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Last Saturday night in the 30-Woman Royal Rumble match, as soon as WWE fans heard Joan Jett's Bad Reputation start playing and saw former Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey enter at number 28 and begin her fast-paced stomp towards the ring, they knew it was a fait accompli that she was the 2022 Royal Rumble winner and of course, they were not wrong[...]

In an interview this past December with SmackDown commentator Pat McAfee, WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg made it pretty clear that he's pretty banged up and in need of some shoulder surgery after 25 years of bashing himself into other big guys at full force  But the 55-year-old stressed that he wasn't heading to the operating table[...]

And what goss could be hotter than the goss surrounding Vince McMahon's large adult son, Shane McMahon, who is reportedly in the doghouse with his father and the WWE Well, maybe that drama my boy Vladimir Putin is having with Joe Biden over Ukraine, even though I keep telling him that he shouldn't allow himself[...]

Ember Moon was one of many talents released by WWE in November due to the old "budget cuts" excuse and as is almost always the case, she was subject to the 90-day non-compete clause that prevented her from signing with or appearing for another wrestling promotion  Well, the 90 days are up and the former[...]

While WWE fans are frequently left pulling their collective hair out in their frustration over how the company often ignores some of their most talented wrestlers, perhaps no WWE wrestler has been focused on more in this regard over the past decade than Cesaro  Regarded by everyone as one of the best and most consistent wrestlers[...]

Following the shocking news yesterday that Vince McMahon fired his own son, Shane McMahon, as a scapegoat for the poorly booked Royal Rumble PPV, a new report reveals that McMahon's cronies in WWE are trying to prevent AEW from hiring Shane by spreading rumors about his ego Though the report is based on anonymous sources,[...]

If you've been watching WWE SmackDown lately, you'll of course know there's been an ongoing feud between the brand's resident goofball Sami Zayn and Jackass Forever star Johnny Knoxville  Zayn took umbrage with Knoxville entering this past Saturday night's Royal Rumble match and tried turning the tables on him by creating his own silly stunt show, InZayn, which predictably backfired[...]

2K Games has revealed a brand new video for WWE 2K22 today as the team takes a greater look at the gameplay in this special video This video, quite honestly, is probably the best thing the team could have released right out the gate after the initial hype A lot of the complaints that stemmed[...]

On November 4 of last year, WWE released 18 of their wrestlers for "budget cuts" and former NXT Champion Keith Lee was easily one of the most shocking names to read on a list that included Karrion Kross, Nia Jax, Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado, Mia Yim, Eva Marie, Harry Smith, B-Fab, Franky Monet, Ember Moon, Scarlett, Oney Lorcan,[...]

 Could this all be a trap for Breakker and Ciampa?  Let's find out. The 2/1/2022 NXT 2.0 recap, courtesy of WWE. Diamond Mine vs Imperium Diamond Mine vs Imperium, courtesy of WWE. So as Imperium makes their entrance, the audience is loudly chanting "WALTER" over and over  Vic Joseph on commentary then corrects everyone that it's GUNTHER!  Sure pal. This one's[...]

According to a new dirt sheet rumor, WWE has run out of people to fire and is now firing people who don't even work there! Shane McMahon, who is reportedly not under contract to WWE, has reportedly been fired by the company for ruining the Royal Rumble! Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, bringing[...]

 And then there's the second tag bout, which will see Legado del Fantasma taking on NXT Champion Bron Breakker and former Champion, Tommaso Ciampa in tag action. Diamond Mine vs Imperium in a Six-Man Tag Team match tonight on NXT 2.0, courtesy of WWE. We can expect the Six-Man Tag Team Match between Diamond Mine and Imperium to be[...]

On November 4 of last year, WWE shocked fans with the sudden release of 18 different wrestlers from across their different brands, including surprising names like Karrion Kross, Keith Lee, and former Raw Women's Champion Nia Jax  Jax, in particular, was surprising to fans, as it was assumed she was all but untouchable because of her family connections, which includes[...]

WWE Hall of Famer Lita will return to the ring one more time for a Women's Championship match against champion Becky Lynch at the Elimination Chamber PPV in Saudi Arabia later this month Lita, who competed in the Royal Rumble match at the eponymous PPV last Saturday, challenged Lynch to the match after a promo[...]

WWE kicked off the Road to WrestleMania this year with a rare bit of advance booking While the company normally waits until the last minute to book PPV matches, they're trying something new this time, naming all the competitors in at least one Elimination Chamber match on last night's episode of WWE Raw, the first[...]

