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Widely expected to breeze through the AFC South on their way to the playoffs, the Jacksonville Jaguars found themselves in an incredibly ugly spot last season, falling short of a shockingly good Houston Texans team and watching their playoff fates come down to Week 18 with everything on the line in a game they ultimately […]

After beginning the 2023 season as one of the most dominant teams in the NFL, the Miami Dolphins vastly underperformed expectations down the stretch and ultimately found themselves bumped from the playoffs in the Wildcard round after, unfortunately, drawing the Kansas City Chiefs right out of the gate. While some of this had to do […]

When Joe Hendry marched out to the ring on NXT for the 25-man battle royal to decide the number one contender for Trick Williams’ NXT Championship, it felt like a very big deal. The promotion gave him microphone time – more than Top Dolla ever received on SmackDown, by his own admission – played his […]

If there’s one thing Daryl Morey doesn’t much care for doing as the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, it’s using his draft picks. Sure, he’ll select a player from time to time to help fill out the roster like Jaden Springer, and has been darn good at identifying talent all over the board and […]

With Forbidden Door right around the corner, members of New Japan Pro Wrestling and CMLL have been making their way over to AEW to get some wins ahead of the massive Pay-Per-View, including a few first-time appearances like that of Bullet Club’s Gabe Kidd, the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion who recorded a win with Roderick […]

While CM Punk is one of the most popular wrestlers on the planet, his appeal is anything but universal, with large and sometimes very vocal corners of the fandom taking shots at the man self-mythologized as the “Best in the World.” Fans of AEW, or at least of The Elite specifically? Yeah, they have a […]

Before the 2023 Houston Texans went on an absolute tear and became the new face of the AFC South, they had to first put in work and make the correct moves in the draft, pulling off an at-the-time controversial trade-up to secure Will Anderson one pick after selecting CJ Stroud second overall. But now, in […]

Ever since Tama Tonga and then Tonga Loa arrived in WWE from New Japan Pro Wrestling to help fortify Solo Sikoa’s new Bloodline, Paul Heyman has been wondering one question and one question alone: when will Roman Reigns return? Granted, Heyman hasn’t been too particular about the situation, as he has continued to work with […]

Though the events of Clash at the Castle have been slightly overshadowed by the main event of Monday Night RAW, when Chad Gable was “massacred” by a returning Uncle Howdy and his faction, the Wyatt Sick6, apparently no one told that to CM Punk, as he ran down to the ring for a rare SmackDown […]

After being a team famous for targeting as many big-name star players as possible, with Jalen Ramsey, Odell Beckham Jr., and Leonard Floyd all playing notable, visible roles on the team during their Super Bowl season, the Los Angeles Rams are attempting to build a new core on the fly, giving young players a chance […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have one of the most stacked rosters in the NFL. While they may have lost multiple key players over the last year to retirement and free agency, the team is still stacked with top-5 performers at their respective positions all over the roster, with the offense specifically loaded with stars like Lane […]

For the first time since 2010, the Seattle Seahawks will begin the NFL season without Pete Carroll holding the clipboard on the sidelines, with former Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald set to fill his shoes as the team’s new head coach. Will it work? Will Macdonald’s creative defensive scheme make Seattle the most feared […]

After finally ridding himself of his Chad Gable problem, at least for now, at Clash at the Castle, besting the leader of Alpha Academy in yet another battle for the Intercontinental Championship, Sami Zayn returned to RAW a victor. Sure, he would eventually have another challenger, and this new foe may be bigger and badder […]

In 2023, the Indianapolis Colts found themselves the unlikely team that finished out the season with a winning record despite losing their starting quarterback for all but four games. Now granted, the Colts did have one of the better backup quarterbacks in the game in Gardner Minshew, who rookie head coach Shane Steichen knew very […]

After two decades of incredible success borderline unparalleled in the NFL, the New England Patriots officially said goodbye to Bill Belichick. He is one of the winningest men in football history and the coach who nearly singlehandedly ruined football for an entire generation of New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, and Buffalo Bills fans. With an […]

After the biggest debut in the WWE Universe in a very, very, very long time, with Uncle Howdy and the Wyatt Sick6 running roughshod on producers, talent, and Chad Gable in Gorilla position after the show, fans, pundits, and legends alike celebrated the encounter, all the while paying tribute to the man who made it […]

When George Kittle hopped the rails at WrestleMania 39 to answer one of The Miz’s many open challenges as the host of the “Showcase of the Immortals,” it was a surreal moment for the 70,000+ plus WWE fans packed into SoFi Stadium. Now sure, SoFi is unquestionably the Rams’ house, as they have fans chant […]

How good of a team were the Arizona Cardinals on paper last year? Sure, fans know what their final record ended up being, as they were only able to secure four wins over the 17-game season, but that doesn’t tell the full story, as they were without Kyler Murray for half of the season, and […]

After spending years and years with Roman Reigns on top, WWE finally pulled the trigger to make Cody Rhodes the new WWE Champion, giving a top belt to a certified babyface for the first time since what, Big E in 2022, but just making the decision doesn’t define a title reign but instead, its totality. […]

