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Theory will challenge Bobby Lashley in a rematch for the United States Championship he lost at Money in the Bank at SummerSlam on July 30th The former champ and current Money in the Bank contract holder announced his intentions to defeat Lashley and also cash in his contract during this week's episode of WWE Raw[...]

Last week's WWE SmackDown on FOX began with a befuddling appearance from the beleaguered Vince McMahon and ended with fans again questioning what the shot-callers were thinking when Brock Lesnar returned to yet again challenge Roman Reigns for the title at this year's SummerSlam  Fans have made it pretty clear they've had more than enough of this match-up, but with[...]

The next time 'Taker will be needed is SummerSlam weekend in Nashville, and the Dead Man has answered the call to put on a one man show… or 1 deadMAN show… on Friday, July 29th at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. The Undertaker: 1 deadMAN Show is happening on Friday night, July 29 at Wildhorse Saloon[...]

 So it should come as no surprise to any longtime fan that with the serious and surgery-requiring injury to Randy Orton, the planned main event of SummerSlam with him facing Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is off and like always, caused Vince to hit the panic button  And of course, when he hits said button, it shoots a[...]

Louis Saturday, April 2 & Sunday, April 3 – "WrestleMania" at AT&T Stadium in Dallas Sunday, May 8 – Pay-per-view at Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. Sunday, June 5 – Pay-Per-View at Allstate Arena in Chicago Saturday, July 2 – "Money In The Bank" at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas Saturday, July 30 – "SummerSlam" at Nissan Stadium in[...]

In a new press release, WWE is calling this year's SummerSlam "the most-viewed and highest-grossing SummerSlam in the company's history." Though WWE's attendance numbers aren't actually real, it's likely that their percentage gains over previous years are correct According to WWE, this year's Summerslam was watched by 55% more people than watched SummerSlam in 2020[...]

Hey gang!  So it was a big weekend for WWE, which of course featured SummerSlam on Saturday night and NXT TakeOver 36 last night  WWE tried to pull out all the stops on Saturday, but personally, I thought it was a pretty forgettable show with some really baffling, if not outright stupid decisions made (poor Bianca Belair…)[...]

But over on WWE Smackdown, the go-home show for WWE SummerSlam, WWE put forth its best effort to show why the landscape needed to be changed in the first place. On WWE Smackdown, Seth Rollins is covered in… poo? during a "brood bath." WWE Smackdown Review for 8/20/2021 Edge opened Smackdown with a promo, claiming that Seth Rollins[...]

The idea of someone other than Vince McMahon owning WWE might not sound as crazy as it once did after the WWE President's new comments.

The recap of the 8/17 episode of NXT, which was the final stop on the road to NXT TakeOver 36 this Sunday night on Peacock.

Assuming WWE isn't sold by the time SummerSlam takes place later this month, it will feature two new matches made official on Smackdown last night Bianca Belair will put her Smackdown Women's Championship on the line in a rematch with Sasha Banks Also, Edge will face Seth Rollins in a grudge match that, for the[...]

Fans attending WWE SummerSlam at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on August 21st will be required to wear masks as part of the stadium's coronavirus safety protocols The ruling comes from the state of Nevada, which reinstituted a mask mandate on July 30th thanks to the surge in cases from the delta variant and morons[...]

WWE may be cleaning out their roster lately due to "budget cuts," but they've still got enough money left to hire Goldberg to co-main-event SummerSlam this year Goldberg and Bobby Lashley will officially face off for Lashley's WWE Championship on Sunday, August 21st, in a match sure to last minutes and hopefully end without anyone[...]

Lashley has dominated challenger after challenger on WWE Raw since winning the WWE Championship, but he's apparently afraid of a 54-year-old man who can't wrestle a match lasting longer than three minutes or containing more than two wrestling moves (four if you count punches and kicks) without becoming extremely winded and/or getting a concussion, so[...]

On Saturday, August 21st, WWE will spread the joy of wrestling, as well as the COVID-19 Delta variant, to Las Vegas as SummerSlam takes place at Allegiant Stadium But the fun doesn't stop when SummerSlam goes off the air WWE announced that the SummerSlam after-party will be hosted by Tiffany Haddish, part of a joint[...]

