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And just like that, there was one: Cody Rhodes. That’s right, after entering the 2024 Royal Rumble at spot 15, a full 15 earlier than his 2023 entrance, Cody Rhodes outlasted every performer who came before him to make it to the final four of the final match of the show, eliminating Austin Theory from […]

Vince McMahon’s net worth in 2024 is $2.8 billion. McMahon is known as one of the faces of World Wrestling Entertainment. However, he retired as the chairman and chief executive officer of the WWE amid the controversies and a misconduct investigation. He then returned to lead a merger of WWE with UFC in January 2023 […]

For the second time in as many years, Vince McMahon is out of WWE, having officially announced his resignation from his position as the Executive Chairman of the TKO Board after being accused in a court of law with a litany of illicit activities, from grooming to sexual abuse, and even sex trafficking. While McMahon […]

After being named alongside John Laurinaitis and the entirety of WWE in a lawsuit filed on Thursday centered around allegations of corrosion, rape, inappropriate activities, and sex trafficking, Vince McMahon has officially announced his resignation from TKO, where he served as the Executive Chairman. Addressing his decision in a statement released to Deadline, McMahon acknowledged […]

When news broke that Janel Grant, a former WWE employee filed suit in the United States District Court of Connecticut against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and the company as a whole, it set the professional wrestling world on fire. Over the course of the 67-page filing and an article from the Wall Street Journal that […]

Vince McMahon might be the man that made the WWE great in the last few decades, but he’s also been a controversy magnet. Even before his “retirement”, the former CEO of the company was involved in multiple sexual misconduct lawsuits and was the target of allegations. Now, a new lawsuit against McMahon emerged, one that […]

WWE co-founder Vince McMahon has been hit with a sexual abuse and trafficking lawsuit. Another controversy A new lawsuit (per Variety) from Janet Grant alleges that McMahon abused and sexually exploited a former employee when he was CEO of the wrestling company. Additionally, the lawsuit claims he used the employee “as a pawn to secure […]

WWE star Brock Lesnar has been linked in Vince McMahon’s latest lawsuit. Brock Lesnar linked in lawsuit A former WWE employee, Janel Grant, filed a lawsuit against McMahon. She accused him of sexual abuse and trafficking during her tenure with the company. Now, The Wall Street Journal has added new wrinkles to the story. Their […]

When news broke that Mansoor and Mason D. Madden, aka the group formerly known as the Maximum Male Models in WWE, was appearing on Effy’s signature show, Effy’s Big Gay Brunch 8, as part of GCW’s slate of shows surrounding the Royal Rumble in Tampa Bay, it turns heads around the professional wrestling world. After […]

After establishing himself in college as one of the most promising athletes in amateur wrestling as a member of the Minnesota Gophers, Shelton Benjamin was snatched up quickly by WWE in the hopes of finding a Kurt Angle for the 21st Century. On paper, it makes sense, right? Benjamin, like his college teammate, Brock Lesnar, […]

Though the year is still incredibly young, it’s hard to argue that anyone but R-Truth has been the MVP of the WWE Universe so far in 2024. A long-time comedy performer who was largely relegated to the 24/7 Championship picture during the finals throws of the Vince McMahon era, Paul “Triple H” Levesque brought back […]

There was a time when Vince McMahon really wanted to turn Lex Luger into the next big thing within the WWE Universe and was willing to try just about anything to make that happen. A former football player and eventual bodybuilder who got his big break wrestling for WCW, Mr. McMahon wanted to make sure […]

When news broke that Kazuchika Okada was leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling to pursue a free agent contract in America for AEW, WWE, or maybe even TNA – though realistically AEW or WWE – it took plenty of fans by surprise. A homegrown talent who has spent over a decade as one of the true […]

When Vince McMahon retired from his duties in the summer of 2022, it effectively changed the WWE Universe forever. Once the grand commander of all things WWE creative, with a well-documented pension for changing up entire cards on the same day as a show to bend the plans to his very unique, ever changing vision, […]

After patiently waiting out his 90-day non-compete clause following his release from WWE, Matt Riddle has slowly but surely made his way back into the professional wrestling world, first wrestling Jacob Fatu in MLW as part of a match that drew pretty darn interesting reactions from fans online due to the commentary by Matt Striker, […]

As crazy as it may sound, WWE is rapidly approaching two years since LA Knight debuted on the WWE main roster. That’s right, it wasn’t until January 24th, 2022, when, after clearly outgrowing his spot in NXT, Knight was elevated to the main roster to finally take a shot at Superstardom. Only here’s the thing: […]

What is the most memorable moment of Mick Foley‘s professional wrestling career? Was it his time in Japan as Cactus Jack? His match with the Undertaker when he was “broken in half?” Certainly, it wasn’t his time in TNA, even if there were a few fun moments in that run, too. No, to many, the […]

When news broke that Rick Boogs was among the dozen or so Superstars released by WWE back in September, it didn’t take too many members of the online wrestling community by surprise. Once one of the more entertaining prospects to join the WWE Universe, Boogs found as much success outside of the ring as in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

