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Though Liv Morgan has officially been the SmackDown Women’s Champion since June 2nd, 2022, she’s only defended the belt once, at SummerSlam, in a Money in the Bank rematch against Ronda Rousey. Granted, Morgan hasn’t exactly pulled a Roman Reigns and left WWE entirely, as she’s been a fixture of SmackDown, house shows, and even […]

When William Regal was let go from NXT and WWE, it was a certified shocker. Though he hadn’t wrestled in years – nine years to be exact – and likely will never do more than a vanity spot in the ring again, Regal was a fixture of WWE’s developmental system both on the screen and […]

Fans of NXT, it would appear that for better or worse, Wade Barrett isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, as the “The Bare Knuckle Brawler” has, by his own admission, signed an extension to stick around in the WWE Universe following a successful first two years back in a commentary role. “I just hit my two-year […]

Since their match on the first Smackdown of the month of August, Ricochet and Happy Corbin have wrestled on five occasions, four in singles competition and once in the Intercontinental Title Number One Contendership Fatal Five Way. Of those matches, Ricochet has won four of them, and Corbin has won none, with his efforts becoming […]

When Cody Rhodes and AEW officially announced that they had parted ways, it immediately led fans to one conclusion and one conclusion alone: Cody Rhodes was coming home to WWE. That’s right, while Rhodes initially said goodbye to the first real wrestling promotion he worked for coming out of high school all the way back […]

After securing a massive win over Natalya and Sonya Deville on SmackDown, Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez have officially secured themselves a spot in the finale of WWE’s Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament, where they will wrestle Dakota Kai and IYO SKY for the vacant titles. While their path to the finals wasn’t particularly fraught with […]

When asked how they feel about wrestling Raquel Rodriquez and Aliyah in the finals of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Tournament backstage after the penultimate edition of SmackDown before Clash at the Castle, the team of Dakota Kai and IYO SKY, plus their de Facto leader Bayley left their true feelings in the digital exclusive, […]

When Roman Reigns took care of business against Brock Lesnar at WWE’s SummerSlam, it cleared the way for the biggest roadblock in the way of the “Head of the Table’s” match to two-straight years with the WWE Universal Champion. As he often points out in his promos, Reigns has pretty much taken care of every […]

While Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s infinity gauntlet isn’t quite full yet, as Top Dolla of Hit Row suggests he still needs to find a mind stone, it’s undeniable that the WWE Universe is a whole lot fuller today than it was a week before SummerSlam. There have been the returns of Dakota Kai and IYO […]

When IYO SKY returned to WWE at SummerSlam to team up with Bayley and Dakota Kai in a group that may or may not end up being called Damage CTRL, it shook the future of current RAW Women’s Champion, Bianca Belair, to her core. After finally besting Becky Lynch in her home state, marking the […]

The abrupt end of the Vince McMahon era of the WWE shook the sports entertainment world a few months ago. After multiple accusations lobbied at the ex-CEO, Vinny Mac retired, and eventually stepped down from his post as the head of the Big E. Since then, many fans and critics have praised the new direction […]

For the second time in as many Pay-Per-Views, AEW will only be holding one tag team championship match. That’s right, much like at Forbidden Door, where the Young Bucks opted to wrestle alongside El Phantasmo as The Bullet Club in a bout versus the “Dudes with Attitudes,” Sting, Darby Allin, and Shingo Takagi, AEW’s All […]

When Bully Ray left his proverbial boots in the middle of the ring at the end of his final match in Ring of Honor, a win over commentator Caprice Coleman, it felt like the end of an era for the man once known as Bubba Ray Dudley in WWE and ECW. After partaking in his […]

Though Bron Breakker hasn’t been in NXT for long, he’s certainly made one heck of an impression on WWE’s third brand. Since officially making his debut on September 14th, 2021, Breakker has won all but three of the televised matches he’s wrestled in, defeated everyone from Gunther to Santos Escobar, and even holds a win […]

Though she hasn’t been an active wrestler since 2019, when she lost to Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam, and has been a Hall of Famer for almost a decade, Trish Stratus remains one of the most popular performers in WWE history both among fans and her peers. A seven-time WWE Women’s Champion, one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, […]

Folks, Johnny Wrestling is back in the building, as, after wrestling his final bout in NXT all the way back at WarGames in 2021, Johnny Gargano made his main roster debut on the Toronto episode of Monday Night RAW. Taking to the ramp and then the ring one segment after his former #DIY partner, Tommaso […]

Edge’s first arena match in Toronto wasn’t for the Intercontinental Championship, the WWE Championship, or even for the WWF Championship, which was the belt’s name until the World Wildlife Foundation made Vince McMahon change his company’s name. Those belts were defended on the match, mind you, and were defended in one of the most consequential […]

On a show eagerly anticipated for the return of Edge to a Toronto wrestling ring for the first time in a decade, WWE’s RAW show broadcast live from the Scotiabank Arena will forever be remembered as the day Johnny Gargano, “Johnny Wrestling,” returned to the promotion that transformed him from an indie darling to an […]

With Toxic Attraction officially out of the tournament to decide the next Women’s Tag Team Champion due to an injury suffered in the ring by Gigi Dolin, WWE had to get creative to keep the show on track and the final match on schedule. But what would they do? Toxic Attraction were already called up […]

