WrestleMania Articles - Page 14

With WrestleMania 39 rapidly approaching, fans have one question on the tip of their tongues heading into April: why isn’t LA Knight booked for “The Showcase of the Immortals?” On paper, Knight is an obvious choice for the show; he’s a top in the ring, a top talent on the mic, and literally billed from […]

When Charlotte Flair took the ring for a pre-WrestleMania 39 promo on SmackDown, the reaction she received from the crowd was classic Charlotte Flair. She received “what?” chants, she got booed, and through it all, the SmackDown Women’s Champion was largely unflappable, talking about her dad, talking about her legacy, and, most importantly of all, […]

With his United States Championship match against Austin Theory officially set to open up the first night of WrestleMania 39, John Cena has returned to the time-worn tradition of doing the media rounds to promote the event, a tradition that’s been perfecting for the better part of 20 years. Do you want to hear his […]

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, […]

After taking care of business on the penultimate edition of SmackDown in a match against LA Knight, Rey Mysterio found himself in a familiar spot, with his son, Dominik Mysterio, coming out to call him a poor father, accusing him of being a deadbeat, and demanding a match at WrestleMania 39. As per usual, the […]

When “Stone Cold” Steve Austin made his triumphant return to the ring at WrestleMania 38 for a match that technically wasn’t announced but was arguably the worst-kept secret in professional wrestling, it sent shockwaves through the professional wrestling world. After nearly 20 years away from the ring following his unannounced retirement match against Dwayne “The […]

With WrestleMania 39 less than two weeks away, WWE should theoretically be using as much of its television programming as possible to hype up matches scheduled for “The Showcase of the Immortals.” It makes sense, right? While the show will undoubtedly be packed and millions will be tuning in from around the world to watch […]

Rhea Ripley is not someone folks typically want to mess with within the WWE Universe. She’s a powerhouse who can slam Luke Gallows, a dominant performer who has won 90 percent of her matches in 2023, and potentially the SmackDown Women’s Champion if she’s able to take care of business against the Charlotte Flair at […]

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 Roman Reigns takes the ring against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39, it will be for all of the marbles… literally. After over 900 days as champion, Reigns will put his, and The Bloodline’s legacy on the line in the April 2nd main event; win and he inches even closer to 1,000 days with the […]

After hinting at his arrival since the opening segment, when he arrived in St. Louis in an SUV with Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns finally took the ring in the main event of the penultimate edition of Monday Night RAW to lay out a message to Cody Rhodes about why he would retain […]

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 […]

After taking care of his second Street Profit in as many weeks with a clean win over Montez Ford on RAW, Austin Theory was riding high off of his momentum, with a win over John Cena all but a guarantee at WrestleMania 39, at least according to A-Town’s finest. Asked whether Cena’s words rattled him […]

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 […]

On June 23rd, 2019, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The New Day, Big E and Xavier Woods, at Stomping Grounds. Why, you may ask, is that relevant? Well, because it marked the last time Owens and Zayn shared the ring on WWE programming as friends for the better part of four years, save a […]

As the card for WrestleMania 39 rapidly comes into focus, with a “WrestleMania Showcase Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match” booked featuring The Street Profits, Braun Strowman/Ricochet, The Viking Raiders, and the Alpha Academy just booked ahead of the penultimate RAW before “The Showcase of the Immortals,” fans are eagerly anticipating which match will fall on […]

Ahead of RAW, the penultimate edition of WWE’s Monday night show before “The Showcase of the Immortals,” WrestleMania 39, Byron Saxton had a huge announcement for fans ready to watch their favorite Superstars rumble: Paul “Triple H” Levesque has booked a “WrestleMania Showcase Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match” for WrestleMania 39 featuring The Street Profits, […]

Though he almost certainly won’t be doing much in the ring at any point moving forward outside your standard, run-of-the-mill “can’t be touched” celebrity appearance – what with him being retired and all – it would be unrealistic to assume that The Undertaker won’t at least make some sort of an appearance at WrestleMania 39, […]

For the second week in a row, Drew McIntyre and Sheamus took part in a match with a spot in the Intercontinental Championship match opposite Gunther at Wrestlemania 39 on the line, and for a second, there wasn’t a clean winner at the end of the match. First came the end of the fatal five-way […]

Though technically a RAW wrestler, because Cody Rhodes is booked for a match with “The Tribal Chief,” Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, WWE has been rather lax as to where “The American Nightmare” wrestles as of late, especially when it can help to move along a storyline. On Friday Night SmackDown, Rhodes made his way […]

On March 29th, 1997, the WWE Universe changed forever when “Stone Cold’ Steve Austin finally accomplished his seeming birthright and defeated “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels for the then-WWF World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 14. While the “Rattlesnake” had won championships before in the WWF and elsewhere, including a run alongside HBK with the World […]

