WWE have already pulled the trigger on this feud — not on live TV, but in the live events. The direction in which they’re going is that Kevin Owens challenges Roman Reigns for his United States Championship in the main event. Surprisingly — Reigns always defeats Owens in these title matches, which if seen through a critical eye, reveals that the company is placing their mid-card champion over their top-tier champion....
Taz disapproved of that segment because both Masterson and Kutcher were directing “fat” jokes towards the WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, and also made jokes directed at several other WWE Superstars. Also read: Backstage rumours on Vince McMahon being displeased with Owens Taz confirmed that neither Vince McMahon nor the staff backstage approved of those comments. He further went on to state that it was the job of the people working behind-the-scenes to get their talent over on a weekly basis....
Mandy Rose would break his heart by telling him that she was good. All she’s focussed on, for the moment, is the title that Asuka now holds. In case you didn’t know… The SmackDown Women’s Championship was the hottest thing in the business back when Becky Lynch held the title. Ever since her focus shifted to RAW and the women’s Championship on that brand, Asuka’s reign has become somewhat of an afterthought....
It took a long road to get us to this point, but after all the legal mumbo jumbo and resistance from Impact Wrestling, Hardy is free to be Woken and use all the mannerisms from his beloved Broken Universe. Tonight’s episode of Raw emanates from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee and will bear witness to Hardy returning to in-ring action for the first time since his defeat at the hands of Bray Wyatt on the November 27, 2017 episode of Raw....
In case you didn’t know Eddie Hall became the first British strongman to win WSM title after 25 years. Hall was recently acknowledged after successfully performing a 500 kg deadlift in Botswana. He has scripted his name in various records book by becoming UK’s Strongest Man and Britain’s Strongest Man. The heart of matter Eddie Hall beat Iceland’s Hafthor Bjornsson to lift the WSM title. He performed a jaw-dropping deadlift where Hall flipped 500 kg tire six times followed by squats with a weight of 320 kg....
It is being said that nobody, except a few in the “inner circle”, knew about the outcome of this match. Goldberg after two quick spears and an earth-shattering Jackhammer defeated Lesnar, in a record time of one minute and twenty-five seconds. Nobody in all of pro-wrestling expected Goldberg to win this match by squashing Brock Lesnar — considering the way WWE had built Lesnar’s character ever since he conquered The Undertaker’s streak at WrestleMania 30....
In WWE’s SEC filing this past week, the document listed numerous things, including what would happen to WWE if Vince McMahon retired, becomes disabled, or dies. In case you didn’t know… Vince McMahon returned to WWE television last year, where the McMahon family took back control of RAW and SmackDown, and vowed to listen to their fans. He also had a brief segment with AJ Styles where he provoked the former WWE Champion to attack him, to bring the best out of him....
The background Earlier this year, Dunne took part in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament to crown the first-ever UK champion and put in an impressive performance. The 23-year-old made it to the finals where he lost to Tyler Bate. Thereafter, he made his NXT debut and defeated Mark Andrews with relative ease. Earlier this month, he defeated Trent Seven at a live event and became the new number one contender for Bate’s title....
Former WWE star Shane “The Hurricane” Helms is the latest guest to appear on The JBL and Cole Show, the podcast for 2/3 of WWE’s Smackdown announce team. Although this show is run independently from WWE, it’s still interesting that Helms agreed to appear on the show, considering he completely burned the bridges with WWE after he left a few years ago. Former WWE diva and current ROH personality Maria Kanellis recently wrapped up work on a film called Army of the Damned....
However, aside from the amazing wrestling that has been on show, several reunions have also taken place in NYC and earlier today, the Bullet Club OGs had an off-screen reunion. In case you didn’t know… The Bullet Club is considered as one of the most legendary factions’ of all time and throughout the years, some of the best wrestlers’ on the planet have been a part of the stable. The likes of Finn Balor, AJ Styles, Adam Cole, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, and The Young Bucks were all once a part of The BC....
