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Now it's time to look forward to 2021 and the Royal Rumble, traditionally the beginning of the best part of the year for WWE. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Raw Recap for December 28th, 2020 "It's Monday and you know what that[...]

Due to the tragic death of AEW star Brodie Lee that shattered the wrestling industry and fandom this week, Wedensday's episode of AEW Dynamite has been changed from the first part of the two-part New Years Smash event to a show celebrating the life of Lee, whose real name was Jon Huber and who wrestled[...]

Wrestling legend Sting rocked the wrestling world at AEW's Winter is Coming special when he made his AEW debut Sting appeared recently on the AEW Unrestricted podcast where he talked about his debut with Tony Schiavone and Aubrey Edwards, who revealed the excitement backstage amongst the AEW roster as well as their own reactions. Sting appears[...]

WWE star Ryback has been drinking the Haterade when it comes to sports drink Gatorade, which he blames for "why America is so sick."

The professional wrestling world was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of All Elite Wrestling Superstar Jon Huber (aka Brodie Lee) at age 41 from what his wife Amanda Huber described as "a non Covid related lung issue." Huber posted the heartbreaking news on Instagram late on Saturday, "My best friend died today[...]

In an unexpected but welcome holiday twist, The Chadster got the ratings Christmas Miracle he wanted as WWE Smackdown tore up the charts.

Ho ho ho! Check out these holiday video highlights from last night's special Christmas edition of WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox.

What could be more pathetic than watching WWE Smackdown on Christmas? Luckily, you don't have to because you've got me. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock]WWE Smackdown Recap for December 25th, 2020 Festive thunder and lightning usher in the Christmas Day episode of[...]

The NBA, MTV's The Challenge, and college football all topped AEW in the ratings. Chris Jericho uses his Dad Bod to inflict pain on Top Flight on AEW Dynamite [Credit: All Elite Wrestling] Neither AEW Dynamite Nor WWE NXT Affected Much By Time Change This week's episode of AEW Dynamite earned a .32 in the 18-49 demographic and[...]

WWE's upcoming NXT New Years Evil will feature Finn Balor vs. Kyle O'Reilly, Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzales Last Woman Standing match, more.

Plans are shaping up for New Years Smash, a special two-week event taking over Dynamite on December 30th and January 6th.

Watch video highlights from last night's WWE NXT including Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai, Bronson Reed's return, and A Very Gargano Christmas.

Abadon looked to start her holiday feast a little bit early by biting a chunk out of Shida's neck. Shawn Spears, upset over his stagnating career, threatened to quit AEW. Dustin Rhodes once again declined an offer to join the Dark Order.   Pac took on The Butcher in a one-on-one match. And finally, The Young Bucks fended off a[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Wednesday Night Wars Edition, a column wherein usually I watch four straight hours of wrestling starting with AEW Dynamite and then following up with WWE NXT on DVR and tell you what happens so you can live a life that isn't insane But this week, Dynamite is preempted for a basketball[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Wednesday Night Wars Edition, a column wherein usually I watch four straight hours of wrestling starting with AEW Dynamite and then following up with WWE NXT on DVR and tell you what happens so you can live a life that isn't insane But this week, Dynamite is preempted for a basketball[...]

Sabian says his wedding will be the first wrestling wedding ever on TNT and it's a huge deal They're gonna reveal the date of the wedding, but Best Friends' music plays. Turns out it's a prank by Sabian, Miro, and Ford Actually, Trent is being loaded into an ambulance backstage while Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy[...]

Impact Wrestling is taking two weeks off for the holidays, and so, it seems, are the show's ratings Impact dropped out of the Top 150 cable shows as tracked by Showbuzz Daily and Twitch viewership also returned to pre-Kenny-Omega numbers for Tuesday's episode of Impact, which was the first part of a two-part Best of[...]

Randy Orton in The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever at WWE Backlash 2020, the 2020 Men's Royal Rumble, AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan for the Intercontinental Championship on SmackDown, June 12, 2020, Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso for the Universal Championship in a Hell in a Cell "I Quit" Match at WWE Hell in a Cell, Sasha Banks vs[...]

Last night's episode of Impact Wrestling was a Best of 2020 show, featuring replays of matches from 2020 intercut with backstage segments The show was hosted by Josh Matthews and Scott D'Amore from fireside, and company stars shared their holiday traditions in videos throughout the show Impact also revealed the winners of fan-voted Best of[...]

Reminds me of watching wrestling on Saturday mornings back in the day. Sonny Kiss vs Miro Sonny Kiss heads to the ring Miro comes out with Kip Sabian Sorry, Sonny It was nice knowing you After playing with him a bit, Miro puts Kiss in the Accolade He has a new spin on it, leaning backward onto[...]

On last night's holiday edition of Impact Wrestling, the first of a two-part year-end Best of Impact clip show, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone appeared once again in one of their paid advertisement skits Standing in front of some festive holiday decorations, the pair did their usual schtick of mocking Impact as small and insignificant[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly Impact Wrestling recap Yes, this week's episode of Impact is a best-of show, but there's a few interesting things happening between the matches, including a special Christmas commercial from AEW's Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone and the reveal of the winners of half of Impact's year-end awards Read on! Or[...]

With TNT and TBS' 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon kicking off its run this Christmas Eve, AEW fans were given their first look at the wrestling organization's take on some of the more iconic scenes from the holiday classic- set to air throughout the holiday tradition With narration and stage direction read by AEW announcers[...]

Graphic design is my passion. The Bottom Line 'Cause Chad Said So A lot of people might look at the trend of Raw's ratings decline over the past year, noting how viewership dropped below 2 million right after WrestleMania as the pandemic took its effect on the wrestling business and only reached above 2 million again one[...]

Dave Bautista cut took aim at Florida Senator Marco Rubio for trying too hard to be a "mini-Trump" instead of doing his job.

Video highlights from WWE Raw last night include Charlotte Flair's return to Raw, Retribution's attempt to recruit Ricochet, and more.

Then only one of us has to suffer. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Raw Recap Costco-brand Eminem raps us into WWE Monday Night Raw The Thunderdome is decorated for the holidays, with Christmas Trees and presents everywhere Raw is hoping to rebound[...]

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Even AEW's big Sting bump lasted two weeks before the ratings returned to their normal levels, and that was with a huge world title change and a crossover with Impact Wrestling Then again, maybe WWE is just trying to hold out until the Royal Rumble Who knows? All we can say for sure is that[...]

WWE Smackdown fell to just over a million viewers and a .30 in 18-49 after being bumped off Fox to FS1 last Friday.