In the wake of more than a dozen misconduct allegations against him as part of the #SpeakingOut movement that is sweeping the pro wrestling industry, Joey Ryan has deleted his Twitter account According to a report from SoCal Uncensored, Ryan has also shut down his promotion, Bar Wrestling The Twitter account for Bar Wrestling, which[...]
WWE's Last Ride documentary series featuring The Undertaker's struggles with giving up his in-ring career ended with the legendary wrestler declaring that he's finally done for good, which almost certainly means he'll be making a surprise return for next year's WrestleMania. Undertaker expressed his satisfaction with his Boneyard Match against AJ Styles in the episode, […]
Donald Trump is thePresident of the United States most associated with pro wrestling since Abraham Lincoln, a man Trump has said was treated better than he is A member of WWE's Hall-of-Fame, Trump's association with WWE goes all the way back to WrestleMania 4 and 5, which were hosted at Trump's Atlantic City casino, Trump[...]
In the first part of our WWE SmackDown report, AJ Styles was presented with the new WWE Intercontinental Championship and then fought a debuting Matt Riddle and Jeff Hardy gave an interview about his recent struggles in life and against Sheamus. Read about it here. Now it's time for a match between Shorty G and […]
In the first part of our WWE Monday Night Raw recap, Randy Orton challenged Christian to an unsanctioned match, Bobby Lashley challenged Lana to a divorce, and the Viking Profits teamed up with the Big Show to fight ninjas. If that sounds like your cup of tea, and look, we're not judging, read that recap […]
Last night, we witnessed what may have been THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER. May have been, but wasn't. It was okay. The match was dragged down by WWE's hype and by the weird and distracting decision to pipe in crowd noise. And then, to make matters worse, Edge tore his tricep… while filming reshoots! Reshoots! […]
Well, I'm not sure what just watched in that last match between the Viking Raiders and the Street Profits, but now it's time for the main event of WWE Backlash: Edge vs. Randy Orton in The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever! Orton and Edge come to the ring. The announcements of both competitors are done weirdly, […]
MVP is seen backstage ordering party supplies for the post-Backlash WWE Championship match party tonight. Lana interrupts his call to tell MVP she's the reason Lashley is successful, not him. MVP tells Lana she should have this conversation with Lashley, but she won't because she's scared of what he'll say. MVP heads off to hang […]
Before the match starts, we see Braun Strowman pull up to the Performance Center in his muscle car, which has been repaired since Miz and Morrison wrecked it on Smackdown a few weeks ago. Braun grabs his bags and walks to the rings. The dramatic tension is unbearable! We also get a commercial for Extreme […]
WWE Backlash is live, and after a pretty epic promo for The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever, the opening match saw the Women's Tag Team Title triple threat title match kick off the show. Alexa Bliss/Nikki Cross take on The Iconics and champions Sasha Banks and Bayley. Bayley and Sasha won the titles from Alexa and […]
Miz and Morrison finally got to debut their new music video on the WWE Backlash Kickoff show. The tag team tried to debutt HEY! Hey Hey on Smackdown, but were rudely interrupted by Braun Strowman making his entrance. Smackdown viewers' loss is Backlash Kickoff viewers' gain, however. This song is a real banger! Hey hey […]
WWE Backlash takes place tonight at 7 PM on the WWE Network, and Bleeding Cool will be covering the PPV live. The Chadster has been assigned the task of writing this article to list the card for tonight's event, which will serve as a hub for our live coverage as it happens (with links to […]
Tonight at WWE Backlash, Bobby Lashley will challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. In his corner will be MVP, the man who has taken Lashley from the center of a cuckold angle with Rusev into the main event. In an interview with WWE's The Bump, MVP discussed his relationship with Lashley and Lashley's relationship […]
We're right in the middle of an epic contest between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles for the Intercontinental Championship here on WWE Smackdown. If you haven't read the first half of this recap, trust us, you want to. It involves Jeff Hardy, Sheamus, and a large mug of urine. We come back from a commercial […]
WWE Smackdown starts out with a recap of drama between Sheamus and Jeff Hardy. The rumor tonight is that Sheamus is going to make Jeff Hardy take a urine test before he'll sign a contract to fight him at Backlash. We'll find out if it happens… right away! Michael Cole welcomes us to WWE Smackdown […]
The big news in the wrestling world this week is a creative shakeup at WWE that has seen Paul Heyman removed as creative director of WWE Monday Night Raw and the entire creative team of both shows consolidated under Bruce Pritchard, who was previously running just Smackdown. More alarmingly, a report from the most recent […]
Yesterday, WWE announced that Paul Heyman would return to working just as an on-screen characters while Bruce Pritchard will be in charge of creative for both Raw and Smackdown, with the writing teams for both shows consolidated. The move marks a big demotion for Heyman, who was in the middle of an 18-month long-term plan […]
He lasted longer than Eric Bischoff did as Executive Director of SmackDown, but Paul Heyman has now also been released from his duties as Executive Director of Raw, WWE announced in a statement on Thursday. Creative for both Raw and SmackDown will now be handled by a single team under the direction of Bruce Pritchard, […]
Former NFL player turned WWE Superstar working in WWE's developmental program AJ Francis took to Twitter to offer praise for Triple H. 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 […]
Since the end of the "Attitude Era" and for the past twenty years, WWE's ratings and popularity have been on a seemingly irreversible downward slide. A lack of competition following the death of WCW led to complacency and conservative booking that turned what was once programming that fans couldn't miss because something exciting could happen […]