According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, this week’s edition of WWE NXT brought in 751,000 viewers, which is way up from last week’s 520,000 number. NXT being a hot button topic among wrestling fans for the last several days and the show returning to the USA Network seems to have benefitted the black and gold brand greatly. With only one more episode of WWE NXT until TakeOver 36, next week’s numbers could prove crucial to the future of NXT as we know it right now....
Follow Sportskeeda for the latest WWE news, rumors and all other wrestling news. Last week, Adam Cole won the opportunity to face Johnny Gargano in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the NXT Title at TakeOver: New York. Things are definitely going to explode when these two come face-to-face this week. The team of Kacy Catanzaro & Lacey Lane will take on the alliance of Aliyah & Vanessa Borne in a tag team match....
In order to do this, the Undisputed Era will have to topple the NXT North American Champion Velveteen Dream and the NXT Tag Team Champions the Street Profits. Before they can move onto complete domination, they had some unfinished business with some huge fan favorites. Tonight also gave us the debut of Damien Priest, formerly known as Punishment Martinez, and the introduction of a new tournament which kicks off next week!...
This week’s episode of NXT was headlined by the NXT Championship match between Bobby Roode and Roderick Strong. Johnny Gargano’s long-awaited return to NXT also got announced. Kassius Ohno and Hideo Itami vs Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain Wolfe and Dain’s actions last week led to Kassius Ohno and Hideo Itami teaming up this week for this match. Ohno and Wolfe locked up to start us off with Ohno taking control quickly....
Whilst the match itself was incredible, the main talking point heading into WrestleMania might be Ricochet’s health status as reports of a potential injury start coming in from people live in the arena. In case you didn’t know.. Ricochet and Black were among the second lot of NXT call-ups in previous months and have enjoyed a successful run on the main roster thus far as a tag-team, getting several victories over established main roster teams and even competing for the Raw Tag-Team Titles....
Tonight’s Raw is going to be the go home episode for WrestleMania, and it is certain that WWE will try their best to hype this pay-per-view up. So what changes Stephanie could be bringing to this match? Here are four scenarios that could take place: #4 A “Winner Takes All” stipulation for the match Recently, Charlotte Flair won the SmackDown Women’s Championship by defeating Asuka. It was an impromptu match, and I don’t have to tell you that the Vince pulled strings at the last minute....
And then suddenly, from out of the blue, a major stipulation was added to the match at WrestleMania. We already know that this will be Batista’s last match. Well, Triple H has wagered his career too and now the stakes are higher than they ever were. Suddenly, it’s not a contest between two old men taking away a spot from younger talent at WrestleMania. It’s a match that could potentially bring two careers to an end....
Though not quite hitting the heights of the 2013 or 2014 editions, for example, RAW still offered plenty. There was much intrigue surrounding Cody Rhodes’ return to the company from AEW, plus the big re-debut of Veer Mahaan that had been teased for months. With that being said, let’s take a look at the five biggest news stories coming out of WWE RAW this week. #5 Roman Reigns to decide his next move on SmackDown Just hours after conquering The Beast to become the WWE Undisputed Universal Champion, Roman Reigns appeared to close out the show....
Reigns is currently involved in a storyline where he was nearly eliminated for good, so his match with Ziggler wasn’t necessary, as it did nothing to forward the storyline. These two put on a good match no doubt, but we could’ve seen Ziggler face any other competitor instead of Reigns. The Man Becky Lynch cut a fire promo and The Legit Boss Sasha Banks continued her merciless assault on Natalya....
WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels recently appeared in an interview with ESPN to promote his upcoming film, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone. During the conversation, he discussed his reaction to WWE Champion AJ Styles wanting a dream match with him while reiterating that it is not possible. In case you didn’t know… Styles has spoken on a number of occasions about ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ being one of his all-time favourites and his intention to compete in a match against him....
