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Stephanie McMahon announced her resignation from WWE on Tuesday, less than a week after her father, Vince McMahon, forcibly returned as Executive Chairman, a position Stephanie previously held along with the position of Co-CEO Stephanie McMahon had recently taken a leave of absence from the company when her father was suddenly forced to retire amidst[...]

 But to get there, he'll have to be victorious tonight at NXT New Year's Evil on the USA Network. Bron Breakker will defend the NXT title against Grayson Waller tonight at NXT New Year's Evil, courtesy of WWE. Does the arrogant Grayson Waller have enough to defeat Bron Breakker for the biggest prize in NXT?  Let's see what WWE.com says[...]

In case you've been living under a rock for 2023, Vince McMahon has returned to WWE, not yet in a creative capacity, but as chairman of the board of directors McMahon's return has taken some of the shine off of the Triple H era, even if it hasn't yet directly impacted creative When McMahon was[...]

The road the Royal Rumble, which is the first stop on the Road to WrestleMania, is underway, and tonight on WWE Raw, WWE has put together an action-packed card of great wrestling matches that will develop characters and move along stories efficiently over the course of three hours Haha, just kidding! They've announced two segments,[...]

Though no matches have been announced yet, WrestleMania 39 has broken the all-time live gate record for WWE previously held by WrestleMania 32, the company reported in a press release Monday morning The show, which will take place at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles, is titled WrestleMania Goes Hollywood and has at times been rumored[...]

With the nuclear bomb dropped on the wrestling world this past week in the form of disgraced WWE Chairman Vince McMahon pulling off a hostile re-takeover of the company allegedly in the interest of selling it all, fans and pundits have been debating aloud the potential buyers and what could be in store for the wrestling empire[...]

Davies proving that Doctor Who can stick a sick superhero three-point-landing worthy of Disney's Marvel Studios, Paramount+ dropping a set of preview images for the next painfully brutal chapter of "Yellowstone" prequel 1923, us making the case for Batman '66 star Burt Ward to go the animated Nightwing route, Hilary Duff & Josh Radnor discussing[...]

It seems like it was just yesterday that Vince McMahon officially forced his way back into his old role as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of WWE, threatening to block any new media rights deal if anyone tried to stop him, and announced plans to explore selling the company Oh, wait, that's because[...]

 I did none of those things, and yet, my stomach hurts because, like the rest of you, my friends, I saw the news about disgraced former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon orchestrating a hostile retaking of the company  His plan came to fruition this morning, and once again, despite all of the cases of sexual misconduct and[...]

In a press release issued by WWE containing a joint statement by Stephanie McMahon, Nick Khan, and Triple H, the company confirmed that Vince McMahon is back as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and that the company will explore a possible sale The press release also noted the resignation of two additional board[...]

Yesterday, the wrestling world was shocked to learn that Vince McMahon intends to use his power as primary shareholder when it comes to voting power to reinstate himself as the Executive Chairman of the Board of WWE and initiate a strategic review process to consider selling the company McMahon, who was ousted from power amidst[...]

WWE has made their fans in the U.K very happy with the announcement that the 2023 edition of the Money In The Bank premium live event will emanate from London's O2 Arena on July 1  The Daily Mail got to break the exclusive news about WWE holding its first pay-per-view or premium live event in[...]

Vince McMahon is looking to use his majority voting power as a stockholder to elect himself back to the board of WWE and consider selling the company, according to a press release from Vince McMahon himself The Wall Street Journal previously reported on McMahon's plans to make a comeback at the company after believing he[...]

One of the reasons he had a hard time breaking in and making some money is that he was following some advice from a legend at the WWE: Stone Cold Steve Austin Austin took Bautista aside and gave him some advice that he very much took to heart, even to the detriment of his bank[...]

Varnado, formerly known as Sasha Banks, was with WWE when filming season two of the Disney+ series Sackhoff, who originally voiced Bo-Katan since Star Wars: The Clone Wars, reprised her role in the live-action series, and joining her were other Mandalorians Koska and Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides) to help main character Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal)[...]

