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Just when you thought WWE couldn't possibly get any more heartless, they find a way to bring things to a new level Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, once again bringing you the latest wrestling news and hot goss on my downtime from international despotism Yesterday, I told you about WWE's decision to[...]

It's been a heavy news night for WWE to say the absolute least  This evening we learned the company has released 18 wrestlers from across all of their brands, reportedly due to the old reliable excuse of "budget cuts"  Yet later this evening, new reports started circulating saying that was not the only reason for[...]

WWE has released another (as of this time) seventeen wrestlers following their quarterly stockholder conference call Making this latest round of heartless layoffs even more egregious, the company just announced a massive increase in revenue due to their return to live touring, while the releases have been attributed to "budget cuts." WWE Chairman Vince McMahon loves[...]

Former WWE Superstar Ryback isn't happy with Amazon's new policy demanding he test his supplements for the presence of Schedule IV drugs The Big Guy, who has previously suggested his supplements could prevent COVID better than government-imposed safety measures, took to Twitter to denounce the new Amazon policy. It is ridiculous @amazon is now telling sellers[...]

 And now, like Cole before him, O'Reilly's contract with WWE is nearing its end and everyone is wondering what will happen? Kyle O'Reilly in NXT, courtesy of WWE. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com first reported that Kyle O'Reilly's WWE contract is set to expire next month and at this time, there is no new contract in place[...]

 But now we are finding out today that this was not just a standard moment of wrestling violence, but was instead a way to write Stark off of TV, as she is indeed injured and needs time to heal. NXT star Zoey Stark was written off of TV last night to deal with a legitimate injury,[...]

WWE has officially revealed the air date for their annual Tribute to the Troops show, which will air on"Sunday Afternoon" on November 14th on Fox Matches set for the show include Dolph Ziggler vs WWE Champion Big E, Bianca Belair vs Liv Morgan, and WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs Shinsuke Nakamura The show will[...]

 How will that new landscape look going forward?  We will find out as the newly-crowned champions find out who will be their first challengers and set the stage for weeks to come. The official logo for NXT 2.0, courtesy of WWE. The new NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose hits the ring to open this edition of NXT 2.0[...]

Hey gang!  After this past Tuesday's successful NXT Halloween Havoc and all the drama that ensued at the event, it's time to get back to our regular programming with NXT 2.0 tonight as we see all the fallout of the titles changes, career-threatening matches, and betrayals that occurred one week ago tonight. NXT North American Champion Carmello Hayes[...]

The New Era (TM) of WWE Raw continued with a night of rematches and directionless storylines, plus some Kevin Owens worked shoot drama Hopefully you didn't waste three hours watching it because we can sum it all up in about three minutes.   WWE Raw Review 11/1/2021 Becky Lynch defeated Bianca Belair to retain the Raw Women's Championship[...]

Kevin Owens set the hearts of dirt sheet writers all a'flutter on WWE Raw this week when he seemingly mentioned his own contract status live on television But was Owens shooting on TV? Or was he engaging in WWE's latest attempt to capitalize on its own fanbase's dislike of its product to create a worked[...]

Former WWE wrestler turned Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista lashed out at Southwest Airlines over a pilot who expressed his dislike of President Joe Biden over the airline's PA system during a flight Bautista, who has expanded his long-running feud with fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer Donald Trump after Trump was pinned clean by Joe Biden in the[...]

A New Era (TM) kicked off on WWE Raw last week, and as that new era continues, WWE is planning to open the show with… a match we've already seen, first at SummerSlam, then at Extreme Rules, and then (with the addition of Sasha Banks to a triple threat) at Crown Jewel And yes, if[...]

Former WWE wrestler turned Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista lashed out at Ron DeSantis over the Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful's stance on vaccine mandates, which is that he doesn't like them Bautista, who has expanded his long-running feud with fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer Donald Trump after Trump was pinned clean by Joe Biden in[...]

Former WWE wrestler turned Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista lashed out at Ted Cruz over the Texas Senator's defense of Nazi salutes at school board meetings, a topic that one would think most in America would agree on, but, well, sign of the times and all that Bautista, who has expanded his long-running feud with fellow[...]

