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After two incredibly impactful weeks away from the WWE Universe following the rare physical beatdown at the hands of Nia Jax, Rhea Ripley returned to RAW in a big way on the second day of October, disrupting the first match on the card between the “Irresistible Force” and Shayna Baszler before demanding the rest of […]

When news broke that the Bellas, Nikki and Brie, were finishing up their contracts with WWE sans any sort of an extension in favor of hitting it independently under their given names, Nikkie and Brie Garcia, it felt like only a matter of time before the duo joined the latter’s husband, Bryan Danielson, in AEW. […]

When CM Punk debuted the “Real” AEW World Championship – aka the AXW Championship – it was meant to ruffle a few feathers. Sure, the idea behind the belt was sound, or at least sound-ish, as Collision was being positioned as the SmackDown to Dynamite‘s RAW, with a “main” title needed to give the Saturday-only […]

After booking a blistering four-hour Pay-Per-View filled to the gills with technical spectacles, high-flying heroics, and one of the most hotly anticipated debuts of the year in the form of WWE Hall of Famer Edge, Tony Khan decided to keep the AEW fun going with a media scrum for the ages, with the exact runtime […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, plus a pretty sweet sendoff match with Sheamus, it finally happened: Edge, or, should I say, the man formerly known as Edge, Adam Copeland, made his long-awaited debut in AEW. That’s right, taking the ring at the end of WrestleDream with a Darby Allin-produced vignette to announce his arrival, […]

Ever since MJF and Adam Cole started cutting video packages like they were working for Paul “Triple H” Levesque in prime-era NXT, a small but passionate subset of the AEW audience have been begun to compare their work to that of Roman Reigns, The Usos, Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman, aka The Bloodline. Now granted, […]

When news broke that “The Man” herself, Becky Lynch, was going to headline No Mercy with her match against Tiffany Stratton, it turned more than a few heads around the professional wrestling world. Sure, the decision to give Lynch the main event spot over a similarly deserving bout featuring Ilja Dragunov and Carmleo Hayes for […]

After watching Trick Williams return to the NXT locker room with his newly won North American Championship around his waist, Carmelo Hayes knew the pressure was on to keep his championship reign alive at No Mercy. Facing off against one of the most prolific performers on the NXT roster, with a commanding win over Gunther […]

After running through the ranks of the NXT Global Heritage Cup Invitational as the clear, clean winner of the A block, it looked like things were shaking up perfectly for a huge return win for Butch in NXT at No Mercy. Sure, the performer formerly known as Pete Dunne has found success as of late […]

When the Creed Brothers were reinstated in NXT at the end of August following an odd feud with Schism, it felt like surely Shawn Michaels and company had something planned for the collegiate grappling standouts, maybe even at No Mercy. Sure, the tag team, with Ivy Nile by their side, had found plenty of success […]

When Dominik Mysterio took the ring against Trick Williams in the second match of NXT No Mercy, the deck, as they say, was stacked against him. He had no Mami, he had no Judgment Day by his side, he had a biased referee in Dragon Lee, and, most crucially of all, he had to prepare […]

After making his way out to the NXT No Mercy ring wearing Ghost Rider-inspired gear and riding a motorcycle like vintage Undertaker – except his American Bada** looked a lot more like an American Bumba** – Baron Corbin found himself immediately thrust into action by Bron Breakker, who laid out the one-time SmackDown Superstar with […]

After working a highly contested match at The Great American Bash with the NXT Championship on the line, a match some say Trick Williams impacted in a way that severely assisted the champion, Ilja Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes will hit the mat once more at No Mercy, this time, with pride, more so than the […]

When Shawn Michaels took over for his long-time DX partner Paul “Triple H” Levesque as the leader of NXT, he was given the unenviable task of getting more eyes on WWE’s developmental product. On paper, the challenge was trickier than it might have seemed, as, despite having a solid spot on the USA Network, the […]

After weeks of anticipation, NXT will finally take their show on the road to Bakersfield, California, for a six-match – plus one more on the pre-show – running of No Mercy. With four titles on the line plus the Heritage Cup up for contention, Shawn Michaels is banking on strong television numbers, propelling his program […]

After being stuck in the Performance Center since all the way back in late July, NXT is finally taking the show on the road once more for No Mercy, a fun callback to a vintage WWE Pay-Per-View – and legendary video game – coming to fans live from Bakersfield, California. In a few short hours, […]

On a day where Shawn Michaels created plenty of news on his NXT No Mercy media call, talking about recently released stars like Mustafa Ali and Dana Brooke, explaining the absence of Gable Steveson, and even discussing the demographic preferences of WWE’s Tuesday night show, the “Heartbreak Kid” was in the news for another reason: […]

Well folks, it’s official: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Kevin Patrick announced on SmackDown that Jade Cargill is heading to WWE. That’s right, no surprise debut, no moniker change, or no nothing; when Graves said “a storm is coming,” the opening lines of Cargill’s AEW theme song, it effectively let it be known that much […]

John Cena has a Bloodline problem. After becoming the object of Jey Uso‘s ire pretty much since he returned to the promotion on the SmackDown before Payback, the leader of CeNation has barely had a moment to think within the WWE Universe without a Fatu breathing down his neck, with AJ Styles and The OC […]

