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Embattled Vince McMahon appears on WWE Smackdown to the delight of the crowd amidst a sexual misconduct scandal in 2022. [Screencap]
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[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview: Blah, Blah, Blah... Vince McMahon Is Back
 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[...]
WWE CEO Vince McMahon and Paul "Triple H" Levesque speak to Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the 14th Annual Tribute to the Troops Event at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2016. WWE Tribute to the Troops is an annual event held by WWE and Armed Forces Entertainment in December during the holiday season since 2003, to honor and entertain United States Armed Forces members. WWE performers and employees travel to military camps, bases and hospitals, including the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
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[...]
WWE chairman Vince McMahon at the Wrestlemania Press Conference in New York's Hard Rock Cafe on March 26, 2008. Photo by George Koroneos / Shutterstock.com
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 Is Heading To London With Money In The Bank This July
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[...]
WWE chairman Vince McMahon at the Wrestlemania Press Conference in New York's Hard Rock Cafe on March 26, 2008. Photo by George Koroneos / Shutterstock.com
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[...]
The Great Advice Dave Bautista Got From Stone Cold Steve Austin
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[...]
The Mandalorian: Sackhoff Congratulates Varnado on Wrestling Rebirth
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)[...]
mercedes
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)[...]
Sasha Banks
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?[...]
Dominik Mysterio relates his prison experience on WWE Raw.
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 Raw promo graphic
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[...]
Rhea Ripley challenges Akira Tozawa on WWE Raw
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[...]
John Cena Returns To SmackDown Tonight For The Final Show Of 2022
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[...]
NXT Preview: Wes Lee Puts The North American Title On The Line
 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[...]
Cody Rhodes appears on the WWE Raw Best of 2022 show.
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[...]
Why WWE Needs Physical Hall of Fame Now in Post-Vince McMahon Era
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 SmackDown Preview: Twas The Night Before Christmas On FOX
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[...]
NXT Will Feature Both Sets Of Tag Team Titles On The Line Tonight
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[...]
Rhea Ripley challenges Akira Tozawa on WWE Raw
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[...]
WWE Raw Preview: Lynch vs. Bayley, Judgment Day for Street Profits
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[...]
The Horrors Can We Expect If Vince McMahon Returns To WWE
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[...]
Sasha Banks and Naomi Walked out on WWE Raw Main Event
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[...]
WWE SmackDown Will See The Return Of Roman Reigns Tonight On FOX
The Bloodline continues to ride high as the leading force in WWE, and the same can be said of their leader, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns  We last saw the Tribal Chief at WWE Survivor Series when his team was victorious in the War Games match against The Brawling Brutes, Kevin Owens, and Drew McIntyre, and confirmed[...]
BCTV Daily Dispatch
Our line-up for this morning includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar (Paramount+'s Wolf Pack) addressing the "extremely toxic male set" during the show's run, The CW's The Flash drops a teaser for Barry's (Grant Gustin) "Final Run," Amazon's The Boys taking on Donald Trump's third-rate Homelander (Antony Starr) knock-off, Netflix's The Sandman[...]
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I'm not quite sure what happened with the WWE this week, but in terms of "perception is reality"? Well, this week, the WWE started to look a little like its old self Yeah, that's not a good thing And it's a dramatic change from the waves of love and hope that Paul Levesque (Triple H),[...]
Mandy Rose Has Been Released By WWE After Losing NXT Women's Title
In some shocking news this afternoon, we are learning that Mandy Rose, who just hours ago last night on NXT lost the NXT Women's Championship to Roxanne Perez, has been released by WWE  Rose had held on to the title for 414 days before shockingly losing it to Perez in the main event of last night's show on[...]
After 413 Days, We Have A New NXT Women's Champion
 In tonight's main event, Perez defeated Rose clean for the Women's title, becoming the new Champion and ending Rose's historic 414-day reign. Roxanne Perez defeated Mandy Rose to become the new NXT Women's Champion tonight, courtesy of WWE. Roxanne Perez has been a big babyface hit with fans since debuting in NXT in April 2022[...]
Vince McMahon Takes Cue from Johnny Depp in Scandal Response
Vince McMahon believes he received bad advice when he stepped down as Chairman and CEO of WWE and is plotting a return, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal The paper, which also broke the news earlier this year about internal investigations into hush money payments for sexual misconduct accusations that forced[...]