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When Cody Rhodes lost his match against Roman Reigns in the main event of Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, the third toll of the bell marked the start of a years-long process to get back to the very same spot at WrestleMania 40. Suddenly, all of that hard work getting back from a torn pec […]

John Cena has been a member of the WWE Universe since 2000. The “prototype” of professional wresting who rapidly became the prototype of what WWE was looking for in a singles babyface Superstar, Cena has won 25 titles over his professional wrestling run, has main evented shows the world over, and has the unique distinction […]

When it comes to professional wrestling, few names are bigger in 2024 than Cody Rhodes, the “American Nightmare,” 2K24 cover star, and expected challenger for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40… assuming Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson doesn’t steal his spot away and take it for his own. A second-generation wrestler who worked over 100 matches in […]

When news broke that RAW, WWE’s flagship television show of 30 years and counting, was, for the first time in its history, leaving cable for Netflix in January of 2025, it instantly drew incredible reactions from fans around the world. Some blasted the move, questioning why WWE would take such an important television show off […]

When news broke that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was not only joining the TKO Board of Directors that oversees WWE and UFC but was being awarded a salary, $30 million in stock, and, most crucially of all, the complete rights to his in-ring stage name, “The Rock,” it turned heads around the professional wrestling world. […]

As the 2024 Royal Rumble rapidly approaches, two of the favorites to win the whole darn thing, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes, were afforded an opportunity to address each other face-to-face for the first time this decade on WWE television in a sort of babyface summit on the go-home edition of RAW. With weeks of […]

Roman Reigns has secured his spot at the Head of the Table during his historic WWE Universal Championship run. But with The Rock back in the picture, Reigns could have some serious competition for his throne. The Rock hasn’t shied away from a potential matchup with Reigns. In fact, he has endorsed it. If he […]

WWE‘s flagship program, Monday Night Raw, has found a new home: Netflix. After premiering on traditional cable television over three decades ago, Monday Night Raw has remained on the USA Network for the past two decades. This is the WWE’s latest venture into streaming after their Peacock deal which sees all of their Premium Live […]

In a move that is borderline unprecedented in the modern history of WWE, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has officially transcended from wrestlers – part-time as he may be – to executive by being named to the TKO Board of Directors. The move, first reported by the Hollywood Reporter in the early hours of January 23rd, […]

After two hours of anticipation, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes were finally afforded a chance to stand across the ring from one another and shoot on their converging roads heading into the 2024 Royal Rumble. Would the duo remain cordial? Would they shoot on their respective exits from AEW? Or maybe they’d address the elephant […]

Before he was calling out Seth Rollins ahead of the Royal Rumble or setting the new record for the longest Intercontinental Championship reign in history, Gunther was impressing the absolute heck out of Shelton Benjamin, a technical specialist who worked alongside the “Ring General” in WWE for the first two years of his main roster […]

The Casket Match, Ambulance Match, Gauntlet Match, and Special Guest Referee match types are all returning to WWE 2K24, 2K’s Bryan Williams and Lynell Jenkins confirm. Casket Match – The classic match type that was popularized by The Phenom, The Undertaker, makes its triumphant return in a WWE 2K game, allowing players to bury the wrestlers […]

When news broke that Seth Rollins had suffered some sort of knee injury in his fight against Jinder Mahal for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on RAW, it effectively served as an inflection point in the promotion’s current storytelling plan. Though rumors ran wild as to how badly Rollins was hurt, with some suggesting he’d […]

After getting into it on the microphone with Cody Rhodes and CM Punk over the past few weeks, it’s understandable that Drew McIntyre is feeling like he’s being attacked from all angles heading into the final RAW before the Royal Rumble. Now firmly out of the realm of being a babyface, with the line between […]

After establishing himself in college as one of the most promising athletes in amateur wrestling as a member of the Minnesota Gophers, Shelton Benjamin was snatched up quickly by WWE in the hopes of finding a Kurt Angle for the 21st Century. On paper, it makes sense, right? Benjamin, like his college teammate, Brock Lesnar, […]

As if there isn’t enough pressure on his shoulders, Cody Rhodes has officially been named the cover star for WWE 2K24, joining an elite company of Hall of Fame performers, current and future, like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Rey Mysterio, and John Cena. On paper, it makes sense, right? Rhodes won the Royal Rumble, headlined […]

Though the year is still incredibly young, it’s hard to argue that anyone but R-Truth has been the MVP of the WWE Universe so far in 2024. A long-time comedy performer who was largely relegated to the 24/7 Championship picture during the finals throws of the Vince McMahon era, Paul “Triple H” Levesque brought back […]

After a week of teasers, WWE 2K24 is now officially announced along with exciting new gameplay features, as well as revealing its cover athletes. As previously teased, this year’s cover athlete isn’t limited to just one – we have multiple versions of the game featuring multiple cover athletes from different eras of WWE and the […]

As Mercedes Mone rapidly approaches… some sort of free agency decision following the end of her affiliation with New Japan Pro Wrestling, public opinion is firmly in the camp that the former WWE Women’s Champion will find herself a member of AEW when the dust settles. On paper, it makes sense, right? AEW fans have […]

