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 WWE Crown Jewel time  That special time when WWE puts aside whatever morals they have and accepts a very large payment of blood money from Saudi Arabia and tries to spin it as opening up our good ol' American values to a country that still commits human atrocities on a near-daily basis  But hey, the[...]

WWE and Mattel announced today that their very successful partnership will continue Ahead of Crown Jewel today, a multi-year contract was announced between the two to continue producing action figures, belts, and more The two originally signed a deal in 2009 and that has proved very fruitful, multiple times the WWE line of figures has[...]

Could you imagine if, instead of scheduling games in advance, a sports league like the NBA just had a show every week where they hoped two teams would show up and happen to get into an argument with each other, leading to a game? That's not how real sports work because it would be totally[...]

WWE has released a new video discussing the "Build To" the Queen's Crown tournament finals happening at WWE Crown Jewel tomorrow, and the video is already three times as long as any individual Queen's Crown match Kicking off two weeks ago, the all-women Queen's Crown tournament has run simultaneously with the all-men King of the[...]

 The big matches all appear ready to roll, but there's always room for more, right?  We will find out tonight on NXT 2.0! The official logo for NXT 2.0, courtesy of WWE. We kick things off with the new NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes, who hits the ring with Trick Williams[...]

 And now seeing as no bad idea stays dead for long and WWE is just the house of bad ideas at the moment, Chucky will make his wrestling return next Tuesday at NXT Halloween Havoc! Chucky, seen here on WCW Nitro in 1998, will return to the world of wrestling at NXT Halloween Havoc next Tuesday[...]

With the final episode of WWE Raw and WWE Smackdown before Crown Jewel in the record books, WWE has finalized the full card for the event in Saudi Arabia Well, unless Vince McMahon decides to change it all at the last minute Haw haw haw haw! Greetings, comrades It is I, your El Presidente, and as[...]

I didn't think it would be possible for WWE to sink any lower, but they really screwed things up by taking Smackdown head-to-head with Rampage, huh? How are you gonna lose with your A-show to your smaller competitor's B-show? Pure arrogance, pure stupidity, and two decades of shitting all over your own fanbase will do[...]

 With that in mind, the brand has slotted in two main events for tonight's show with Halloween Havoc implications. Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker will team up just one week before their NXT title match to take on Grizzled Young Veterans, courtesy of WWE. The first of those main event matches features two rivals putting aside their issues[...]

WWE talents and crew have to endure some of the most arduous travel in all of sports and entertainment and that's on a normal week  This week, however, things have been made all the more difficult with the addition of the always controversial WWE Crown Jewel show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this Thursday and that's on[...]

Thanks to collusion between Tony Khan, the wrestling media, Major League Baseball, and the Neilsen ratings company, The Chadster's beloved WWE Smackdown tied with AEW Rampage in the key demo last Friday when Smackdown aired on FS1 This was despite WWE adding an extra half-hour to Smackdown to bring Rampage's rating down, and despite Smackdown[...]

WWE superstar Rhea Ripley has come on hard and fast since nearly winning the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble (finishing as runner-up to winner Bianca Belair) and going on to defeat Asuka to win the Raw Women's Championship at Wrestlemania  But even with her seemingly lacking any rookie rust to work off, she has now made something of a "rookie mistake" and[...]

Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, tasked with providing for you, my loyal subj– er, readers, with a preview of this week's episode of WWE Raw Here's what to expect from the red brand on Monday. Ahead of Crown Jewel later this week, WWE needs to settle the finals for the King of the[...]

For years, the one major advantage Smackdown has had over WWE Raw is the fact that it an hour shorter WWE barely has enough creative juice to fill a two-hour show They definitely do not have enough for three hours But with Smackdown on FS1 this week due to a sports preemption, where they are[...]

Ric Flair is doubling down on a real-life heel role, serving on a fundraising committee for Herschel Walker that Donald Trump is attending.

