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It seems WWE has been on a roll today From announcing a slew of released we covered mere minutes ago, we have a name that deserves his own article According to Fightful.com, WWE has released Kurt Angle, a move that's coming as a huge shock to WWE fans across the globe But this should also[...]

Shortly after a press release announcing plans to cut staff, WWE has revealed the first round of wrestlers who have been cut "WWE has come to terms on the release of Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), EC3 (Michael Hutter) and Lio Rush (Lionel Green)," the company said in[...]

WWE has announced staff cuts and other expense reductions in response to the coronavirus pandemic and its associated economic shutdown A press release from WWE explains, "Due to COVID-19 and current government-mandated impacts on WWE and the media business generally, the Company went through an extensive evaluation of its operations over the past several weeks[...]

The same day he was named, along with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, to a presidential task force created by Donald Trump to restart the American economy, Dana White has announced the return of UFC next month White revealed the news in an exclusive interview with Variety, saying UFC will begin producing shows in its Las[...]

WWE took third place in the Monday cable ratings race, according to a report from ShowBuzz Daily The show's first hour came in behind two Fox News programs in the demographic of people age 18-49, scoring a .59 rating The show defeated an episode of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, which took fourth place The[...]

MMA-turned-WWE superstar Ronda Rousey's latest shoot on professional wrestling and its fans rubbed many of her co-workers the wrong way Among them is Alexa Bliss, who responded via Comic Book about Rousey's comments and the rough couple of years battling injuries "I feel like anybody can think what they want about what we do, but[...]

McMahon's WWE has continued to produce three weekly televised wrestling shows throughout the crisis, even returning to live broadcasts this week To do that, all McMahon had to do was get WWE declared as an "essential" business by the Governor of Florida If McMahon can show Trump how to make that happen for every other[...]

Yesterday, we watched the Mayor of Orange County, Florida reveal that WWE was officially declared an "essential" business, noting that the billion dollar entertainment corporations just a "small family" of "wrasslers" who he assumes are taking adequate measures to protect their employees and independent contractors from COVID-19 The revelation followed WWE's decision to return to[...]

After the announcement was made that WWE was essential entertainment (no doubt a historic win for wrestling in general) we had a new episode of Monday Night RAW Was it essentially good? This week's RAW opened with the new WWE Champion Drew McIntyre It's still a little surreal that McIntyre didn't get the pop he[...]

Legendary pro wrestling manager, promoter, and commentator Jim Cornette has come out in the defense of fellow legendary wrestler, promoter, and commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler after Lawler came under fire for a racist joke made on WWE Monday Night Raw last night Referring to a diving senton performed by Japanese wrestler Akira Tozawa against[...]

Hollywood megastar and legendary wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has weighed in on All Elite Wrestling, the upstart wrestling league taking on Johnson's former employers, WWE In a Q&A session on his Instagram page, Johnson revealed that he does indeed watch AEW, and he thinks the company is a good thing for the wrestling business. Of[...]

It turns out that WWE partially owned the football league after all, despite claims that it would be completely separate from the wrestling company. The world learned last Friday that the XFL had ceased operations and laid off its staff, with no plans to return in 2021 That marked the end of Vince McMahon's second attempt[...]

Amy Weber is an actress, musician, model, and real estate agent, but from 2004-2005, she was also a WWE Diva In a video posted to her YouTube channel Monday, Weber discussed her time in WWE, specifically to dispel "myths" about her and why she left the company Weber said she enjoyed WWE and expressed appreciation[...]

It looks like WWE fought the law and the law won According to Orange County Mayor Jerry Demmings, WWE has been officially designated as an "essential" business, allowing them to continue producing live episodes of their weekly television programs at the WWE Performance Center Demmings went on to say that WWE was initially not considered[...]

In a partnership akin to asking a wolf to guard your henhouse, Ad Council has teamed up with WWE to raise awareness for the coronavirus pandemic with a series of ads featuring WWE superstars As part of Ad Council's "ongoing efforts to ensure the American public is receiving critical and vetted information during the COVID-19[...]

