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WWE Champion Brawn Strowman hasn't had much to say in the wake of yesterday's layoffs that saw more than 35 WWE wrestlers, producers, and other talent released from their contracts to help the company save money during the coronavirus pandemic Some of Strowman's friends and traveling partners in WWE, including Drake Maverick and EC3, were[...]

Yesterday, WWE released 38 people that we know about from their contracts after announcing cutbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting shutdown of live sporting events throughout the country The full list of wrestlers, producers, coaches, referees, announcers, and writers released yesterday includes Zack Ryder, Sarah Logan, Mike Chioda, Maria and Mike Kanellis, Primo, Epico, Rowan, Drake Maverick, Kurt[...]

As an added bonus, you can watch classic matches with past ROH starts — many of whom moved on to WWE Of course, we all hope that live wrestling can happen sooner rather than later, but in everyone's current downtime, we can at least binge-watch all of the wrestling we could ever want Have a[...]

The Big Show Show is a new Netflix sitcom starring the titular WWE Superstar This meta-series follows our faux Paul "Big Show" Wight as he navigates retirement, his oldest daughter moving in with him and his family, and the mundane daily adventures of life This show is only available for streaming via Netflix, but is[...]

With the WWE announcing today that there would be massive furloughs and cuts coming — many via text message — wrestling fans have been on edge Mere minutes ago WWE announced a number of talent cuts, including Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows Anderson has a solid background in wrestling From his time at Pro Wrestling[...]

Also, to make sure that you don't miss what everyone else is reading from WWE to Zoom Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here And yes, I do seem to be[...]

If a WWE shareholder meeting happens in an empty room and no one is there to witness it, did it happen at all? That's the sort of philosophical question that will be answered tomorrow when WWE holds its annual shareholder meeting at a secret location to be revealed at the last minute The meeting will[...]

WWE fans have been captivated for the last year by The Fiend; an alter ego of sort of Bray Wyatt After being off TV for months, Wyatt reappeared on RAW as a host of a deranged children's show called Firefly Funhouse, complete with hand puppets and everything It was truly bizarre, but the real reason[...]

As we've been reporting on all day, WWE has done a number of layoffs today From staff to talent, there have been a number of heartbreaking layoffs Wrestlers from all over are going to Twitter to share there heartbreak and solidarity with those who have been let go From simple emoji's to heartfelt anger, we[...]

In another cut to an already long list, WWE has parted ways with Rusev No word yet on wife Lana has been released as well, as she is currently in a storyline with Bobby Lashley Rusev had one of the best promos in recent memory history with Rusev Day Former Rusev Day partner, Aiden English,[...]

More names have been added to the list of wrestlers, backstage producers, and now referees released by WWE as part of the Company's reaction to the coronavirus pandemic Zack Ryder, Sarah Logan, referee Mike Chioda, Maria and Mike Kanellis, Primo, Epico, and Rowan have all now been released They join Drake Maverick, Kurt Angle, Karl[...]

Drake Maverick has weighed in on his release from WWE in a video posted to Twitter Maverick, who struggles to hold back tears throughout the video, talks about the seriousness of the situation and how it's affecting people's ability to earn a living Maverick will still compete in the NXT cruiserweight tournament tonight, and even[...]

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[...]