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WWE NXT countered with a two-night event of its own, Great American Bash But neither pro wrestling company was able to get a definitive win, as Dynamite won the 18-49 demo rating and came in sixth place for the night, while NXT drew more viewers, coming in thirteenth, according to the charts from Showbuzz Daily. AEW[...]

It looks like AEW is stepping up their competition with WWE to the next level While the companies have generally been competing in the realm of television ratings and public opinion, a new move by AEW will move the theater of battle to coronavirus stupidity According to a report from Ryan Satin, a guy who[...]

WWE Superstar and Knox County, Tennessee Mayor Kane wrestled for years under a mask, which he wore to hide what he claimed was hideous disfigurement as a result of a fire that burned down the childhood home of himself and his brother, fellow WWE Superstar The Undertaker However, it was later revealed that Kane only[...]

It's time for the second hour of WWE NXT: Great American Bash, Night 1, which means this marathon wrestling session is nearly over In the first part of our report, we covered the opening fatal four-way elimination match for a shot at the NXT Women's Championship, Rhea Ripley take on Aliyah and Robert Stone at[...]

Can WWE's thrown-together-at-the-last-minute answer, NXT: Great American Bash, compete? Let's find out The Great American Bash is a two-night special episode of NXT (sound familiar?), with various big matches in hopes of scoring a crucial victory in the ratings war While WWE's move to compete with Fyter Fest was blatantly transparent, it did seem to[...]

Former WWE star Maria Kanellis found herself thrown into an impromptu gauntlet match on Twitter Thursday when she cut a babyface promo about WWE firing her and her husband, Mike Bennett, in the middle of a pandemic, two months after they had a child Maria tweeted, "Did you ever hear the one about the woman[...]

WWE's most likable personality posted the news to Instagram, revealing the reason behind all her cooking tweets over the past few months Young has handed in her manuscript for the cookbook, but we don't know what the release date will be yet. WWE's Renee Young doing commentary for Monday Night Raw (Image: WWE) "Announcement time!!!!!" Young posted[...]

(Image: WWE) "One thing I have going for me is I've never been tired in a wrestling match—high school, college, or WWE," Ziggler said in the interview "And I think a huge moment for me will be if Drew and I get into the 30-, 40-minute mark and I am an unstoppable machine of cardio and[...]

World-renowned game designer Ravensburger has announced the launch of the WWE Legends Royal Rumble Card Game This new game will be available via pre-order on Amazon and will officially release at retail stores across the nation on July 26th of this year. The front of the box for the WWE Legends Royal Rumble Card Game by[...]

As usual, the numbers come via ShowBuzz Daily. A scene from the 6/29/2020 WWE Raw (Image: WWE). WWE Raw Sees a Ratings and Viewership Decline In the ratings, Raw's three hours scored  .54, a .48, and a .43 respectively in the adults 18-49 demographic Viewership for the three hours was 1.862 million, 1.751 million, and 1.592 million respectively[...]

In the first two hours of WWE Raw,  we've seen a double contract signing erupt into violence, a prestigious championship change hands, Seth Rollins descends further into mediocrity, Peyton Royce and Ruby Riott put on the match of the night, and more Read about all that here, but now, it's time for the third and[...]

In the first hour of WWE Monday Night Raw, a contract signing went awry, R-Truth won back his 24/7 Championship, and Ric Flair continued to do his best to catch coronavirus Read about all of that here When we left off, Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy were in the ring, ready to talk some trash[...]

Will this be the last episode of WWE Raw for the foreseeable future? WWE is in the midst of a full blown coronavirus outbreak, but they're pressing ahead with taping using whoever isn't infected yet How long can it last? As long as Vince McMahon needs it to, god damn it! It's time for WWE[...]

Renee Young has a big announcement coming this Wednesday, WWE's most likable personality announced ahead of the actual announcement "Hey y'all!! I'm so so happy, I have a big fat announcement for everyone on Wednesday!" Young tweeted Sunday evening Young gave few clues as to the nature of the announcement. WWE's Renee Young doing commentary for[...]

Ron Killings, known in WWE by his ring name R-Truth, is a multi-talented entertainer In TNA Wrestling, Truth proved that he could be a serious competitor, while in WWE, he's known for his comedy In addition to all of that, Truth has a music career as a wrapper and is constantly releasing new tracks And[...]

