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WWE SmackDown Preview 4/8: What Are Roman Reigns' Next Steps?
As we saw at this past Sunday's WrestleMania, Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in the main event to gain both titles and become WWE's unified Champion  On Monday's Raw, Reigns had the WWE Universe waiting to hear his plans going forward, but instead ducked the issue and said we would have to wait for SmackDown[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 4/5: Bron Breakker Vs Gunther For The NXT Title
 The crowd is again laying into this and chanting "Boring!"  I guess the usually raucous WrestleMania crowd has migrated from Dallas, Texas to Orlando, Florida in just 24 hours, with enough energy to dump on a show  That's an impressive turnaround! We now go to a backstage interview with the new NXT Tag Team Champions MSK, who is[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 4/5: The Fallout From Stand & Deliver Begins
This past Saturday in Dallas, the NXT brand put on a solid afternoon of wrestling action with NXT Stand & Deliver as a lead-in to night one of WrestleMania  Every title in the brand was on the line and we do indeed have some new champions going into tonight's episode of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network[...]
WWE Touts Record-Breaking Attendance for WrestleMania
WWE announced a new record for WrestleMania attendance and revenue following the "most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history." According to a press release, "WWE's annual pop-culture extravaganza saw 156,352 fans from all 50 states and 53 countries converge on AT&T Stadium in Dallas over the course of two exciting nights, surpassing the previous gate and[...]
In Triumph for WWE, WrestleMania Night 2 Exceeds Low Expectations
Another WrestleMania is in the record books, and if there's one thing we can definitively say about "the most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history," it's this: it wasn't as bad as we expected Sure, it was a low bar WWE as a company in general has been at an all-time creative low point while at[...]
Steve Austin, Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair Redeem WrestleMania Night 1
WWE has billed this year's WrestleMania as the most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history, but without the help of the most popular wrestler in the history of the business returning for one more unbelievable match, the first night of the show might have gone down as a longer and only slightly more eventful episode of[...]
WrestleMania 38 Dares You To Ask: Do I Really Need This?
Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, and it is your honor for me to host your Bleeding Cool WrestleMania Roundtable for Night 2 of the most stupid… sorry, stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history WrestleMania takes place in Texas this year at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 3rd[...]
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If you're a professional wrestling fan who's in the know then you had a pretty good idea who Seth Rollins' Vince McMahon-selected "mystery opponent" was going to be during the first night of WrestleMania 38 on Peacock Yup, former AEW star & executive vice president Cody Rhodes made his official debut tonight (and to no[...]
No Mania To Be Found: WWE's Lost The Unique Magic Of WrestleMania
WrestleMania is one of those terms ubiquitous with WWE and pro wrestling itself  Non-fans know of it and they know what it means: the biggest wrestling show of the year  While it's impossible to erase it from our consciousness, the fact is that in recent years and especially this year, WrestleMania has kind of lost its[...]
NXT Stand & Deliver Recap:
It's the biggest show of the year for NXT on WrestleMania weekend, NXT Stand & Deliver  All of the titles in NXT will be on the line this afternoon in Dallas as the WWE stars of tomorrow get the matinee spotlight today  Enough out of me, let's get to the action! The official logo for NXT Stand &[...]
NXT Stand & Deliver Preview: All The Titles On The Line In Dallas
 It's a matinee showcase for the brand ahead of night one of WrestleMania and the brand has big expectations to meet, not only as a WrestleMania appetizer but also seeing as, in the previous era of the brand, they often received way better reviews than the big WWE show  Will the NXT 2.0 era superstars meet the challenge?[...]
WrestleMania 38 Dares You To Ask: Do I Really Need This?
Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, and it is your honor for me to host your Bleeding Cool WrestleMania Roundtable for Night 1 of the most stupid… sorry, stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history WrestleMania takes place in Texas this year at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 3rd[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 4/1: A WrestleMania Eve April Fools Joke
Friday night kicked off the biggest weekend of the year for WWE, as the two-night extravaganza that is WrestleMania gets rolling in Dallas  But two nights and a possible ten hours of air time just isn't enough apparently with last night's episode of SmackDown on Fox serving as a sort of pre-show for the "Showcase[...]
Opinion: WrestleMania 38 - Who The F#&% Is This For?
WWE is about to produce one of the biggest shows of the year as WrestleMania 38 will take place in Dallas But… who is this show for? That's not some arbitrary question we're throwing out there for you to answer, we're actually going to answer that ourselves But considering the fact that we've watched every[...]
