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When Bill Goldberg wrestled Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia at the Elimination Chamber in 2022, it was more of a transaction and less of a favor. Sure, at the time, the former WCW juggernaut was still under contract with the leader in Sports Entertainment and would be until the end of 2022 when his deal […]

Rey Mysterio has been wrestling professionally for over half of his life. From working small matches in Mexico, sleeping in gyms, and asking his wife for money to eat, to being snuck into clubs by Konnan because he was under 18, to breaking it big in WCW and then WWE, Mysterio has been a professional […]

For the first time since 2014, CM Punk wrestled a match in WWE, taking the mat against “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio in front of 15,569 fans at Madison Square Garden. Taking the ring in the main event, Punk was cheered on throughout the match, with fans chanting, “You’ve still got it” despite having just wrestled at […]

After punching his ticket to the “playoffs” of the Continental Classic on AEW Dynamite, securing a commanding win over Rush to finish out the tournament with a 4-1 record as part of the Gold League, Swerve Strickland was feeling good, as he was just one pin away from punching his ticket to Worlds End for […]

If there’s one person who is not particularly cheery about working alongside CM Punk in 2023, it’s Seth Rollins. The current WWE World Heavyweight Champion who has wrestled an incredible 100 matches in 2023, the third-most of any member of the WWE Universe behind only Cody Rhodes and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, Rollins was not too […]

As of Christmas Eve, it has officially been one year since Dominik Mystero was sent to prison, and his character, both in Judgment Day and in WWE as a whole, was changed forever. Though it wasn’t always pretty, with a few very unfortunate missteps along the way, Mysterio has now fully come into his own […]

In a few short days, MJF will wrestle what might just be the most important match of his AEW World Championship reigns in front of his hometown crowd in Long Island, when he goes toe-to-toe with one of the biggest, baddest dudes to ever do it in the business, Samoa Joe, at Worlds End. If […]

For the better part of 21 years, though it didn’t really earn public acknowledgment until about a decade in, there was one match fans were consistently more excited to watch than almost all others on WrestleMania weekend: Undertaker defending his streak. Sure, some years would have a bigger match, or even multiple matches with bigger […]

When news broke that WWE had agreed to a deal with All Japan Pro Wrestling to send over one young, ascending member of the NXT roster to the promotion to compete for the Triple Crown Championship, it got fans thinking about all the different performers it could be. Would Shawn Michaels send one of his […]

CM Punk is in a weird spot at the moment as a member of the WWE Universe. On one hand, he’s back and eager to appear on television for the promotion regardless of the brand, as he jumped from RAW to SmackDown, to NXT, and back to RAW before signing with the Red Brand, but […]

When it comes to the ups and downs of being a professional athlete in Philadelphia, few have as much experience as Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham. A first-round pick out of Michigan during the Andy Reid era, if you can believe it, Graham has been mock traded to just about every team in the NFL […]

On paper, Nick Sirianni, Jason Hurts, Jason Kelce, and the rest of the Philadelphia Eagles should be feeling pretty darn good right now. They just beat their division rival New York Giants 33-24 at home, maintaining a lead throughout the game, and while it wasn’t always pretty, they are now tied for the second-best record […]

Nick Sirianni‘s Philadelphia Eagles are 11-4. They are tied for the second-best record in the NFC along with the Detroit Lions and maybe be tied for first by the end of the night too, depending on how the San Francisco 49ers’ game shakes out against a very good Baltimore Ravens team, and could very well […]

When Hulk Hogan made the jump from WWE to WCW in 1994, it felt like a whole new world opened up for the “Hulkamaniac.” Suddenly Hogan could do more outside activities, from appearing in more movies and television like Thunder in Paradise to opening his own Italian quick service restaurant at the Mall of America, […]

When news broke that Charlotte Flair suffered a series of injuries that would leave her out of action for the foreseeable future, it left fans wondering how WWE would address the loss of one of the brand’s top stars regardless of age, brand, or gender. Would WWE opt to elevate a younger star to a […]

Ah Christmas, a day to second with friends and family, enjoy some professional sports, and, if you’re Chris Jericho, go to war with Jim Cornette and his lawyer buddy Stephen P New over CM Punk’s involvement in the “Brawl Out” after AEW All Out in 2022. What? You didn’t have an all-out smackdown between two […]

When Dominik Mysterio officially decided to turn on his father and become his own man, or at least a Mami’s boy as a member of the Judgment Day, the move was largely met with a meh reaction from fans across the WWE Universe. Despite having the most prominent last name in Lucha Libre, Mysterio didn’t […]

When Adam Copeland took the ring for what very well might be his final match in the WWE Universe, a main event bout against Sheamus on SmackDown in his home-ish town of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, fans from across the professional wrestling world wondered what was next for the “Rated-R Superstar.” Would he work out a […]

Like him or hate him, it’s impossible to argue that Christian Cage doesn’t have a certain way about him that is all his own. A master of hyperbole who has never found a line he wouldn’t cross to get a cheap pop from an audience, with his current favorite centering around making fun of wrestlers […]

After officially retiring from the WWE in 2006 and being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013, few expected to see Trish Stratus back in the professional wrestling world for more than a cup of coffee in 2023, as she was initially brought back to serve as emotional support for the tag team […]

