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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[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 3/18: Did Brock Lesnar Get Some Revenge?
Last week's WWE SmackDown on Fox ended with an impromptu nasty brawl in the parking garage between two WrestleMania opponents  Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey and SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair violently had it out for several minutes as WWE officials tried in vain to separate them  Flair eventually ended the donnybrook when she put Rousey in a submission hold atop[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 3/18: The Road To WrestleMania Nears Its End
We are only two weeks away from WWE's biggest show of the year, WrestleMania  Time is ticking away and before you know it, we will be smack dab in the middle of the two-night extravaganza that WWE is promising to be "the most stupendous" event of all time  While that remains to be seen, the build[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/15:
 With the brand's biggest show of the year, NXT Stand & Deliver, only two weeks away, all attention is now on who Ziggler will defend the title against at the big WrestleMania weekend show  Will Breakker get a rematch or will a new player enter the scene?  Let's take a look and find out. Will Bron Breakker get[...]
NXT 2.0 Preview 3/15: The Road To Stand & Deliver Rages On
NXT's WrestleMania weekend show, NXT Stand & Deliver, is only two weeks away from this Saturday  And as the brand's biggest show of the year rapidly approaches, the picture of how the card will look becomes more and more clear  That brings us to tonight's episode of NXT 2.0 on the USA Network, where we'll not only hear[...]
WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall Is On Life Support After Heart Attack
 In Razor Ramon, Hall clearly took much inspiration from Al Pacino's iconic performance as Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and created a slick new kind of heel character that was so cool, fans actually started to like him. He would perform as the character for the next four years, winning the Intercontinental Championship four times and stealing[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap 3/11:
It's only three weeks until WWE's WrestleMania and while the SmackDown brand has a couple of matches booked for the big "show of shows", they still have quite a bit of work to do  Big titles like the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles still don't have matches set and there are a number of big stars[...]
SmackDown Preview 3/11: Well, Let's See What (If Anything) Happens
 WWE will indeed be airing SmackDown tonight at 8 pm on Fox, but what will they be doing and why should we watch it?  Well, apparently that's none of our business. It's Kofi Kingston and Big E versus Sheamus and Ridge Holland in tag team action tonight on SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. While WrestleMania, the company's biggest show[...]
Jim Ross Says Stone Cold Isn't Enthusiastic About WrestleMania
The speculation about WWE Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin having a return match at next month's WrestleMania has run the gamut from "maybe?" to "definitely!" to ultimately what we got this week, which was a confirmation that Austin would be live on the show, but as a part of a KO Show segment with Kevin Owens[...]
NXT Roadblock Recap: Is Bron Breakker Still The NXT Champion?
 This brings us to Roadblock, an event we were only informed of last week, but one with some matches of big consequences going into WrestleMania weekend's Stand & Deliver less than a month from now  Who will be Champion then and what will the landscape look like?  Let's find out. Our recap of last night's NXT Roadblock, courtesy of[...]
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin Accepts Kevin Owens' WrestleMania Invite
 One of the biggest WrestleMania rumors has involved "Stone Cold" Steve Austin having some kind of confrontation with Kevin Owens, but while many had hoped or thought this would be a match, it turns out it'll just be Austin appearing on a WrestleMania edition of The KO Show. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will appear on Kevin Owens' KO Show at WrestleMania,[...]
SmackDown Preview 3/4: Ronda Rousey's First Ever Blue Brand Match
While Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey's sights are firmly on Charlotte Flair and her SmackDown Women's Championship for WrestleMania next month, tonight, she will look to get a measure of revenge against someone who's been a thorn in her side for weeks now in Sonya Deville. Ronda Rousey will face Sonya Deville tonight on SmackDown, courtesy of WWE. In her first-ever match on SmackDown,[...]
Vince McMahon To Induct The Undertaker Into The WWE Hall Of Fame
 The increasingly more reclusive McMahon promised McAfee he would be making a big WWE-related announcement on the show today and he didn't wait too long as, within minutes of sitting down, he announced that he would personally be inducting one of the greatest WWE legends in history, The Undertaker, into the WWE Hall of Fame[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 3/1:
 Eventually though, Hayes is able to hit the top rope Axe Kick for the pinfall to retain. Winner and still Champion: Carmelo Hayes After the match, Hayes says he's going to defend the title at the NXT WrestleMania weekend show, Stand & Deliver, in a Ladder Match, though his opponent still remains to be named. And that's that for NXT 2.0[...]
Edge's Surprise WrestleMania Opponent Backstage Right Now? Spoilers!
This week's episode of WWE Raw has just two announced segments, and one of them is a follow-up on last week's open challenge from Edge for someone in the locker room to step up and become his WrestleMania opponent Now, a new dirt sheet report may reveal just who that opponent is And despite what[...]
WWE Plans WrestleMania Title vs. Title Match to Have No Consequences
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will face WWE Champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, but the outcome won't matter, according to a new report The title unification match will headline WrestleMania Night 2 a few weeks from now, with the winner walking out with both titles However, within a few weeks of that, according to dirt[...]
SmackDown Recap 2/25: WWE Champion Brock Lesnar Unleashed
We're full speed ahead on the road to WrestleMania and that takes the form of a contract signing on this week's episode of SmackDown on Fox  This week's contract signing (remember the super awesome one last week?…) will feature WWE Champion and Royal Rumble winner Brock Lesnar and Universal Champion Roman Reigns signing the dotted line to make their main event match at WrestleMania[...]
SmackDown Preview 2/25: A WrestleMania Main Event Contract Signing
After Brock Lesnar demolished his opponents in the Elimination Chamber match last Saturday and again became WWE Champion, the stage was set for him to face the Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania in a title versus title match  Tonight on SmackDown, we will see WWE's top two champions come face-to-face as Lesnar and Reigns[...]
Historic WrestleMania Dual-Sponsorship Could Cause Mass Confusion
For the first time ever, not one but two brands will sponsor WrestleMania this year: Snickers, and WWE 2k22 What's that you ask? How could two sponsors possibly be involved with the same WrestleMania It sounds totally insane, but it's true Get it directly from large adult daughter, walking embodiment of nepotism, and person who[...]
NXT 2.0 Recap 2/22: Who Is The New NXT Title Number One Contender?
 So that brings us to tonight, where after weeks of antagonizing each other across both shows, Ciampa will face Ziggler one-on-one and the winner will be the number one contender to face Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship. Was a new number one contender crowned on NXT 2.0? Courtesy of WWE. The NXT champ himself hits the ring[...]