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The Chadster doesn't like to say anything negative about WWE But I'm left with no choice, as Smackdown dropped in viewership and came in fourth place in the ratings Fourth place! Ugh Let's just get to the numbers. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Loses to NBA Finals The NBA finals cleaned up in[...]

Following night one of the WWE Draft on WWE Friday Night Smackdown last night, WWE revealed more draft picks on Talking Smack Saturday In one more round of picks, the final draft picks were made, and the remaining unpicked superstars from the Friday night pool were officially named free agents. The official logo for the 2020[...]

In the third and final part of our WWE Smackdown report, The New Day have a great night, The New Day have an awful night, and Kevin Owens has the worst night Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! You're welcome. The official logo for WWE Friday Night[...]

In the second part of our WWE Smackdown report, Jeff Hardy and Matt Riddle form a tag team, Bayley cheats to lose, and the WWE Draft continues! Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! You're welcome. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for October[...]

In the first part of our WWE Smackdown report, Big E faces Sheamus in a Falls Count Anywhere match, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods return, and the WWE Draft begins! Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! You're welcome. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown[...]

WWE held the first part of a two-part draft on Friday Night Smackdown; an event hammered home by commentary and others as one that would forever "alter the landscape" of Raw and Smackdown, in case you were wondering what the corporate buzz phrase of the night was The pools of superstars were divided in half[...]

Good news for fans of The New Day; Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston finally returned to WWE Friday Night Smackdown tonight! Yay! But there's bad news too Tonight was the WWE draft, an event which very strong branding has told us will forever alter the landscape of Raw and Smackdown And in the final round[...]

The ratings are in, and both AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT dropped in ratings and viewership from last week's numbers Both shows faced more competition than usual as a third contender entered the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars: the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence Cable news filled the entire top ten cable[...]

WWE has announced the addition of new recruits, all of them former EVOLVE wrestlers, to the WWE Performance Center, that they will eventually ruin with shoddy booking when they finally make it to the main roster These trainees will become the next next generation of NXT Superstars and have amazing runs beloved by the NXT[...]

In hour two of WWE NXT, Austin Theory has a bad day, Ridge Holland has an even worse day, and Ember Moon returns to the ring. Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE NXT report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! The official logo for WWE NXT. WWE NXT Report for October 7th, 2020 Part 2 Austin Theory and[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE NXT report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! The official logo for WWE NXT. WWE NXT Report for October 7th, 2020 Part 1 NXT opens with a video recap of NXT Takeover 31 Did you know I covered every match from that show live? Read 'em here if you need to[...]

WWE has underperformed in terms of ratings and viewership despite the truckloads of money Fox gave WWE for the rights to broadcast the pro wrestling show But Fox is instead doubling down, announcing a celebration of Smackdown with a pair of specials First, on Sunday, October 11th (that's this Sunday), Fox will air WWE: The[...]

Could we be looking at a tag team match between Dave Bautista and Ken Jeong against John Cena and President Donald Trump in the near future? The bromance between Bautista and Jeong has always been strong on Twitter, where Bautista and Jeong frequently trade barbs about Trump, a WWE Hall-of-Famer, who both men despise However,[...]

Though an official announcement with more details is on the way tomorrow, a panel description for a WWE panel Wednesday afternoon for The Female Quotient at Advertising Week reveals that WWE start The Miz and Maryse will host a new game show called Brawl in the Family, billed as "a hilariously action-packed family competition full of[...]

In the fourth and final part of Bleeding Cool's WWE Monday Night Raw report, Murphy makes a decision, Riott Squad Riott squanders an opportunity, and Mustafa Ali shocks the WWE Universe Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly WWE Raw report, where we watch this crap, so you don't have to. Oh no! Retribution has even hacked the[...]

In the third part of Bleeding Cool's WWE Monday Night Raw report, Drew McIntyre makes a Watchmen reference, Braun Strowman briefly faces Keith Lee, and Ricochet makes a poor decision Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly WWE Raw report, where we watch this crap, so you don't have to. The official logo for WWE Monday Night Raw[...]

In the second part of Bleeding Cool's WWE Monday Night Raw report, Seth Rollins delivers an ultimatum to his disciple Murphy and Kevin Owens realizes he has a "type." Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly WWE Raw report, where we watch this crap, so you don't have to. The official logo for WWE Monday Night Raw[...]

