— Brock Lesnar is currently not scheduled to compete at the Extreme Rules PPV in June but he is likely to defend his title at both July’s “Great Balls of Fire” and August’s Summerslam. One of those matches will be against Braun Strowman and the other could be Finn Balor, who seemed to tease a Read more about WWE News: Brock Lesnar's Upcoming Schedule, Jericho Likely to Drop US Title[…]
On this week’s edition of NXT TV, which aired Wednesday evening via the WWE Network, NXT General Manager William Regal confirmed a World Championship bout for the next live NXT special. Official for the upcoming NXT TakeOver: Chicago live special on the WWE Network during WWE Backlash weekend later this month is a Fatal-4-Way match Read more about Video: Fatal-4-Way World Title Bout Confirmed For NXT TakeOver: Chicago[…]
This week’s Raw was taped in London, England a few hours before it aired. There’s some unfortunate injury news for Braun Strowman this week because it was reported he’ll be out of action for 4-8 weeks due to an elbow injury. He is on this week’s show, though, so let’s get to it. Live (on Read more about The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 05/08/17 Review[…]
Former NXT World Champion and WWE Superstar Samoa Joe recently appeared as a guest on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. Below are some of the highlights from the interview. On originally thinking he would never make it past NXT: “I think the initial idea was, ‘let’s just bring him in for NXT’ and we Read more about Samoa Joe On Reason WWE Brought Him In, Keeping His Ring Name & More[…]
— According to a report at Sportskeeda, there are no title changes expected for this Sunday’s Backlash PPV, led by Randy Orton strongly rumored to retain against Jinder Mahal. A separate report indicates that Orton’s title reign is not likely to end anytime soon. — Over on Raw, though, the report indicates that all the Read more about Report: Raw Champions to Lose Titles; No Changes Expected on Smackdown[…]
– WWE continued their trend of having wrestlers lose in their hometown with AJ Styles getting pinned in Atlanta on Smackdown. Over the past year, we have seen Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Bayley and as noted before, this is something WWE seems to like to do as they feel it generates good heel heat. For what Read more about WWE Wrestlers Losing in Their Hometown; Usos & Naomi Off House Shows[…]
On Monday morning, WWE announced via social media that the reigning WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will be appearing on tonight’s post-pay-per-view episode of WWE RAW. “The Beast Incarnate” will be appearing on RAW following his successful WWE Universal Title defense at Sunday night’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Read more about WWE Confirms Brock Lesnar For Tonight's Post-SummerSlam Edition Of RAW[…]
The May 16th, 2017 edition of WWE SmackDown aired live on the USA Network from the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. This was the go-home episode for Sunday’s Backlash pay-per-view. – Kevin Owens comes out to the ring to open up SmackDown with an edition of the “new and improved Highlight Reel” hosted Read more about WWE SmackDown Results (5/16): Last Stop Before Backlash[…]
On Wednesday evening, WWE Superstars / executives Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Stephanie McMahon and Ring Of Honor star and former Impact Wrestling star Bully Ray and Velvet Sky attended the Metallica concert in Long Island, New York. Featured below, courtesy of Triple H and Bully Ray’s official Twitter pages, are photos of the two Read more about Photos: Triple H & Steph, Bully Ray & Velvet Sky At Metallica Concert[…]
— As noted before, WWE had promoted Rusev’s return to live TV last week on Smackdown, but for one reason or another, that did not happen. According to backstage reports, the reason for this is the ongoing “flux” regarding the WWE title match at Backlash between Randy Orton and Jinder Mahal. — We’re told that Read more about Rumors: Rusev's Aborted Return, Current Favorite for Fatal Fiveway Match[…]