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When Randy Orton and Kevin Owens walked out to the ring at Backlash, the crowd in Lyon, France, met the “Viper” with a hero’s welcome, singing the words to his theme song and leaving a genuine smile on both men’s faces. Discussing how special this moment was for both men on The Bump, the “Prizefighter” […]

As Kenny Omega gears up for diverticulitis surgery, the “Best Bout Machine” decided to give fans one final Twitch stream to celebrate the occasion, and was willing to answer the questions his fans sent along in the chat on all things professional wrestling, from his favorite AEW matches, to Will Ospreay, and even Paul “Triple […]

When news broke that Gable Steveson was released from WWE a few months removed from his final match on an NXT live show, it got folks around the professional wrestling space talking about what went wrong for the former Olympic gold medalist, including Booker T, the man who called his efforts in Orlando. Did Booker […]

When Paul Bearer passed away in the spring of 2013, it forever changed the presentation of The Undertaker. Now granted, it’s not like Bearer and the “Deadman” were inseparable, as the Undertaker had multiple angles without his legendary manager within the WWE Universe, but when most fans think of the WrestleMania stalwart, they imagine the […]

When Becky Lynch marched out to break up a fight between Sami Zayn and Johnny Knoxville at the former’s Netflix is a Joke Fest comedy show, it garnered a massive pop from the sold-out crowd in Hollywood, California. With nothing announced for the show other than appearances from “Sami Zayn & His Friends,” the arrival […]

Watching Sami Zayn do comedy is like Michael Jordan playing baseball in the 1990s… at least according to Sami Zayn, the “Underdog From the Undergroud” who told the joke not once, not twice, but roughly four times in the 20 minute stand up routine that opened up his first-ever comedy show live at the Avalon […]

When Adam Copeland “stole” Lita from Matt Hardy back during their glory days of WWE, it created one of the great work/shoot feuds of the last decade, with the latter getting fired in no small part because of the dispute and the duo ultimately duking it out in a steel cage match and later a […]

Randy Orton has been a busy, busy man since returning to WWE last November. He’s challenged for championship belts twice, wrestled at five-straight Premium Live Events, re-started his feud with The Bloodline from pretty much the moment he was handed a microphone on his first night back on SmackDown, boldly announcing to the world that […]

When “Speedball” Mike Bailey let it be known in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he was in a contract year with TNA Wrestling, fans around the world imagined a world where the French Canadian Moonsault specialist would eventually join Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Kazuchika Okada as a cruiserweight specialist in AEW. On […]

When Matt Hardy started sharing WWE’s recent QR code-ladened video segments that led to hints at the return of Uncle Howdy, Bray Wyatt’s final creation before passing away last summer, fans assumed it could only lead to one one thing: “Broken” Matt returning to WWE. On paper, it made sense, right? Hardy and Wyatt had […]

It has been roughly a year since Jey Uso turned his back on Roman Reigns and The Bloodline in order to go it alone as a solo “Main Event” Superstars, and thus far, the results have been largely positive. Sure, he hasn’t won a singles title, with the middle son of Rikishi only finding success […]

After dominating NXT as one of the true pillars of the post-Black and Gold era, Carmelo Hayes has officially taken his talents to SmackDown as one of the promotion’s first-round picks in the 2024 WWE Draft. For Hayes, this has been a long time coming, as the former indie standout has won the North American […]

As New Japan Pro Wrestling gears up for a massive show in Ontario, California, Resurgence, the promotion decided to send out one of its most, um, loud charismatic talkers, Gabe Kidd, on the promotional tour to get a few more eyes on the product and a few more butts in the seats of the Toyota […]

After months and months of questions surrounding his eventual return to the AEW ring, Kenny Omega has finally updated fans on the progress of his diverticulitis and how he plans to correct the illness moving forward. Good news: Omega is getting surgery. Bad news: he might be out of action for a while. “I did […]

After watching RAW run through the opening round of the Queen and King of the Ring tournaments, Randy Orton stopped by the backstage area of SmackDown to talk about his forthcoming match with AJ Styles in the opening round of the tournament, with both men looking to rehabilitate their pushes after taking losses in Lyon, […]

When Nick Aldis announced that Cody Rhodes would land a new challenger for King and Queen of the Ring, few fans expected to see Logan Paul walk down the ramp, entering the ring with his United States Championship belt in hand. Was Paul, the mid-card belt holder on SmackDown, really going to do a title-versus-title […]

When Adam Copeland returned to WWE in 2020, it felt like a massive deal. After almost a decade away from the squared circle, the “Rated-R” Superstar was back, and even if his massive comeback was almost immediately halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, he still produced very good work as a babyface hero, a member of […]

When news broke that WWE wasn’t renewing the contract of Jerry Lawler, the long-time broadcasting partner of Jim Ross during the Attitude Era, it hit more than a few fans right in their feelings. Now sure, “The King” hasn’t called a match for WWE since 2020 and suffered a stroke last year that left him […]

After a creative behind-the-scenes battle engulfed WWE from SummerSlam 2022 through January of 2024, Paul “Triple H” Levesque has finally and fully taken over as the promotion’s CCO, with WrestleMania 40 officially ushering in the Triple H era of WWE, and no one is more excited about this development that Kofi Kingston, the former WWE […]

