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Though she’s technically been a called-up member of the WWE roster since July of 2021, Shotzi has never really left NXT for good, returning to the brand for three straight years to host the Halloween Havoc in the pursuit of Elvira’s all-time record. So naturally, when Shotzi came back to NXT last month for a […]

The final RAW before Elimination Chamber was tasked with checking multiple WWE boxes. The final live main roster show before an early morning effort in Perth, Australia, at least by North American timezones, Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company had to juice up the rivalries being presented to some 45,000 fans at the Optus Stadium, […]

It looks like the highly-anticipated Michael Chandler – Conor McGregor clash will have to wait. Despite rumors going around that the two will finally clash in the Octagon during UFC 300, the UFC itself put an end to the speculation by announcing April 13’s main card…which didn’t include both fighters. Headlining UFC 300 is a […]

As the WWE Universe turned its collective eyes to the big guns of the women’s division on a very female-centric episode of Monday Night RAW, one of the more underrated stories of the night belonged to Zelina Vega, who was once again prevented from moving her career further due to continued interference from the newest […]

Ever since she joined Damian Priest as a member of Edge’s Judgment Day – which, frankly, feels like a decade ago – the WWE Universe has known Rhea Ripley as one thing and one thing alone: a heel. Now granted, the exact flavor of heel Ripley has filled on the menu has changed from time […]

Though he’s officially been out of action for the better part of a month now following a torn triceps at the 2024 Royal Rumble, CM Punk remains a hot topic of conversation heading into the “Road to WrestleMania,” with Drew McIntyre refusing to go a week without trashing the “Second City Saint.” Now granted, some […]

When it comes to main roster dominance, few WWE Superstars have as dominant a resume as Brock Lesnar. A mountain of a man with a borderline unmatched physique, Lesnar has pretty much accomplished everything one can in the world of combat sports, becoming the only man in history to hold the NCAA Heavyweight Champion, the […]

When Rhea Ripley outlasted the field and won the 2023 Royal Rumble, it left fans with one obvious conclusion: Mami was going to main event Night 1 of WrestleMania 39. On paper, the assumption made sense, right? Since WrestleMania expanded to two nights instead of a one-day tour de force, female performers have always had […]

If there’s one word to describe Drew McIntyre‘s current character within the WWE Universe, it’s got to be a hater. A certified bad boy who has cashed in his babyface credentials after a series of frustrating come-up-shorts for a very 2024 take on being a heel, McIntyre has fully taken advantage of all of the […]

There once was a time when CM Punk was absolutely furious to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on the opposite side of the Vs. symbol at the Royal Rumble, cutting a scathing promo to level “The Great One” for not being in his league, all the while knowing full well what Vince McMahon had in […]

Ever since The Rock made a surprise return to SmackDown a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham, Alabama, it has completely changed the WrestleMania 40 main event, which is now set to be Cody Rhodes versus Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Championship. When Rhodes announced on that same episode that he would not be challenging […]

When it comes to on-screen storylines within the WWE Universe, few hold the same weight, excitement, and historical significance as the battle between Cody Rhodes – plus Seth Rollins – and The Bloodline, which now officially features the biggest get of them all, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, alongside Roman Reigns. From speculation about how much […]

For a few years there, at the turn of the decade, it’s hard to argue that there was a more popular member of the WWE Universe, at least in the opinion of Vince McMahon, than Matt Riddle. A booker noted for playing favorites, Mr. McMahon would routinely give time to performers that weren’t exactly favorites […]

After slowly working her way into a featured spot on the SmackDown roster, beating Mia Yim in her debut match on the brand, Tiffany Stratton was presented with the next major challenge in her main roster run: qualifying for a spot on her first main roster Premium Live Event, the Elimination Chamber, in Perth, Australia. […]

When Hulk Hogan left the green pastures of WWE behind to become an official member of WCW in 1994, it served as a major inflection point in the professional wrestling industry. Sure, WCW and its predecessor, Jim Crockett Promotions, had stars in the past, with Ric Flair and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat having many of […]

When Johnny Gargano‘s run in NXT came to an end at the culmination of his contract, fans wondered where the leader of The Way would wrestle next. Would he stick around in WWE, returning to the promotion for another run in NXT or a spot on the main roster on RAW or SmackDown? Or would […]

When WWE announced that they were releasing Nic Nemeth, aka the Superstar formerly known as Dolph Ziggler, it came as a major surprise. Now granted, it’s not like Nemeth was being used on television regularly, as he’d only worked nine matches on television in 2023 for WWE, but still, with his 20th anniversary with the […]

Logan Paul has really proven himself to be a bona fide star in WWE. His rising stock in the company has landed him a championship belt and became one of the superstars who had the least number of matches before earning their first strap of gold in the company. Even though Paul hasn’t really wrestled […]

Kevin Owens is one of the most popular babyfaces in WWE over the past year. Alongside his best friend Sami Zayn, Owens won the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championships on Night 1 of WrestleMania 39. In spite of that, we saw Kevin Owens’ WWE 2K24 rating go down this year compared to last year, although […]

After spending the better part of two hours building up a “generational” in-ring meeting between The Rock and Roman Reigns, fans were surprised that just the “OG” members of The Bloodline opened up the segment, with the “Tribal Chief” looking very eager indeed to address all of the Salt Lake City fans packed into the […]