After watching Randy Orton seemingly skip the line to become the number one contender for Roman Reigns’ Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, LA Knight earned some rare good news on SmackDown when, alongside the “Viper” and AJ Style, he was booked for a three-way match at New Year’s Revolution to decide on […]

After initially building the LWO around Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar, with the rest of Legado Del Fantasma, Zelina Vega, and eventually Carlito, it now looks like the faction is firmly a vehicle to elevate current NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee, who leads the faction against the “Emperor of Lucha Libre” and his new […]

Though the show may have been pre-taped, as Green Bay, Wisconsin, didn’t land two straight SmackDown tapings in a row, it’s hard to argue anyone had a better pre-Christmas showing on the Blue Brand than the “Prize Fighter” himself, Kevin Owens. From beating up on Austin Theory, his favorite punchable face on the roster, to […]

When news broke that Deonna Purrazo was set to become a free agent in 2024, it left fans around the professional wrestling world, from WWE to AEW, Impact, and everywhere in between, fans started to imagine where “The Virtuosa” would land next. Would she stick around in Impact, becoming the new face of TNA as […]

What does the future hold for Jade Cargill in WWE? Will she debut in NXT and run court atop the developmental brand, getting experience in the WWE Universe before jumping up to RAW or SmackDown when the promotion feels she’s ready to rumble? Or will WWE debut her in a huge way right out of […]

After watching AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and LA Knight argue their way into a new three-way match to decide on Roman Reigns’ opponent for the 2024 Royal Rumble, it got Roman Reigns and the rest of The Bloodline feeling a certain type of way. On one hand, it doesn’t really matter who wrestles Reigns at […]

When news broke that Charlotte Flair was not only going to miss extensive time with a combination ACL, MCL, and meniscus injury, but would have to undergo surgery to repair the injury in January of 2024, it left fans wondering when they would see “The Queen” next. Would fans rally around Flair when she eventually […]

When fans across the WWE Universe watched in horror as Ilja Dragunov was carted out of NXT on a stretcher after suffering what appeared to be a neck injury against Ridge Holland, it felt uncomfortable. Sure, the extent of the injury was pretty easily dispelled, as the show was pre-taped, and the interactions were pretty […]

Kayla Braxton and Paul Heyman are quite possibly the most unusual pairing in the entire WWE Universe. While the duo seemingly have nothing in common outside of the WWE Universe, when they share a screen, be that on Talking Smack, SmackDown, or on The Bump, the duo make magic due to their speedy intellect and […]

When Adam Copeland signed with AEW in October, he effectively let it be known that this run isn’t simply about himself. Granted, the “Rated-R Superstar” still has plenty he wants to accomplish in his professional wrestling career, as he has a list of roughly a dozen wrestlers he wants to work alongside in AEW and […]

When attempting to describe the story of the Von Erich family, now immortalized forever in Sean Durkin’s movie The Iron Claw, it’s hard not to immediately default to one noun above all others: Tragedy. From the initial passing of Fritz Von Erich’s first son, Jack Jr., to the series of suicides that left Kevin Von […]

MJF is a bit of a Renaissance man in professional wrestling. Sure, he can work a match against about anyone, even if he prefers to wrestle as little as possible, but the “People’s Scumbag” is quick to borrow from the world of single-digit WrestleManias, where fans would pop like crazy over a single bodyslam, or, […]

When CM Punk signed with WWE after nearly a decade with the company, there were many different assumptions about what caused “h*ll to freeze over” and usher him back into the promotion. Some assumed it because Vince McMahon was gone from a creative role, with his son-in-law, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, being far more in […]

When Katana Chance and Kayden Carter took the ring for their first-ever shot at the WWE Women’s Championship, it was anyone’s guess as to what would happen next. Would Chelsea Green and Piper Niven, her partner since Sonya DeVille was forced to opt out of their tag team due to a torn ACL, be able […]

Though they hadn’t shared the ring since March of 2022, it felt like it was only a matter of time before CM Punk and MJF would share the ring once more in order to see who was the real AEW World Champion. Sure, MJF held the title, and rightfully so, as he won the belt […]

Hulk Hogan has forgotten more about professional wrestling than most will ever know, even if that occasionally bites him in the behind due to his less-than-perfect recollection. He was the biggest act in WWE and WCW history during their respective glory days, a legitimate movie star even if he’s been called an all-time bad actor […]

When Matt Riddle was officially released from WWE in September alongside almost a dozen other performers like Dolph Ziggler, Mustafa Ali, and the Maximum Male Models, it felt like only a matter of time before fans would see the former Superstar back in a wrestling ring. On paper, it made sense, right? Riddle has been […]

When news broke that Charlotte Flair would miss the rest of 2023 and much of 2024 after suffering a combination ACL/MCL/meniscus injury on a December edition from SmackDown, more than a few fans immediately identified one performer who could step up to help fill “The Queen’s” shoes: Jade Cargil, the former TBS Champion who spent […]

For the longest time, Nia Jax has been the albatross around Becky Lynch‘s neck. Sure, “The Man” has accomplished a ton as a member of the WWE Universe, Main Eventing WrestleMania, selling a ton of merchandise as a crossover star, and arguably transcending gender to become the top WWE Superstar for a non-insignificant period of […]