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WWE Friday Night Smackdown scored a big win in the Friday overnight ratings, with an increase in viewership and a victory over all other network shows in the 18-49 demographic It looks like WWE's leaked storyline about Jeff Hardy taking a pee in a cup and throwing it in Sheamus's face worked to boost interest[...]

We're right in the middle of an epic contest between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles for the Intercontinental Championship here on WWE Smackdown If you haven't read the first half of this recap, trust us, you want to It involves Jeff Hardy, Sheamus, and a large mug of urine. We come back from a commercial break[...]

WWE Smackdown starts out with a recap of drama between Sheamus and Jeff Hardy The rumor tonight is that Sheamus is going to make Jeff Hardy take a urine test before he'll sign a contract to fight him at Backlash We'll find out if it happens… right away! Michael Cole welcomes us to WWE Smackdown and[...]

Now Graves is back on the service, but he hasn't explained why and a lot of people are wondering what would make Graves quit and, more importantly, what would get him to come back? Now, the latest dirt sheet speculation has revealed the true nature of Graves's situation. Corey Graves says farewell to NXT: WWE NXT,[...]

In response, WWE banned the use of the turnbuckle powerbomb In the second match a few weeks ago, Jax threw Sane into the steel stairs without enough room for Sane to control her bump, causing her to bust her head open on the stairs The match was pre-taped, and so the results were able to[...]

The big news in the wrestling world this week is a creative shakeup at WWE that has seen Paul Heyman removed as creative director of WWE Monday Night Raw and the entire creative team of both shows consolidated under Bruce Pritchard, who was previously running just Smackdown More alarmingly, a report from the most recent[...]

Yesterday, WWE announced that Paul Heyman would return to working just as an on-screen characters while Bruce Pritchard will be in charge of creative for both Raw and Smackdown, with the writing teams for both shows consolidated The move marks a big demotion for Heyman, who was in the middle of an 18-month long-term plan[...]

Ultimately, Brie decided not to do the gender reveal, so Nikki and Artem held the party for their own child, which was revealed to be a boy. Overall, Total Bellas continues to be one of WWE's most consistently-booked shows, with storylines playing out over the course of multiple episodes logically and feuds ending with proper payoffs[...]

It may have been quite rude for WWE to fire Paul Heyman as Creative Director of Raw and put the entire creative process under the control of Bruce Pritchard, but on the other hand, Vince McMahon was at least polite enough to do it on a Thursday, right before the latest issue of the Wrestling[...]

He lasted longer than Eric Bischoff did as Executive Director of SmackDown, but Paul Heyman has now also been released from his duties as Executive Director of Raw, WWE announced in a statement on Thursday Creative for both Raw and SmackDown will now be handled by a single team under the direction of Bruce Pritchard,[...]

Coming off the positively-received NXT Takeover: In Your House PPV, WWE's black and gold brand held up well against rival AEW Dynamite in Wednesday night's ratings Both shows saw a drop in both viewership and demo rating, but AEW's drop was much larger than NXT, and both shows finished in a similar range Here's the[...]

Charlotte Flair has explained why WWE has her appearing on every brand, and it's not because she's the daughter of Ric Flair and seen as the face of the Women's Division by Vince McMahon According to an interview with Sportskeeda, the reason Flair gets so much exposure is because she's just a hard worker, dammit. Charlotte[...]

Styles bravely took a stand by saying it's not his job to take a stand on things and that he doesn't respect Punk anyway. CM Punk, master of social media [Screencap from WWE Broadcast]"Lotta people snitching on themselves," Punk subtweeted last week, calling out others in the wrestling industry who haven't spoken out in support of[...]

McMahon appeared an episode of the Women in the Business of Sports podcast, where she discussed WWE's response to systemic racism in the current political climate. Artist Chris Moreno's interpretation of an actual photo of The McMahon family visiting their friend Donald Trump in the Oval Office, from The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling. "Well you[...]

In what has become one of the longest-running, if a bit one-sided, feuds in all of professional wrestling continued this week as WWE Hall-of-Famer Dave Bautista took on fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump by shooting on the president and his followers on Twitter Bautista cut a promo on Trump's claims that a 75-year-old protestor[...]