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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.