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After spending the better part of a week hyping up The Judgment Day‘s journey down to NXT to settle their business with Trick Williams and the NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes, the dynamic quartet of Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, and “Dirty” Dominik emerged from the tunnel in the opening segment of NXT and explained […]

After watching Damian Priest dash his chances to become the second-ever WWE World Heavyweight Champion at Money in the Bank and then getting in the way of his long-time The Judgment Day faction mate’s cash-in efforts on the fallout edition of RAW, Finn Balor opened up an absolutely loaded edition of WWE’s flagship program with […]

After maybe costing Finn Balor a chance to dethrone Seth Rollins as the WWE World  Heavyweight Championship – depending on who you ask – Damian Priest got his just desserts two days later on RAW when the “Prince” emerged at the end of Dominik Mysterio’s match with the “Visionary” to attack the current champ just […]

After securing a major win over Baron Corbin in the second week of NXT Gold Rush one day removed from his RAW debut versus Finn Balor, Carmelo Hayes, and Trick Williams were riding high, with one of the biggest challenges to the former’s NXT Championship reign eliminated. Unfortunately for Melo, Championship challengers are like members […]

On-screen, Finn Balor hates Edge; the “Prince” dislikes how he handled The Judgment Day, going so far as to kick him out of the group on the same day he joined it, dislikes his babyface turn, and really dislikes that he had to receive more than a dozen staples to the head after a botched […]

In the penultimate match of Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins was afforded a chance to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship in his highest-profile match yet, going face-to-face with Finn Balor in a championship rematch seven years in the making. Taking the ring to a 60-40 crowd split, with the “Visionary” holding the slight […]

After being firmly stuck in the WWE mid-card for years – literally – following his brutal shoulder injury at SummerSlam in 2016, having to vacate his Universal Championship the next day to Seth Rollins on RAW, Finn Balor is back to doing what he does best: working heel. The unofficial leader of The Judgment Day […]

When Carmelo Hayes and Baron Corbin were brawling outside of the ring in their NXT Championship match, the crowd cheered “Him” on but not with the traditional “Mel-o” cheers that have become a fixture of the Performance Center. No, the crowd instead decided to serenade the current NXT Champ with the war hymn of a […]

While Carmelo Hayes has been on RAW before, this month, in fact, alongside his good friend Trick Williams, the go-home edition of WWE’s Monday night flagship program before Money in the Bank featured “Him” in the ring for the very first time, wrestling a clean match with Finn Balor after coming to the defense of […]

Becky Lynch has a close relationship with the two WWE superstars who will meet in one of the biggest matches on the Money in the Bank card. Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch’s husband, will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor, who trained Lynch to be a wrestler. What does that mean for Lynch’s rooting […]

After getting attacked from behind by Finn Balor after taking care of business against Bron Breakker on NXT – a move that got 192,000 more fans to watch the show than the week prior – Seth Rollins decided to ask the current NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes to have his back on the final RAW before […]

Why has Finn Balor taken every opportunity to attack Seth Rollins ahead of their WWE World Heavyweight Champion match at Money in the Bank? Is it because he really wants to call himself a champion and earn the deeper purse that corresponds with it? Or maybe “The Prince” feels pressure to bring the belt back […]

It started with a silly name. What exactly did the name “The Judgment Day” really mean? Wasn’t that the name of a former WWE pay-per-view? Was the newly formed faction going to be this era’s version of The Brood? Which in retrospect wasn’t that successful of a wrestling stable as everyone previously thought. The Judgment […]

This was supposed to be a very busy week for Seth Rollins in the WWE Universe. First, he was supposed to have an open WWE World Heavyweight Championship challenge on RAW, with The Miz suggesting that he was going to take on the offer in front of his hometown crowd before taking a redeye to […]

Seven years ago, when Seth Rollins and Finn Balor shared the ring at SummerSlam 2016, it felt like an inflection point in the WWE Universe. At the time, the duo were two of the hottest performers in the promotion, a “homegrown guy” with independent pedigree versus the original founder of Bullet Club to decide on […]

SummerSlam 2016 was a regular A Tale of Two Cities situation for Finn Balor. On one hand, he parlayed an incredible run as the OG leader of Bullet Club and one of NXT‘s first true breakout stars into an incredible run on the WWE main roster, capped off with a win over Seth Rollins to become […]

WWE NXT is considered the developmental stage for WWE to hone their skills before they get elevated into the main roster. Given that NXT was supported by Triple H, it’s no surprise that the best in NXT would go on to carve out a successful run in the WWE. For this piece, let’s take a […]

Seth Rollins made history at Night of Champions by becoming the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion. After defeating AJ Styles in a phenomenal match, Rollins won his first WWE world championship in nearly four years and became a five-time world champion. The World Heavyweight Championship is meant to be a fighting championship. With Roman Reigns holding […]

Heading into the first RAW after the 2023 WWE Draft’s new rosters came into play, Seth Rollins more or less had a 1-in-6 chance of representing the Red Brand in the finals of the tournament to decide on the new, inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Tasked with wrestling two matches against four other Superstars with […]

After wrestling his final match on NXT before being assigned to RAW on May 8th, a match he won against Dragon Lee with a little help from Noam Dar, JD McDonagh sat down in the locker room with a WWE camera to reflect on the journey that brought him the indies in the UK to […]

