Wrestlemania Archives

With less than a week to go before the big event, the card for WWE WrestleMania Backlash is… well, it's getting there.  Priest defeated John Morrison on WWE Raw to win the right to choose the stipulation for the match on Sunday, and Priest decided on a lumberjack match to ensure Miz can't escape his[...]

Ahead of WWE Smackdown tonight, the fed announced one more match for WrestleMania Backlash, taking place the Sunday after next Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio will get a shot at the Smackdown Tag Team Championships held by Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, otherwise known as (ugh, we hate to say this), the Dirty Dawgs WWE[...]

WrestleMania in April featured close to half-capacity crowds at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and the upcoming AEW Double or Nothing PPV will have a full capacity crowd. At AEW Double or Nothing, Britt Baker will challenge Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women's Championship In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Melter reported[...]

 Roddy Piper was at the front of this moment as the best talker in the industry (as featured in his iconic Piper's Pit segments) and as the main adversary to super-babyface Hulk Hogan, eventually leading to the two main-eventing the first Wrestlemania with Mr T and "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff. It is then, like the biography of "Stone[...]

WWE added another match to WrestleMania Backlash on Friday Bayley will challenge Bianca Belair for the Smackdown Women's Championship at the PPV next month Belair won the title from Sasha Banks just a few weeks ago at WrestleMania, and Bayley had an altercation with the Bella Twins at WrestleMania, so there's plenty of opportunities for[...]

Drew McIntyre did such a good job opening Night 1 of WrestleMania this year, WWE is giving them another shot, this time at WrestleMania… Backlash Yes, Backlash has WrestleMania in its name this year for some reason But Backlash will have one big disadvantage over WrestleMania: it'll be in the Thunderdome, without live fans Well,[...]

What did WWE have in store for fans on the first Raw after WrestleMania? So you missed WWE Raw last night Now what? Do you find time in your busy schedule to watch it on DVR or Hulu? Do you read one of those wordy recaps published by other wrestling websites that give you a blow-by-blow[...]

According to WWE — who have no reason to lie, right?! — WrestleMania Night 2 had the exact same attendance number as WrestleMania Night 1, meaning both nights of WrestleMania were more popular than the Super Bowl.  25,676 people braved the coronavirus pandemic to watch WrestleMania Night 1 and Night 2, both higher than the[...]

WrestleMania 37 night two has already brought some fan-favorite moments – from Kevin Owens stunning Logan Paul (WHY WAS HE THERE?!) to Rhea Ripley pinning Asuka for the Raw Women's Title, but it is the long-awaited return of Edge to the Super Bowl of wrestling that has most viewers glued to the television in anticipation[...]

Wrestlemania 37 is finally winding down, and the penultimate match is the Raw Women's Title match between the champion Asuka and the challenger Rhea Ripley Ripley tore up her time in NXT for a good long while and was finally called up to the main roster last month She was given the title match against[...]

WrestleMania 37 Night 2 has been a bit of a mixed bag Not as good as Night 1, for sure Or maybe the novelty has just worn off In any case, in a promo video, Triple H congratulated Bad Bunny on his WrestleMania win and gave him a skull-shaped microphone The video promoted a concert[...]

The fourth fight of night two of WrestleMania 37 followed the epic match between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, where Logan Paul made an unremarkable appearance Bad Bunny shocked fans the previous night by riding in on a custom semi and throwing some wildly impressive wrestling moves…and Logan Paul had a crusty mullet The angels[...]

Wrestlemania 37 night two is going down right now, and the third match of the evening is the latest chapter of the ongoing blood feud between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens From the indies to NXT and now on SmackDown, these two have been building to a match on the grandest stage of them all[...]

And with that out of the way, WrestleMania 37 continues. As WWE quickly cut away from their fans turning on them, Bayley interrupted Hulk Hogan, Titus O'Neil, and Eric Bischoff for some good old self-promotion They ditched her Daniel Bryan was seen warming up backstage and finally… Match Graphic for Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax vs[...]

Luckily for the 20,000 fans in Florida's Raymond James Stadium, the second night of WrestleMania 37 started on time and spared them the wrath of torrential downpour the previous evening experienced Not so luckily, everyone is expected to deal with an eventual appearance from YouTube star and failed travel video-blogger Logan Paul. Match Graphic for The[...]

