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Cody Rhodes opened WWE Raw this week, cutting an emotional promo about his plans to do what his father, the legendary Dusty Rhodes, never could Rhodes, who returned to WWE at WrestleMania after six years away, broke down several times while talking about his father, who dies in 2015 Rhodes never won the WWE Championship[...]

Of course, everyone expected it to be terrible, so it was a low bar to clear, but a win is a win, and WWE hopes to carry that momentum into tonight's episode of Monday Night Raw So what's the E got planned for the show tonight? First of all, after Cody Rhodes debuted at WrestleMania and[...]

WWE announced a new record for WrestleMania attendance and revenue following the "most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history." According to a press release, "WWE's annual pop-culture extravaganza saw 156,352 fans from all 50 states and 53 countries converge on AT&T Stadium in Dallas over the course of two exciting nights, surpassing the previous gate and[...]

WWE as a company in general has been at an all-time creative low point while at the same time the company's business decisions, including dealings with the Saudi Arabian government, treatment of "independent contractors," and mass layoffs, have bordered on intolerable So going into WrestleMania, I was prepared to hate everything about it But when[...]

WWE has billed this year's WrestleMania as the most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history, but without the help of the most popular wrestler in the history of the business returning for one more unbelievable match, the first night of the show might have gone down as a longer and only slightly more eventful episode of[...]

The show will stream on Peacock in the United States and on the WWE Network elsewhere The kickoff show each night begins at 7PM Eastern and the main card kicks off at 8PM, so you have until then to steel yourselves. To celebrate the biggest wrestling event of the year, your El Presidente ordered the writers[...]

Yup, former AEW star & executive vice president Cody Rhodes made his official debut tonight (and to no one's surprise, he defeated Rollins because there was no way he was losing his first match… even in the WWE) after leaving his former wrestling home over failure to come to terms on a new contract[...]

WrestleMania is one of those terms ubiquitous with WWE and pro wrestling itself  Non-fans know of it and they know what it means: the biggest wrestling show of the year  While it's impossible to erase it from our consciousness, the fact is that in recent years and especially this year, WrestleMania has kind of lost its[...]

 All of the titles in NXT will be on the line this afternoon in Dallas as the WWE stars of tomorrow get the matinee spotlight today  Enough out of me, let's get to the action! The official logo for NXT Stand & Deliver, courtesy of WWE. Toxic Attraction vs Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai – NXT Women's[...]

Taking a page from the world he's known his entire life as well as the STARZ series Heels, WWE owner Vince McMahon is partnering up with Craig O'Neill and Tom Rinaldi to develop a new scripted series called Pinned that's set in a fictional wrestling promotion for NBC Universal O'Neill (CSI: Vegas, MacGyver) will write[...]

 It's a matinee showcase for the brand ahead of night one of WrestleMania and the brand has big expectations to meet, not only as a WrestleMania appetizer but also seeing as, in the previous era of the brand, they often received way better reviews than the big WWE show  Will the NXT 2.0 era superstars meet the challenge?[...]

The show will stream on Peacock in the United States and on the WWE Network elsewhere The kickoff show each night begins at 7PM Eastern and the main card kicks off at 8PM, so you have until then to steel yourselves. To celebrate the biggest wrestling event of the year, your El Presidente ordered the writers[...]

Friday night kicked off the biggest weekend of the year for WWE, as the two-night extravaganza that is WrestleMania gets rolling in Dallas  But two nights and a possible ten hours of air time just isn't enough apparently with last night's episode of SmackDown on Fox serving as a sort of pre-show for the "Showcase[...]

WWE is about to produce one of the biggest shows of the year as WrestleMania 38 will take place in Dallas But… who is this show for? That's not some arbitrary question we're throwing out there for you to answer, we're actually going to answer that ourselves But considering the fact that we've watched every[...]

WWE has decided to give its independent contractors a bigger cut of the profits from third-party deals WWE made wrestlers turn over to WWE control in 2020, according to a new report by Fightful Select WWE President Nick Khan, who took over the leadership of WWE shortly before the company began confiscating the Twitch, Cameo,[...]