Many, including this website, speculated that Rousey was simply working fans for an eventual return to WWE as a heel to challenge Becky Lynch, who defeated Rousey for the Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35 and has held it since Now, it seems, Rousey has admitted that it was a work all along and chastised fans[...]

WWE has revealed the first two sets of competitors for the tournament that will decide the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Champion Reigning NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin is stuck in the U.K and unable to defend his title due to restrictions on international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic As a result, NXT General Manager William[...]

By Rich Johnston, after Herge, WWE, Boris, and the return of comics in May – the 10 Most-Read Stories Yesterday People are loving those DC, Marvel and Batman Zoom backgrounds However, in more substantial articles, it's all about bringing the direct market back Bleeding Cool will be continuing to cover the impact of the current situation on[...]

The past weekend of following WWE's decision to go from condensed tapings to live broadcasts for its weekly television shows has been filled with more back-and-forth drama than an epic wrestling feud After initially committing to taping upcoming shows and thus reducing the amount of time wrestlers and crew would need to remain out of[...]

Earlier this week, former WWE and UFC Champion Ronda Rousey worked wrestling fans hard by calling the sport "fake fighting" on a podcast with Steve-O, star of Jackass Rousey said "having fake fights for fun is just the best thing" but complained about "spending my time and my energy on a bunch of ******* ungrateful[...]

On the heels of news that WWE will resume live weekly tapings of Raw, Smackdown, and NXT rather than filming a bunch of episodes at once, the company has admitted one of its on-air staff tested positive for COVID-19 The news was first reported by Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp that a memo circulated around the[...]

In case you were looking forward to seeing WWE 2K21 this year, you might be out of luck as the latest rumors suggest WWE 2K has been canceled First off, let's talk about the obvious in that WWE 2K20 was terrible The game, which went out to few reviewers for what is now painfully obvious[...]

Contradicting reports earlier this week that WWE would tape a month's worth of shows including Money in the Bank next week, it looks like the company has reversed course and will instead broadcast live each week The report comes from former TMZ reporter Ryan Satin at Pro Wrestling Sheet, who is on WWE's payroll Satin[...]

Earlier today, we learned that WWE had come to terms with tag team wrestlers Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, better known by their tag team name, The Revival It was the end of a long saga for Dawson and Wilder, who found initial success and popularity in NXT, but later languished on WWE's main roster[...]

Former UFC and WWE champion Ronda Rousey loved her run in WWE, except for one small point She couldn't stand the fans Rousey was interviewed by Jackass star Steve-O on the Wild Ride podcast and dashed hopes she will be returning for a full-time run anytime soon, despite remaining under WWE contract until next year[...]

After years of rumors that the popular tag team were unhappy on WWE's main roster, the company finally released Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, known by their tag team name The Revival, from their contracts on Friday Dawson and Wilder have reportedly asked WWE to release them multiple times, but the most recent was in[...]

The pro football league created by WWE's Vince McMahon has fired nearly all of its employees as of Friday morning, according to ESPN sources They are also reporting that the league has no plans to return in 2021 This puts an end to the return of the XFL, which first came about in a partnership[...]

Despite orders banning large gatherings of people preventing WWE from putting on its usual massive stadium show for WrestleMania 36, the event did go on WWE just had to pretape the entire thing with no audience and air it over the course of two nights Circumstances did force WWE to change some plans at the[...]

A new report from Fightful claims that WWE is planning a weeklong round of tapings for upcoming episodes of Raw, Smackdown, and NXT In addition, the report claims that the next week of shows, starting with Friday's Smackdown could be aired live WWE had previously taped all of its shows, including WrestleMania, but will now[...]

Dave Bautista is quickly becoming the new Dwayne Johnson, which may be an unfair comparison but an easy one to make since they both got their start in the WWE It feels like he is following The Rock's Hollywood Playbook, which means he will join The Fast Saga in part 10 Both he and his[...]