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Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight There's at least a half dozen wrestlers who people have tried to call "the next Shawn Michaels" over the past two decades The most recent is Adam Cole, and most would probably agree, there is a resemblance Count Shawn[...]

WWE NXT In Your House opened the best way possible: with Todd Pentingill! While the worldwide leader in sports entertainment may not be giving away a house tonight, they will bring the 90's PPV branding to the black and yellow brand for tonight They even brought back the house set from back in the day[...]

NXT Takeover: In Your House kicks off tonight at 7PM Eastern time on the WWE Network, with the kickoff show starting at 6PM Bleeding Cool will be covering the event live tonight, and we'll be updating this article with links to the coverage of each match, so you can consider this page a hub for[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight In an interview about his career primarily as it relates to the In Your House PPV series ahead of Sunday's revival of the name, The Heartbreak Kid (can you really still be called the Heartbreak Kid at age 54?)[...]

Shawn Michaels appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House tonight The Heartbreak Kid (can you really still be called the Heartbreak Kid at age 54?) discussed the event, including the preparation that goes into an NXT PPV from the backstage perspective as well as for the performers Michaels also[...]

NXT announcer Mauro Ranallo appeared on WWE's The Bump livestream to talk about his broadcast career, his experience in NXT, and what he is looking forward to at NXT Takeover tonight Ranallo also talked about Charlotte Flair and revealed a secret technique of interest to aspiring broadcasters. The show showed clips of Ranallo's most excited moments,[...]

The former WWE Superstar formerly known as Zack Ryder, currently known by his real name Matt Cardona, told a funny story about WWE on his Major Wrestling Figures podcast with the former WWE Superstar formerly known as Curt Hawkins, Brian Myers (we're going to continue calling them Ryder and Hawkins until they show up somewhere[...]

Sean Waltman, the wrestling legend known as X-Pac, Syxx-Pac, and the 1-2-3 Kid, appeared on WWE's The Bump live stream ahead of NXT Takeover: In Your House We've transcribed his comments, and here's what he had to say X-Pac talked about turning on Razor Ramon on Raw when he came back after injuring his neck[...]

In an outrageous display of disrespect for The Ratings King of Friday Night, Baron Corbin was embarrassed before and during his match with Otis on Friday Night Smackdown last night, leading to a dip in both ratings and viewership for WWE's blue brand. Before their scheduled match, Otis happened upon Baron Corbin's crown on a chair[...]

Sasha Banks and Bayley are the new Women's Tag Team Champions, and they chose to celebrate by taking a shot at TMZ reporter turned dirt sheet mogul turned guy who plays a reporter on WWE Backstage, Ryan Satin Satin famously reported rumors that Banks was seen crying on the locker room floor after she and[...]

With a week to go before the Intercontinental Championship match between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles on next week's WWE Smackdown, the pair faced off in a war of words on Smackdown last night Styles accused Bryan of doing things the hard way by fighting for his spot in the tournament finals last week Styles[...]

On last night's WWE Smackdown, Miz and Morrison fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: never play pranks on a monster among men Did Braun Strowman end up on top by the[...]

WWE Superstar MVP made a triumphant return to the company at the Royal Rumble earlier this year, only to wrestle against Rey Mysterio and then retire quietly to a backstage role as a producer Which might lead one to question why MVP seems to be appearing on WWE television more than anybody else, even Charlotte[...]

CM Punk may have traded in his MMA boots for a job commentating on WWE Backstage, but that doesn't mean he doesn't still know how to throw a punch The former WWE Champion took to Twitter to call out his colleagues in the pro wrestling business who haven't taken a stand in support of the[...]

Former WWE Superstar Lio Rush has finally opened up on the rumors last year that he had backstage heat for failing to go along with hazing long-considered "tradition" in the WWE locker room Rumors at the time said Rush refused to carry the bags of other wrestlers or to buy them beer, as is often[...]

