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The main event of Night 2 of WrestleMania 39 effectively came down to one question that Paul “Triple H” Levesque and the rest of WWE creative had to answer: creating a new Mega-Babyface Superstar in Cody Rhodes or keeping Roman Reigns’ Universal Championship win streak alive as he inches closer and closer to 1,000 days […]

Since Tony Khan founded the promotion in 2019, the pipeline between AEW and WWE has largely flowed one way. Sure, there have been notable defectors from the black and gold brand to Titan Tower, with Cody Rhodes, Gigi Dolin, and Blair Davenport all turning in their All Elite badges in favor of runs for The […]

Brock Lesnar is coming off a massive win at WrestleMania over “The Nigerian Giant” Omos. The next night on Raw, Lesnar turned on his tag team partner Cody Rhodes in brutal fashion. He beat down Rhodes for nearly ten minutes and closed the show by giving him the middle fingers at the top of the […]

2022 was an incredibly weird year for Matt Hardy. It began well enough, with his brother Jeff leaving WWE to join him in AEW, and the duo found near-immediate success, with the team no longer legally allowed to be called the Hardy Boys securing a win at Double or Nothing over the Young Bucks and […]

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 […]

After boldly declaring that he would “address his future” on Monday after being absolutely demolished by Brock Lesnar in the main event of the RAW after WrestleMania, Cody Rhodes was finally afforded a chance to speak openly to the members of WWE Universe to discuss how his recent losing streak has affected him, and needless […]

Despite losing their Fatal Fourway Showcase match at WrestleMania 39 to Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, there wasn’t a hotter tag team than Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez heading into RAW. They got a win over Damage CTRL to secure the number one contendership for Becky Lynch and Lita’s WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on […]

When Saraya began spouting her dissatisfaction with how she was being treated in AEW and convinced Toni Storm to set aside her babyface ways to form The Outcasts, it left fans feeling a certain type of way. Sure, Saraya began her run in AEW as a face, with fans celebrating her return to professional wrestling […]

By pinning the not-so-dynamic duo of Colten and Austin Gunn in the main event of Dynamite, FTR not only became the new AEW World Tag Team Champions, but effectively announced that they had re-signed with the promotion long-term, spurning any interest that may have existed in free agency from WWE. But why? Did AEW offer […]

When Logan Paul broke the news that his WWE contract was set to expire at the end of WrestleMania 39, it left fans wondering what was next for “The Maverick.” Would WWE offer him a new, long-term deal, would they instead re-up his one-year deal through the next WrestleMania, or would the two parties simply […]

How, you may wonder, has Logan Paul been able to acclimate so smoothly to the wrestling world, to the point where he might just be the most consistently amazing big-match wrestler in all of WWE? Well, as he noted in an interview with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport on WrestleMania weekend, the WWE Universe, and […]

When news broke that Drew McIntyre wasn’t happy with the contract that has been offered to him by WWE and may end up leaving the promotion when his contract comes to an end, it left many fans across the wrestling world very confused. One of the true babyface stars of WWE over the past half-decade, […]

After securing a huge win over the “Ballsy Baddies,” Natalya and Shotzi, on SmackDown in the lead-up to their WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match on RAW, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, who do not have a tag team name, were riding high, so much so that when Megan Morant and the SmackDown LowDown crew […]

After watching the trio’s loss to Sheamus and the Brawling Brutes on SmackDown, Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown attempted to catch up with Gunther and the members of Imperium to discuss their opening segment letdown, but unsurprisingly, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci weren’t too eager to breakdown their failures. “Do you know what would […]

Which WWE Superstar turned in the greatest Money in the Bank cash-in of all time? While far from the most pressing “GOAT” question in the WWE Universe, what with talk of Mount Rushmore and championship reign supremacy perennial hot topics within the fandom, the question of who best turned in the briefcase, inserted themselves into […]

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 record book, fans waited with bated breath for reviews to roll in for the “Showcase of the Immortals,” with one reviewer’s opinion ranking above all others: Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer. The Rodger Ebert of wrestling since he began his venture some forty years ago, Meltzer’s grades hold […]

When Endeavor announced that they had acquired 51 percent of WWE and would effectively operate the company as a joint venture with UFC, it led many fans, some earnest, some in jest, to wonder if a crossover between the two brands could be in store moving forward. Could, for example, Connor McGregor finally make his […]

