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Before he was feuding with Christian Cage, at least this time around, Adam Copeland was one of the most popular performers and most appreciated heels in professional wrestling in WWE under his long-time moniker Edge. Debuting for the faction as a dark loner before becoming a member of The Brood with Cage and Gangril, Copeland […]

After turning in an all-time brutal performance at Worlds End, costing MJF the World Championship against Samoa Joe before revealing himself as The Devil alongside his band of henchmen, Adam Cole finally addressed his actions at AEW Worlds End on the first Dynamite of 2024, and you’d best believe the fans in New Jersey, many […]

When the clock ticked down the final seconds left in 2023 on New Year’s Eve, so too marked the endings of dozens of contracts across the professional wrestling world, with performers like Deonna Purrazzo officially hitting the open market on the first of January. Exciting? For professional wrestling fans, you bet, as there’s nothing more […]

When B-Fab was released from WWE shortly before Hit Row was elevated to the main roster in November of 2021, it caused more than a few members of the wrestling community to scratch their chins in confusion. What gives? Did WWE simply not see much upside in B-Fab as a wrestler? Or maybe they didn’t […]

When news broke back in December that McKenzie Mitchell, the backstage reporter/former kickoff host, was being released from her WWE contract before NXT‘s final Premium Live Event of the year, Deadline, it turned heads around professional wrestling. Sure, it’s not like NXT doesn’t have a wealth of on-screen talent, as Kelly Kincaid and Sarah Schreiber […]

After watching his 90-day non-compete clause with WWE officially come to an end just before Christmas, Mansoor is thinking about the next step in his professional wrestling career, be that to go on a year-long tour of the indies or by finding a new home with another big promotion, be that AEW, Impact/TNA, or even […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, Bryan Danielson has pretty much done it all. He wrestled all over the world, put Ring Of Honor on the map, and went on to have an all-time great run in WWE largely fueled by the passion of the fans, headlining WrestleMania twice, earning a custom hemp championship belt, […]

As the professional wrestling world turns its attention from 2023 to 2024, with new feuds, angles, and maybe even an in-ring return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson just over the horizon, others, like Matt Hardy, are still engaging with one of the true breakout pieces of fictional wrestling media, A24’s The Iron Claw. Watching the […]

When Ridge Holland made his surprise return to NXT in December in order to get in the ring and, potentially, right a few wrongs with the Champion, Ilja Dragunov, it turned heads around the WWE Universe. Sure, Holland’s rationale made some sense, as he did have a bad reputation for injuring wrestlers with his less-than-safe […]

If there’s one performer who knows how successful the WWE developmental system can be, it’s Bianca Belair. A college track and field star who transitioned to the squared circle when she ran out of NCAA eligibility, Belair joined the WWE Universe in 2016 and slowly worked her way up the ranks, becoming a fixture of […]

After being a fixture of WWE television for much of 2023 fans, pundits, and even some wrestlers alike have been asking the same question: whatever happened to former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Raquel Rodriguez? Once upon a time, Rodriguez was positioned as quite possibly the biggest new babyface on the RAW roster, with a […]

When news broke first online and then via Tony Khan during his Worlds End press conference that Andrade El Idolo‘s contract with AEW was coming to an end, fans across the professional wrestling world near-universally predicted his next destination within the squared circle: WWE’s RAW Day 1. On paper, it made sense, right? Paul “Triple […]

When Patrick Clark, the wrestler formerly known as the Velveteen Dream, was released from WWE in 2021 following some pretty ghastly allegations of inappropriate behavior, it was surprising for one reason and one reason alone: WWE actually fired the NXT standout. That’s right, after news started to break midway through 2020 during the Speaking Out […]

When AJ Francis, F.K.A. Top Dolla, was released by WWE for the second time in three years, it turned heads around the industry not just because it happened but because of the details surrounding it. Unlike in 2021, when the three remaining members of Hit Row were released in quick succession, this time around, Dolla […]

After waiting for the better part of two hours to see Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s secret former WWE Champion who would be making their triumphant return to RAW for Day 1, fans were greeted by the million-dollar smile of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who came out to an incredible reaction and was universally cheered by […]

If there’s one person who didn’t want Cody Rhodes to have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year, it was Shinsuke Nakamura. The “King of Strong Style” and, apparently, an accomplished author who delivered his modern-day children’s classic, “An American Nightmare Before Christmas” on the RAW before Christmas, Nakamura has been taking palpable […]

It’s hard to look at 2023 as anything but a breakout year for Swerve Strickland. From forming the Mogul Embassy, forged an incredible feud with “Hangman” Adam Page that culminated in an all-time great Texas Death match at Full Gear in Los Angeles and was the least-pinned man in the Continental Classic, even if that […]

When news broke that Mansoor was released alongside his Maximum Male Models tag team partner/platonic life partner Mace, it marked the end of an era for the WWE Universe. Sure, basically everything that made Mansoor Mansoor during his initial run in the WWE Universe was thrown out the window when he joined the Maximum Male […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque publically acknowledged the rumors that a former WWE Champion would make an appearance on the first RAW of 2024, Day 1, it led fans to key in on one name and one name alone: Andrade El Idolo. On paper, it made sense, right? It was widely reported that Andrade was […]