In recent years, WWE has taken a liking to creating lifesize bronze statues of legendary wrestlers such as Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Andre The Giant, and umm, Seth Rollins  The use of these statues is anyone's guess, as there is no physical WWE Hall of Fame or museum to display them properly, but the gesture is a nice one[...]

 Let's take a look at what didn't make the cut for ten hours over two nights. The annual Andre The Giant Battle Royal will headline tonight's SmackDown on Fox, courtesy of WWE. WrestleMania has had numerous Battle Royals over the years and in recent years, the over-the-top-rope slugfest has been named in honor of the iconic late,[...]

 Will either man get any last shots in before Saturday's match?  Let's take a look at this week's episode of NXT 2.0 and find out. Did Cameron Grimes earn the final spot in the North American Title Ladder Match on NXT 2.0? Courtesy of WWE. LA Knight & MSK vs Imperium LA Knight & MSK vs Imperium on NXT[...]

However, as we approach the month of April, it's clear that Bautista's absence from the political battlefield is less a temporary withdrawal and more a long-term change to the political status quo. Dave Bautista was previously involved in a long-running feud with fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer former President Donald Trump, but has gone silent for the last[...]

 But that's still four days from now and tonight on the final NXT 2.0 on the USA Network before the big show this weekend, there's still plenty of work to do and we'll take a look at what the brand has planned for tonight. LA Knight will team with MSK to take on Imperium in six-man tag[...]

With WWE inducting WCW greats into their Hall of Fame with the likes of Goldberg, Sting, and nWo, it was just a matter of time before they reached one of their greatest tag teams in the company's history in The Steiner Brothers The duo of Rick and Scott Rechsteiner, starting off as amateurs at the[...]

 The whole scene, complete with embarrassing shock value and the blurred lines of reality, made viewers think they were watching a WWE show, though as actual WWE viewers, we of course know that WWE is incapable of anything that engaging these days  That didn't stop the wrestling world from reacting on social media to a[...]

WWE announced the news that the two country music stars would perform at the show on a press release on Monday WWE typically opens WrestleMania with a performance of America the Beautiful, but until the last few years, WrestleMania has only been one night Why not choose another song to open the second night of[...]

WWE plans to do to mother nature what Will Smith did to Chris Rock as the company prepares to launch more NFTs alongside new e-commerce partner, Fanatics WWE has formed a "long-term" partnership with the company to produce a range of merchandise and memorabilia, and as part of the deal, will launch a brand new[...]

WWE announced a partnership Monday with Dave and Busters to air WrestleMania in the restaurant franchise that presents itself as the adult version of Chuck E Cheese Now, customers who refused to risk COVID by hanging out in the adult equivalent of the ball pit at the McDonald's Playplace who have finally decided to venture[...]

We're talking about the Raw before WrestleMania, the one time of year where WWE has actually thought its plans through as early as a week in advance, which means they have more than one or two vague talking segments scheduled for Raw this week With the big stupendous two-day event less than a week away,[...]

With only one week to go until WrestleMania, the stakes are pretty high right now for WWE to make every minute of SmackDown count in building towards their biggest show of the year, which I don't have to remind you that the company has promised to be "the most stupendous WrestleMania ever!"  So after this week's episode of SmackDown[...]

WWE legend and executive Paul "Triple H" "Levesque has been largely silent and out of view of fans since this past September, when he suffered a "cardiac episode" and had emergency surgery as a result  For the first time since the health scare, Triple H has done an on-camera interview where he explained his medical situation in detail[...]

Former WWE superstar Shad Gaspard tragically passed away in 2020, but he went out in an undeniable way: as a hero  And now, two years after giving his own life to save his young son, WWE will honor Gaspard at this year's WWE Hall of Fame ceremony with the 2022 Warrior Award. Former WWE superstar Shad Gaspard,[...]

But to get there, we have to plow through two more episodes of WWE SmackDown on Fox and there's still plenty of unfinished business to settle before it's showtime in Dallas  Let's take a look at what WWE has in store for us tonight on Fox. The Bloodline will look to respond tonight on SmackDown to[...]