection of certified legends to help strategize and ultimately call a pick in the 2024 WWE Draft, two-time Hall of Famer and NXT commentator Booker T earned a special assignment all his own on Monday Night RAW, serving as a special draft correspondent alongside Cathy Kelley backstage. Asked for his favorite […]

As the new WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes has been doing a ton of media to promote his spot at the promotion’s top star, especially as he gears up for his first Premium Live Event title defense at Backlash this weekend against AJ Styles. In one such interview, with WWE’s Peter Rosenberg on Cheap Heat, the […]

After making waves and making moves on Night 1 of the 2024 WWE Draft, Paul “Triple H” Levesque and the rest of WWE’s creative department went to work once more on RAW, working through six more rounds of action to reshape the main roster moving forward while taking talents from all three of the promotion’s […]

In a move that shouldn’t have been too surprising, considering how his run with the NXT Championship came to an end at Spring Breakin’ 2024, Ilja Dragunov officially heard his name called on Day 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, joining fellow former NXT standouts Kiana James and Lyra Valkyria on the RAW starting next […]

After coming up just short of the Women’s World Championship on the previous edition of RAW, Liv Morgan had to watch on from the backstage area as Becky Lynch cut her first-ever promo with the Red Brand’s women’s championship, and needless to say, it didn’t rub her the right way, as “The Man” effectively overlooked […]

Though he isn’t technically eligible for the 2024 WWE Draft, as all champions remain with their specific brands save the Women’s Tag Team Champions, Logan Paul still made his way to RAW all the same for the second night of the roster-redefining event, and it was just to name off the second-round of selections alongside […]

When Jack Perry, the Young Bucks, and the rest of the new Elite decided to turn their fire on Tony Khan in one of the most buzz-worthy moments in AEW history, it effectively changed the face of AEW forever. Suddenly, TK’s neck brace was the talk of the NFL Draft, with the CEO using his […]

Well folks, it’s official: Jon Moxley is officially 1-0 as the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Powerhouse Hobbs on AEW Dynamite in his first official defense, and nobody is more upset about this development than Gabe Kidd, the former NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champion and current member of Bullet Club War Dogs. Now […]

When referee Stephon Smith tapped the 1-2-3 on the mat in the main event of Dynasty, AEW officially had a new World Champion in Swerve Strickland… or was it Kofi Kingston, the man R-Truth thought lifted up the belt in the culmination of his life-long dream? Confusing? If anyone else said it yes, yes, it […]

After spending years yucking it up with Otis as a babyface mid-carder under the Alpha Academy banner, Chad Gable has officially turned to the dark side once more, transforming himself into a domineering taskmaster who decided to leave all of the goofiness on the Road to WrestleMania in favor of becoming a straight up killer […]

In the lead-in to WrestleMania 40, it was heavily implied that “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, arguably the most endearingly popular character WWE has ever produced, would assist Cody Rhodes in his pursuit of Roman Reigns’ Undisputed WWE Universal Championship belt. On paper, it made sense, right? His image was shown alongside John Cena on a […]

With AEW Dynasty officially in the rear-view mirror, the former Bellas, Nikki and Brie, decided to discuss the most surprising Pay-Per-View of the year on their The Nicole & Brie Show, including the condition of the latter’s husband, the “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson. While Danielson notoriously sold a neck injury at the end of the […]

With one of the biggest lead-ins in AEW Collision history coming off of the Boston Celtics-Miami Heat NBA Playoff game, “Neck brace” Tony Khan booked his AEW World Champion, Swerve Strickland, to cut his first promo with the belt in the opening segment of the show. Needless to say, it was a doozy. “Man, oh […]

After weeks, nay, months of curious updates regarding Drew McIntyre‘s status in WWE, with the “Scottish Warrior” reportedly working his WrestleMania 40 match without a contract extension on the books, it would appear that CM Punk’s number one hater won’t be going anywhere any time soon, all thanks to… Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? That’s right, […]

While the vast majority of wrestling fans are still in aw over how impressive Will Ospreay’s match was against Bryan Danielson at AEW Dynasty, with Dave Meltzer giving the bout a 6.5-star rating – the second-highest graded match ever on  the Wrestling Observer scale – others remain focused on his comments regarding Paul “Triple H” […]

After being largely relegated to background roles over his final few months in AEW, Matt Hardy rapidly made himself into an incredibly in-demand wrestling free agent due to a potent mixture of social media savvy and decidedly vague comments on his The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast. Would he return to AEW alongside his […]

When The Undertaker started thinking about the final match of his professional wrestling career, there was one man he decided he wanted to wrestle above all others in a trip to the Boneyard: AJ Styles. But why? Styles and Taker had no previous feuds, weren’t secretly connected behind the scenes, and had never even worked […]

After finally breaking the glass ceiling set by The Honky Tonk Man to become the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time, WWE had one last question to answer regarding the “Ring General” Gunther: Who would end his reign with the title? As Cody Rhodes said on the penultimate edition of Smackdown before Backlash, winning a […]

After being advertised to appear on SmackDown locally in the greater Cincinnati area, CM Punk did not ultimately appear on the Blue Brand for Night 1 of the 2024 WWE Draft. With that being said, once the show went off the air, the “Best in the World” did ultimately make an appearance for the fans […]

After officially punching his ticket to Lyon, France for his first-ever WWE Premium Live Event match at Backlash, AJ Styles was finally afforded a chance to size up Cody Rhodes in the opening segment of the penultimate SmackDown before the big event; a moment significant for more reasons than one. Taking the microphone first, Styles […]

Tony Khan has been through a lot over the last few days, from being assaulted by Jack Perry and the Young Bucks on AEW Dynamite, to going viral not once but twice for appearing on the NFL Draft with a neck brace – first during the official broadcast and then for an appearance on the […]

After watching Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles sign their contracts to make a matchup at WWE Backlash in Lyon, France official, Paul “Triple H” Levesque offered his Undisputed WWE Universal Champion a chance to announce two of the first four picks in the WWE Draft, including the very first overall selection. But first, before all […]

When Adam Copeland announced that he was going to officially debut an open challenge to help rack up wins to once again challenge Christian Cage for the TNT Championship, it felt like a perfect way to get a bunch of different opponents in the ring with the “Rated-R Superstar” during his final run around the […]

When news broke that Cameron Grimes was released from WWE, it drew consolary reactions from fans, pundits, and even other wrestlers from around the industry. Widely considered a performer as appreciated for his positive attitude outside of the ring as much as his efforts in it, Grimes was viewed as one of the late era […]

When Tony Khan showed up in the Jacksonville Jaguars war room wearing a neck brace after taking the Tony Khan Driver from the Young Bucks on AEW Dynamite, it generated near-universal praise from fans around the professional wrestling industry. Some applauded the AEW booker for keeping up Kayfabe, maintaining the magic of wrestling in a […]

After Jack Perry and the Young Bucks turned a feel-good segment with Tony Khan into one of the most interesting interactions in AEW history, with the new Elite hitting the AEW CEO with a gut punch and a Tony Khan Driver to lay him out in the middle of the ring – an attack so […]