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When WWE signed Gable Steveson to a contract in 2021, he was supposed to be the next big thing. An Olympic gold medalist who had an incredible college career at the University of Minnesota, Steveson looked like a Kurt Angle for the 2020s, the sort of “Olympic Hero” fans could get behind as he fought […]

For months and months, WWE fans have been sitting around waiting patiently for the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-produced documentary, eventually named WrestleMania XL: Behind The Curtain. Since the project was initially announced, the concept seemed rather cool; The Rock had his own camera crew follow him around over the course of his return to WWE […]

Heading into WrestleMania 40, Cody Rhodes was not a fan of Roman Reigns. He hated the “Tribal Chief” for calling on help during their Mania match the year prior, disliked how The Rock tried to steal his main event despite winning the Royal Rumble, and really didn’t like how the “Final Boss” talked about his […]

Before he was the leader of his own “Nation” in TNA, Moose was playing offensive guard as a fifth-round pick out of Syracuse under his given name, Quinn Ojinnaka. Beginning his career in Atlanta, Moose bounced around the NFL over his seven-year career, playing for the Falcons, Patriots, and Rams before hanging up his cleats […]

What do John Cena and holidays have in common? They only come around a few times a year, and each one becomes more and more special as the years go on. Now sure, Cena did just have a pretty lengthy run in WWE last fall during the SAG-AFTRA strike and will inevitably do something for […]

While still working for WWE as Sasha Banks, Mercedes Mone found one of her biggest successes outside of the squared circle via her casting as Koska Reeves on The Mandalorian. Originally cast in the role by Jon Favreau after the director enjoyed her appearance on Hot Ones, Reeves was a role that transcended wrestling and brought […]

Cody Rhodes wants to be Captain America. He wants to come out to the ring wearing red, white, and blue, have every member in the arena sing his song, and ultimately turn those admirers into consumers via his expansive collection of merchandise, available now on Shop.WWE.com. And yet, deep down, everyone, even Rhodes himself knows […]

Sami Zayn is one of the most compelling challengers in the WWE Universe. Since arriving in the promotion as a member of NXT in 2016, Zayn has filled multiple different roles, played a number of different characters, and has even gotten his hands on multiple different belts, but when he’s been the most compelling, it’s […]

The upcoming 2024 WWE PLE, Money in the Bank, will take place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 6. Several high-profile matches are booked, including the return of Seth “Freakin” Rollins going against World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest. Solo Sikoa and the new Bloodline also take on Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and […]

After peeling back the curtain to give fans of the WWE Universe a peak behind the Uncle Howdy mask in an oddly humanizing segment on Monday Night RAW, fans around the world wondered how the promotion would use the Wyatt Sick6 moving forward. Would Triple H opt to take the faction in a more empathetic […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, few talents, be they wrestlers, GMs, commentators, or executives, have seen, done, and accomplished more than Hulk Hogan. The one-time face of WWE who went on to revolutionize the industry in arguably the most important heel turn of all time as a member of the nWo, the “Hulkamaniac” has […]

Less than two months after being selected to RAW in the 2024 WWE Draft, Donovan Dijak was told his services were no longer needed by his now-former employer, officially becoming a free agent after the company showed no interest in negotiating a new contract with the former Retribution member. Now to some, this move came […]

Look who showed up to Madison Square Garden! On Friday night, WWE’s SmackDown headed to New York in MSG for their live show. Fans obviously were expecting the usual professional wrestling shenanigans. What they did not expect, however, was to see a recent basketball rivalry show up in the squared circle. Indiana Pacers star Tyrese […]

Though he didn’t get to do much on the final SmackDown before the calendar flips from June to July, running into the ring at the opening of the show to get into a brawl with the new Bloodline alongside R-KO before Jalen Brunson got into things with Tyrese Haliburton, Cody Rhodes was still given an […]

While Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton may have earned all of the headlines for their shocking interaction in the middle of Logan Paul’s qualifying match with LA Knight – and Santos Escobar – for a spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder match, they weren’t the only fixtures of ESPN who made it out […]

After weeks and weeks of back-and-forth feuding, Logan Paul decided to take matters into his own hands in his feud with LA Knight and take things up to an incredible degree, bringing out noted WWE fan Tyrese Haliburton as his special guest at Madison Square Garden. On paper, the idea was as headline-drawing as it […]

As the current WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes is the defacto face of the promotion. Sure, technically, his belt is on par with Damian Priest’s, and he should be treated as such, but nobody save the Priest family actually believes that, as it’s the “American Nightmare” who goes out and does the media appearances, grants Make-A-Wish […]

After a career filled with up and downs, of NXT intrigue and, well, being T-Bar in Retribution, Dijak officially informed the professional wrestling world that his time with WWE was coming to an end, with his contract with the promotion set to expire on June 28th. Now, for fans of the 37-year-old powerhouse, this news […]

Cody Rhodes has experienced a ton over his professional wrestling career. He’s been a golden boy son of a Hall of Famer who signed up with the world’s biggest promotion of all time, a mid-carder with a bad gimmick who asked for his release in a vastly different landscape, an indie Superstar who built up […]

As Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his Seven Bucks production company openly pondered the question Who Killed WCW? on their new Vice show, the “Final Boss” got a bit sentimental about the promotion, and even discussed which members of the company he would have liked to face when it ultimately folded and became part of […]

