wwe Archives

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[...]

You're a selfish idiot who deserves legal consequences & then some." Jesse Ventura interviews Donald Trump at WrestleMania XX, courtesy of WWE. "I can't believe I have to explain this, but with ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, it has amassed to NOTHING as far as herd immunity goes," Ventura went on "So really, how many people[...]

Here's some WWE news to kick off your week from around the web Rey Mysterio is working for the company without a contract SummerSlam will be held at the Performance Center And it was a wrestler who convinced Vince McMahon to enforce coronavirus safety profiles. The official logo of the WWE. A report from Dave Meltzer at[...]

WWE Superstar Dave Bautista took to Twitter once again to shoot on fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer, President Donald Trump The Animal has been feuding with the president for months on social media, cutting promos on Trump nearly every single day Trump has yet to respond to Bautista's comments, but they're probably just waiting until the feud[...]

A feud is heating up between two generations of WWE stars Sasha Banks lashed out at Booker T on social media after Booker T made less than flattering comments about Sasha's tag team partner and best friend, Bayley Booker T was discussing Sasha and Bayley's successful run in WWE on the Hall of Fame podcast,[...]

The voice of legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross may be associated with some of the most memorable moments in WWE history, but Ross no longer works for WWE, instead calling the action on the show many wrestling fans find to be superior, AEW Dynamite So if you don't mind, could you please stop tagging Ross[...]

The cooking rivalry between two top stars of WWE continued to heat up over the Fourth of July weekend Renee Young, who recently announced plans to publish a cookbook, revealed this weekend that she's purchased a smoker, diversifying her cooking repertoire But Baron Corbin, The Ratings King of Friday Nights and an experienced meat smoker,[...]

Though most would probably argue it's an era best forgotten, WWE Superstar Alexa Bliss brought up the fabled Bra and Panties Match era of WWE in a recent interview, noting that the work those women did helped pave the way for the Women's Evolution, saying, "you gotta respect that because they did that for us[...]

Or you can even tell us how "this isn't what Bleeding Cool is all about." *Yawn*  Pattern wall of pile colorful retro television (BCTV Image: jakkapan / Shutterstock.com) So from the WWE behaving badly to a need to check our thoughts on Colin Kaepernick, from The Brides being left at the altar to Scrubs getting scrubbed, from[...]

Wrestling as Goldust in WWE back during the Attitude Era, Dustin Rhodes played on a lot of homophobic stereotypes and on homophobia in the wrestling audience to become a hated heel character But apparently, it wasn't just the crowd Rhodes was working In an episode of the Inside the Ropes podcast, as transcribed by 411[...]

Impact has resolved that situation by adding a mystery opponent, probably a fired former WWE star, to the now Fatal Four Way match that also includes Trey, Ace Austin, and Eddie Edwards to crown a new Impact World Champion But what about Tessa Blanchard? Where is she headed next? WWE Hall-of-Famer Booker T commented on rumors[...]

What happened to cause Smackdown's ratings to suffer like this? The answer is that WWE is disrespecting The Ratings King of Friday Nights, Baron Corbin. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. For starters, Corbin lost last week's main event in a humiliating way, losing to Jeff Hardy and then having finishers performed on him by[...]

The first hour of WWE SmackDown unexpectedly featured two really good matches, one between Matt Riddle and the first of five jobbers assigned to face him by King Corbin, and one between Drew Gulak and AJ Styles After that, we got a tribute to Sasha Banks and Bayley created by Sasha and Bayley It was[...]

Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Progressive Insurance welcome us to WWE SmackDown WWE SmackDown is coming to us taped from the coronavirus hotspot of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, where if you ignore it hard enough, it will eventually just go away Tonight, we'll get a video package recapping the feud between Bray[...]

But the decision at the time was to not harp on the injury on television nor talk about it at all publicly which is why they never played it up and her name hasn't been talked about. The official logo of the WWE. Melter goes on to say that the plan was for Sane to be written[...]

Find out next week. — EJ NDUKA (@ej_wwe_) July 3, 2020 In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer implies the spoiler was real That unless WWE decides to change the ending because of the leak, that's what's happening next week and what's been planned for a while. One thing known for next week's show,[...]

After months of very carefully not giving a crap about the coronavirus pandemic, WWE unexpectedly found itself with a full-blown outbreak on their hands Who could have possibly predicted that not giving people real tests and just checking their temperature instead, allowing untested fans into arena, and actively discouraging the use of masks, on top[...]

As the finish was made famous and is named after, Dusty Rhodes, who also created the Great American Bash, and who was referenced several times on commentary last night, it would be fitting to use the finish in next week's main event match on NXT. Another possibility is that WWE filmed two finishes for the match[...]

WWE has added a new promotion to its portfolio, as the wrestling powerhouse has purchased Evolve Wrestling The deal was reported on by PW Insider, while also confirming that the now-defunct promotions content will most likely be coming to the WWE Network Interestingly enough, that means that matches featuring tons of indie talent, including from[...]