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When Edge takes the ring on SmackDown, he will be celebrating 25 years in WWE. Originally debuting for the promotion under the Edge moniker in 1998, two years after he worked his first house show under the very 1996 moniker Sexton Hardcastle, the “Rated-R Superstar” was an Intercontinental Champion by 1999, a seven-time World Tag […]

When Sami Zayn got in the ring with Roman Reigns at the Elimination Chamber in his home-ish town of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he knew he was putting it all on the line. If he won, he would secure the biggest heist in WWE history, which, considering Reigns’ history with that phrase, is saying something, and […]

Cash Wheeler, one half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions and one of wrestling’s most beloved tag teams, has been arrested on a count of aggravated assault with a firearm, according to the Orlando Sentinel’s Jay Reddick. The alleged incident transpired on July 27 and a warrant for Wheeler’s arrest was issued the following […]

WWE Hall of Fame valet and wrestler Tammy Lynn Sytch, better known to pro wrestling fans as Sunny, has pleaded no contest to a felony charge of DUI causing death which could lead to up to 25 years in prison. TMZ was the first to report that Sytch entered into the plea deal. The charges […]

When Sami Zayn got into the ring opposite Roman Reigns at the Elimination Chamber in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he effectively put everything on the line. If he won, he’d have gotten quite possibly the biggest pop of all time, won the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, and, most importantly of all, have ended Roman Reigns’ reign […]

When WWE announced that there would be a Slim Jim Battle Royal at SummerSlam, it felt like a perfect opportunity to put over LA Knight after turning himself from undesirable to undeniable, to borrow a phrase from Cody Rhodes. Sure, WWE could have swerved things up and delivered fans another crushing blow like the end […]

On Thursday, August 3rd, 2023, ESPN attempted to dip their toes into the professional wrestling world like they tend to do from time to time and name the 30 best professional wrestlers under the age of 30. On paper, the concept is pretty standard stuff, with plenty of obvious names, like MJF and Rhea Ripley […]

When Cody Rhodes left WWE to test his mettle on the indies in a move that now looks like one of the defining decisions in both WWE and independent wrestling history, something changed about his character presentation: the addition of Brandi Rhodes to his act. Granted, it was no secret that Rhodes was in a […]

For the first few months of the 2023 calendar year, especially before the 2023 Royal Rumble, it looked like Sami Zayn was going to be the guy in WWE. He had the on-mic skills, was a walking catchphrase, and was feuding with arguably the most over act in the entire promotion in The Bloodline, who […]

When Rey Mysterio finished off the first episode of SmackDown after SummerSlam with his hand raised above his head and the words “and new United States Champion!” pre-fixing his name, it turned more than a few heads across the WWE Universe simply because he wasn’t supposed to be in this situation… literally. After suffering a […]

After LA Knight “invaded” RAW to simply take a few pictures as the first-ever winner of the Slim Jim Battle Royal at SummerSlam, The Miz got into it in the ring with the “Megastar” first on the mic and then with his fists, leading to many fans celebrating the promo as a real babyface coming […]

WWE 2K23 DLC Bad News U Pack, the final of five, is here. Wade Barrett makes his long-awaited to the WWE 2K squared circle as a competitor alongside a legendary diva and three debutants who represent the next generation of WWE. Here is all of the information you need to know about the DLC Bad […]

Are AEW and WWE at war? Are the two promotions actively comparing notes each week to really try to get one over on their foe? Or are each promotion simply happy to do their own things and excel at what they do best? Well, one fan decided to ask Mark Henry that very question on […]

On paper, Logan Paul and Dominik Mysterio have a lot in common; they both have famous family members, they both make their money in the entertainment industry, and, when it comes to WWE specifically, they both get booed borderline out of the building by fans from London to Cleveland and everywhere in between. Discussing his […]

After embarrassing Gable Steveson so badly at The Great American Bash that it might take months for the Olympic Champion to return to the WWE Universe again, Baron Corbin made his way back into an NXT ring to discuss his current standing with the brand and what he would like to accomplish next on his […]

After splitting their matches on a second-straight episode of RAW, the members of Alpha Academy, Chad Gable, Otis, and Maxxine Dupri, took their show to the locker room to evaluate their options against an Imperium trio that just won’t seem to quit. On paper, the faction is far better off than they were even a […]

You know CM Punk drama is getting big when Booker T discusses it on his Hall of Fame podcast. After cutting a maybe work, maybe shoot, maybe in jest promo on “Hangman” Adam Page after Collision went off the air, a matter made all the more difficult when coupled with the reports that the “Anxious […]

When Rob Van Dam made his debut appearance and then debut match on AEW Dynamite, it sent more than a few fans of WWE up in arms. Sure, RVD has been wrestling all over the world since his run in Impact Wrestling came to an end, wrestling for Frontline Pro, BCW, OTT, NOAH, 1PW, and […]

When news broke that the screen actors guild – SAG-AFTRA – was going on strike, leaving hundreds of thousands of performers with incredible uncertainty regarding their financial stability, more than a few WWE fans began banging the table in the hopes of seeing John Cena, Dave Batista, or the promotion’s current white whale, Dwayne “The […]

Brock Lesnar isn’t just a wrestler; he’s a force. When he shows up in WWE for the few matches he wrestles a year, he rolls through, collects his million-or-so dollars, and runs through the hits – the F5s, the trips to Suplex City, the Kimuras – before doing his job one way or another. Though […]

