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After watching Bianca Belair get drafted onto SmackDown despite being the current holder of the RAW Women’s Championship, fans, announcers, and wrestlers alike wondered what that meant for Rhea Ripley, who is the current SmackDown Woman’s Champion following a huge WrestleMania 39 win over Charlotte Flair. Would Ripley and Belair switch belts Becky Lynch-Charlotte Flair […]

While the mainstream sports world is currently enthralled by the NFL Draft, with Round 1 featuring tons of intriguing angles and Night 2 set to take place at the same time as SmackDown and Rampage, the WWE Universe is preparing for a draft of their own, with Night 1 set for the final Friday of […]

Where, oh where, has Becky Lynch been on RAW? It’s a worthwhile question to ask, as, after losing the WWE Tag Team Championship belt on RAW and then being double-crossed by Trish Stratus in the ring, fans haven’t seen heads or tails of the seven-time champion. Heading to the back in the hopes of finding […]

After nearly 400 days as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns’ reign is over… at least kind of. That’s right, after teasing a “major announcement” for RAW on social media, Paul “Triple H” Levesque walked down to the ring to thunderous applause from the Chicagoland crowd and proceeded to announce that, after nearly 1,000 […]

With the final RAW before the WWE draft officially booked for Chicago, fans expected plenty of interesting angles and even more intriguing goings on, but one thing fans didn’t get to see was a backstage interaction that might just be the most interesting and intriguing storyline of them all: CM Punk being backstage at the […]

With the WWE draft rapidly approaching, Elias was afforded a chance to address his future in the WWE Universe and whether or not he would like to roll into the forthcoming proceedings as a solo act or as part of a tag team with his sort of friend Rick Boogs. Elias, to his credit, put […]

With WWE preparing for the final edition of RAW before the WWE draft, seemingly every member of the WWE Universe has been looking for ways to stand up and stand out, heading into what could be an inflection point in the promotion’s storytelling. One of those performers is Mustafa Ali, who, after hearing Byron Saxton […]

With the 2023 WWE draft rapidly approaching, fans are wondering which performers will be staying put on the brand fans have come to know and love and which Superstars will be on the move from Mondays or Fridays or the other way around. But who, you may ask, should go first overall? Roman Reigns? Cody […]

With the WWE Draft rapidly approaching, fans have been wondering which Superstars will be working on RAW, which will be working on SmackDown, and if any members of the NXT Universe, from Apollo Crews to Bron Breakker, could see their fortunes altered and their careers fast-tracked with a main roster call up. But what if […]

When Dakota Kai took the ring against Bianca Belair for a non-title match on Monday Night RAW, the bout effectively served two purposes for Damage CTRL. Sure, Kai certainly wanted to pull out of a win, as it would have placed her near the front of the line for a shot at the RAW Women’s […]

After turning his attention away from the United States Championship, taking part in a minor matchup with Brock Lesnar before being “awarded” an ill-fated feud with Bray Wyatt that went so poorly it literally cost him a spot on the WrestleMania 39 card, Bobby Lashley was finally afforded another chance to test his mettle against […]

When Cody Rhodes marched out to the middle of the ring on RAW with a microphone in his hand, fans knew they were in for a treat, but alas, it wasn’t meant to be; after beginning his remarks with some good old-fashioned Cody-isms, Adam Pearce rained on his fun and informed “The American Nightmare” that […]

After turning on Becky Lynch, Lita, and basically every other member of the WWE Universe who believed in her, Trish Stratus had a lot of explaining to do on RAW, where she was given a segment to basically use as she so pleased. Unsurprisingly – this is Heel Trish, after all – Stratus had a […]

Though it wasn’t always pretty, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez entered Monday Night RAW as the number one contenders with a match booked against Lita and Becky Lynch in the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, and left the Emerald City as the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions after the former pinned Hall of […]

When Cody Rhodes dropped the main event of WrestleMania 39 to Roman Reigns after three months of hardcore hyping up his title shot, it was a pretty big letdown for many of the 80,000 fans in attendance at SoFi Satium and the millions more watching the show from home, a friend’s house, or the bar […]

With WrestleMania 39 officially in the books, Corey Graves decided to address the WWE Universe on his After The Bell podcast to discuss the somewhat controversial ending to Night 2 of “The Showcase of the Immortals.” Was he among the many fans who believed that Mania was the best time to give Cody Rhodes the […]

After watching Paul “Triple H” Levesque open up the first RAW after WrestleMania 39 with a promo that low-key updated the WWE Universe about the future of the promotion, even if he never actually mentioned the terms Endeavor, merger, sale, or UFC in the promo, fans had to watch a three-hour show featuring squash matches, […]

When Brock Lesnar decided to turn on Cody Rhodes in the main event of the RAW after WrestleMania 39, it quite literally took the WWE Universe by storm. After being promised arguably the greatest RAW main event of the last decade, maybe ever, if you believe Corey Graves, the sold-out crowd assembled at the Crypto.com […]

When Rhea Ripley came out on Monday Night RAW to issue a soft challenge to Bianca Belair two days after winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship off of Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 39, it drew a variety of different reactions from the WWE Universe. Sure, after entertaining over 80,000 fans on Saturday evening at SoFi Stadium, […]