Our predictions for WrestleMania Night 1 were spot on, it seems 7 out of 7 correct A perfect score! It's enough to make us not even want to publish this article Quit while we're ahead, you know? But alas… our OCD would never allow us to publish a post titled WrestleMania 37 Night 1: Final[...]

In news as real and believable as that slapping sound you hear when a wrestler hits a superkick, WWE is claiming that WrestleMania 37 Night 1 had more fans in attendance than the Super Bowl A press release from the company says 25,675 fans attended, more than the 24,835 fans who attended Super Bowl LV[...]

Indisputable MVP of WrestleMania 37 was Bad Bunny, whose high flying moves led to an upset of tag team superstars Miz and Morrison Following hot on the heels of the surprise win of the night was the SmackDown Women's Championship match between Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair The long-running partnership between the two women in[...]

WrestleMania 37 Night 1 is nearly over, and so far, we're 5 for 5 in predictions so far The next match on the card is Bad Bunny and Damian Priest vs Miz and Morrison But first, a somewhat unwelcome Bayley sat in with commentary to introduce the WWE Hall of Fame classes of 2020 and[...]

AJ Styles and his #dad Omos absolutely won the evening at WrestleMania 37, with high flying maneuvers from opponents New Day being completely shut down by the dominating and immovable force that is bodyguard Omos The fifth match of the night was a steel cage match with Shane McMahon versus Braun Strowman. Shane McMahon will get[...]

WrestleMania 37 Night 1 is underway, and your pal Jude Terror is 3 for 3 on predictions so far, with Bobby Lashley, Natalya and Tamina, and Cesaro winning their matches After the Dirty Dogs rambled on about something or other, Omos, making his debut in the WWE ring, and AJ Styles, making his debut with[...]

The third match of WrestleMania 37 followed hot on the heels of the fatal four-way Tag Team Turmoil Match, where Natalya and Tamina emerged as the victors. Seth Rollins launched an unexpected and hilarious smear campaign against Cesaro, playing an ad against his opponent and questioning his abilities and temperament as a wrestler Rollins continued his[...]

2K Games and WWE had a bit of a surprise during WrestleMania 37 this evening as they revealed that WWE 2K22 is on the way this year Technically it wasn't a huge shock as they kind of blew the surprise two days in advance on Twitter by letting people know they should tune in The[...]

Well, it was a rocky start, but WrestleMania is off and running, and I'm one for one in predictions, as Drew McIntyre failed to defeat Bobby Lashley to win the WWE Championship You can read about that here. Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil were seen hanging out with the NWOld backstage Bayley invited herself to the[...]

WrestleMania 37 kicked off live in Florida's Raymond James Stadium, with Vince McMahon welcoming a live audience of 25,000 screaming fans The pop of the crowd and Bebe Rexha's National Anthem had enough nostalgia with life pre-pandemic events that many wrestlers were shown with tears in their eyes, and the excitement was palpable. Bobby Lashley will[...]

Over a year after the coronavirus pandemic struck and put the live wrestling business, along with everything else, on pause, WrestleMania 37 features a live crowd at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida And viewers the show on Peacock were treated to a moving sign of wrestling fans, gathered together… maybe a little too closely[...]

In the latest move by WWE to dominate all forms of social media, TikTok will be the home of videos showing people arriving at WrestleMania this weekend True, that doesn't sound like the most exciting thing in the world, but it does fit into WWE's strategy of total bombardment. TikTok will be the exclusive home of[...]

WrestleMania weekend is finally here! WrestleMania Night 1 kicks off tonight, Saturday, April 10th at 8PM Eastern time, streaming exclusively on Peacock for viewers in the United States If you haven't signed up yet, now is the time Peacock is offering subscribers four months of Peacock Premium for $9.99, which will be all you need[...]

 Lynch gave birth to their little girl Roux this past December and then the question turned to when she would get back in the ring?  Well, the scuttlebutt is that we might actually be seeing her this weekend. Becky Lynch might be returning to tv soon, courtesy of WWE. So what are the tea leaves we're reading that[...]

 Well done, NXT!  Well done. I had a lot of fun with this event, and as usually seems to be the case, Wrestlemania probably won't look great in comparison  We'll see, though. Till next time friends! Hey gang!  So after last night's barn-burner night one of NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver, our expectations are pretty high for[...]