In an interview with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi from that WWE WrestleMania 40 Kickoff event that was released on February 12th, Seth Rollins made headlines – most of them bad – for boldly declaring that UFC Fighters “don’t have the stamina” to do what he does night in and night out. Now to some, these words […]

When telling the story of NXT, few performers are as tied to the promotion, especially since Shawn Michaels took over creative, as Johnny Gargano. An NXT Triple Crown Champion who found incredible success in his tag team with Tommaso Ciampa, #DIY, a loving faction in his familial The Way, and even legendary status as HBK’s […]

When it comes to tag teams in the WWE Universe, few have found themselves with as big a rocket strapped to their backs as the Creed Brothers, Julius and Brutus, plus their third, Ivy Nile, for good measure. Since being officially called up to the main roster in November of 2023, the duo have won […]

There was a time in the mid-1990s when Earl Hebner and Vince McMahon were co-conspirators in what many consider to be one of the biggest scandals in WWE history, the Montreal Screwjob. Seemingly breaking all of the rules of Kayfabe in one fell swoop, Hebner, at the command of McMahon, called for the bell while […]

The Latino World Order is off to a bad start, as far as OVR ratings are concerned. Zelina Vega, who had a fantastic 2023, gets a surprisingly low WWE 2K24 rating that left the Queen’s Crown winner annoyed and disappointed. Following the reveal of Rhea Ripley’s record-setting OVR rating earlier today, we get another WWE […]

WWE 2K24 superstar and Hollywood A-Lister The Miz had his WWE 2K24 OVR rating revealed today through UpUpDownDown’s channel. Sadly, The Miz gets his lowest-ever rating in a WWE 2K game by a long shot. His previous lowest rating was 84, but now he finds himself clinging for dear life. The 2-time WWE Champion, 8-time […]

2K Games put Mami on top when they revealed the WWE 2K24 ratings for Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio today through co-superstar Xavier Woods aka Austin Creed’s UpUpDownDown channel. As part of a series of WWE 2K24 ratings reveals today, Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio, members of the heel stable The Judgment Day, got their […]

Post Malone is revealed to be WWE 2K24’s executive music producer, allowing him to curate the upcoming wrestling video game’s soundtrack. On top of that, it was revealed that the music megastar will make his video game debut as part of the WWE 2K24 roster. Post Malone will not be immediately playable as a character […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Adam Pearce, and Nick Aldis announced a 12-man tournament to decide on the six participants in the Elimination Chamber‘s namesake match, fans noticed one very interesting omission from the talent pool: Grayson Waller. Now granted, when considering the top 12 male singles wrestlers in the WWE Universe who don’t currently […]

There was a time when it looked like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Roman Reigns were going to wrestle in the main event of WrestleMania 40, and fans… had feelings on the matter. Some loved the idea, calling it the biggest money bout WWE could book for the South Philadelphia-based show, which, considering all of […]

Mick Foley is a Renaissance man. Sure, he’s most well-known for being a hardcore legend who has gone to bat – literally – against some of the grandest luminaries the professional wrestling world has to offer, but he’s also a best-selling author, a television personality and has one of the more memorable appearances on Hot […]

While Paul Heyman has been out of the indie wrestling game for two decades now, jumping from the sinking ship of ECW to WWE to begin a long and incredibly successful run as a Hall of Fame-bound manager, the man formerly known as “Paul E. Dangerously” has never taken his ear off of the pulse […]

Whether intentionally or not, when Michael Cole, Big E, CM Punk, and Pat McAfee closed out the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff event in Las Vegas by discussing The Rock’s controversial decision to slap Cody Rhodes in the face, they verbally solidified the newest feud that has since swept the WWE Universe: the workmen versus the special […]

When LA Knight ran helplessly away from Bray Wyatt at the end of the Mtn Dew Pitch Black match at the 2023 Royal Rumble, it marked a rather odd spot in his career. Still on the climb up the WWE ladder after switching back to his very over NXT gimmick after an ill-fated run as […]

With WrestleMania 40 rapidly approaching, so too is the one-year anniversary of WWE officially becoming a part of the TKO banner, an opportunity some assumed would open the door for wrestlers and UFC fighters to co-exist and maybe even cohabitate in a whole new wrestling world. So far, that hasn’t happened, as outside of the […]

When news broke that A24 was producing a film based on the Von Erich family, it got other legacy wrestlers like Natalya interested in seeing how one of the most tragic families in professional wrestling would be committed to cellophane. Would director Sean Durkin be able to capture the move and pain of the first […]

After punching her ticket to Perth later this month with a big win over Shayna Baszler on the previous edition of RAW, Becky Lynch used her newfound status as a Premium Live Event lock to her advantage in Lexington, Kentucky, booking some in-ring promo time to talk up her desire to go 1-0 in the […]

As the professional wrestling world grapples with one of the biggest shoot stories of all time in the resignation of Vince McMahon mere hours before the opening bell of the 2024 Royal Rumble, seemingly every wrestling personality, from podcast hosts to red carpet wrestlers and even multi-hyphenate business owners like Tony Khan have been asked […]

Bianca Belair plays a character for a living. Sure, the “EST of WWE” may be pretty similar to the woman who portrays her, Bianca Blair, with her personality elevated considerably to make her a pseudo-superhero on television, but at the end of the day, she is doing just that, playing a character, and thus gets […]