Thank you, Sasha Banks… and long live Mercedes Moné! Confirming what had become one of the worst-kept secrets in professional wrestling, Mercedes Varnado made her departure from the WWE official with her debut at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 17 After a successful title defense of her IWGP Women's Championship against Tam Nakano, KAIRI was confronted (and quickly dropped)[...]

Ever since WWE Superstars & Women's Tag-Team Champions Sasha Banks & Naomi walked out on a live edition of WWE Monday Night RAW over reported creative differences, reports have been all over the map as to what Banks (Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado) would do next Would she go to AEW? Would she return to the WWE?[...]

WWE Raw returned to live action after a break for a clip show last week Did anything exciting happen? Bleeding Cool has got you covered in our Raw recap that reduces the three-hour behemoth to less than 600 words of a listicle and a couple of YouTube videos You're welcome! Dominik Mysterio relates his prison experience[...]

WWE is kicking off the new year with two big title matches on tonight's episode of WWE Raw Bianca Belair will defend the Raw Women's Championship against Alexa Bliss on tonight's show Plus, Seth Rollins will challenge Austin Theory for the United States Championship. WWE Raw promo graphic For Belair, she won't just have to contend with[...]

WWE's women's revolution that opened up a slew of female talent to actively compete on weekly basis elevated the industry as a whole from separate belts on each brand, dedicated tag titles, and even separate event-centric matches like Money in the Bank, Wargames, and Royal Rumble You can also look at the company's previous serious[...]

While tomorrow night's New Year's Eve will see fireworks worldwide, WWE is planning for their last show of 2022 to go out with a bang!  And just how are they planning on pulling that off?  By promising a huge main event match on tonight's SmackDown on FOX with today's biggest star in the industry, the Undisputed[...]

 After winning the NXT Tag Team Championship as a member of MSK on WrestleMania weekend, he was forced to forfeit the title when his tag team partner Nash Carter was released by WWE just a week later due to domestic abuse allegations and inappropriate pictures that had surfaced  Lee was left to figure out how to navigate on his[...]

If you forgot about Cody Rhodes during his more-than-six-month absence from WWE, you could be forgiven Rhodes leaving AEW and returning to WWE as a bonafide main event star was amongst at least a half dozen completely mind-blowing wrestling stories in 2022, including Vince McMahon being forced to retire from WWE, Sasha Banks and Naomi[...]

One of the biggest stigmas in professional wrestling, specifically the WWE since the company has largely been synonymous with the industry, is the physical lack of a hall of fame where fans can celebrate their heroes in a museum setting It became a point of contention among the company's harshest critics, like Bruno Sammartino, Ultimate[...]

WWE has a strange history with the Christmas holiday  While sometimes you get an all-time classic segment like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin stunning a nasty drunken Santa Claus who was mistreating one of the then-adolescent Usos, much of the other Christmas episodes are dominated by food fight shenanigans  So which side of the spectrum will we get[...]

Last week we saw the WWE NXT Women's Championship surprisingly change hands in an exciting main event  Now tonight on the USA Network, we will see if the men's and women's Tag Team Titles will follow suit, as both will be on the line on tonight's episode of NXT  Triple Crown Champions The New Day will[...]

Last night's episode of WWE Raw was the final new episode of the year What went down? Find out below via YouTube highlights and snarky analysis. Rhea Ripley challenges Akira Tozawa on WWE Raw Rhea Ripley Beats Akira Tozawa in WWE Raw Intergender Match WWE typically does not to matches between men and women, presumably because of the[...]

For what may be the final WWE Raw of 2022 — with next week's show rumored to be a "best of" episode — WWE is heading into tonight's show with… well, pretty much exactly the same level of enthusiasm as usual Thus far, there are two matches advertised for Raw tonight on WWE.com: Bayley vs[...]

This past July, the unthinkable happened when longtime mastermind and CEO Vince McMahon was forced to step down from his position of leadership at WWE in the wake of mounting sexual misconduct accusations and evidence that he had used company money for numerous hush payments While the idea of Vince stepping aside or "retiring" was once thought[...]

WWE has had quite a week, which my colleague Ray Flook addressed well in an op/ed a few days ago I have literally nothing to add to that, except perhaps to point out that Prince Albert is a tattletale, and that Triple H once had sex with a corpse on live television But Ray's article[...]