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WWE Superstar Sami Zayn appeared on a recent episode of Talk is Jericho, and he used the opportunity to defend WWE's oft-vilified writers from fan criticism Discussing the flack writers get, Zayn said (as transcribed by Wrestling Inc.): Man, people don't know and you don't know unless you're there Not to do with nothing, but I[...]

Legendary pro wrestling interviewer Mean Gene Okerlund has passed away at the age of 76, WWE announced Wednesday Okerlund, who got his start in the AWA in the 1970s, became the most well-known interviewer of all time in the 1980s, where he interviewed the top stars of WWE such as Hulk Hogan and Macho Man[...]

That's because the official Twitter account of Looney Tunes has gone all in on the Becky Lynch. Lynch posted a photo of John Cena in all his hairy glory on Twitter New Years Eve… pic.twitter.com/thKAIBKDQH — The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) December 30, 2018 Prompting a comparison to a popular Looney Tunes character, Foghorn Leghorn, which got the attention of the[...]

WWE may not be allowed to have men and women fight each other in the ring due to contracts with toy manufacturers, but the company's superstars are starting their own intergender feuds on social media Things kicked off when WWE's Twitter account posted a tweet celebrating its female performers in 2018… well, some of them[...]

If you're waking up this morning with a slight hangover, a sense of looming dread about how 2019 can possibly top 2018, and the strange recollection that

It's been more than two years now since wrestling legend Chyna passed away, but despite WWE's major promotion of its women's division under the banner of the "Women's Evolution," a marketing campaign that praises WWE for finally treating its female performers with respect as a remedy to… decades of WWE treating its female performers with[...]

For the main title-holder on WWE Smackdown Live, despite reigning over the objectively superior show, there must be something of an inferiority complex knowing that the champion of rival brand Raw is the champion of the entire universe It also doesn't help that Raw's Universal Champion is Brock Lesnar, who enjoys the benefit of only[...]

WWE Superstars will compete tonight at a WWE Live event at the United Center in Chicago For former Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins, however, it's more than just a simple house show Rollins is feeling nostalgic, and while touring the city where he got his start in Ring of Honor as Tyler Black, Rollins decided to[...]

But in the case of Shad Gaspard, formerly of the WWE tag team Cryme Tyme with partner JTG, it's actually a good thing, because the blacklist in question isn't a literal blacklist, but rather The Black List, a list of unproduced screenplays that someone should make into movies. On Wednesday, The Black List featured a script by Gaspard[...]

Next week, the 24th issue of explosive publisher BOOM! Studios' ongoing WWE comic hits stands, featuring a story about former WWE Champion AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura In a scene taking place after Styles' match against Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series 2017, Nakamura reveals what match he'd like to see happen every week… AJ Styles vs[...]

Following several years of putting on more entertaining shows than its red-brand counterpart, WWE Smackdown Live has finally beaten Monday Night Raw in the ratings Of course, this feat required the birth of Jesus Christ, the Roman Reigns of Christianity, to make it possible, but that shouldn't lessen the accomplishment. According to Wrestling Inc., Smackdown pulled in 1.9[...]

As we near the end of the horror show that was 2018 and approach what's sure to be an even worse year in 2019, Twitter has taken to commemorating some 2018 highlights in "moments." One such "moment" commemorated Wednesday was WWE handing out championship belts to pretty much every major sports star on the planet…[...]

The attack, the latest in an ongoing War on Christmas, occurred on Tuesday's Christmas episode of WWE Smackdown Live, perpetrated by former WWE Champion A.J Styles, a video gamer who has denied allegations that he subscribes to the flat Earth conspiracy theory The man: acclaimed wrestling and football promoter, and genetic jackhammer, Vince McMahon, a personal friend of[...]

Mattel has a hit with its Jurassic World line, and they still have the #1 selling figure line in WWE They are suffering the same as Hasbro and every other toy company is after the closing of Toys R Us this year Mattel is also expected to go hard after the master toy license for[...]

As if closing out the year by pinning WWE Champion Daniel Bryan weren't enough of an accomplishment for 205 Live turned Smackdown superstar Mustafa Ali, Ali (real name" Adeel Alam) also has a comic book out today Co-written with Headlocked's Michael Kingston with art by Nadia Ramlan, the 8-page story comes from Ali's real experience[...]