There was a time when Vince McMahon really wanted to turn Lex Luger into the next big thing within the WWE Universe and was willing to try just about anything to make that happen. A former football player and eventual bodybuilder who got his big break wrestling for WCW, Mr. McMahon wanted to make sure […]

Drew McIntyre has been a member of the WWE Universe during this current run for almost seven years, returning at the 2017 NXT Takeover: Orlando and remaining a member of the promotion ever since. Freed from the “Chosen One” moniker that made him into a maligned persona during his first run with the company, McIntyre […]

When news broke that Kazuchika Okada was leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling to pursue a free agent contract in America for AEW, WWE, or maybe even TNA – though realistically AEW or WWE – it took plenty of fans by surprise. A homegrown talent who has spent over a decade as one of the true […]

After being called out once more by the Final Testament, Karrion Kross‘ new faction with AOP, Paul Ellering, and his wife Scarlett, the Pride, which may or may not be the moniker of Bobby Lashley‘s new faction with the Street Profits, were once again left with egg on their face, looking like they were one […]

When Cody Rhodes left AEW for WWE, it was anything but a clean break. Sure, technically, the “American Nightmare” could do whatever he wanted to once he was let out of his contract by Tony Khan, as, after his option was declined, he could and ultimately did sign wherever he wanted to, but he left […]

When did Logan Paul decide he wanted to become a WWE Superstar? Was it when he was invited to the premier of Sami Zayn’s movie? Or maybe when he wrestled his first-ever match, facing off against The Mysterios at WrestleMania 38? Or maybe still it was a few days or even weeks before his current […]

When it comes to multi-man matches, sometimes the real tale of tape comes down to the matches inside the match, with certain long-standing rivalries changing the dynamic of what should be an even contest. It happens every year at the Royal Rumble, was explained perfectly to Samoa Joe in Scott Steiner’s famous “Steiner Math” segment […]

After being threatened with legal action the previous week on SmackDown, Kevin Owens did the honorable thing and invited Logan Paul onto his semi-regular WWE talk show, The KO Show, to hash things out like men, or at least like WWE Superstars. And guess what? I was shockingly cordial, with the duo talking nicely, complementing […]

After a week of anticipation, Nick Aldis decided to open up the penultimate edition of SmackDown before the Royal Rumble with a contract signing before his marquee match from the forthcoming Premium Live Event, the Fatal Fourway between Roman Reigns, AJ Styles, LA Knight, and Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. On paper, […]

When WWE announced that a dozen or so performers were released from the promotion back in September, it left more questions than answers, especially for Superstars like Dana Brooke and Mustafa Ali, who were booked for an appearance at NXT  No Mercy later that week. Was this truly about budget cuts? Or did WWE simply […]

Where do the Street Profits, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, fall in the annals of WWE tag teams history? Are they a top-10 team? Top-20? Will the duo end up in the Hall of Fame off the backs of their status as Grand Slam Champions? Or will they instead fall into the category of fan […]

When news broke that Kazuchika Okada was going to leave New Japan at the end of the month following the completion of his current contract, some fans immediately fantasy booked “The Rainmaker” to the biggest professional wrestling company in the world, WWE. On paper, it makes sense, right? As Bryan Alvarez noted on his radio […]

After making his fun, feel-good return at Survivor Series as the final member of Cody Rhodes’ WarGames team and working a few matches since against the likes of Dominik Mysterio and Jimmy Uso, Randy Orton will be thrown directly in the deep end at the Royal Rumble, where he will go toe-to-toe against Roman Reigns, […]

When Brian Pillman Jr. officially made the jump from AEW to WWE and left his father’s name in the past to become Lexis King, more than a few fans assumed that the Cincinnati, Ohio native was going to leave the past in the past and forge forward as his own man without any mention of […]

After taking some pretty serious bumps during Damage CTRL’s WarGames match at last year’s Survivor Series, you’d think Bayley would have taken things easy in Chicago, retreating to her locker room and cooling off just in case Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Byron Saxton and company needed her for the press conference or a digital medial […]

When Trinity, then known as Naomi, left WWE alongside Mercedes Mone/Sasha Banks in the midst of a run with the Women’s Tag Team Championships, it took the professional wrestling world by storm. A pair of WWE OGs who came up through NXT before becoming fixtures of the main roster, Trinity and Mone felt disrespected by […]

When Vince McMahon retired from his duties in the summer of 2022, it effectively changed the WWE Universe forever. Once the grand commander of all things WWE creative, with a well-documented pension for changing up entire cards on the same day as a show to bend the plans to his very unique, ever changing vision, […]

It’s now officially the WWE 2K24 season, as 2K Sports and Visual Concepts released teasers for the upcoming annual sports game on social media, heavily teasing involvement from WWE Legend Stone Cold Steve Austin and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. The teasers started when Visual Concepts updated their socials on X.com with a new […]

When John Cena took a crushing loss to Solo Sikoa at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, finding himself on the wrong end of about a dozen Samoan Spikes before being pinned in the middle of the ring for the 1-2-3, it felt like a pretty definitive moment in the career of “The Face That Runs […]

When Cody Rhodes broke the news that Randy Orton was returning to WWE for the first time in 18 months for his WarGames debut at Survivor Series, it felt like a phenomenal way to add some excitement and surprise to WWE’s final major Premium Live Event of the year. … but then CM Punk returned […]