When news broke that Bobby Lashley was going to be the guest on the latest edition of The Grayson Waller Effect, it left more than a few fans circling their calendars to see what the multi-time champion had to say about his on-again, off-again relationship with the Street Profits. Though Waller obviously used his screen […]

When Gable Steveson made his in-ring debut for NXT at The Great American Bash, it served as a major moment for the man with the book, Shawn Michaels. If Steveson looked legit and the crowd ate up his American Olympic Hero schtick, the multi-time World Champion would have one heck of a piece to build […]

When Dominik Mysterio initially made his debut in WWE, it was impossible to divorce him from his father. Pre-“Dirty” Dom dressed like his father, used basically the same move set, and was effectively utilized as the future WWE Hall of Famer’s shadow, as they worked as a tag team up until Judgment Day got their […]

When news broke that Mustafa Ali and Dana Brooke were among the Superstars released by WWE earlier this month, fans the world over wondered how it would affect Shawn Michaels‘ plans for NXT ahead of No Mercy. Sure, having to change plans on the fly is nothing new for Mr. Michaels, as the very nature […]

Some WWE fans are likely still adjusting one week after the company released a plethora of talent. Though, there were executives who did not see all of the departures coming, as was evidenced by recent booking decisions. Shawn Michaels had no idea that Mustafa Ali was being let go until shortly before it actually happened, […]

Though Booker T has only wrestled six matches since his final run in WWE came to an end back in 2012, there are still plenty of performers the two-time Hall of Famer has history with in the ring, both from WWE, TNA, and even his own promotion, Reality of Wrestling. Running through AEW Grand Slam […]

Before Trick Williams was Trick Williams, he was Matrick Belton, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound wide receiver from South Carolina who wanted nothing more than to continue his football playing career after graduation. Though his attempts to make it as a pro clearly didn’t work out, as the native of Columbia, South Carolina, never even made it […]

While names like Dolph Ziggler, Mustafa Ali, Shelton Benjamin, and Matt Riddle have headlined much of the discourse surrounding the most recent round of WWE releases, other performers, like Elias, Top Dolla, and the Maximum Male Models have flown a little more under the radar, with their immediate next fits in the world of professional […]

Dolph Ziggler has accomplished darn near everything someone could want to as a member of the WWE Universe. Sure, he never became a Grand Slam Champion, coming one Universal Championship win short of the prestigious honor, but when you consider his WWE career in totality, from his developmental days, to his Money in the Bank […]

When Rob Van Dam‘s run in Impact wrestling came to an end following a, shall we say, weird run as part of the “Cancel Culture” stable led by disgraced Pro Wrestling Guerrilla founder Joey Ryan, it seemed like the long-time WWE stalwart’s career was winding down. Sure, he still wrestled from time to time, working […]

After shooting his shot to John Cena and the rest of the WWE Universe that the promotion should book a major Premium Live Event in Australia, Grayson Waller’s wish has been surprisingly granted, sending the entire show Down Under in early 2024, with the Elimination Chamber coming to Optus Stadium in Perth next February. Now […]

Long before Dolph Ziggler was released from WWE, fans heavily expected to see the IRL brother of Ryan Nemeth jump ship to AEW. From running special comedy nights featuring AEW talents to appearing in the Young Bucks’ Being the Elite Youtube show, something that few, if any, WWE Superstars have done in the past, it […]

When Paul Wight announced that he was leaving the BS – aka Big Show – behind in WWE for AEW, it left more than a few fans wondering what the promotion had planned for the supersized Kayfabe son of Andre The Giant. Would Wight continue his wrestling career, working matches against multiple jobbers on the […]

When news broke that Sonya Deville had torn her ACL and would be out of action for roughly a year mere weeks after becoming the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, it called into question what would happen to Chelsea Green and her abbreviated time as a champion. Sure, WWE has allowed submissions in championship […]

After (re)forming one of the most popular factions in WWE under the LWO banner, Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar will find themselves on opposite sides of the vs. symbol on SmackDown, when they wrestle a singles match with the former’s United States Championship belt on the line. Now, for fans in the know who appreciate […]

When Tyler Breeze was really cooking in NXT, it looked like his act was destined to be huge for Vince McMahon on the WWE main roster. On paper, he had everything a WWE fan could want in a successful act; he was good in the ring, had great charisma on the mic and in skits, […]

On a recent edition of the Jim Cornette Drive Thru podcast, a fan wrote into the show to ask Bryan Last and his Camp-y co-host what he thought of a recent statement made by The Undertaker on his WWE’s sponsored 1 deadMAN Show in Glasgow, Scottland, where the “American Bada**” put over the AEW World […]

When news broke that about a dozen WWE Superstars, ranging from OG future Hall of Famers like Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin, to often overlooked “niche” acts like Mustafa Ali and the Maximum Male Models, were released from WWE in the fallout of the company’s merger with UFC under the TKO banner, it turned heads […]

Folks, it’s officially official: Jade Cargill has left Tony Khan and AEW behind to try her hand at becoming the next great WWE Superstar. In an announcement officially made by ESPN but known far and wide due to reporting by Sean Ross Sapp, Dave Meltzer, and others, “That B**ch” has been leaning towards a deal […]

After turning in what will ultimately go down as the signature match of his professional wrestling career, defeating Claudio Castagnoli in the opening match of Grand Slam to become the new Ring of Honor World Champion, Eddie Kingston surprised the professional wrestling world by announcing that he recently signed a four-year extension with AEW to […]