Since his big return to WWE last week at Money In The Bank, John Cena has already made an impact on ticket sales to upcoming events.

You can take the movie theaters out of the John Cena, but you can't take the John Cena out of the movie theaters, as WWE will screen SummerSlam live Taking a cue from AEW, who partnered with Cinemark to show both Revolution and Double or Nothing in theaters around the country, WWE has partnered with[...]

As a result, comrades, the company is so desperate they will hire anyone off TikTok to do ring announcing for their second-biggest show of the year: SummerSlam. WWE SummerSlam is headed to Vegas in August Greetings! It is I, your El Presidente, bringing you a press release from WWE announcing a SummerSlam Announcer Contest on TikTok[...]

It turns out Bret Hart's favorite wrestler of all time, Goldberg, will be returning as soon as next week on Raw to challenge WWE Champion Bobby Lashley at SummerSlam. Goldberg is to return on next week's Raw and challenge Bobby Lashley at SummerSlam, courtesy of WWE. Fightful Select is saying that Goldberg will indeed be crashing the party at the American Airlines[...]

 WWE's big SummerSlam event is also happening next month in Las Vegas, leaving us to question "how could Cena be in two places at once?", especially with Europe still enforcing strict COVID-19 quarantine procedures for those entering the continent  Well, as it turns out, the "Doctor of Thuganomics" also has a doctorate in scheduling and time[...]

 Many fans assumed his big return would come at next month's SummerSlam, which WWE is planning to make an even bigger extravaganza than usual this year, as it will be one of their first major events in front of a live audience since the COVID-19 pandemic  Even more gas was thrown on the fire when Universal[...]

If I were them, I would stay on set."@WWERomanReigns on why @TheRock should stick to Hollywood 🍿 pic.twitter.com/KtGMmzxtDE — SportsNation (@SportsNation) June 16, 2021 Alright so clearly something is in the works here, as WWE will be live in front of actual people again starting with the July 16 episode of Smackdown, which will of course be a[...]

WWE has officially announced the date and venue for WWE SummerSlam, confirming long-gestating rumors that the event would take place on a Saturday in Las Vegas August 21st is the date, and Allegiant Stadium is the venue The script: well, it will be torn up moments before the show and rewritten by Vince McMahon. WWE SummerSlam[...]

WWE revealed the date that SummerSlam will take place this year, but not the location In a press release Friday morning, WWE announced that SummerSlam will take place on Saturday, August 21st, but the venue will not be revealed until a week from this Saturday during a horse racing show on NBC In addition to[...]

Meltzer also reports that WWE will not have fans in the building for WrestleMania Backlash this month, but that the plan is to have fans at SummerSlam. WrestleVotes, a twitter account popular with clickbait wrestling news aggregation websites, takes things further, reporting that SummerSlam will be the beginning of a return to touring. WWE is looking to[...]

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With the shocking return of WWE star Roman Reigns at SummerSlam last night, it's all anybody in the wrestling world wants to talk about But just as a major star returned last night, there was also an equally shocking departure Of course, we're talking about Roman Reigns' old teeth, which were clearly replaced by new[...]

Well, SummerSlam is almost over, and so far, we haven't had that moment to pay off the tagline: "you'll never see it coming." Unless you count Drew McIntyre winning by a backslide And if that was the surprise, well I won't be happy. WWE SummerSlam Report Part 5 There's one more match for SummerSlam tonight, the main[...]

Bleeding Cool's live coverage of WWE SummerSlam continues We've just finished watching two hardcore matches in a row If you haven't been following along, you can scroll down to the bottom for links to the previous three parts of this SummerSlam report The Women's Championship match is up next. WWE SummerSlam Report Part 4 After some more[...]

WWE SummerSlam continues After a somewhat lackluster opening, the next hour of SummerSlam features two big grudge matches Will things pick up? Let's find out. WWE SummerSlam Report Part 3 We see a video package and Michael Cole promotes Payback in two weeks Then Corey Graves introduces a video package for Mandy Rose vs Sonya Deville[...]