When commentator Jim Ross put it out into the ether that he would like to see Shane McMahon sign with AEW, calling the deal just crazy enough to work, it sent the professional wrestling universe into an absolute tailspin and earned major attention for Tony Khan’s company. Would AEW actually sign the son of Vince […]

Five new wrestlers and one manager are coming this Wednesday to WWE 2K24, including Post Malone and Honky Tonk Man. Here’s everything you need to know about the second WWE 2K24 DLC Post Malone and Friends Pack. Post Malone and Friends Pack Release Date: June 26, 2024 The WWE 2K24 DLC Post Malone and Friends […]

While opinions may vary wildly on Taylor Swift, with some touting her as this generation’s great storyteller while others have questioned her jet-setting lifestyle’s carbon footprint, one person will forever be on the Swifty side of the spectrum is Jeff Jarrett, the WWE Hall of Famer and current AEW employee who has been connected to […]

WWE 2K24 update version 1.10 is finally here, and it’s bringing in more than just support for the latest DLC pack. Here are all of the things that arrived and everything you need to know in our WWE 2K24 1.10 Patch Notes. WWE 2K24 Update 1.10 Patch Notes: A Dozen of New Playable Wrestlers You […]

WWE 2K24 features new Persona Cards in its MyFACTION Mode, character cards that unlock new versions of wrestlers that become playable in other game modes. When WWE 2K24 was announced, the Mattel “Elite” Cody Rhodes action figure was revealed alongside the game as part of the Nightmare Family Pack DLC. Later, we found out that […]

A few hours after the news broke that Sika Anoa’i, one-half of the tag team The Wild Samoans and the father of Roman Reigns, had passed away, fans from all over the professional wrestling world wished a fond farewell to the WWE Hall of Famer. From his impressive early efforts within the ring alongside his […]

After spending decades contributing to the professional wrestling business as a member of The Wild Samoans, the Samoan Dynasty, and a contributor to his son, Roman Reigns‘, Bloodline storyline, Sika Anoa’i has passed away at the age of 79, leaving behind an incredible legacy in the ring and a familial legacy that will live on […]

New Asuka and Bianca Belair Persona Cards are coming to WWE 2K24 in an upcoming MyFACTION content update. WWE first revealed these through a trailer for the Post Malone and Friends DLC Pack last Friday Night SmackDown. The Empress of Tomorrow and The EST of WWE will both be getting entirely new versions of themselves […]

Since Paul “Triple H” Levesque took over the WWE Universe and officially became the promotion’s new CCO, there have been a ton of new additions to the promotion, some of them familiar faces, some of them charismatic former college athletes, and others still who worked their way up the ranks of the indies until they […]

After watching Uncle Howdy debut the Wyatt Sick6 on the WWE Universe on the RAW after Clash at the Castle, fans the world over wondered how the factions would back it up a week into the future on the Red Brand. Would the faction find themselves another victim in Indianapolis, attacking another performer at the […]

Outside of maybe Chad Gable, nobody in the WWE Universe had a more eventful week than Drew McIntyre. From losing his match at Clash at the Castle against Damian Priest in heartbreaking fashion, with CM Punk throwing on a referee’s shirt to interfere with the ultimate outcome, to declaring that he quit the promotion outright […]

While Money in the Bank is mere weeks away, and the WWE Universe will surely be spinning to see who ends up holding the briefcase at the end of the men’s and women’s Ladder matches, the entirety of the IWC has been focused on the emergence of the Wyatt Sick6, the new factions built around […]

On the fallout edition of Monday Night RAW after Clash at the Castle, Chad Gable was seemingly… unalived by Uncle Howdy and the Wyatt Sick6 with what many fans assumed was a bullet wound to the head. Fans mourned the former leader of Alpha Academy, joked about Otis getting away with a serious crime, and […]

When Sami Zayn was coming up through the indie wrestling scene, there was one goal and one goal only at the top of his list: WWE or bust. Sure, there were other promotions around the wrestling landscape like TNA, Ring of Honor, and New Japan Pro Wrestling where a performer could earn a decent enough […]

After eight long years and a number of different roles within the WWE Universe, from working with Paul Heyman to hosting The Bump, Kayla Braxton is officially leaving the promotion at the end of the month. Taking to social media to say her goodbyes and reminisce about her near-decade in the WWE, Braxton thanked fans […]

When Joe Hendry marched out to the ring on NXT for the 25-man battle royal to decide the number one contender for Trick Williams’ NXT Championship, it felt like a very big deal. The promotion gave him microphone time – more than Top Dolla ever received on SmackDown, by his own admission – played his […]

With Forbidden Door right around the corner, members of New Japan Pro Wrestling and CMLL have been making their way over to AEW to get some wins ahead of the massive Pay-Per-View, including a few first-time appearances like that of Bullet Club’s Gabe Kidd, the NJPW Strong Openweight Champion who recorded a win with Roderick […]

While CM Punk is one of the most popular wrestlers on the planet, his appeal is anything but universal, with large and sometimes very vocal corners of the fandom taking shots at the man self-mythologized as the “Best in the World.” Fans of AEW, or at least of The Elite specifically? Yeah, they have a […]

Ever since Tama Tonga and then Tonga Loa arrived in WWE from New Japan Pro Wrestling to help fortify Solo Sikoa’s new Bloodline, Paul Heyman has been wondering one question and one question alone: when will Roman Reigns return? Granted, Heyman hasn’t been too particular about the situation, as he has continued to work with […]