Jinder Mahal, who just returned to WWE Raw in April, is back out after undergoing knee surgery Mahal broke the sad news on Instagram, posting a photo of himself with crutches and a bandaged leg and writing, "Unfortunately I had to go under the knife again to fix some knee issues The journey has hit[...]

He can't blame what he said on tape on the dangers of social media." Hogan was fired from WWE in 2015 as a result of the leaked rant, but WWE began flirting with bringing him back in 2018 Around that time, Hogan had made several quasi-apologies, which consisted of referring to the rant as "a few[...]

Chris Hyatte is best known for writing The Mop-Up, The Midnight News, and And Another Thing on the early wrestling internet from 1997-2007.

Adam Cole is the current NXT Champion, but could he be the first major free agent of the Wednesday Night Wars? According to a new report, Cole's WWE contract is up in August, but he hasn't signed a new one yet Does that mean he could be ready to jump to AEW by the end[...]

Earlier today, we reported on the conclusion of the angle involving Drake Maverick, who was supposedly laid off from WWE along with dozens of his coworkers in April However, Maverick took to the internet the day of the layoffs to cut a promo on video in which he broke down into tears but pointed out[...]

The most electrifying man in sports entertainment, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, cut a major promo on WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump Thursday The Rock to Instagram to shoot on Trump over the George Floyd protests with a video over eight minutes long In the video, Johnson accuses Trump of being absent in his response. Dwayne "The[...]

Drake Maverick is under WWE contract again, following last night's episode of NXT and the culmination of a weeks-long storyline based on the real-life layoffs of dozens of WWE talent as cost-cutting measures during the coronavirus pandemic Maverick lost the final match of the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament but was offered a new contract[...]

WWE also released a much briefer statement of their own on social media yesterday However, Mike Johnson at PWInsider reports that Vince McMahon sent an email to all WWE staff and talent Wednesday outlining steps WWE plans to take to promote diversity within the organization This included diversity training courses for employees, a hotline to[...]

Once again, moderators will act while administrators sit on their hands. The shutdown of the subreddit comes on what may be its busiest day of the week, with AEW Dynamite going head to head with WWE NXT As such, it's likely to get the attention of the largest portion of the site's readers. Squared Circle, the[...]

It looks like WWE made the right decision by not bringing CM Punk back for a full-time wrestling run Though WWE Backstage isn't even a year old, and Punk's appearances on the show are kept sporadic, it seems the magic has worn off, and people just aren't tuning in to see CM Punk anymore Tuesday's[...]

Baron Corbin is currently leading a WWE.com poll asking fans who they believe is the real culprit behind the hit-and-run attack that injured WWE Superstar Elias on last week's episode of WWE Smackdown Jeff Hardy was initially thought to be behind the incident, as he was found in nearby bushes disoriented and smelling like the[...]

WWE star Jaxson Ryker may have been heavily criticized by his peers for tweeting support of President Donald Trump amidst country-wide civil unrest, as well as for a 2019 post in which he called the Black Lives Matter movement garbage, but at least one person has come to Ryker's defense: the president's large adult son,[...]

Orange County Florida Mayor Jerry Demmings once described WWE as a "small family" of "wrasslers," but in every family, there must be the black sheep The sheep in question, it seems, are the performance center trainees and NXT wrestlers who have been used as the crowd on recent episodes of WWE programming The wrestlers were[...]

WWE has made an extremely bold move in response to the civil unrest gripping the nation and in support of the people protesting the killing of George Floyd by police What? No, they didn't fire Hulk Hogan again And no, Vince McMahon didn't stop donating millions of dollars to fund Donald Trump's election campaigns We're[...]

With the entire country in turmoil and viewers glued to cable news channels to watch civil unrest unfold in real-time, WWE sank from first place to twelfth place in the top 150 cable rankings Monday Night According to Showbuzz Daily's report, WWE took the twelfth, thirteenth, and seventeenth spots in the chart for its three[...]