After watching the Brandon Staley regime go from interesting to promising to downright disastrous, with the team failing to mesh with the head coach so much that during his third season at the helm, the defensive specialist was released mid-season in favor of Giff Smith getting a crack with the clipboard, the Los Angeles Chargers […]

Chad Gable did not have a very good day on Monday Night. First, he lost his match to Braun Strowman trying to get back on top of the RAW rankings in the pursuit of the Intercontinental Championship, falling short of expectations against a supersized foe with a 6-0 record in 2024. Then, Gable took an […]

After spending years loading up on veteran talents in the hopes of getting over the hump – read: the Kansas City Chiefs – to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl, the Buffalo Bills had to say goodbye to a number of fan favorites and long-time starters in order to get under the cap and […]

Say his name, and he appears. After spending weeks as one of the most viral performers in the entirety of professional wrestling, Joe Hendry, who is currently under contract with TNA, made his shocking debut in NXT, answering Cody Rhodes’ call the week before to take part in a Battle Royal match to become the […]

In 2023, the Los Angeles Rams were one of the most surprising teams in the NFL, pushing for a playoff spot in the NFC West in what was expected to be a down year and finding an all-time great Day 3 steal in Puka Nacua out of BYU, a wide receiver that came into camp […]

After spending 2023 with one of the more veteran starting lineups in the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles will once again return to the NovaCare Center this summer with a roster loaded up with experienced talents across the board, from free agent additions like Saquon Barkley and Bryce Huff to in-house risers like Jordan Davis and […]

There’s a moment in the documentary Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal where Taylor Rotunda, better known to fans of WWE as Bo Dallas and Uncle Howdy, declared, “Now it’s up to us to give him something he deserves that will let him live on forever. We owe him something big, something to truly honor his legacy,” […]

The Atlanta Falcons had one of the most unusual seasons of any team in the NFL last year, with former third-round pick Desmond Ridder struggling mightly at times and ultimately dragging down a team with seriously high expectations to a 7-10 record, which was good enough to finish third in the NFC South but not […]

After taking a ridiculous loss at Clash at the Castle due to a brutal mix of outside interference, back luck, and the ill intentions of CM Punk, going so far as to put hands on the match’s referee and announcer, Corey Graves, once the cameras stopped rolling in his college town of Glasgow, Scotland, Drew […]

After missing most of April, all of May, and the first two RAWs of June, Seth Rollins triumphantly returned to WWE television on the fallout episode of the Red Brand following a very consequential Clash at the Castle. The “Visionary” had a lot to talk about with his adoring audience, from his recovery process to […]

When news broke that Becky Lynch was officially set to become a free agent following WWE’s inability to secure her to a new, long-term contract extension, it left fans around the IWC with one question and one question alone: would “The Man” sign with AEW? On paper, the decision would make all the sense in […]

After shocking the football world by becoming a playoff team in what was widely expected to be a rebuilding season, what with many of the team’s Super Bowl stars being replaced by mid-round contributors on rookie-scale contracts, the Los Angeles Rams have become one of the more interesting teams in the NFL, with many penciling […]

After becoming one of the hottest tickets on the planet during the Attitude Era, WWE made a conscious effort almost 20 years ago to smooth off the edges and produce a more family-friendly product, with the promotion’s show officially earning a PG rating in 2008, much to the chagrin of some long-term fans. And yet, […]

When Chad Gable broke the news on Gorilla Position just before the start of Clash at the Castle that he’d re-signed with WWE ahead of his contract expiring, it added a sense of excitement to the Glasgow-based Premium Live Event. Would Gable defeat Sami Zayn and become the new Intercontinental Champion, adding a new title […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque finally made his way to the Clash at the Castle post-show press conference following comments from the Unholy Union, CM Punk, and Damian Priest, it felt like only a matter of time before the WWE CCO addressed the elephant in the room: did Drew McIntyre get screwed by the “Best […]

When CM Punk, wearing a referee’s shirt, ran out to the ring to cost Drew McIntyre the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, it added even more fire to the most dramatic beef of 2024 this side of Kendrick Lamar and Drake. After laying out the champion clean in the ring, McIntyre waited what felt like an […]

All WWE had to do to have a successful Clash at the Castle was execute one simple booking decision: Drew McIntyre wins the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. That’s it; sure, the other matches on the card mattered too, and the decision to give the Unholy Union the tag team straps would have been debated about […]

Heading into Clash at the Castle, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill felt like the second-most protected champions on the Glasgow-based card, coming in behind Cody Rhodes but a close second due to the seemingly unbeatable nature of their tag team. On paper, it made sense, right? Sure, the duo had to defend their titles in […]

After taking care of business against AJ Styles at King and Queen of the Ring last month in Saudi Arabia, Cody Rhodes took the ring in Glasgow, Scotland, for the opening match of Clash at the Castle with a very different goal in mind: fear. That’s right, unlike, well, basically any other match type WWE […]

With Clash at the Castle rapidly approaching, Drew McIntyre has a chance to finally secure a WWE world championship, this time the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, in front of fans, a fate robbed from him during his first two reigns with the WWE Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the best part? He gets […]