Goodness, the hits keep coming for Jake Atlas, the former NXT/WWE superstar who had a cup of coffee with AEW before he suffered a knee injury and was put on the shelf indefinitely. Back in May, Atlas was arrested for domestic abuse and effectively had his career derailed as a result. While Atlas, born Kenny […]

When NXT’s Toxic Attraction replaced the thrown-together tag team of Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark for a spot in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Tournament, many fans were cautiously optimistic about the decision. Sure, there was always the worry that the duo of Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne would be booked like geeks and […]

When Big E came down bad on his neck after a Ridge Holland release overhead suplex outside of the ring, it changed the trajectory of his life, let alone his WWE career, forever. Though his New Day match versus the Brawling Brutes duo of Holland and Sheamus did get wrestled to completion, with Kofi Kingston […]

Since being fired from WWE in April of 2020 due to “budget cuts,” EC3 has been all over the independent wrestling world. He wrestled for Impact, took part in the Ring of Honor Pure Title Tournament, and even started his own company, Control Your Narrative, which not only shares a phrase with his personal mantra […]

There was a time when WWE’s decision to release Emma back in October of 2017 was very controversial. One of the top female performers on the roster at the time, Emma was handed her papers due to consistent clashes with the creative team that occasionally made their way onto Twitter 10 days after shepherding Asuka […]

The last weekend in July was a busy one for Jeff Jarrett. The WWE’s Senior Vice President of Live Events was booked to serve as the special guest referee for the match between the Street Profits and the Usos at SummerSlam – a role that really didn’t add much to the match – and then […]

When Kevin Owens absolutely destroyed Ezekiel on a recent episode of RAW, it put a major bummer on one of the most fun angles in all of WWE. For all of the weirdness and objective goofiness that may have rubbed a small but vocal segment of fans the wrong way, the “Elias playing his own […]

Bayley’s return to the WWE Universe has been a resounding success. Her return following the first match at SummerSlam generated a massive pop, her ability to play a crowd as a talker was sorely missed, and her decision to bring back two former NXT standouts, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky, for the ride ushered in […]

There was a time when WWE thought that Karrion Kross and his partner/valet/wife Scarlett were an expense too excessive to afford. Deemed on par with cutting out trips to the all-you-can-eat sushi bar the week rent is due, Nick Khan and company opted to release the duo from their contracts due to “budget cuts” in […]

The last time Charlotte Flair was wrestling on television, the WWE was a very different place. Vince McMahon was still in charge of creative, Paul “Triple H” Levesque was a retired legend outside of the public eye, and Becky Lynch was still masquerading as a heel on RAW. Speaking of RAW, that’s where Liv Morgan […]

Max Durpi is back in WWE after an alarmingly short absence, and his Maximum Male Models are thriving. They’ve gotten a sponsorship from PureLife Water that resulted in a commercial appearance during SummerSlam, had big-time photoshoots, and seemingly find themselves in a WWE Tag Team Division that is being taken seriously for the first time […]

When Drew McIntyre pulled out a win over Sheamus in WWE’s first-ever Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match ahead of SummerSlam, fans had to know that one way or another, WWE was going to get “The Celtic Warrior” on Clash at the Castle. Sure, he isn’t the same performer he once was, when he won the […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when WWE fans would have to watch an NXT star’s debut on RAW or SmackDown through interlocked fingers. Sure, occasionally, it would go swimmingly, like Bron Breakker’s trips up to RAW during his program with Dolph Ziggler, but for the most part, that was an outlier. No, […]

Shawn Michaels is having a very good week in the WWE Universe. He was promoted to Vice President of Talent Development Creative, watched NXT put up a huge viewership number for their Heatwave television special, and has watched his post-in-ring profile get elevated considerably as a result. And yet, not one week into his new […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque left NXT in 2021, it felt like the end of an era for WWE’s third brand. The Black and Gold color scheme was swapped out for a rainbow-colored splatter painting motif that would look right at home on an early Steiner Brothers singlet – which, considering who Bron Breakker’s father […]

Would WWE’s Edge by any other name be as sweet? This question, asked to the “Rated-R Superstar” by Ryan Gaydos, sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business, would seemingly lead to the same old sort of answer, right? Something to the effect of ‘WWE gave me the name, and it just sort of stuck?’ […]

When Santos Escobar landed in the WWE Universe as a member of the NXT Brand, it felt like a pretty big deal. Originally known as El Hijo del Fantasma – which literally translates to “The Son of Fantasma” – Escobar battled around the wrestling world, from CMLL to Lucha Libre AAA to Impact, and even […]

For weeks, rumors have circulated about just how much money Vince McMahon paid out off the books during his tenure at the head of WWE, with the exact recipients of his payouts largely shrouded in mystery. Fortunately, that shroud has been pulled back ever so slightly, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that $5 million […]

While the WWE Universe is abuzz with the returns of more than a few familiar faces, from Karrion Kross to Hit Row, the same level of love hasn’t been shown to NXT. Sure, Indi Hartwell heavily implied that she was given a love letter from her Kayfabe husband Dexter Lumis, but other than the return […]

Though Trish Stratus hasn’t wrestled in a match since SummerSlam 2019, the WWE Hall of Famer unquestionably remains one of the most popular women to ever lace up her boots and step into the ring. She’s wrestled 500-plus matches, all of which took place inside the WWE Universe, and her efforts were rewarded with not […]