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No further evidence is required than the ratings for this week's episode of Smackdown, which show a massive uptick after Bryan was booted off the show for losing a title match against Roman Reigns. Daniel Bryan will ruin the WWE Smackdown ratings no more! Just look at the viewership for last week's show, which dipped below 2[...]

WWE WrestleMania Backlash has another big title match on the card following this week's Throwback Edition of WWE Smackdown Cesaro will challenge Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship Cesaro vs Roman Reigns became official Friday night when Cesaro defeated Seth Rollins in a match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSxWrGPTkxIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cesaro vs[...]

Missed WWE Smackdown last night? You're better off for it because you can take in the show much more quickly by watching the clips WWE posts to YouTube. The highlight of WWE Smackdown this week was Kayla Braxton's throwback look. The special throwback edition of WWE Smackdown began with the return of Jimmy Uso during the obligatory[...]

Ahead of WWE Smackdown tonight, the fed announced one more match for WrestleMania Backlash, taking place the Sunday after next Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio will get a shot at the Smackdown Tag Team Championships held by Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, otherwise known as (ugh, we hate to say this), the Dirty Dawgs WWE[...]

Meltzer also reports that WWE will not have fans in the building for WrestleMania Backlash this month, but that the plan is to have fans at SummerSlam. WrestleVotes, a twitter account popular with clickbait wrestling news aggregation websites, takes things further, reporting that SummerSlam will be the beginning of a return to touring. WWE is looking to[...]

 Fans all over the internet have been roasting them for it (and only two months removed from their Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match debacle), including former Wednesday night rival NXT's resident wild child, Shotzi Blackheart. NXT star Shotzi Blackheart, courtesy of WWE. In case you missed it, after the conclusion of AEW's WarGames-Esque Blood and Guts match[...]

There was no joy in Orlando this week, as WWE NXT struck out in the ratings, falling another ten spots down the cable ratings charts, right out of the top twenty It's bitterly disappointing for loyal WWE NXT fans like The Chadster who tune in week after week and evangelize NXT to Bleeding Cool's millions[...]

Daniel Bryan is no longer contracted to WWE, according to a story first broken by comrade Sean Ross Sapp at Fightful Select and later confirmed by comrade Dave Meltzer Bryan's contract, according to the report, ended after his WWE Championship match with Roman Reigns on Smackdown last week Bryan lost the match, and as per[...]

 Or perhaps that new challenge and challenger will find him before he even makes a choice?  Let's find out! The new official logo for NXT, courtesy of WWE. Leon Ruff vs Isaiah "Swerve" Scott – Falls Count Anywhere Leon Ruff vs Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in a Falls Count Anywhere match, courtesy of WWE. We start things off tonight with[...]

 But the main event tonight is definitely the tag team Street Fight match between NXT Women's tag champs Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon taking on Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell with the titles on the line. Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs The Way in a Street Fight for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, courtesy[...]

Ratings and viewership for WWE Raw were slightly up this week as the hundreds of thousands of disloyal WWE fans who betrayed the company in its hour of need by tuning out after WrestleMania have been crawling back like the sad, pathetic losers they are And why should The Chadster and any other true WWE[...]

While WWE has rightfully earned the reputation as a leviathan in the wrestling industry that only eats up other promotions instead of working in a mutually beneficial coexistence with them, there are instances in the past where they've tried to play nice with a smaller dog in the yard  In the 90s, the then WWF[...]

On the WrestleMania Backlash go-home edition of WWE Raw next week, Bobby Lashley will face another one of his opponents from the WWE Championship triple threat match at Backlash Next week, Lashley and Drew McIntyre will go head-to-head, following McIntyre's interference in Lashley's match with the other member of the triple threat, Braun Strowman, this[...]

The worst thing one can say about WWE Raw each week is that it's boring And that remains mostly true about this week's episode of WWE Raw But there were a few bright spots Read on, and save yourself three hours! WWE will go to extreme lengths to retain viewership for WWE Raw WWE Raw Results –[...]

Charlotte Flair will face Asuka and champion Rhea Ripley in a Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania Backlash, WWE revealed Monday The match was originally made as a one-on-one between WrestleMania opponents Asuka and Ripley, but Charlotte inserted herself on WWE Raw tonight. Charlotte Flair will face Asuka and Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania Backlash in a[...]

