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Miroslav Barnyashev, better known to WWE fans as Rusev, has confirmed he tested positive for COVID-19 Rusev, who was released in April along with dozens of co-workers who were laid or furloughed by WWE, revealed the news on a gaming live stream as captured by Fightful Rusev posted a video to YouTube talking about the[...]

AJ Styles is currently one of WWE's top stars, but the last decade's biggest WWE star originally wasn't interested in bringing him into the company Arn Anderson revealed on a recent episode of his podcast that he suggested bringing Styles, along with a couple of other TNA stars, into WWE years earlier as opponents for[...]

I especially love that she went the "Cyrano de Bergerac" route of beating her opponent down with every syllable, not a single wasted word. WWE Confirms: Eyeball Must Be Extracted to Win Eye for an Eye Match and Report: Eye for an Eye Match at WWE Extreme Rules Will Be Cinematic: It feels like there's a writer[...]

2K Games revealed this week that WWE 2K Battlegrounds finally has a release date as it will drop onto PC and consoles in mid-September 2020 Developed by Saber Interactive, the game will take a much more cartoonish look at the superstars, both past and present The game is also pretty much serving as a replacement[...]

The power of song has helped WWE Smackdown rebound from a record-low showing last week to top the ratings charts once again Fueled by excitement all night for a Karaoke Showdown between Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke, Tamina Snuka, and Naomi, Smackdown grew its viewership by more than 100,000 people It took the top spot in[...]

With the success of AEW's Fyter Fest and NXT's Great American Bash, continuing next week with AEW's Fight for the Fallen, WWE is going all-in on the special episode thing This Monday's upcoming episode of WWE Raw is being billed as "The Night of Grudge Matches," with a commercial saying so running repeatedly during WWE[...]

WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy has been involved in an angle with Sheamus on SmackDown for the past couple of months The premise is that Sheamus is tormenting Hardy over Hardy's history of addiction and relapse Oh, and also that Sheamus drinks urine, but that's not necessarily relevant here. Jeff Hardy vs The Miz: SmackDown, July 10,[...]

In the first half of WWE SmackDown, Jeff Hardy fought The Miz as punishment for a really long Miz TV segment to open the show and Sasha Banks and Bayley took on Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross Read about that here When we left off, WWE was about to replay the Braun Strowman vs Bray[...]

Another week of pro wrestling comes to a close with WWE SmackDown, the show that's both two thirds as long as Raw but often just as bad Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcome us to the show, which will feature a tag team championship match between The New Day and Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro There's[...]

WWE Superstar The Big Dog Roman Reigns wants a piece of the new NXT Champion, Keith Lee Reigns called out Lee on Twitter after reading a Sports Illustrated profile on the NXT star Lee defeated Adam Cole on Wednesday's episode of NXT in a winner take all match, making Lee the first person in history[...]

Or, perhaps put more accurately, you've heard the debate over which numbers qualify one show, such as AEW Dynamite, to claim victory over another, such as WWE NXT Often, the number one believes holds most sway is the one which puts their company of choice in a more favorable light, but the debate has exploded[...]

According to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is planning to film the match ahead of time and use CGI to simulate either Rey Mysterio or Seth Rollins ripping out the other's eyeball. There will be at least two taped cinematic matches at the newly named "The Horror Show at Extreme Rules" PPV[...]

AEW President Tony Khan took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare unequivocal victory in the ratings war between AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT As reported earlier, AEW won the adults 18-49 demographic rating, while NXT had more total viewers To anyone familiar with the television industry or anyone who can read a chart and understand[...]

AEW Dynamite's Fyter Fest went up against NXT's Great American Bash, but who emerged victorious? Nobody! Well, maybe the fans.

Now there's just one more hour left in this marathon we call Wednesday night. NXT 7/8/20 Great American Bash Night 2 Part 2 – Lee Makes History (Image: WWE) We get a video package for Tegan Nox vs Io Shirai, which happens next week.  We see Keith Lee warming up backstage Legado Del Fantasma head to the[...]

