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Just a few weeks ago, the wrestling world was on the brink of a badly-needed comeback by one of WWE's greatest superstars, the Modern Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal Unfortunately, that comeback was shortlived as Mahal required knee surgery after just a single match, hindering the era of Jinder Mahal for now Mahal appeared on WWE[...]

Drew McIntyre may be the latest member of 3MB to hold the WWE Championship, but he isn't the first McIntyre is merely following in the footsteps of the Modern Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal But the magnanimous Mahal isn't jealous of his friend and former teammate being in the main event on Raw while Mahal is[...]

Edge and Randy Orton may not have had the greatest WWE match ever at WWE Backlash, but they did alright The in-ring work of both wrestlers was fantastic, actually, though the match as a whole was marred by WWE's use of piped-in crowd noise, which served as an annoying distraction throughout the night Unfortunately, it[...]

Well, I'm not sure what just watched in that last match between the Viking Raiders and the Street Profits, but now it's time for the main event of WWE Backlash: Edge vs Randy Orton in The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever! Orton and Edge come to the ring The announcements of both competitors are done weirdly,[...]

It's the penultimate match of WWE Backlash, and we all need a break after that hoss-fest we just witnessed between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre. Street Profits vs Viking Raiders for the Raw Tag Team Championships at WWE Backlash Before the match, the Street Profits and Viking Raiders start a brawl in the parking lot[...]

WWE Backlash featured a clash of two titans tonight, as Drew McIntyre took on Bobby Lashley in a WWE Title match Lashley has awoken these last few weeks since being paired up with MVP over Lana He looks focused and like the monster WWE thought they were getting when they brought him back a couple[...]

MVP is seen backstage ordering party supplies for the post-Backlash WWE Championship match party tonight Lana interrupts his call to tell MVP she's the reason Lashley is successful, not him MVP tells Lana she should have this conversation with Lashley, but she won't because she's scared of what he'll say MVP heads off to hang[...]

WWE Backlash continued tonight with Asuka taking on Nia Jax in a Raw Women's Title match Asuka won the women's Money in the Bank match and the next night on raw was presented the title by champ Becky Lynch, who is pregnant with a Seth Rollins disciple Her first feud is with the returning Nia[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's live coverage of WWE Backlash The third match of the night (second on the main card) is Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus. This is clearly WWE's hottest angle Well, warm, really Internal body temperature Jeff throwing a cup of urine at Sheamus on Smackdown on Friday is what really sold this PPV for[...]

WWE Backlash is live, and after a pretty epic promo for The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever, the opening match saw the Women's Tag Team Title triple threat title match kick off the show Alexa Bliss/Nikki Cross take on The Iconics and champions Sasha Banks and Bayley Bayley and Sasha won the titles from Alexa and[...]

Miz and Morrison finally got to debut their new music video on the WWE Backlash Kickoff show The tag team tried to debutt HEY! Hey Hey on Smackdown, but were rudely interrupted by Braun Strowman making his entrance Smackdown viewers' loss is Backlash Kickoff viewers' gain, however This song is a real banger! Hey hey[...]

WWE Backlash tonight features a loaded card, with five WWE championships on the line, a significant grudge match between Jeff Hardy and Sheamus, and a match being billed as The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever Former WWE Champion and one of my favorite wrestlers, The Modern Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal, appeared on WWE talk show The[...]

WWE Backlash takes place tonight at 7 PM on the WWE Network, and Bleeding Cool will be covering the PPV live The Chadster has been assigned the task of writing this article to list the card for tonight's event, which will serve as a hub for our live coverage as it happens (with links to[...]

WWE Superstar Paige appeared on WWE's The Bump talk show ahead of Sunday's Backlash PPV, and she talked about two matches taking place tonight One is a match between Edge and Randy Orton being billed as the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever The other is the WWE Raw Women's Championship match between Asuka and Nia Jax. Paige[...]

Tonight at WWE Backlash, Bobby Lashley will challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship In his corner will be MVP, the man who has taken Lashley from the center of a cuckold angle with Rusev into the main event In an interview with WWE's The Bump, MVP discussed his relationship with Lashley and Lashley's relationship[...]

