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After powering through a fast-paced first hour of SmackDown, the WWE Universe waited with bated breath to finally see Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair stand in the same ring and talk some smack heading into their WrestleMania 39 match. Flair came out first and delivered the opening blows of what many expected to be an […]

Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey might just be the most polarizing performers in all of WWE. To some, namely fans who watched them come up in the MMA circles, the duo are the most believable fighters in the company, with an ability to break bones and hurt people in way that traditional wrestlers simply can’t. […]

Wrestling in the WWE is physically demanding. Because of this, it’s no surprise that a handful of wrestlers possess some form of athletic background to help them succeed in this industry. While some wrestlers have easily transitioned from MMA into wrestling, some wrestlers engaged in other sports activities far from wrestling but served as a […]

Becky Lynch is simply The Man. While Lynch did not have the best year of her illustrious career in 2022, especially after she dropped the Raw Women’s Championship to Bianca Belair at Wrestlemania 38 and suffered a shoulder injury in August, it’s clear that her legacy as one of the best women of all time […]

Sami Zayn, without question, is the hottest talent in the WWE at the moment. Over nine months after first pleading his case to be of help to Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and the Bloodline, Zayn’s stock went soaring through the roof after he refused to attack a defenseless Kevin Owens with a steel chair during […]

Former WWE superstar Tyler Breeze has been confirmed to be part of the WWE 2K23 roster, as revealed by Xavier Wood’s UpUpDownDown. Another surprise inclusion to the WWE 2K23 roster not included in the big reveal last week is former WWE superstar Tyler Breeze. With a rating of 77, Tyler Breeze was revealed during the […]

In case you’re somehow living under a professional wrestling rock, you’ve certainly heard the rumor that WWE really wants to sign Kenny Omega when his contract with AEW comes due at some point in the next year or two. AEW fans want him to stay, obviously, as what would All Elite Wrestling be without the […]

After besting Madcap Moss on SmackDown, GUNTHER made his way over to The Bump to talk all things WWE alongside his Imperium buddies, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci. Asked about how he feels about Roman Reigns’ run atop the promotion, even “The Ring General” couldn’t make light of “The Tribal Chief’s” accomplishments. “I mean, it’s […]

After months of speculation, a very big-time debut at Wrestle Kingdom 17, and a universally lauded debut match for New Japan Pro Wrestling against KAIRI at Battle in the Valley, Mercedes Moné is the new and second-ever IWGP Women’s Champion. Arguably the hottest name in the wrestling world right now, with even male wrestlers like […]

While moves in the squared circle are critical in wrestling, WWE wrestlers are also assigned to play gimmicks with the hopes of getting over the crowd. Gimmicks usually form a wrestler’s in-ring character as it dictates personality, behavior, attire, and even wrestling maneuvers. Although some gimmicks get over the crowd, others are forgettable. On the […]

We are now officially just a little over a month away from WrestleMania 39 in Hollywood. With this being Triple H’s first WrestleMania as head of creative for WWE, it’s shaping up to be one of the most memorable events in recent history. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship is […]

Roman Reigns is the current Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. He had held both belts for 320+ days and the Universal Championship for a historic 900+ days. Reigns is undoubtedly one of the greatest WWE superstars of this generation and is earning the right to be mentioned among some of the best wrestlers of all time. […]

After securing a win in a wild North American Championship Open Challenge that saw Tony D’Angelo leapfrogged by Von Wagner, Wes Lee stopped by the backstage area of NXT to talk about it just how “chaotic” it was. “That is correct, but I absolutely loved… but I loved every minute of it,” Wes Lee said. […]

After being attacked in the parking lot by a mystery assailant, Nikkita Lyons turned up to NXT for an interview with McKenzie Mitchell to provide some very unfortunate news about her leg and her status as an active roster member moving forward. “You know, it was a successful surgery,” Nikkita Lyons said. “The doctors said […]

After having his shot at Wes Lee’s North American Championship stolen by Von Wagner due to interference by Dijak, Tony D’Angelo came to NXT with a lot of things on his to-do list. First came taking care of Mr. Stone’s client in the ring, a matter made particularly easy due to Wagner’s current confusion about […]

After securing a predictable win over the tag team of Endris Enofe and Malik Blade in a non-title match, Mark Coffey and Wolfgang, collectively known as the NXT Tag Team Champions Gallus, found themselves in the ring with a pair of suspiciously dressed young men holding a sheet cake. (Rightfully) assuming this was some sort […]

After watching Bron Breakker best Jinder Mahal to maintain his NXT World Championship reign, fans at home were treated to an interesting encounter where the channel “changed” from Peacock to WWE in a bit of television trickery that would make Tubi’s Super Bowl ad proud. Watching the magic remote select the Stand and Deliver video […]

After calling next on Bron Breakker and the NXT World Championship at the end of Vengeance Day, with the match more or less pinned for the main event of Stand and Deliver on WrestleMania 39 weekend in Los Angeles, California, Carmelo Hayes had to watch on in horror as none other than Jinder Mahal, the […]

After cutting an expansive promo declaring her intentions to become a solo act inside NXT, Jacy Jayne was afforded her first chance to shine in the ring as a singles star in a match against Indi Hartwell, who has sort of become the gatekeeper of the brand after spending the last four years in Orlando. […]