 It was reported that McMahon changed the Men's Royal Rumble match "literally 20 times", swapping around everything from entrance order to who would be in the match to who would win it all. Mike Johnson of PWInsider spoke to an anonymous WWE wrestler in the Men's Royal Rumble match and his description of what was going on backstage Saturday[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today includes Paramount+'s "Yellowstone" prequel 1883, STARZ's Heels, The Always Sunny Podcast, BBC's Doctor Who, WWE Royal Rumble, ABC's The Rookie, The CW's The Flash, HBO Max's Peacemaker, and tons more! And then we wrap things up with a look at our reviews, with this round bringing[...]

Louis crowd tonight?  Let's take a look at who I think are the five potential surprise entrants in tonight's Rumble matches. The lineup for tonight's 30-man Royal Rumble match, courtesy of WWE. 1 Ronda Rousey Image: Screencap Let's start with an easy one  I posted about this the other day how it's been reported that Rousey is training hard[...]

There's been a lot of speculation over the past year and change that Vince McMahon might actually be considering calling it a career and doing what was once completely unfathomable; selling WWE to another company  Even up to fairly recently, the assumption of everyone was that when McMahon stepped down, he'd pass the reigns to his[...]

2K Games has released a new trailer for WWE 2K22 ahead of the Royal Rumble, as we get the oddly named "Booyaka" gameplay trailer Set to the tone of the song "Believer" by Imagine Dragons (this one is a remake by Sybrid featuring PLEXXAGLASS), we get to see an assortment of the roster in the[...]

 That means if any of the WWE Superstars had any last-minute issues to cover before the big day, they were rapidly running out of time to do so  This is why Raw star Seth Rollins announced ahead of time that he was heading to the blue brand to personally deliver a message to Roman Reigns less than a[...]

Exactly twenty-four hours from the start of tonight's SmackDown, one of the WWE's biggest and most impactful events of the year, The Royal Rumble will kick off live from St Louis  But twenty-four hours is a long time in WWE and there's still unsettled business between Raw's Seth Rollins and his former stablemate, Universal Champion Roman Reigns ahead of their title[...]

WWE announced this week via The Dallas Morning News their WrestleMania week schedule, which includes the return of NXT Stand & Deliver on Saturday, April 2  If you're familiar with the dates of this year's WrestleMania in Dallas, then you will notice that April 2 is also scheduled to be the opening night of "the showcase of the immortals"[...]

WWE announced this week that one of the NXT TakeOver events from the former "black and gold era" of the brand is returning in under a month  NXT Vengeance Day (no more TakeOver, as that has recently joined Pay Per View on Vince McMahon's ever-growing list of banned terms) will return on Tuesday, February 15, this time airing[...]

WWE figure collectors celebrated en masse when the brand team announced that the popular Retro figure line would be returning The line first ran as a Walmart exclusive for a few years but petered out when distribution problems popped up However, we kept hope alive, and now WWE Retros are back, though a bit different[...]

 So do we now have number one contenders for NXT's top two titles?  Let's find out. Our recap for the 1/25 episode of NXT 2.0, courtesy of WWE. We open with MSK staring at the Dusty Cup, dreaming of winning it for a second straight year. Can #MSK do it again???#WWENXT #DustyClassic @WesLee_WWE @NashCarterWWE pic.twitter.com/7xVobwX1yY — WWE (@WWE) January 26, 2022 MSK[...]

The Royal Rumble has long been one of WWE's premier events of the year, not only for directly setting the stage for the company's single biggest event of the year, WrestleMania but also for being WWE's most unpredictable night of the year where anyone can show up unannounced and can even begin a career resurgence[...]

While the only thing WWE tried really hard on in 2021 was trimming their rosters and staff by releasing over 80 wrestlers from their contracts with the company, it seems in 2022 they aren't quite as gung-ho about giving talents the boot, at least not when the talents themselves are the ones who want it[...]

 But tonight, it appears three of the other women in the division are teaming up to take the fight right to them. Kay Lee Ray, Indi Hartwell & Persia Pirotta will take on Toxic Attraction in a Six-Woman Tag Team Match tonight on NXT 2.0, courtesy of WWE. In tonight's NXT 2.0 main event, the young Australian team[...]

But that didn't seem to matter to WWE on Monday as the Rumble go-home episode of WWE Raw meandered through three hours of sleep-inducing mediocrity that included a weigh-in, a spelling bee, a birthday celebration, and a psycho-therapy session. WWE Raw opened with a weigh-in for Lashley vs Lesnar that actually went well, if it was[...]