After butting into Bobby Lashley’s interview with Cathy Kelley on RAW, suggesting that “The All-Mighty” taught him how to lose SmackDown during the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, Bronson Reed found himself on RAW Talk with Byron Saxton to discuss confrontation with the former WWE Champion, even if he wouldn’t phrase it in such […]

When Cody Rhodes’ request for a rematch with Roman Reigns was denied one day removed from dropping his first-ever shot at the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, “The American Nightmare” had to get creative in order to keep himself in the championship picture. His solution? Request a tag team match […]

You know what? You really have to feel for The Miz; not only did he get attacked by not one but two different WWE opponents at WrestleMania 39 – technically four if you count George Kittle and Snoop Dogg – but he lost of incredibly expensive suit in the process, too. So naturally, when The […]

After the biggest wrestling news story of the 2020s broke on Sunday and was then confirmed early Monday morning, that Endeavor had officially acquired 51 percent of WWE to form a “$21+ billion” entertainment empire,” fans across the world wondered how this change in management structure would affect the company’s on-screen product. Would things suddenly […]

After losing her fourth-straight WrestleMania title match in a very compelling match against Bianca Belair, it’s safe to say Asuka isn’t in the best place right now within the WWE Universe. With her fellow Kabuki Warrior, Kairi Sane, currently a free agent after a successful run with the IWGP Women’s Championship in Stardom/New Japan Pro […]

After holding the Raw Women’s Championship for a full calendar year, Bianca Belair had very little to fight for heading into WrestleMania 39; her legacy as one of the most dominant Women’s Champions in WWE history was more or less set, her fans love her to an incredible degree, and outside of adding yet another […]

With it really looking like WWE might have new Universal Tag Team Champions by the end of WrestleMania 39, earning a win in the division in the pursuit of becoming the new number-one contender has never been so important. Fortunately, Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company know that too and they decided to use one […]

After finally laying hands on his son after literally months of relentless harassment, Rey Mysterio is ready to teach Dominik Mysterio a lesson about respect, about family, and about what it really means to be a WWE Superstar at WrestleMania 39, when the duo will finally throw hands at “The Showcase of the Immortals.” So, […]

When Indi Hartwell took the ring for a triple-threat match to fill the final spot in the NXT Women’s Championship Ladder match at Stand and Deliver, it felt different. Sure, she largely stuck to her typical routine, waving to the crowd as her music played, but there was a certain sadness to the way Hartwell […]

After finally turning on his son Dominik Mysterio on SmackDown following his decision to turn his ire on Angie and Aliyah Mysterio, Rey Mysterio took the ring on RAW against Damian Priest with one thing and one thing alone on his mind: teaching Dom a lesson. Unfortunately, Mysterio didn’t get to secure a definitive win, […]

On the final RAW before WrestleMania 39, Austin Theory did something smart. After spending basically his entire United States Championship run getting “what?”-ed by fans in pretty much every arena across the country, Theory decided to take advantage of his final opportunity to address the WWE Universe by removing the audience from the equation entirely […]

After watching Cody Rhodes deliver another big-time win on “Road to WrestleMania,” this time in a three-Cross Rhodes-assisted victory over Ludwig Kaiser, Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa came out to the ring in the hopes of (sarcastically) celebrating Rhodes’ accomplishments. Running through his accomplishments in the match with a special second-ring announcement after the win, […]

Though it hasn’t yet been a year since Bronson Reed jumped ship from New Japan Pro Wrestling to bring his unique brand of big-bodied brutality to the WWE Universe, it’s hard to argue with his on-screen production. Sure, technically, Reed began his career in a weird way, playing the role of “heater” for The Miz […]

Despite being a featured player down the proverbial stretch in 2022 leading into a pair of matches against Bianca Belair for the RAW Women’s Championship first on RAW and then at the 2023 Royal Rumble, Alexa Bliss has been missing from action for much of 2023, with no matches booked in all of February or […]

After months and months of politicking dating all the way back to 2022, Austin Theory has officially landed his dream match at WrestleMania 39, where he will wrestle his childhood hero, John Cena, for the United States Championship. In a way, it really feels like Theory got everything he wanted, as despite his former father […]

When Cody Rhodes and John Cena shared the stage on the first episode of RAW of the month of March, it felt special. Sure, Cena isn’t the same wrestler he once was, and he technically isn’t even an active wrestler at this point, as he only wrestled one match in 2022, but watching the man […]

After thoroughly rejecting The Miz’s request to be his first-ever guest on a WWE-broadcasted showing of ImPaulsive TV, there was one person and one person alone who was going to share the RAW ring with Logan Paul: himself. That’s right, when Paul took the ring, he used the opportunity to put himself over, talk trash […]

While most fans are eagerly counting down the minutes until WrestleMania 39, when the entire WWE Universe descends on Los Angeles to put on two of the biggest shows of the year in terms of audience and proverbial weight, it’s important to remember that “The Showcase of the Immortals” isn’t the only show happening in […]

After officially being named the host for both nights of WrestleMania 39, an opportunity that should allow the Hollywood resident to get plenty of screen time without taking too many bumps, The Miz is set to maybe, just maybe, become one of the first-ever guests on Logan Paul’s ImPaulsive TV as the show makes its […]

After watching Cody Rhodes cut a wicked promo demanding Roman Reign acknowledge him as a legitimate challenge for the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Paul Heyman took it upon himself to book a segment with Cathy Kelley on RAW to warn “The American Nightmare” about flying too close to the sun. “We’ve got a problem, as […]