When she tries to follow, LeRae hits a dropkick that sends her back to the floor. NXT 7/8/20 Great American Bash Night 2 Part 1 – That's Gotta Hurt (Image: WWE) LeRae props the corner in the table Both women battle for the chance to put their opponent through it Yim gives up and rolls LeRae up[...]

Since WWE owns the intellectual property of ECW, one would think they own the rights to the FTW Championship, but Tony Khan must feel differently Khan is known as an old school ECW fan back in the 90s, which I gotta respect as I was one myself And what better belt than the FTW Championship[...]

In a shocking face turn, Libertarian mayor of Knox County, Tennessee and WWE Superstar Kane took to Twitter to call for an uprising of the people of Knox County against a tyrannical United States government Kane spoke to his constituency on July 4th in a series of tweets using incendiary language which can only possibly[...]

It looks like Heath Slater's reputation as a family man appealed heavily to the Monday night television audience as WWE Raw saw a boost in the 18-49 demographic rating even as overall viewership fell Raw took the fourth, fifth, and sixth spots for the night in the cable rankings, beat in the demo only by[...]

WWE Hall-of-Famer Ric Flair has spoken out in defense of WWE's coronavirus handling, looking to dispel criticism of the company, which is currently in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak, with 30 people reportedly testing positive over the past five weeks for COVID-19 Flair appeared at a recent set of television tapings, sparking concern that[...]

Dolph Ziggler appeared as a guest on WWE's The Bump podcast Wednesday, and he both talked about Heath Slater's return and explained why the stipulation he plans to pick at Extreme Rules later this month needs to be unique Ziggler gave a mostly kayfabe interview, but there was at least one portion that seemed to[...]

Ric Flair may consider himself WWE for life — or at least while his daughter works there — but that doesn't mean The Nature Boy doesn't want other wrestling companies to succeed In a recent interview with Wrestling Inc., Flair discussed the prospect of Cody Rhodes restarting the Four Horsemen in AEW, and Flair had[...]

Over the past several months, WWE star Dave Bautista has been dropping subtle hints about his feelings on fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump But how does The Animal really feel about the president? On Twitter, Bautista finally let us know. Dave Bautista at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2' held[...]

Enter: WWE Extreme Rules. On last night's episode of Monday Night Raw, Rey Mysterio and Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy in a tag team match, earning Mysterio the right to choose the stipulation for Rollins and Mysterio's upcoming bout at the Extreme Rules PPV later this month Mysterio chose to invent a brand[...]

WWE has named a new Chief Financial Officer, Kristina Salen, announced in a press release on Tuesday Salen comes to WWE with the pedigree of being the first CFO of Etsy, which more than tripled its sales under her tenure Salen will start the job on August 3rd, reporting directly to Vince McMahon, who will[...]

In the first two hours of WWE Raw, we've seen the returns of Heath Slater, Kairi Sane, and Kevin Owens We've seen a new United States Championship debut We saw Rey Mysterio invent a brand new match type And other stuff too Who can keep track of it all? Read about all that in part[...]

In the first hour of WWE Monday Night Raw, we saw three big returns Heath Slater returned for one night to job to Drew McIntyre Kairi Sane returned to face Sasha Banks in what would probably end up the match of the night… if Bayley wasn't set to face Asuka later And Kevin Owens returned[...]

Another Monday Night, another WWE Monday Night Raw, three hours of all of our lives that we can never get back And yet, week after week, we put ourselves through it anyway That's what it means to be a pro wrestling fan And if you were thinking about giving up on Raw tonight before it[...]

WWE's coronavirus outbreak continues to spiral out of control, according to a new report The current reported number of positive test cases is now at 30, the report claims, with more tests coming back positive from the most recent round of tapings WWE has barely commented on the outbreak, instead touting their new mask and[...]

It's almost time for WWE Monday Night Raw, but if you can't wait until 8 PM Eastern to experience the action and excitement of three hours of WWE programming, then we've got good news for you A number of spoilers have made their way around the dirtsheetosphere today If you don't want to know what[...]