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In the decades and decades that Paul Heyman has been in the wrestling business, he’s elevated some of the biggest stars in professional wrestling to incredible heights, with his influence so ubiquitous and undeniable that performers have literally been identified as “Paul Heyman Guys” due to his impact on their careers. But would Heyman, who […]

When Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is on WWE television, it’s safe to say he’s going to take up more time than he was allotted. From his opening promo segments on SmackDown that caused performers like Naomi to have to work their matches without their entrances, to his closing segment shortly thereafter, where the show clearly […]

As Becky Lynch hits the proverbial road to do media for her new book “The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl,” she finds herself in a bit of a back-and-forth brawl for the attention of the general wrestling fan book buyers, as Ronda Rousey, one of the other women who can boast they main evented […]

Though it’s hard to remember now, as she’s since become one of the most dominant in-ring performers in professional wrestling today, when Rhea Ripley came up to the main roster, she wasn’t the strongest promo on the roster, with WWE pairing her off with Liv Morgan and Nikki ASH to help ease her journey along […]

When Nick Aldis wrestled Cody Rhodes at All In in 2018, the professional wrestling industry was in a very different place. For one thing, there was no AEW, with the company coming into existence in large part because of the Chicago-based show, and at the time, Aldis and Rhodes were feuding over the NWA World […]

In the lead-up to Cody Rhodes’ WrestleMania 40 Night 2 main event match against Roman Reigns, it seems like a quarter of WWE’s main roster, from the The Bloodline, to The Rock, Seth Rollins, Jey Uso, and even Drew McIntyre, have found a way to enter the feud, even if some, like the “Scottish Warrior,” […]

When Mustafa Ali was released from WWE last September, it genuinely took the professional wrestling world by surprise. Now granted, it wasn’t surprising that Ali’s name was on the promotion’s hit list, as he’d been used sporadically since his time in Retribution and wasn’t even particularly successful in that faction, but the timing of the […]

When LA Knight began to heat up in the WWE Universe at the end of 2022 and especially in the first quarter of 2023, it seemed to genuinely catch the promotion’s creative team by surprise. Sure, he had a match with Bray Wyatt at the 2023 Royal Rumble, which was a much bigger match for […]

After over a decade in the WWE Universe and two decades in professional wrestling as a whole, it’s only natural that any performer, even one as dominant as Becky Lynch, has begun thinking about what comes next after her in-ring career comes to an end. Now granted, with a match at WrestleMania 40 against Rhea […]

When news broke that Windam Rotunda, known to the WWE Universe as Bray Wyatt, had passed away at the age of 36, it felt like only a matter of time before he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Though his run in the promotion was cut short before he could really let fans […]

Though his character largely stands on its own as one of the best in professional wrestling history, The Undertaker knows a thing or two about working with a top-tier manager, as his work alongside Paul Bearer, aka the dearly departed Percy Pringle, truly produced some of the highlights of his careers. From their early run […]

When WWE decided to have Candice LeRae talk some serious trash in the face of Maxxine Dupri during a tag team match on RAW, saying she didn’t belong and referencing her dead brother, it legitimized the criticism the latter had received online and from fans at house shows for not being a main roster wrestling […]

Rhea Ripley has been a professional wrestler for a decade. Since officially making her debut for RCW in South Australia, Australia, back in 2013, Ripley has become champion five times over in the WWE Universe, winning the NXT UK Women’s Championship, the NXT Women’s Championship, the Women’s Tag Team Championships with Nikki ASH and both […]

After spending years in an unusual heel character that bypasses her signature nickname, her usual presentation, and her fan-favorite babyface ways for a leaner, meaner, more angular heel character, “The Man” Becky Lynch is officially back in the WWE Universe, and that decision in large part belongs to Paul “Triple H” Levesque, the current CCO […]

When it comes to professional wrestlers in 2024, there’s Will Ospreay, and there’s everybody else. A dynamic athlete who can do darn-near anything he comes up with with the splash, flash, and physical drama of a young Kenny Omega, Ospreay has quickly established himself as the most prolific wrestler in the history of the Dave […]

If you had to describe Drew McIntyre‘s current WWE character in one word, it would probably be a hater. From siding with the Judgment Day to beating up on Seth Rollins at Survivor Series to his all-time great social media slander of CM Punk ahead of WrestleMania 40, McIntyre went from a sword-wielding white knight […]

When Booker T broke the news on his Hall of Fame podcast that Sami Zayn was disappointed by the response he received to his match with Chad Gable on RAW, it came as a bit of a surprise. Sure, the conditions by which the reporting happened were totally cool, as Booker and Zayn ended up […]

When it comes to female empowerment within the WWE Universe, Becky Lynch is practically the poster girl. From helping to lead the women’s evolution as one of the four horsewomen, to headlining WrestleMania, and quite literally being “The Man” in the company as its most popular act for a wonderful period of time last decade, […]

After coming out to the defense of his friend Jey Uso, during the main event of RAW, Cody Rhodes found himself in a one-on-one battle for the ages against the “Final Boss” of WWE, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “The People’s Champion” who threatened the “American Nightmare” during his promo during the opening segment of the […]

After watching CM Punk and Drew McIntyre get into it on a massive, expansive, genuinely exciting promo segment that felt like it could devolve into a shoot at any moment on RAW, Seth Rollins marched down to the ring, Seth Rollins emerged from the back on RAW t0 provide a calming presence between two of […]