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include Peacock's Psych 3: This Is Gus, BBC's Doctor Who, Netflix & Dave Chappelle, USA Network's WWE Raw, FX's American Horror Story: DF "Part 2 Death Valley," "Star Trek" & George Takei, The CW's Supergirl & Nancy Drew, and more! Images: Peacock's Psych 3: This Is Gus,[...]

Have you noticed an uptick in the, shall we say, "more adult" content on recent WWE shows airing on the USA Network?  More colorful language?  More sadistic behavior from heels?  No, you're not imagining things, as WWE Chairman Vince McMahon himself is keen on bringing his product back to something more in line with its "Attitude[...]

According to the state of Mississippi, WWE Hall of Famer "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase owes them $722,299  Shad White, the Mississippi State Auditor, has announced that his office has concluded its audit into the recipients of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) money in 2020 and found that $77 million was misspent in illegal means[...]

 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott is the reigning NXT North American Champion, but he and his team Hit Row were drafted to SmackDown in last week's WWE Draft so the lingering question is will he be bringing NXT gold to Friday nights when he is officially a member of the SmackDown roster starting next week?  Not if Santos Escobar has anything[...]

While WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley is no longer an active wrestler or even still in a partnership with his Dudley Boyz tag team partner of 20 years, Bubba Ray, he is still very much involved in the wrestling industry, specifically as a Producer for WWE  While that has become a very popular post-in ring competitor[...]

 Tonight, they will do battle for that title one more time, as while Swerve wants to roll into SmackDown next week still holding NXT gold, Escobar wants to keep the North American title at home where it belongs, specifically draped across his waist. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott will defend his NXT North American title against Santos Escobar tonight[...]

 But those days are indeed over now and done for good according to D-Von, who during a podcast interview declared that he and Bubba no longer "do business". The Dudley Boyz are the only only tag team to ever hold the WWE, WCW, ECW, NWA, TNA and IWGP Tag Team Championships Courtesy of WWE. Appearing on The Cut[...]

The post-draft lame-duck period of WWE continued with another episode of WWE Raw this week Making the show even more predictable than usual, it seemed highly likely that Doudrop and Shayna Baszler are building to a round two Queen's Crown tournament match and that Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are building to a round-two King[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include Netflix & Dave Chappelle, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, SYFY & USA Network's Chucky, The CW's Supergirl, and WWE's Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch And then we wrap things up with our reviews of[...]

Two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez followed fellow former UFC stars Ken Shamrock and Brock Lesnar to the world of Pro Wrestling in 2019, first competing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide that August at TripleMania XXVII, teaming with Cody Rhodes and Psycho Clown against the trio of Texano Jr., Taurus, and Killer Kross and then again in September at Lucha Invades NY, where[...]

On WWE Raw this week, former enemies become allies, former friends become opponents, and the King of the Ring and Queen's Crown tournaments continue Firstly, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch will team up to to take on Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair in a tag team match. Charlotte Flair is shocked to learn she will team[...]

Throughout the history of the wrestling industry, it has always been practice for a large promotion (WWE, WCW, AEW) to have an arrangement with a smaller promotion where they can share talent and do some cross-promoting  It works for the larger promotion to get a look at some potential new stars they might want to[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include Amazon's Lord of the Rings, BBC's Doctor Who, Paramount Plus' Star Trek: Discovery, Peacock's Psych 3: This Is Gus, STARZ's Outlander, The CW's Supergirl, Netflix's upcoming "That '70s Show" spinoff That '90s Show & tons more! And then we wrap things up with our reviews[...]

Following last night's episode of WWE Smackdown, there are now six matches booked for WWE Crown Jewel, taking place in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, October 21st As the authoritarian dictator of an oppressed nation, Bleeding Cool felt that I, your El Presidente, would be best suited to write about the card for Crown Jewel, an[...]

WWE Smackdown is getting preempted to FS1 again next week, but WWE has a trick up their sleeve to help stave off too steep a ratings drop: The Beast Brock Lesnar. Lesnar will return to Smackdown ahead of his Crown Jewel match for the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns next week. Next Friday on a SUPERSIZED #SmackDown[...]