In the first part of Bleeding Cool's WWE Monday Night Raw report, Randy Orton cuts a promo, Asuka carries a lot of dead weight, and MVP makes Ricochet an offer he shouldn't refuse Welcome to Bleeding Cool's weekly WWE Raw report, where we watch this crap, so you don't have to. The official logo for WWE[...]

Retaliation… Mustafa Ali?! It seems that Mustafa Ali has been the leader of Retribution all along, as revealed on tonight's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw The shocking reveal came during the second match between members of Hurt Business and members of Apollo Crews' friend circle in the final hour of Raw Ali was facing[...]

The next WWE draft is just five days away, but WWE isn't going to miss their last opportunity to ignore the current roster split by having Smackdown star Bray Wyatt appear on Monday Night Raw tonight Wyatt's appearance comes by way of an invitation from Kevin Owens, presumably to get revenge for Wyatt's attack on[...]

WWE Hall of Famer Dave Bautista teamed up with future WWE Hall of Famer CM Punk to take on WWE Hall of Famer President Donald Trump in a Twitter handicap match on Monday The president, after being taken out of action for a few days after ironically contracting COVID-19, returned to Twitter Monday in full[...]

Finn Balor for NXT Championship. Welcome to Bleeding Cool's live results and analysis for NXT Takeover 31, emanating from WWE's Capitol Wrestling Center at the newly revamped WWE Performance Center You can scroll down to the bottom for links to our coverage of the other matches tonight. Ashante Adonis talks to McKenzie Mitchell before the video package[...]

For example, after fans demanded it for years, WWE announced they're bringing back the Halloween Havoc name But the biggest surprises came right after the penultimate match of NXT Takeover 31. Toni Storm returns (virtually) at NXT Takeover 31 That match saw Io Shirai defeat Candice LeRae to retain the NXT Women's Championship, but immediately afterward, Toni[...]

Coming up next is a match for the NXT Women's Championship between Candice LeRea and champion Io Shirai. Welcome to Bleeding Cool's live results and analysis for NXT Takeover 31, emanating from WWE's Capitol Wrestling Center at the newly revamped WWE Performance Center You can scroll down to the bottom for links to our coverage of[...]

But first, it's time for Santos Escobar to defend the Cruiserweight Championship against Isaiah "Swerve" Scott." Welcome to Bleeding Cool's live results and analysis for NXT Takeover 31, emanating from WWE's Capitol Wrestling Center at the newly revamped WWE Performance Center You can scroll down to the bottom for links to our coverage of the other[...]

Tonight during NXT Takeover 31, WWE announced some awesome news Answering longtime demand from fans for WWE to bring back the popular PPV, WCW Halloween Havoc will return as NXT Halloween Havoc on Wednesday, October 28th, as a special episode of NXT WWE confirmed the news on Twitter, writing, "Are you scared? You should be[...]

Velveteen Dream. Welcome to Bleeding Cool's live results and analysis for NXT Takeover 31, emanating from WWE's Capitol Wrestling Center at the newly revamped WWE Performance Center You can scroll down to the bottom for links to our coverage of the other articles tonight. KUSHIDA faces Velveteen Dream in a grudge match at NXT Takeover 31 Velveteen Dream[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's live results and analysis for NXT Takeover 31, emanating from WWE's Capitol Wrestling Center at the newly revamped WWE Performance Center You can scroll down to the bottom for links to our coverage of the other articles tonight. Takeover begins with a video package focused on Jess McMahon's Capitol Wrestling Corporation, which[...]

Here's five costumes based on our best articles you can use to impress all your friends and enemies this October 31st. WWE Star Dave Bautista is outspoken about his dislike of Donald Trump, and now you can be outspoken about your love of Dave Bautista with a Halloween costume based on his tweets. A Dave Bautista Anti-Trump[...]

Tonight's WWE NXT Takeover PPV will mark a major milestone for WWE and its Black and Gold Brand (TM) According to a press release from WWE, which was itself produced in conjunction with an access journalism EX-X-XCLUSIVE with Sports Illustrated, NXT will unveil a brand new set at a revamped WWE Performance Center, now called[...]