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 […]

Now that (almost) a week has passed since WrestleMania 39 weekend, WWE fans and experts alike are starting to evaluate the show and determine who had huge weekends and who maybe didn’t meet the mark. In the opinion of Dave Meltzer, the weekend was largely a success, with only one match earning a rating of […]

When news broke that not only was WWE officially merging with UFC under the Endeavor brand to become the one entity, but that Vince McMahon was going to be sticking about in the role of “Executive Chairman,” it left fans wondering whether the last eight months of exceptional booking, wrestling-heavy shows, and storylines that had […]

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 […]

Why Cody Rhodes lost to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, especially after literally months of building up goodwill with the WWE Universe, might just go down as the biggest mystery of 2023 within the wrestling world. Did Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company really believe that the time wasn’t right for Rhodes to win “The […]

Before Dominik Mysterio made his grand entrance at WrestleMania 39, wheeled out to the ring at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, in a paddy wagon with a quartet of “police officers” serving as his escort, WWE played a promo package featuring prison footage in order to play up the “Prison Dom” moniker. On paper, that […]

The WWE, already $9 billion enterprise, might be getting a rocket strapped to it following them being being acquired by Endeavor and subsequently merging with UFC. That is what Dana White predicts, at least. The controversial UFC president was a guest on The Pat McAfee Show Friday and drew parallels between this monumental move by […]

When the news broke of WWE and UFC’s merger, Triple H opened Monday Night Raw with a message to fans. With new rumors, some involving Triple H himself, the WWE legend has similar plans for the upcoming Friday Night SmackDown. Triple H will be on SmackDown to address the WWE universe, the company announced. There […]

When Vince McMahon left the company, Triple H took over and began crafting WWE in his vision. But with McMahon making his return to WWE, Triple H’s goals look to have taken a backseat. McMahon announced his retirement from the WWE in July, handing creative duties over to HHH. However, as he looked to sell […]

Don’t expect major crossover events between the UFC and WWE. With the news of the UFC-WWE merger earlier this week, the combat sports world has been dreaming up crossover scenarios between the two worlds. The UFC stars are also getting in on it as featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker recently cosplayed […]

After turning in one of the best WrestleMania weekends since the show went to two days in 2020, Vince McMahon sent the WWE Universe into complete disarray by effectively retaking his creative role away from his son-in-law, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and putting together one of the worst RAW episodes in the shows 30-year history, […]

When Logan Paul’s music hit at WrestleMania 39, he didn’t walk down to the ring like Seth Rollins before him. No, ever the showman, Paul decided to shake things up, announcing his presence on the mic before flying up into the air and ziplining down to the ring like “The Heart Break Kid” himself, Shawn […]

After taking a thorough whooping from his father at WrestleMania 39, you would think Dominik Mysterio would take some time to rest, relax, and plot his next move against the newest WWE Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio, right? … well, considering the younger Mysterio played into the finish of his father’s match on the RAW […]

After being linked to WWE for months, “Switchblade” Jay White has officially signed with AEW, teaming up with Juice Robinson to lay a beatdown on Ricky Starks in a match that was ruled a no-contest as a result. The former leader of Bullet Club, who lost a Loser Leaves Japan match to Hikuleo back in […]

While seemingly every fan in the WWE Universe has weighed in on the decision to have Roman Reigns retain his title versus Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39, with some, like O’Shea Jackson Jr., appreciating the decision to keep WWE’s Ace on top while others, like the crying children videos that have littered social media, have […]

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, […]

We may have gotten a small preview of what’s to come following the UFC-WWE merger. On Monday, it was officially confirmed that the UFC and WWE were merging under Endeavor to form a new, publicly listed company. With that news came a lot over crossover memes on social media and while both companies are expected […]

Cody Rhodes made his shocking return to WWE at WrestleMania 38 years after requesting his release from the company. Rhodes couldn’t find his way in WWE during his first run after multiple failed gimmicks. From an up-and-coming member of Legacy, to Dashing, to Stardust, Rhodes couldn’t break through into the main event scene. After years […]

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 […]

Roman Reigns continues to establish himself as one of the greatest WWE superstars ever after his shocking victory over Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39. Although many fans expected Rhodes to leave WrestleMania as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Reigns emerged victorious and continued his unstoppable reign as champion. Roman Reigns has been Universal Champion for 940+ […]