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 […]

As the WWE Universe marches closer and closer to the biggest weekend of “The Fed’s” calendar year, WrestleMania, wrestlers from all over the card are looking for a chance to put themselves over and capture the momentum heading into “The Showcase of the Immortals.” Appearing on After the Bell with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick, […]

For “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, every day has been 3:16 Day since the hard rasslin’, hard drinkin’ “Rattlesnake” famously told Jake “The Snake” Roberts that “Austin 3:16 says I just whopped your A**” at King of the Ring in 1996, but when the middle day in the month of March rolls around, you just know […]

After watching “The Champ” return to the ring on RAW to match wits with Austin Theory and ultimately accept a challenge for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 39, WWE fans watched in horror as John Cena fired off the following message alongside a video of his in-ring return. “Last night was the first time […]

With a little over two weeks left until WWE unleashes “The Showcase of the Immortals” on Los Angeles for the 39th running of WrestleMania, wrestlers from all over the two-night card are shooting their shot in an attempt to get some sort of an advantage over their opponents. Fortunately, with hours upon hours upon hours […]

Last year at WrestleMania 38, Stone Cold Steve Austin returned to the ring after nearly 20 years. He looked incredible for not wrestling a match in that long. His performance against Kevin Owens made fans believe he could compete in more matches in the future. WrestleMania is right around the corner, and people are speculating […]

With WrestleMania only a few weeks away, WWE is locking down matches for their biggest event of the year. Some matches have been in the works for months, while others have been put together on the fly. One match that feels like it’s been put together on the fly is Bray Wyatt vs. Bobby Lashley. […]

Though it strangely didn’t receive much hype during the RAW broadcast, which is surprising, considering she was featured prominently on the show, Bianca Belair has officially become the longest-reigning black champion in WWE history, surpassing MVP’s 2007-08 United States Championship run by three days and counting. Discussing what the title reign means to her on […]

While the March 13th edition of RAW will likely be remembered for storylines involving Cody Rhodes, Austin Theory, and even Otis, one of the underlining, long-term angles that ran across the episode was darn near everyone on the show asking The Miz if they can be his co-host for “The Showcase of the Immortals.” When […]

After securing a massive win over Angelo Dawkins on RAW, hitting the Street Profit with a Stepover Toehold Facelock for good measure after the match, Austin Theory caught up with Cathy Kelley on RAW Talk to discuss his win and why a win over John Cena at WrestleMania 39 is “inevitable.”  “How do I feel? […]

After securing a decisive win over Chelsea Green before having a very strange interaction with Asuka after the match, Bianca Belair caught up with Cathy Kelley on RAW Talk to discuss her bizarre relationship with “The Emperess of Tomorrow.” “I’m really just trying to figure out what’s going on,” Bianca Belair said. “I mean, Asuka […]

When Cody Rhodes was booked for a match with LA Knight on RAW as a sort of tune-up ahead of WrestleMania 39, fans knew they were in for a treat, but goodness gracious, who could have expected what was about to come? Working a very fun match against the Los Angeles-based Superstar who somehow doesn’t […]

When news broke that Brock Lesnar was going to wrestle Omos at WrestleMania 39, it left fans feeling a certain kind of way. Sure, Omos is a big dude who makes Lesnar look downright normal by comparison, but for the fans who wanted nothing more than to see GUNTHER lock horns with “The Beast Incarnate” […]

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 […]

When Sheamus hit Xavier Woods with the Brogue Kick at the end of a Fatal Fiveway to decide on GUNTHER’s next challenger for the Intercontinental Champion, he genuinely believed that he was heading to Hollywood for a choice spot at WrestleMania 39. He dropped down on the mat to hook Woods’ leg, heard the 1-2-3 […]

Cody Rhodes is the WWE’s ultimate showman. With WrestleMania 39 officially three weeks away, Cody Rhodes’ one-man mission to unseat Roman Reigns as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion has been heating up, with the Royal Rumble winner appearing on SmackDown with increasing frequency in an attempt to really drum up excitement for the “Premium Live […]

When Sheamus and Drew McIntyre entered the ring for the opening contest of SmackDown, both men had one thing and one thing only on their minds: winning the right to challenge GUNTHER for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 39. Now granted, it wasn’t going to come easy, as they had three other men, LA Knight, […]

Though he’s technically still an active wrestler in WWE and may even have a very high-profile match at WrestleMania 39 – more on that later – Rey Mysterio has officially been announced as the first member of the 2023 Hall of Fame Class. That’s right, while some other names have already been rumored for the […]