Ric Flair has been a member of the professional wrestling world in one form or another since 1972, when he worked his first-ever match against George Gadaski for the American Wrestling Association. He’s wrestled all over the world for dozens and dozens of different promotions and has the rare distinction of having won 44 titles […]

Taking the ring in the main event of AEW Worlds End, MJF knew he wasn’t just wrestling one opponent but two, with Samoa Joe set to take him to task between the bells and The Devil, his masked foe of unknown identification, all but certainly set to participate in some extracurricular activities when the match […]

After an incredible month plus of in-ring matches and (largely) online promos, the Continental Classic officially came to an end at AEW Worlds End, with not one but two matches booked by Tony Khan closing out the event in resounding fashion. First came the eight-man tag team match between some of the “losing” members of […]

When Adam Copeland took the ring against Christian Cage at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, it felt like an odd way to promote the duo’s first-ever match in AEW. Sure, the show was in Canada, sure, the duo’s families could theoretically drive to the venue to enjoy their time together, and sure, the […]

MJF has been the AEW World Champion for 407 days. Initially winning the title at Full Gear 2022 in a Prudential Center showdown against the promotion’s workhorse, Jon Moxley, the “Salt of the Earth” has built himself into the true focal point of AEW television, becoming best bros with Adam Cole after initially beginning their […]

While The Iron Claw has largely earned positive reactions from fans of both professional wrestling and cinema alike, one aspect of the A24 film that has been thoroughly panned by fans has been Aaron Dean Eisenberg’s depiction of Ric Flair, which has been described as everything from laughable to a downright character assassination. Did Eisenberg […]

After turning in a solid showing with Full Gear at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, AEW is officially returning to Pay-Per-View for its final show of 2023: Worlds End. Booked firmly in MJF country, Long Island, New York, the show is set to serve as an inflection point for the promotion, closing out what […]

For the first time since AEW debuted in 2019, the promotion will close out the calendar year with a bang, running a brand new Pay-Per-View, Worlds End, live from MJF‘s home of Long Island on the final Saturday in December. Billed as a turning point for the promotion, which, in turn, has been going through […]

MJF has been a member of AEW since the beginning. An OG who appeared in the very first official match on the first-ever All In, taking a loss to Matt Cross after a pair of pre-show buy-in matches, MJF has slowly risen up the card from Cody Rhodes’ friend to faction leader, all the way […]

There was a time earlier this year when Jey Uso wasn’t a member of the WWE Universe. He announced his intentions to leave, telling the entire WWE Universe ‘deuces, Uces’ and, in turn, the promotion placed the former Tag Team Champion in the alumni section of the website right alongside then-former Superstar CM Punk. But […]

After spending a surprisingly expansive period of time as a member of the WWE Universe due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, John Cena quietly exited the promotion in November when, in a match with nothing but honor on the line, he was absolutely whooped by the enforcer of The Bloodline, Solo Sikoa, who hit him with […]

When WWE announced that about a dozen performers, from long-time stalwarts like Dolph Ziggler, to NXT castoffs like Mustafa Ali and Dana Brooke, to performers in-between like Mansoor and Mace, who were once fixtures of television but lost their spots due to gimmick changes, it reopened the time-tested conversation about the promotion’s performers being independent […]

As MJF prepares for the “bidding war of 2024,” fans of AEW and WWE have been debating where the “Best in the World” should wrestle next and what the future of Tony Khan’s company could look like if they lose yet another marquee performer to Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s newly revamped creative department. With WWE […]

In 2023, no one had a more varied tag team than Chelsea Green. Effectively billed as Chelsea Green +1, she began the year working with Carmella, then Sonya Deville, and then shifted over to Piper Niven, the rare WWE performer who earned a Tag Team Championship without having to win a match to earn it. […]

After taking a few weeks off of television in December following an unsuccessful effort against Drew McIntyre in the pursuit of a rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on RAW, Sami Zayn finally returned to the ring for WWE’s Holiday Tour, working matches with Jey Uso as a tag team in New York and […]

In WWE, John Cena can pretty much do no wrong. Sure, he spent much of the previous decade as a polarizing figure, with throwback fans of the blue and gold era of WWF loving his Hulk Hogan-esque unflappable babyface ways – not to mention the legions of children who came up on his unique brand […]

After securing a huge win at Madison Square Garden over Drew McIntyre in front of some 15,000 passionate wrestling fans, you’d think Seth Rollins would want to celebrate the moment on his own, enjoying as the crowd sang along to his war hymn before returning to the back to celebrate his accomplishment with a few […]

Logan Paul has been the United States Champion for just over 50 days now, winning the strap off of Rey Mysterio at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia in front of a crowd of Prime-loving fans. Now granted, since that fateful day, it’s not like Paul has been a fighting champion dominating lesser foes week-in and […]

Heading into AEW Dynamite in Orlando, Florida, no one wanted to win the Gold League and punch his ticket to Worlds End more than Swerve Strickland. He had a bone to pick with Jon Moxley, a win over “Switchblade” Jay White, and a burning desire to prove he’s one of the top wrestlers in the […]

When Chris Jericho decided to enter a Twitter flame war with wrestling lawyer Steven P New over AEW’s usage of NDAs after the Brawl Out, an interaction made all the more bizarre because it was spurned on by a post from “The Ocho’s” own website, it surved as an unexpected Christmas present for fans across […]