After bouncing around the main roster following a dominant run in NXT, Rhea Ripley found herself in an interesting spot in the later spring and summer of 2022, when she officially joined Edge and Damian Priest in The Judgement Day. Sure, she’d already had a successful run as the RAW Women’s Champion and found success […]

Many expected that the blow-off Hell in A Cell match between Edge and Finn Balor in Wrestlemania 39, months after Balor helped Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley kick the Rated-R Superstar out of the Judgment Day stable, to be a heated bout. After all, beyond Balor’s betrayal, the Judgment Day were also responsible for inflicting […]

When the cage was lowered as the sun began to set over the semi-enclosed roof of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, fans knew that Edge’s match against “The Demon” Finn Balor at WrestleMania 39 was going to be special. For the first time in seven years, a Hell in a Cell match was scheduled for […]

As Edge prepares for his Hell in a Cell match against Finn Balor at WrestleMania 39 – only the fourth-ever Hell in a Cell match to take place at a WrestleMania – the “Rated-R Superstar” stopped by Sportsnet in his native Canada for an appearance on Sportsnet Today to talk about his love of wrestling, […]

After listening to Edge speak his peace on the pervious edition of RAW, Finn Balor was afforded a chance to talk to the WWE Universe one final time before he takes his talents to WrestleMania 39 for a Hell in the Cell match and needless to say, “The Prince” of The Judgement Day delivered an […]

After months of back-and-forth battles between the only two men to ever call themselves the leader of The Judgement Day, Finn Balor and Edge are looking to end their feud once and for all. That’s right, no more wrestling call-outs, no more attacking each other’s families, none of it; after being stuck in the proverbial […]

What would Edge be without The Judgment Day? Well, fans will find out soon enough, as with Edge inching closer and closer to the end of his story with Finn Balor at WrestleMania 39, “The Rated-R Superstar” stopped by After The Bell with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick to discuss the faction he started almost […]

By his own admission, Edge’s return to the WWE has been… interesting. Since returning at the 2020 Royal Rumble, Edge has had to wrestle in front of no crowds for all of 2021 and some of 2022 and then almost immediately was thrust into angles involving The Judgement Day, be that in allegiance with the […]

The few months will be crucial for WWE’s main event scene. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania will set the stage for how the world titles will be defended moving forward. Will Roman Reigns defeat Cody Rhodes and continue his historic run as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion? Will Cody Rhodes finish history and be […]

Heading into the fallout edition of RAW following the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber, few performers were as confident as Edge. Recording his first “Premium Live Event” victory since September of 2022 at Clash at the Castle, “The Rated-R Superstar” cut promo after promo on why he was the perfect man to unseat Austin Theory to […]

With the second RAW post the Royal Rumble officially over, it’s hard to look at any faction as having a better night within the WWE Universe than Judgement Day. Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley secured a match with Edge and Beth Phoenix at the Elimination Chamber “Premium Live Event,” Damian Priest punched his ticket to […]

When Edge and Finn Balor went toe-to-toe at Extreme Rules in an I Quit match, few expected to see your run-of-the-mill WWE match. Facing off after months of back-and-forth banter and a change in management atop the Judgement Day by way of Balor’s trickery, the two men weren’t going to win their match by submission, […]

When news broke that Cody Rhodes, the winner of the 2023 Royal Rumble, was going to be featured in the opening segment on RAW – thanks for the scoop, Byron Saxton – fans strapped into their seats, knowing that something very interesting was coming their way. Popping up from the Cody-vator to the tune of […]

“Switchblade” Jay White is one of the pillars of New Japan Pro Wrestling. He’s a five-time world champion with the promotion, with his most recent title reign, with the IWGP World Championship, coming to an end at Wrestle Kingdom 17, the leader of Bullet Club, and the self-proclaimed “Catalyst of Professional Wrestling” for having his […]

After trying to get A.J. Styles to turn to the dark side of the Heel-Babyface paradigm for weeks, Finn Balor finally got a chance to face off against his fellow former Bullet Club leader at a WWE “Premium Live Event” and needless to say, the match was great. Sandwiched between a firey female WarGames match […]

When Michael Cole ran through the histories of A.J. Styles and Finn Balor, not just in WWE but in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where the duo were both members and eventually leaders of Bullet Club, it proved one thing and one thing only: this isn’t your Daddy’s WWE. Now sure, it’s borderline impossible to accurately […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque took over primary booking duties for WWE from his father-in-law, Vince McMahon, it turned Vincent M. McMahon’s company into the wild, wild west. Sure, some acts would be elevated, with Bayley returning at SummerSlam with Dakota Kai and IYO SKY to form the team eventually nicknamed Damage CTRL, while others, […]

For the better part of a month, Finn Balor wanted nothing more than to add A.J. Styles to Judgement Day. On paper, the pairing made perfect sense; Balor and Styles are the first two leaders of New Japan’s Bullet Club faction, and, as any true wrestling fan already knows, Bullet Club is forever. Though their […]

When Edge gets into the ring with any opponents, regardless of age, experience, or pedigree, he’s going to give it all he has. After putting his career on hold for almost a decade, not by choice but by medical necessity, the man born Adam Copeland is embracing his second life in the WWE ring by […]