In part one of our NXT report, Imperium defended their tag team championships against Breezango, Damian Priest had a hoss fight with Killian Dane, Robert Stone vomited in the ring, Aliya faced off with… wait a minute, back that up Robert Stone did what? Guess you'll have to read part one before we find out[...]
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AEW Dynamite was two hours of almost nonstop wrestling, but NXT isn't intimidated Tonight, NXT has got two tag team championship matches to look forward to Breezango are challenging Imperium, and Sasha Banks and Bayley are visiting to defend against Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart.
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We see Sasha and Bayley[...]
Christian agrees to one more match, the Iiconics demand another title shot, and R-Truth screws up big-time in part two of our WWE Raw recap.
On the first hour of WWE Raw, Bobby Lashley wants a divorce, Big Show chases off Big Ninja, and Randy Orton challenges Christian to a match.
At WWE Backlash, Edge and Randy Orton tried for The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever while WWE piped in crowd noise in an attempt to ruin it.
The Street Profits and the Viking Raiders finally took their contest to the wrestling ring at WWE Backlash on Sunday. Who came out on top?
Apollo Crews defends his U.S. Championship against Andrade on the WWE Backlash kickoff show, and here's how it all went down.
Plus, WWE isn't going to miss out on the opportunity to send Banks and Bayley to NXT on Wednesday to pop a rating against AEW Banks and Bayley retain here.
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Apollo Crews Defends the United States Championship Against Andrade
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The Intercontinental Championship tournament is decided in the last WWE SmackDown before Backlash in part two of our recap.
The first part of our WWE SmackDown look starts with Sheamus and Jeff Hardy and takes us into the AJ Styles-Daniel Bryan IC title match.
Expanding NXT into Europe and Japan, and opening up other markets under Paul Levesque was a long-term play Now the mentality is to worry about what you have and think about now, even though the company is going to be more profitable this year and next than probably any time in its existence.
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However, in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer puts the changes and fallout in perspective as affecting more than just the writing teams of Raw and Smackdown, but also the overall state of things in WWE.
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According to Meltzer, pretty much anything that was a long-term plan[...]
WWE released a statement announcing Paul Heyman will no longer be in charge of Raw, with Bruce Pritchard taking over all creative duties.
Coming off the positively-received NXT Takeover: In Your House PPV, WWE's black and gold brand held up well against rival AEW Dynamite in Wednesday night's ratings Both shows saw a drop in both viewership and demo rating, but AEW's drop was much larger than NXT, and both shows finished in a similar range Here's the[...]
Welcome to part two of our NXT report If you haven't read part one already, you can go back and do that here Or just start reading here You're a rebel You don't follow the rules You don't read things in the proper order.
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We see a recap of Karrion Kross vs[...]
I have to confess, I have not, to this point, been a huge fan of NXT I get why people liked it a lot when Raw and Smackdown were the only real alternative for an American wrestling show, but even then, its indie atmosphere has always felt a little too manufactured to me It's like[...]
WWE Hall-of-Famer and greatest wrestler of all time, the Heartbreak Kid, the Showstopper, Shawn Michaels, was in a backstage argument with a producer at NXT Takeover: In Your House about the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests happening in response to the killing of George Floyd by police, according to a dirt sheet rumor Let's just[...]
Francis says Triple H told everyone in NXT that they can come and talk to Triple H anytime they want about Black Lives Matter and the ongoing protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by police, widespread police brutality, and institutionalized racism.
Triple H at the "Stuber" Premiere at the Regal LA Live on[...]
Following last night's NXT Takeover: In Your House, some new reports have emerged about the future of a potential injury for Johnny Gargano, and Adam Cole's contract status Last week, there was a rumor that Cole's contract would end in August and that he hasn't yet signed a new deal, leading to shameless speculation that[...]
Last night, WWE held NXT Takeover: In Your House, a PPV event blending together the nostalgia for the past in the In Your House PPV era of 1995 to 1997 with the hope for the future of WWE's latest class of NXT Superstars On the whole, the event was a success WWE has released video[...]
To make matters worse, between three hours of Raw, two hours of Smackdown, two hours of NXT, and the occasional PPV, there's 7-10 hours of WWE programming each week where nothing is likely to happen Even the most hardcore fan would have trouble maintaining interest in that, but here's the thing: they probably aren't meant[...]
After NXT Takeover: In Your House ended, WWE aired the latest episode of their 24 documentary series, Ric Flair: The Final Farewell The show was released earlier on Sunday on the WWE Network Feeling in a pretty nostalgic mood after all of WWE's nostalgia-peddling with In Your House, I decided to give it a watch[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House on Sunday The Heartbreak Kid discussed a lot of things about his role as a coach in NXT and his career as WWE celebrated the In Your House era of PPVs One thing ol' HBK talked about was his love[...]
Thanks to my colleagues for the excellent live coverage of NXT Takeover: In Your House Jeremy, you've done a great job as usual Chad… well, you tried Last up is Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley vs Io Shirai for the NXT Women's Championship.
Before the match, Renee Young talked to us from her Watchalong party to[...]
WWE NXT In Your House kept chugging along as Tomasso Ciampa took on new signee Karrion Kross Kross got the red carpet treatment right from the start, as he already has been given one of the coolest entrances in some time Accompanied by Scarlett, it is a whole production that would make the Undertaker jealous[...]
Welcome to live coverage of NXT Takeover: In Your House here at Bleeding Cool My name is Chad McMahon, and I've been seeing all of things you're saying about me, Jude Terror I am not a goober And let me tell you, The Chadster is two and a half white claw seltzers in already tonight,[...]
Welcome to Bleeding Cool's ongoing live coverage of NXT Takeover: In Your House I'm still recovering from the sonic assault of the live music that opened the show Was it a live band? Was it an SNL skit? You gotta warn us about that sort of thing in the future, WWE What if I was[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight There's at least a half dozen wrestlers who people have tried to call "the next Shawn Michaels" over the past two decades The most recent is Adam Cole, and most would probably agree, there is a resemblance Count Shawn[...]
WWE NXT In Your House opened the best way possible: with Todd Pentingill! While the worldwide leader in sports entertainment may not be giving away a house tonight, they will bring the 90's PPV branding to the black and yellow brand for tonight They even brought back the house set from back in the day[...]
Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight HBK was asked about who he feels will be breakout stars in NXT Though he's not a breakout star, Michaels brought up Drake Maverick, who was recently part of a big angle, somewhat controversially since it was based on[...]