For the vast majority of his run in WWE, the Undertaker was one of Vince McMahon‘s guys. If Mr. McMahon needed a locker room leader, he’d turn to the “Deadman.” If he needed someone to ensure a finish went off correctly, the “Deadman” was always down to make it work, even if Mr. McMahon didn’t […]

Chris Jericho has pretty much seen and done everything one can do in professional wrestling. He’s wrestled for ECW, WCW, internationally for promotions in Canada, Japan, Mexico, and beyond, and even made the jump from WWE to NJPW and then AEW in the pursuit of a new new challenges and exciting new opportunities. And yet, […]

Randy Orton has been a member of the WWE Universe for 24 years. He’s seen the rise and fall of Ruthless Aggression, the rise and fall of tag team wrestling – multiple times over, in fact – and even had to sit back and watch as Roman Reigns went from a football player from a […]

A lot has changed since Kurt Angle won his first WWE Championship. For one thing, both the promotion and the title were then known by WWF, and the matches in question to win the title, to lose the title, and all the ones in between were booked by Mr. Vincent Kennedy McMahon, who no longer […]

When Vince McMahon announced a merger between WWE and UFC to become a unified super entity under the TKO banner for Endeavor, it gave some fans whiplash. Sure, it was no secret that WWE was looking to make a deal, as Mr. McMahon effectively said as much when he returned to the promotion after a […]

Since joining WWE in 2011, Corey Graves has seen dozens, if not hundreds, of young Superstars make their way to the Performance Center in the hopes of becoming the next big thing. Unfortunately, it rarely happens that way, as the roads out of Orlando are built on tears and broken dreams of 20-somethings who thought […]

As you may or may not have noticed, WWE has seen an uptick in recent years when it comes to outside sponsorship during matches since Vince McMahon handed over the book to his son-in-law, Paul “Triple H” Levesque. Now sure, the promotion has never been shy about making some money from outside sources, as Snickers […]

As things presently stand, Vince McMahon and Dana White are on the same team, as they both cash checks from Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor and theoretically should be working together whenever it’s appropriate to get their shared efforts over, but there was a time in the not-to-distant past when the then-WWE CEO wanted nothing more than […]

What would “Stone Cold” Steve Austin have been in the WWE Universe without Mr. McMahon? Sure, the “Rattlesnake” was part of some of the biggest matches and feuds in professional wrestling history, with his bouts against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bret Hart, Triple H, and Mick Foley the stuff of legend, but when the totality […]

After finally and fully taking creative control of the WWE Universe away from his father-in-law, Vince McMahon, one would think that Paul “Triple H” Levesque could sleep soundly knowing that his reign as the booker extraordinaire of RAW, SmackDown, and NXT would go unchallenged, right? Well, well, well, not so fast, my friend, for it […]

Back when he was still in power as the do-it-all CEO/booker/creative lead of the WWE Universe, going up against Tony Khan and AEW weekly for ratings supremacy, Vince McMahon had a bad habit of changing his plans on the fly, with the promotion’s weekly plans being ripped up routinely in favor of on-the-fly ideas that […]

When news broke that Dean Ambrose’s contract with WWE was coming to an end in 2019, fans were incredibly interested to see what the man once and currently known as Jon Moxley would do next. Sure, AEW was just starting up, with the promotion adding a few former WWE stars like Pac and Chris Jericho […]

Tyson Fury won a contested decision against former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in a boxing-MMA crossover fight that shocked fans due to Ngannou’s insane third round knockout. Fight fans reacted to the decision with a series of focused takes on X. A large number of them thought that Ngannou was robbed after the final verdict […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Vince McMahon viewed UFC, not AEW, as the biggest competitor to WWE in terms of market share, even if Dana White was never quite privy to this cross-sport war. That’s right, despite having almost no crossover in terms of talent, with the number of true crossover […]

As a WWE Hall of Famer-turned-backstage producer, few performers have had as up close and personal of an experience in the WWE Universe as Molly Holly, the two-time Woman’s World Champion who has since gone on to work with current generation champions like Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and beyond. With 503 matches wrestled, hundreds more […]

In the year 2000, Mick Foley’s in-ring professional wrestling career was winding down. Now sure, technically speaking, Cactus Jack/Mankind/Dude Love continued on with his professional wrestling career for the decade, as his final match didn’t come until an appearance at the Royal Rumble in 2012, but when it comes to the prime of his professional […]

When news broke that Lacey Evans was no longer a member of the WWE Universe, fans began to wonder where exactly things broke down between the two sides. Was Evans, notoriously a Vince McMahon favorite, suddenly on the outs when Paul “Triple H” Levesque took over full-on creative control under the TKO banner? Or did […]

When news broke that Eric Young asked for and was granted his release from WWE following the return of Vince McMahon earlier this year, it felt like his relationship with The Fed was likely severed forever. Sure, Young didn’t appear on television for his promotion after being re-signed by his former NXT boss Paul “Triple […]