By any reasonable measure, WWE's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been an absolute failure By refusing to test its performers and crew even while having them gather in large groups with no face masks, the company has recklessly put everyone who works for them at risk Now, at least four and maybe dozens of[...]

WWE Superstar Kane is known as both The Devil's Favorite Demon and also the Libertarian Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, and if you think that traversing through hellfire and brimstone to defeat opponents in the squared circle is the more grueling part of Kane's job, then clearly you don't know anything about politics The Big[...]

It's always amusing when one of WWE's social media polls backfire, but this one may be more of a sad sense of schadenfreude than actual humor The WWE on Fox Twitter account tweeted, "The most SHOCKING betrayal in @WWE history was:" leaving fans to fill in the rest of the sentence The expectation was that[...]

WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Bayley are carrying the entire company on their backs right now As WWE Tag Team Champions, Banks and Bayley hold one of only two championships that doesn't have a counterpart for each of WWE's three brands (the other being the 24/7 Championship) As a result, Banks and[...]

On a night when WWE heavily focused on The Ratings King of Friday Nights, Smackdown rose in viewership even though half of the episode was filled with a bunch of reruns of old Undertaker matches Smackdown tied for first place for the night in ratings with Shark Tank and 20/20 on ABC, and hopefully, WWE[...]

But when WWE wants Corbin to work a high profile program with a main roster rookie, well, that's when The King draws the line. WWE Star Baron Corbin is the Ratings King of Friday Nights The report comes from Gary Cassidy at Sportskeeda Though I usually don't trust any man named Gary after I discovered a bunch[...]

Alexa Bliss was interviewed by Charlotte Wilder for Fox, and the topic of WWE's legendary bras and panties matches came up while discussing the Evolution PPV and WWE's trademarked Women's Evolution, a movement to treat women as legitimate competitors rather than using them for sexual titillation Despite WWE legend Virgil's plans to purchase WWE and bring[...]

Renee Young was the first WWE talent to go public with her COVID-19 diagnosis as WWE deals with what seems more and more likely to be a full-blown outbreak in the company Young announced the news on Wednesday, after her husband, Jon Moxley, had to be pulled from that day's live episode of AEW Dynamite[...]

Earlier this week, after months of, quite frankly, not taking it seriously, WWE was hit with a coronavirus outbreak The news broke on Wednesday that at least three people had tested positive for COVID-19 Later that night, Renee Young revealed on Twitter that she was one of the people who tested positive, though Young was[...]

WWE SmackDown opens with a video package about The Undertaker's career He's totally retired now, you know Yup Definitely not coming back by WrestleMania next year When has a wrestler ever lied about retirement?! After the video, the SmackDown Roster is all out in the Performance Center, chanting "Thank You Taker" and putting themselves at[...]

WWE has taken more action in response to sexual misconduct allegations against wrestlers working for the company's NXT UK brand Both Ligero and Travis Banks have been fired by WWE, according to multiple reports, including from ESPN Banks, real name Bligh, was accused of maintaining a secret sexual relationship with former trainee Millie McKenzie when[...]

In the wake of the last episode of WWE's documentary, Undertaker: he Last Ride, WWE has generated a ton of headlines claiming that the titular Taker has retired based on his comments at the end of the show Of course, the mainstream media is a lot less cynical of WWE than they should be, with[...]

In the first half our WWE NXT report, we saw Cameron Grimes bully Damian Priest (be a star!), Santos Escobar take on Jake Atlas, Dakota Kai move one step closer to the NXT Women's Championship, and Bronson Reed get squashed by Karrion Kross But the best is yet to come with a big main event[...]

This episode was recorded last week, and WWE is set to begin filming again on Friday But at least three people, and maybe as many as two dozen by some accounts, have tested positive for COVID-19 in WWE WWE is, as of last report, still going ahead with tapings, but if this situation gets out[...]

WWE continues to book NXT as a reaction to whatever AEW is doing To counter Fyter Fest, the two-week special Dynamite episodes that will feature PPV-level matches, WWE announced at the last minute today that the next two weeks of NXT will be The Great American Bash. The next two weeks of NXT will be The[...]