While stranded at an airport on the way to the Canelo Alvarez vs. Jaime Munguia fight in Las Vegas, Booker T decided to use his Hall of Fame podcast to discuss one of the grandest feuds in all of professional wrestling right now: Tony Khan versus The Elite. Now for Booker, the storyline really comes […]

After advertising for their in-ring showdown for the entire first hour of Dynamite, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland marched down to the ring at the top of the second hour to address the crowd, and believe you me, he was mad. Trashing on Christian Cage for how he landed a world title shot at Double […]

After securing their first official win together as a tag team against a few local Canadian enhancement talents, Chris Jericho and Big Bill decided to stick around in the ring for “The Learning Tree” to address his home country crowd in Edmonton, Alberta. “Thanks, guys, thanks; I just wanted to say it’s always a pleasure […]

When Matt Cardona was released from WWE in 2020, few fans expected him to become a multi-time champion, a world traveler, and a performer so prolific on the indies that he became an unofficial “Indy God” for his hardcore efforts with the Major Players, The Cardona Family, and paired up with Steph De Lander. When […]

A year ago, Zelina Vega was on top of the world. After bouncing around the WWE Universe from managing to tag teaming, to working as a singles star, and even joining a legendary faction in the LWO – not to mention an eight-month period from 2020-2021 where she was a free agent – Vega was […]

If there’s one person Eric Bischoff likes even less than AEW, The Elite, and Tony Khan, it’s got to be Dax Harwood, the former AEW Tag Team Champion who has practically made a second career out of feuding with the former WCW Vice President on social media. While the duo have talked a lot of […]

After watching free agency shake things up in a massive way earlier this year, with AEW landing the Big 3 of Will Ospreay, Mercedes Mone, and Kazuchika Okada, and WWE securing the rights to Jade Cargill – yes, she signed in 2023 but didn’t properly debut until 2024 – and Solo Sikoa further consolidates power […]

When Cody Rhodes unofficially announced that Randy Orton was returning to WWE at Survivor Series, it felt like a big deal. Suddenly, one of the biggest acts of the last era of WWE was going to debut under the new Paul “Triple H” Levesque era, and fans would get to see how the pairing would […]

When Swerve Strickland shouted out Kofi Kingston during his AEW Dynasty media scrum, noting that KofiMania was a big influence on his professional wrestling career, it was a very nice moment. Sure, Strickland worked hard to get where he wanted to be, forgoing opportunities at other belts for his shot at the AEW World Championship, but […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, Cody Rhodes is about as good a guy as one can be. He signs hundreds of autographs for fans, takes pictures with his “Little Nightmares” before and after shows, and even refuses to turn heel no matter how many fans want him to in order to fall in line […]

On Monday Night RAW, CM Punk cut a massive seven-minute promo on Drew McIntyre for always running away from the fight, even if he literally saw his car drive away moments before he exited his own vehicle. Would it have been cool to see McIntyre and Punk duke it out either on the mic or […]

After being the butt of more than a few jokes over the past six or so months, Chris Jericho did something rather unusual ahead of his AEW Dynasty feud with Hook: he turned heel. Now granted, Jericho has probably spent more of his professional wrestling career as a heel than a babyface, as he knows […]

After lobbying hard for their release from WWE for months last fall, the Grizzled Young Veterans have officially left their spooky days in the Schism behind in order to return to their traditional wrestling ways on the indies, where “gritting their teeth” is far more than just a catchphrase. And with their time in TNA […]

While Jinder Mahal filled a number of roles during his WWE career, from manager to band member and even WWE Champion, one he never got to explore on the grandest stage of professional wrestling was himself, a second-generation professional wrestler from Canada who is incredibly proud of his Punjabi heritage. But why? Why did Mahal […]

When Drew McIntyre opted to leave RAW literal seconds before CM Punk showed up to confront him at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, it sent WWE’s “Straight Edged Superstar” into an absolute frenzy. Marching to the ring to his “Cult of Personality” theme song with the approval of RAW GM Adam Pearce, Punk spent […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, Cody Rhodes finally got his first successful title defense at WWE Backlash in Lyon, France, successfully defeating AJ Styles in the main event to go 1-0 as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Unfortunately for Rhodes, while he’s clearly happy to remain on top of the WWE Universe at Backlash, […]

After watching Drew McIntyre leave Monday Night RAW after being deemed medically ineligible to wrestle in the King of the Ring Tournament, CM Punk decided that wasn’t acceptable and entered the ring with a microphone in hand to demand a face-to-face confrontation with the “Scottish Warrior.” But why? What did Punker have to say, and […]

When news broke that Will Ospreay was heading to free agency and open to signing a huge money deal with an American promotion, be that AEW or WWE, fans the world over, from his hometown of Rainham, Essex, England, to Japan and beyond had a pretty good feeling that the former has the favorite to […]

When his Backlash match was wrestled, and his efforts were celebrated by an incredibly loud crowd in Lyon, France, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Cody Rhodes, went back to the locker room and then over to the green room to answer questions from the international reporters assembled for the show. Now, usually, those questions are […]

While CM Punk is widely celebrated for his talents on the microphone and in the ring, there’s an increasingly interesting narrative growing about his impact in the locker room, with Shane “Hurricane” Helms just the latest member of the promotion to shout out his supportive nature. Well now fans can add Dijak to the chorus […]