A teaser announcing the return of Eva Marie aired on WWE Raw tonight Eva Marie was filmed writing around on the hood of a Ferrari, repeatedly asking, "do I have your attention now?" She said she's decided to come back to WWE and then the video told us that the "Eva-Lution" would be coming soon. [...]

The Archer of Infamy (can anyone explain why he is called that), Damian Priest, will be featured in a new WWE Chronicle documentary airing on Peacock and the WWE Network this week The documentary will explore Priest's background prior to joining WWE Priest had one of the better debuts an, as of yet, hasn't been[...]

 That all changes this Tuesday night as Balor will make his highly anticipated return on this week's episode. Former NXT Champion Finn Balor will return to NXT for the first time since losing the title this Tuesday night, courtesy of WWE. In a formal announcement on WWE.com, the company previewed the return of "The Prince" on this[...]

Tonight's episode of WWE Raw will feature two tag team title matches as both the Raw Tag Team Champions and the Women's Tag Team Champions put their titles on the line AJ Styles and Omos will finally return to Raw from… wherever they've been *cough*COVID*hack*, and they'll defend the belts against the New Day[...]

On the one hand, The Chadster is incredibly sad and disappointed that WWE Smackdown's viewership once again dropped below 2 million this week That Chadster thought for sure that Smackdown was on the way back up, especially with the big Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan title match airing on last night's show On the other[...]

Once again proving how similar the worlds of Comic Books and Pro Wrestling are, WWE surprise-announced a "Go Back" episode of WWE Smackdown last night in an attempt to counter ever-dwindling ratings Looking to nostalgia for a temporary ratings boost is a signature tactic of WWE, which continues to rely on fond memories for The[...]

Those will include Vince McMahon and "The Steroid Trials" from the 1990s; a look at the formation of FMW, created by Japan's Atsushi Onita and known for its spectacular matches and gratuitous gore but took a dark turn in the hands of Onita's protégé; and Luna Vachon, who faced immense personal loss and battled addiction[...]

This week on WWE Smackdown, Daniel Bryan fought Roman Reigns for the opportunity to go home and spend more time with his family Who came out on top? Do you even need to ask? Well, go ahead and read the recap/video highlights below. It could be worse, Sami WWE Smackdown could be three hours long like[...]

Former WWE wrestler turned Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista took aim at NRA head Wayne LaPierre and his wife, Susan, after a video leaked showing the couple hunting and killing an elephant Bautista said that he wished "pain and suffering" on the couple, who he called not hunters but poachers, cowards, and murderers Bautista's tweet garnered[...]

Mick Foley is WWE's greatest hardcore legend, but in addition to that, he's also one of the company's most well-respected and trusted ambassadors  He's seen it all and done it all in his long wrestling career and fans still love him and listen to everything he says  So when "Mrs Foley's baby boy" makes a[...]

 It's this internal conflict that seemed to define the man underneath Roddy Piper that made this biography film so captivating and emotional to take in. Biography: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper covers the life of one of wrestling's greatest characters and the man underneath it, courtesy of WWE. Growing up in a painful environment with a physically abusive father,[...]

Despite a comeback in the cable ranking charts, WWE NXT dropped 100,000 viewers this week, continuing the trend of once-loyal WWE viewers proving themselves to be worthless traitors who abandon the company when it needs them the most This shocking betrayal comes just one day after several hundred thousand viewers tuned out WWE Raw, leading[...]

 Well, tonight we will get our first words from the former leader of the Undisputed ERA and hear how he's feeling, along with what he's planning to do once he's medically cleared to compete again. The card for tonight's episode of NXT, courtesy of WWE. Mercedes Martinez vs Dakota Kai (with NXT Women's Champion Raquel Gonzalez) Mercedes Martinez[...]

It is The Chadster's sad and solemn duty to report that the ranks of true WWE fans continue to dwindle, as WWE Raw once again fell in ratings and viewership The Chadster is really bummed out that more viewers tuned out of Raw again this week, but imagine how WWE must feel knowing so many[...]

The PG Era of WWE Raw is over! The upcoming WrestleMania Backlash PPV will feature the most outrageous and explicit storyline since the Katie Vick thing as Braun Strowman is set to carry a title belt through an anus At least, that's what the Monster Among Men promised in a backstage interview after WWE Raw[...]