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After watching Becky Lynch punch her ticket to WrestleMania 40 with a rapid-fire win at the end of the opening match of the Elimination Chamber, the Judgment Day found themselves second on the four-match card, looking to dissolve the New Catch Republic before it reaches its one-month anniversary and head into March with a clear […]

After weeks of anticipation, the WWE Universe finally descended on the city of Perth, Australia, for a very special edition of the Elimination Chamber in front of some 50,000 international fans below the equator. With a very sweet prize on the line, a top-of-the-card match against the Women’s World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 40, even […]

After shooting his shot at Hiroshi Tanahashi in New Year Dash!! and following it up with a tag team match alongside The Chosen Bros tag team partner Jeff Cobb at Battle in the Valley in San Jose, Matt Riddle made his much-anticipated debut at The New Beginning in Sapporo to challenge NJPW company president Hiroshi […]

Though he isn’t technically booked on the Elimination Chamber card, Seth Rollins will be watching the show with a vested interest all the same, as one of the six men in the show’s namesake match, Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, LA Knight, Kevin Owens, or Logan Paul, will ultimately punch their ticket to WrestleMania […]

Hulk Hogan is a multi-talented man. He’s a musician, a motivational speaker, a Beach Shop proprietor, and even a pharmaceutical seller, with his own line of marijuana and mushrooms available in select markets, but to most, his status as one of the defining wrestlers of WWE’s golden era will rise above all others, with spots […]

There was a time when the Grizzled Young Veterans, Zack Gibson and James Drake, looked like they had the potential to become one of the hottest acts in the WWE Universe. A throwback tag team with a recognizable gimmick, a tough style, and the legacy of British wrestling behind them, GYV looked about as can’t-miss […]

Though she has her own match to prepare for at the 2024 Elimination Chamber, with besting the “Irresistible Force,” Nia Jax, no small task for even the most dominant of champions, Rhea Ripley will also be keeping a close eye on the Women’s Elimination Chamber match at the Perth Premium Live Event, as it will […]

Outside of an occasional spot here or there, Nic Nemeth‘s final half-decade as a member of the WWE Universe was largely spent on the back burner. Sure, he defeated Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship, even if that reign only lasted a few weeks, and had a minor program with Austin Theory that didn’t really […]

While Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson isn’t heading to Perth, Australia, for the Elimination Chamber, he didn’t leave fans down under high and dry heading into the second main roster Premium Live Event of 2024 high and dry either, opting to cut a promo preemptively talking trash on Cody Rhodes and his “girlfriend” Seth Rollins ahead […]

When it comes to having massive wins over the biggest and the best performers in AEW history, few have as many as Wardlow, the MJF heater-turned-TNT Champion who now finds himself as the biggest performer in the Undisputed Kingdom alongside Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett, and Matt Taven. And yet, despite his resume, Wardlow […]

When Randy Orton went down with a back injury in the spring of 2022, fans knew it was bad, as he was held out of action for 18 months with a good stretch of that time featuring very little news in the way of positive progression, but few knew the true extend of his discomfort… […]

Despite being the featured performer of the last few weeks within the WWE Universe, dominating headlines and television time whenever he showed up, The Rock will not be heading to the Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia, leaving the show with just four matches and no presence from The Bloodline. … or will he? Speaking with […]

When WWE announced that Survivor Series would be coming to the greater Chicago area for a Thanksgiving weekend Premium Live Event at the end of November, no one pegged the day as the special return day for CM Punk, or even Randy Orton for that matter, either. At the time, Punk was still a member […]

When Tony Khan gave Sting the special gift of having Ric Flair join him for the final act of his professional wrestling career, it always felt like a weird fit to a large chunk of the AEW audience. Sure, Flair and Sting have a ton of history together, working matches together during the formative years […]

After watching the professional wrestling world react very kindly to almost everything in A24’s The Iron Claw, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his Seven Bucks Productions have decided to right the film’s biggest wrong and produce a right proper biopic for “The Nature Boy” himself, Ric Flair. Announcing the production in a special story for […]

After announcing his desire to return to professional wrestling after a three-year hiatus and recording a potential comeback interview with Chris Van Vliet that could be best described as deeply controversial, Patrick Clark, better known to fans as Velveteen Dream, returned to the ring at Dynasty Pro Wrestling in New York, where he defeated Alec […]

In the month since Vince McMahon announced his resignation from TKO following his naming in the Janel Grant lawsuit, there’s been a surprising number of members of the WWE Universe who have spoken out against the former Chairman of the Board. From Seth Rollins to Cody Rhodes, to Seth Rollins, again, and most recently, Randy […]

If there’s one member of the active WWE roster with a clear connection to Vince McMahon, it’s Randy Orton. Now sure, some will point to Roman Reigns being Mr. McMahon’s chosen champion for the better part of a decade, with the “Billion Dollar Booker” giving him chance after chance after chance at the top of […]

After getting into a heated argument over who would challenge Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin next for the NXT Tag Team Championships, Chase U and the duo of Axium and Nathan Frazier were afforded a solution by the youngest GM in WWE, Ava: duke it out on NXT to become the new number one contender. […]