After listening to Michael Cole try – and fail – to ask Shinsuke Nakamura about why nailed Seth Rollins with a Kinshasa in the closing moments of the fallout edition of RAW after SummerSlam, the “Visionary” made his way down to the ring to address his former friend-turned-sudden foe in order to see if he […]

After taking care of business against Brock Lesnar and working a trios match on RAW with Seth Rollins and Shinsuke Nakamura against the men of The Judgment Day, Cody Rhodes was afforded his first crack at televised singles action against Finn Balor since all the way back in April, when the two wrestled a match […]

Ahead of Giovanni Vinci’s scheduled match with Chad Gable on RAW, the “Ring General” himself, Gunther, decided to ascend to the top of the WWE  announce table to send a message to the Alpha Academy and the rest of the WWE Universe about who has a legitimate shot at ending his Intercontinental Championship reign and […]

Last Friday night on SmackDown, Rey Mysterio shocked viewers when he walked away from the show with the United States Championship, defeating Austin Theory in the process. Mysterio, 48, is considered by some as the greatest Latino wrestler of all time, and by some, he’s considered the greatest of all time. Now it looks like […]

Things have changed a lot for Seth Rollins over the past few years within the WWE Universe and outside of it; he’s turned heel, had a baby, cycled through about a half dozen different monikers, and became WWE’s reigning “Drip King,” at last on the male side of the roster. Stopping by GQ to talk […]

When Jimmy Uso made his surprise return at SummerSlam to help Roman Reigns, not his twin brother Jey Uso, secure the win in the main event match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, it turned heads around the professional wrestling world, with even former mainstays of the promotion, like Matt Hardy, weighing in on whether […]

Watch watching her tag team partner, Sonya Deville, suffer a torn ACL that will keep her out of action for the rest of the year and much of 2024, Chelsea Green has taken it upon herself to keep her championship reign alive via #ChelseasGotTalent, her one-woman competition show that has since taken the internet by […]

Though Asuka is a huge fan of her current professional wrestling employer, WWE, she’s much more critical of the promotions back in Japan, where she worked the first 12 years of her career largely under the Kana moniker. Taking to Twitter to voice her concerns with how Japanese media has taken shorts at her expense, […]

When Seth Rollins calls himself WWE’s Workhorse Champion, he isn’t kidding. Since winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in May of 2023, the “Visionary” has wrestled 25 matches, nine of which were broadcast on television or on a Premium Live Event, and kept his title reign alive despite drawing the eye of all four members […]

After failing to be booked for a match on the SmackDown after SummerSlam, IYO SKY and her Damage CTRL teammates, Bayley and Dakota Kai, made their presence known anyway, attacking Charlotte Flair and Asuka during their mid-show rematch and sending it to a draw in favor of another highlight reel moment by the “Genius of […]

After taking part in a ten-minute love fewest with his behind-the-scenes best friend Edge in the lead-up to a match booked SmackDown next week, Sheamus and the Brawling Brutes stopped by the backstage area of the Scotiabank Saddledome to talk turkey with Kayla Braxton before hitting the pubs in downtown Calgary, Alberta. Officially landing the […]

Though Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens haven’t defended their Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships since July 17th due to injuries, they may already have new challengers lined up for when they return in the Good Brothers, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, who, if you can believe it, haven’t had a shot at the titles since […]

When Roman Reigns took the ring against Jey Uso in the main event of SummerSlam, fans packed themselves into their seats for what was destined to be a long, hard-hitting match. The keyword in that sentence? Long. Wrestling for over 40 minutes in a match that featured interference spot after interference spot, Reigns retained his […]

Ricochet is in the middle of a serious hot streak in the WWE Universe. Since scoring a viral moment with Logan Paul at the Royal Rumble, Ricochet has been on a roll, forging a seemingly leggy tag team with Braun Strowman that was cruelly dashed when the “Monster Of All Monsters” suffered a neck injury […]

When Cody Rhodes returned from injury at the 2023 Royal Rumble, it added a very big fish to a pond that was already feeling increasingly small. Suddenly, Rhodes secured a guaranteed main event title shot at WrestleMania 39, a decision made easy considering Roman Reigns already held both of WWE’s world championships, and after over […]

Though it wasn’t how he expected his night to end, Rey Mysterio found himself on top of Austin Theory for the 1-2-3 in the main event match of SmackDown, adding a 16th title reign in WWE to his resume – 26 in total if you count WCW – and becoming the new United States Champion. […]

Though Booker T is a gainful employee of WWE, he isn’t afraid to call it like it is when it comes to the product the promotion puts on the screen. He’s admitted he wasn’t initially sold on performers like Wes Lee before getting to watch their work hands-on, noted he still isn’t sold on Gable […]

Diamond Dallas Page has seen a lot in his professional wrestling career; he’s seen highs, like winning the WCW World Championship and being in Cody Rhodes’ corner for his early AEW matches; he’s seen lows like Ready to Rumble and his stalker character in WWE, and yet, through it all, he has become one of […]

Before Gunther won the Intercontinental Championship in 2022, before he held the NXT UK Championship for nearly 900 days, and before he even signed a contract with WWE in the first place, he was Walter, the Austrian monster who had over 900 matches on his resume split over a 17-year independent career. How does it […]