Former WWE wrestler turned Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista lashed out at Marjorie Taylor Greene over the QAnon-loving Congresswoman's support for impeaching the current president Bautista, who has expanded his long-running feud with fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer Donald Trump after Trump was pinned clean by Joe Biden in the main event of the 2020 Election PPV and[...]

Hey gang!  So WWE didn't promise much for this week's SmackDown aside from it airing on the cable boonies of FS1 instead of the prime network spot on Fox, so I guess that will help somewhat in that they won't be disappointing anyone with something they don't live up to  Now even with zero expectations, there[...]

Hey gang!  So last week the WWE enacted its new post-Draft roster on SmackDown, which led to both Women's Champions having to trade belts (as Becky Lynch was drafted to Raw, while Charlotte Flair was drafted to the blue brand)  The already questionable segment did not go well at all and an exclamation point was put on that when the problems[...]

One of the most pleasant surprises of The Mandalorian was Mercedes Varnado (aka WWE's Sasha Banks), who played the right hand woman for Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) The multiple-time women's champion spoke to Bleacher Report while promoting her appearance for WWE's Crown Jewel about how her wrestling skills in the ring translated well to her[...]

 Enough out of me, let's get to the scary (hopefully scary good) action of this year's NXT Halloween Havoc. The 2021 NXT Halloween Havoc card, courtesy of WWE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_GAHJaUYbQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Chucky sets the stage for NXT Halloween Havoc: WWE NXT, Oct[...]

WWE Raw this week marked the start of a New Era (TM) in WWE, with Crown Jewel over and the post-draft rosters finally in place So how different was this week's show than Raw in the Old Era? Are you asking that question with a straight face? WWE Raw Review Big E kicked off the New Era[...]

 Oh, and the iconic killer doll Chucky will be making his long-awaited wrestling return tonight, possibly with an underrated talent putting him over in the ring with Vince McMahon screaming backstage "that's my next champion!", ala Tom Magee vs Bret Hart. Tommaso Ciampa vs Bron Breakker for the NXT title, courtesy of WWE. All kidding aside, there is an[...]

WWE is promoting a "New Era" to begin on tonight's episode of WWE Raw, which is the "season premiere" of the show, according to a press release from WWE.com With Crown Jewel in the record books, Raw and Smackdown can finally implement their new rosters decided during the WWE draft a few weeks ago and[...]

It's been the talk of the wrestling world since Saturday morning that reportedly, top WWE Women's stars Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch had a heated confrontation following a very awkward (and awful) closing segment on this past Friday's SmackDown  People are quick to forget though that there was a third woman in the ring for the segment who[...]

For the WWE fans out there who woke up this morning and thought to themselves, "Gee, I wonder what the dates are for the WWE's pay-per-views in 2022." Well, your morning coffee is about to taste a whole lot better because your rhetorical question became a reality on Monday morning That's right, for the first[...]

 Not only was the whole situation of SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch and Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair trading their titles as a result of the WWE Draft absolutely stupifying, but there was also an uncomfortable air around the whole segment, a sort of awkward feeling that you get as a wrestling fan that's seen a lot and can[...]

Former WWE Superstar turned supplement salesman Ryback appears to have tuned into WWE Smackdown last night, because he had some choice commentary and constructive feedback on the show for WWE Ryback started by discussing how his former WWE co-workers have gray hair while he has none Of course, Ryback has a completely shaved head He[...]

 So if you hated my opinions before, now you have double to worry about, you lucky duck!  Now as for the actual show itself, WWE says we're in for a new era tonight as they not only handle the fallout of Crown Jewel but also welcome a new roster of superstars to Friday nights on Fox[...]

Hey gang!  So even though the 2021 WWE Draft was concluded on October 4, the new draftees would not debut on their new rosters until after WWE Crown Jewel  Now seeing as Crown Jewel wrapped up yesterday afternoon, all eyes are now on SmackDown as tonight, we will finally see the 2021 WWE Draft come to fruition with[...]

WWE held their expensive recurring Saudi Arabian spectacle, Crown Jewel, about 24 hours ago in Riyadh  Despite the usual (and well-earned) hesitancy by fans to embrace the event due to both the ethical issues with it and the proclivity for bad matches and botches at the show, they surprised everyone by putting on a pretty[...]