WWE Reveals New Statue Of The Undertaker Ahead Of WrestleMania
 The use of these statues is anyone's guess, as there is no physical WWE Hall of Fame or museum to display them properly, but the gesture is a nice one and now the company has bestowed it on arguably their greatest character of all time, The Undertaker, ahead of his Hall of Fame induction tonight. The[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 4/1: A WrestleMania Pre-Show Tonight On Fox
Remember when WrestleMania was a single three-hour-long show on one night?  That feels like a distant memory now as the annual event has ballooned into a two-night event with each night's goings-on pushing five hours if we're lucky  But that's not enough apparently, as this year Mania has spilled into a third night, with tonight's SmackDown on Fox[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/29: The Go-Home To Stand & Deliver
 Their event in front of the Dallas crowd will kick off the in-ring action for the first day of WrestleMania and showcase battles for all of the brand's titles  The biggest battle will of course be for the NXT Championship, where former Champion Bron Breakker will look to regain the belt from the man who took it, Raw[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/29: The Final Episode Before Stand & Deliver
NXT Stand & Deliver will kick off the in-ring action of WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, Texas this coming Saturday afternoon  But that's still four days from now and tonight on the final NXT 2.0 on the USA Network before the big show this weekend, there's still plenty of work to do and we'll take a look at[...]
Wrestling Stars React To Will Smith's Wrestling-Esque Oscar Slap
It's in the fine print. — Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) March 28, 2022 Chris Rock vs Will Smith should main event #WrestleMania #Oscars — WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) March 28, 2022 And maybe the best reaction of all came from the legendary Jerry "The King" Lawler, who was a part of maybe one of the most infamous slaps in TV history. Me and Andy[...]
Seth Rollins Banking on Cody Rhodes Showing Up at WrestleMania
Seth Rollins finally got his WrestleMania match, and all signs point to it being Cody Rhodes And now, the match is all but official You know what that means, right?! ADRENALINE! IN MY SOUL! FINALLY IT'S CODE RH– WAIT! Unfortunately, it looks like Cody won't actually be showing up to promote the match because Vince McMahon has booked Seth[...]
Brantley Gilbert, Jessie James Decker Set for WWE WrestleMania
No, they won't be Seth Rollins' WrestleMania opponents, but Brantley Gilbert and Jessie James Decker will perform America the Beautiful to kick off each of the two nights of WrestleMania this weekend WWE announced the news that the two country music stars would perform at the show on a press release on Monday WWE typically[...]
Dave and Busters to Punish Customers by Airing WrestleMania
WWE announced a partnership Monday with Dave and Busters to air WrestleMania in the restaurant franchise that presents itself as the adult version of Chuck E Cheese Now, customers who refused to risk COVID by hanging out in the adult equivalent of the ball pit at the McDonald's Playplace who have finally decided to venture[...]
The official logo for WWE Monday Night Raw. Credit: WWE.
No, we aren't talking about WrestleMania We're talking about the Raw before WrestleMania, the one time of year where WWE has actually thought its plans through as early as a week in advance, which means they have more than one or two vague talking segments scheduled for Raw this week With the big stupendous two-day[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 3/25:
With only one week to go until WrestleMania, the stakes are pretty high right now for WWE to make every minute of SmackDown count in building towards their biggest show of the year, which I don't have to remind you that the company has promised to be "the most stupendous WrestleMania ever!"  So after this week's episode of SmackDown[...]
The Late Shad Gaspard Is This Year's WWE Warrior Award Recipient
 He gave his life to save his son, a decision you would hope any parent would make, and he is a well-deserving recipient of this award. Gaspard will be honored with the award at the annual WrestleMania weekend WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, this year being held on April 1, and you can watch it live at 10 pm exclusively[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 3/25: One Week To Go Until WrestleMania
One week from today will be the eve of the first of two nights of WrestleMania in Dallas, Texas But to get there, we have to plow through two more episodes of WWE SmackDown on Fox and there's still plenty of unfinished business to settle before it's showtime in Dallas  Let's take a look at what[...]
It's Been 25 Years Since The Greatest WrestleMania Match Ever
 This is what happened on March 23, 1997, at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago for WrestleMania 13  The card was pretty uninteresting down to the main event of The Undertaker vs Sycho Sid, but there was one match that had some fire behind it and it wouldn't disappoint  It was the ultimate match of the best feud in the[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/22: Bron Breakker Goes 1-On-1 With Robert Roode
Including tonight's show, there are only two episodes of NXT 2.0 left before the brand's big WrestleMania weekend event, NXT Stand & Deliver, which will air on Peacock live from Dallas, Texas at 12 pm on Saturday, April 2  Former NXT Champion Bron Breakker will face the current Champion Dolph Ziggler in hopes of getting his title back in the show's[...]
RKBro Win Tag Titles on WWE Raw, But the Real Prize Was Friendship
Celebrating their tag team championship victory last week, Randy Orton and Riddle threw a party but were interrupted by Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, who demanded a match at WrestleMania That led to a one-on-one match between Riddle and Ford, which led to a beatdown by Otis and Shorty G. Riddle and Randy Orton embrace friendship[...]