Sasha Banks appeared on WWE's The Bump on Sunday ahead of her triple threat match at Backlash Banks and her best friend, Bayley, will defend their Women's Tag Team Championships against Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross and The Iiconics During the interview, Banks talked about her relationship with Bayley and why people keep criticizing them[...]

Billions star Asia Kate Dillon keeps having to ask a question that has an easy answer, WWE's Vince McMahon continues raging against the dying of the light, The Bachelor picked an interesting time to suddenly "find Jesus" when it came to casting the first Black bachelor Oh, and the Killing Eve writers' room toasted their[...]

WWE Superstar Edge has been less than enthusiastic about WWE's billing of his match against Randy Orton at Backlash on Sunday as "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever," but on Saturday morning, Edge took to Twitter to post a definitive and more serious statement about the match. The match graphic for The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever happening[...]

WWE Friday Night Smackdown scored a big win in the Friday overnight ratings, with an increase in viewership and a victory over all other network shows in the 18-49 demographic It looks like WWE's leaked storyline about Jeff Hardy taking a pee in a cup and throwing it in Sheamus's face worked to boost interest[...]

We're right in the middle of an epic contest between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles for the Intercontinental Championship here on WWE Smackdown If you haven't read the first half of this recap, trust us, you want to It involves Jeff Hardy, Sheamus, and a large mug of urine. We come back from a commercial break[...]

WWE Smackdown starts out with a recap of drama between Sheamus and Jeff Hardy The rumor tonight is that Sheamus is going to make Jeff Hardy take a urine test before he'll sign a contract to fight him at Backlash We'll find out if it happens… right away! Michael Cole welcomes us to WWE Smackdown and[...]

Now Graves is back on the service, but he hasn't explained why and a lot of people are wondering what would make Graves quit and, more importantly, what would get him to come back? Now, the latest dirt sheet speculation has revealed the true nature of Graves's situation. Corey Graves says farewell to NXT: WWE NXT,[...]

In response, WWE banned the use of the turnbuckle powerbomb In the second match a few weeks ago, Jax threw Sane into the steel stairs without enough room for Sane to control her bump, causing her to bust her head open on the stairs The match was pre-taped, and so the results were able to[...]

The big news in the wrestling world this week is a creative shakeup at WWE that has seen Paul Heyman removed as creative director of WWE Monday Night Raw and the entire creative team of both shows consolidated under Bruce Pritchard, who was previously running just Smackdown More alarmingly, a report from the most recent[...]

Yesterday, WWE announced that Paul Heyman would return to working just as an on-screen characters while Bruce Pritchard will be in charge of creative for both Raw and Smackdown, with the writing teams for both shows consolidated The move marks a big demotion for Heyman, who was in the middle of an 18-month long-term plan[...]

Ultimately, Brie decided not to do the gender reveal, so Nikki and Artem held the party for their own child, which was revealed to be a boy. Overall, Total Bellas continues to be one of WWE's most consistently-booked shows, with storylines playing out over the course of multiple episodes logically and feuds ending with proper payoffs[...]

It may have been quite rude for WWE to fire Paul Heyman as Creative Director of Raw and put the entire creative process under the control of Bruce Pritchard, but on the other hand, Vince McMahon was at least polite enough to do it on a Thursday, right before the latest issue of the Wrestling[...]

He lasted longer than Eric Bischoff did as Executive Director of SmackDown, but Paul Heyman has now also been released from his duties as Executive Director of Raw, WWE announced in a statement on Thursday Creative for both Raw and SmackDown will now be handled by a single team under the direction of Bruce Pritchard,[...]

Coming off the positively-received NXT Takeover: In Your House PPV, WWE's black and gold brand held up well against rival AEW Dynamite in Wednesday night's ratings Both shows saw a drop in both viewership and demo rating, but AEW's drop was much larger than NXT, and both shows finished in a similar range Here's the[...]

Charlotte Flair has explained why WWE has her appearing on every brand, and it's not because she's the daughter of Ric Flair and seen as the face of the Women's Division by Vince McMahon According to an interview with Sportskeeda, the reason Flair gets so much exposure is because she's just a hard worker, dammit. Charlotte[...]