One week removed from defending Shawn Michaels’ honor in a match with disgruntled NXT standout Grayson Waller – a win that saw Waller get so upset that he was thrown out of the show for going at the Heartbreak Kid – Tyler Bate decided to take to the NXT ring to cut a promo on […]

The decision to book Sami Zayn for a nine-minute match against Baron Corbin didn’t sit well with wrestling journalist extraordinaire Dave Meltzer, as he discussed on Wrestling Observer Radio. Now granted, the match wasn’t bad per se, there were no egregious spots or strange booking decisions, but the decision to allow Corbin to work over […]

Though Natalya’s 2023 didn’t start out the way she would have liked, as the third-generation professional wrestler came up short both in the Royal Rumble and the Elimination Chamber – the latter of which was run in her home country no less – as a whole, things are going fairly well for Nattie Neidhart. She’s […]

Continuing on with her one – sometimes two – women media tour discussing the ups and downs of her WWE career, Nikki Bella made a relatively surprising appearance on Renee Paquette’s The Sessions podcast to give a peak behind the curtain across enemy lines. Speaking with the AEW personality about her career, her family, and […]

Cody Rhodes made his triumphant return to WWE at last year’s WrestleMania. After spending time in the indies and making a name for himself in some of the biggest wrestling promotions in the world, Rhodes decided it was time to return home. In the six years Cody Rhodes was gone from WWE, he completely reinvented […]

Well, here it goes, folks. The Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns saga is underway, and it’s already started off with some bangs. During the last episode of Monday Night RAW, Rhodes was interrupted by Reigns’ manager Paul Heyman. In a fierce and impassioned speech, the neck brace-wearing Heyman berated Rhodes and all but told him he didn’t […]

After securing a win over Edge to retain the United States Championship on RAW, Austin Theory had another interview with Cathy Kelley, who he talked with earlier in the night, about what it means to remain a champion atop the WWE Universe. “I feel so good. You don’t know how it feels to be the […]

After working a segment with Kevin Owens that inched the duo closer together and then securing a decisive win over Baron Corbin in his first match since the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber, Sami Zayn still somehow had a lot to say. Fortunately, Cathy Kelley was hanging out in the back looking for segments on RAW […]

After taking part in a successful running of the Elimination Chamber, earning a moral victory for his efforts against the best of the best WWE has to offer, and a shout-out from Paul “Triple H” Levesque despite falling sort of a United States Championship victory, Bronson Reed was given a tune-up match against one of […]

After landing a DQ loss at the 2023 Elimination Chamber for hitting Bobby Lashley where the sun doesn’t shine, Brock Lesnar’s path to the “Showcase of the Immortals,” WrestleMania 39, is anything but clear. Sure, GUNTHER remains borderline desperate for a match with “The Beast Incarnate,” but there’s a chance he ends up in a […]

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 […]

Though she wasn’t booked for the Elimination Chamber, Bayley still made her way up to Canada to give WWE fans a celebration of her Damage CTRL friends, Dakota Kai and IYO SKY. Discussing their collective accomplishments on the RAW return of Ding Dong, Hello! – the second DDH of 2023 after debuting the show on […]

With Sami Zayn officially out of the way after dropping a genuinely disappointing match to Roman Reigns at the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber, Cody Rhodes is the last line of defense standing between “The Tribal Chief” and 1,000 days as champion. Walking down to the ring in order to cut one of his much-anticipated promos, […]

Though things didn’t go the way The Judgement Day wanted at the Elimination Chamber, with Finn Balor, Rhea Ripley, and Damian Priest ending their respective matches with their shoulder on that mat, the faction isn’t in dire straights, as their “Nightmare” still has her ticket punched to WrestleMania after winning the Women’s Royal Rumble. Afforded […]

After taking the biggest L of his career at the Elimination Chamber, Sami Zayn walked out to the ring in his home country of Canada and addressed a crowd eager to hear him talk about his match versus Roman Reigns and where he would like to go from here within the WWE’s squared circle. “I’m […]

Though The Undertaker hasn’t worked a match since 2020, with his final “Boneyard” match wrestled versus A.J. Styles and The Good Brothers at WrestleMania 36 and his final traditional match coming one month prior in the “Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet” at Super ShowDown 2020 in Saudi Arabia, the rumor mill has consistently found ways to keep […]

After exchanging in a short but fiery social media war of wills over making on-camera appearances for WWE, Ariel Helwani finally addressed what went down with Tony Khan during his appearance on SmackDown and then the Elimination Chamber on his MMA Hour show. Discussing the matter of objectivity, Helwani noted that he is not, in […]

Heading into the Elimination Chamber, Johnny Gargano was “starving” to win the United States Championship and fully announce his arrival to the WWE Universe. Sure, he was the underdog in the match as both the smallest and (one of the) least decorated performers in the match on the main roster, but after spending years as […]

When Mercedes Moné signed on to become the new face of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Women’s division, it felt like only a matter of time before the former WWE  Superstar held the IWGP Women’s Championship high over her head in victory. Sure, KAIRI is one of the best female wrestlers in the world, her title […]

Unfortunately for the fans in Montreal, Sami Zayn did not pull out the win at the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber. Despite having the entire crowd of 17,000 ravenous Quebecers cheering him on, Zayn quickly found himself facing off against a much bigger, faster, and stronger foe, and ultimately failed to secure the WWE’s ultimate prize, […]