After being off WWE television for the past few weeks rehabbing a torn triceps, CM Punk made the rare return to RAW in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, to unload all his firepower on Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, and pretty much everyone else who has wronged him since he returned to the business. Standing in […]

With two weeks left before WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes has been thinking long and hard about what he can say to his fans and foes alike ahead of the biggest match of his professional wrestling career. He’s attempted to be vulnerable, he’s put on a tough, TV-14 face, and even enlisted some friends to help […]

When it comes to true blue wrestling gimmicks, The Undertaker is in a class of his own. A spooky concept, a funeral undertaker turned living “Deadman” who haunted performers across multiple angles over parts of four decades – including his time as the “American Bada**,” which was scary for a different reason  – Taker has […]

After making his massive main roster return/debut in August of 2022 and reforming his DIY tag team with Tommaso Ciampa the following year, Johnny Gargano is a little over a week away from another first at WrestleMania 40, where he will make his debut at the “Showcase of the Immortals” alongside his long-time NXT frenemy. […]

Liv Morgan has been a member of the WWE Universe since 2014, when she joined the promotion as a member of NXT after splitting her time training at Joe DeFranco’s gym in New Jersey and as a model/server at Hooters. Over her main roster run, Morgan’s been a member of a very popular faction, The […]

When Mandy Rose was effectively fired from WWE for her extracurricular activities on FanTime, it legitimately shocked fans across the IWC. Deep in the midst of a very dominant run at the top of the NXT card both as the Woman’s Champion and as the leader of Toxic Arreaction with Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin, […]

When news broke that Paul Heyman was going to be heading into the WWE Hall of Fame despite still serving as the “Wise Man” and special counsel to Roman Reigns, it felt like a big deal. With decades upon decades of unique experiences in professional wrestling across multiple promotions, Heyman has consistently found ways to […]

Cody Rhodes is a babyface. Sure, he’s worked heel every now and then, most notably during his Dashing/Undashing Cody Rhodes era and when he was painted up as Stardust, but ever since he ditched his Bullet Club gear for the red, white, and blue of the “American Nightmare” we know now, Rhodes has committed himself […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, no one, not “Hangman” Adam Page, not Tony Khan, not Seth Rollins, not even “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry, hates CM Punk more than the “Scottish Warrior” Drew McIntyre. Now why does McIntyre hate Punk so viciously? I think it’s best described as committing to a bit, as he doesn’t […]

When news broke that WWE wrestler Shayna Baszler was going to make her debut at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport on WrestleMania weekend, working a match against TNA’s Marisha Slamovich on a show promoted by GCW, it felt like a massive deal. Suddenly, the most forbidden of doors had opened in an incredible way, but as incredible […]

Though he hasn’t been seen on AEW television since the now-infamous match between Sammy Guevara versus Jeff Hardy, where the former member of the Inner Circle was suspended for hitting a GTH on the “Charismatic Enigma” despite being soft-diagnosed with a concussion, Matt Hardy was still in the news this past week for making a […]

Before CM Punk was debuting at Survivor Series, feuding with Seth Rollins, and getting placed on the shelf by Drew McIntyre at the Royal Rumble, the “Best in the World” was a member of AEW, where he was feuding with Samoa Joe as the focal point of Collision. And who, you may ask, was the […]

In years past, the winners of the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble – which, in 2024, were Cody Rhodes and Bayley – were afforded one of the grandest prizes in professional wrestling: a headlining spot at WrestleMania. Sure, technically, there were always debates between fans over which matches should headline which night, or if another […]

After going back and forth over who can more trust their tag team partner at WrestleMania 40 in the main event of SmackDown, Roman Reigns decided to reveal to Cody Rhodes why he isn’t particularly concerned about retaining his belt on Night 2 against the “American Nightmare,” as in his eyes, they are clearly on […]

After patiently waiting his turn for the main event of SmackDown, Roman Reigns took the ring across from Cody Rhodes to address the “American Nightmare” ahead of their much-anticipated rematch at WrestleMania 40. Now sure, sometimes there can be genuine developments in these segments, as who would have expected The Rock to work a tag […]

If you read, listened to, or watch any Bret Hart interview he’s given over the last twenty or so years, you will see “The Hitman” take one more maybe more shots at Bill Goldberg, the former WCW standout who ended Hart’s career back at Starcade in 1999 with a thrust kick in the head that […]

In the lead-up to Mercedes Mone‘s not-so-surprise debut at AEW Big Business in “Bo$$ton,” the biggest story of the afternoon wasn’t the former Sasha Banks commenting on her potential return to WWE at some point in the future, but instead the presence of Bayley, Tamina, and Trinity Fatu, a trio of Superstars who made their […]

When Roman Reigns returned to WWE in August of 2020, the promotion, and the entire world for that matter, was in a very different place. For one thing, there weren’t any fans allowed in the building for RAW, SmackDown, or PLEs, and there wouldn’t be any for some time due to COVID-19. Then there was […]

If things go Drew McIntyre‘s way at WrestleMania 40, he will finish out his match against Seth Rollins with his arm lifted high and the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist, but even if that happens, the “Scottish Warrior” won’t be fully out of the woods, as Damian Priest will surely be waiting in the […]