By turning on Trick Williams at the end of his match against Ilja Dragunov at Vengeance Day, Carmelo Hayes instantly transformed himself into the biggest heel on the NXT brand. Now granted, it’s not like Hayes hasn’t been a heel before, as he only turned face after defeating Bron Breakker to become the NXT Champion […]

On February 16th, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made it official, cementing his status not only as a member of The Bloodline but as a certified heel by pretty much eviscerating the fine people of Salt Lake City, Utah in a promo for the ages on SmackDown. Now granted, none of this was particularly surprising, as […]

Tyler Breeze is a WWE free agent… kind of. Though technically under contract with the promotion as part of his involvement with UpUpDownDown, appearing regularly on Xavier Woods’ YouTube show and even bumping across the proverbial screen to The Bump to talk wrestling in person from time to time, Breeze is also allowed to wrestle […]

Though there are still a few weeks left before Becky Lynch’s book, “Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl,” is officially released to the general wrestling-reading public, the excitement surrounding the secrets has already started to grow, with “The Man” cross-promoting her new effort alongside her very real desire to become the next […]

Though she’s technically been a called-up member of the WWE roster since July of 2021, Shotzi has never really left NXT for good, returning to the brand for three straight years to host the Halloween Havoc in the pursuit of Elvira’s all-time record. So naturally, when Shotzi came back to NXT last month for a […]

When Darby Allin decided to put over Cody Rhodes in a promo designed to trash his future AEW Revolution opponents, the Young Bucks, it drew a myriad of different reactions from around the professional wrestling world. Some fans liked the promo, celebrating Allin for being real and giving credit where credit is due, while others, […]

The final RAW before Elimination Chamber was tasked with checking multiple WWE boxes. The final live main roster show before an early morning effort in Perth, Australia, at least by North American timezones, Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company had to juice up the rivalries being presented to some 45,000 fans at the Optus Stadium, […]

As the WWE Universe turned its collective eyes to the big guns of the women’s division on a very female-centric episode of Monday Night RAW, one of the more underrated stories of the night belonged to Zelina Vega, who was once again prevented from moving her career further due to continued interference from the newest […]

Ever since she joined Damian Priest as a member of Edge’s Judgment Day – which, frankly, feels like a decade ago – the WWE Universe has known Rhea Ripley as one thing and one thing alone: a heel. Now granted, the exact flavor of heel Ripley has filled on the menu has changed from time […]

Though he’s officially been out of action for the better part of a month now following a torn triceps at the 2024 Royal Rumble, CM Punk remains a hot topic of conversation heading into the “Road to WrestleMania,” with Drew McIntyre refusing to go a week without trashing the “Second City Saint.” Now granted, some […]

When it comes to main roster dominance, few WWE Superstars have as dominant a resume as Brock Lesnar. A mountain of a man with a borderline unmatched physique, Lesnar has pretty much accomplished everything one can in the world of combat sports, becoming the only man in history to hold the NCAA Heavyweight Champion, the […]

When Rhea Ripley outlasted the field and won the 2023 Royal Rumble, it left fans with one obvious conclusion: Mami was going to main event Night 1 of WrestleMania 39. On paper, the assumption made sense, right? Since WrestleMania expanded to two nights instead of a one-day tour de force, female performers have always had […]

If there’s one word to describe Drew McIntyre‘s current character within the WWE Universe, it’s got to be a hater. A certified bad boy who has cashed in his babyface credentials after a series of frustrating come-up-shorts for a very 2024 take on being a heel, McIntyre has fully taken advantage of all of the […]

There once was a time when CM Punk was absolutely furious to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on the opposite side of the Vs. symbol at the Royal Rumble, cutting a scathing promo to level “The Great One” for not being in his league, all the while knowing full well what Vince McMahon had in […]

When it comes to on-screen storylines within the WWE Universe, few hold the same weight, excitement, and historical significance as the battle between Cody Rhodes – plus Seth Rollins – and The Bloodline, which now officially features the biggest get of them all, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, alongside Roman Reigns. From speculation about how much […]

For a few years there, at the turn of the decade, it’s hard to argue that there was a more popular member of the WWE Universe, at least in the opinion of Vince McMahon, than Matt Riddle. A booker noted for playing favorites, Mr. McMahon would routinely give time to performers that weren’t exactly favorites […]

After slowly working her way into a featured spot on the SmackDown roster, beating Mia Yim in her debut match on the brand, Tiffany Stratton was presented with the next major challenge in her main roster run: qualifying for a spot on her first main roster Premium Live Event, the Elimination Chamber, in Perth, Australia. […]

When Hulk Hogan left the green pastures of WWE behind to become an official member of WCW in 1994, it served as a major inflection point in the professional wrestling industry. Sure, WCW and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions, had stars in the past, with Ric Flair and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat having many of […]

When Johnny Gargano‘s run in NXT came to an end at the culmination of his contract, fans wondered where the leader of The Way would wrestle next. Would he stick around in WWE, returning to the promotion for another run in NXT or a spot on the main roster on RAW or SmackDown? Or would […]

When WWE announced that they were releasing Nic Nemeth, aka the Superstar formerly known as Dolph Ziggler, it came as a major surprise. Now granted, it’s not like Nemeth was being used on television regularly, as he’d only worked nine matches on television in 2023 for WWE, but still, with his 20th anniversary with the […]