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The first night of The Great American Bash featured some incredible bouts. Two specifically that fans were looking forward to were Oney Lorcan vs Timothy Thatcher and Sasha Banks vs Io Shirai. They absolutely lived up to the hype. We kicked off The Great American Bash with the NXT Women’s No.1 Contender’s Fatal-4-Way match! NXT Great American Bash Fatal-4-Way Match: Tegan Nox vs Dakota Kai vs Mia Yim vs Candice LeRae Candice LeRae and Dakota Kai bailed out to the floor to let Tegan Nox and Mia Yim tear each other down....

However, the sad part is that after WrestleMania, nothing of note has happened on RAW - apart from Bray Wyatt’s return and the fact that AJ Styles shifted to the red brand and is now the number one contender for the WWE Universal Title. The women’s division has been the biggest sufferer as most of the top stars are out injured. Also, Becky Lynch holding both the titles might not have been a good decision in retrospect (the reasons of which are explained here)....

Welcome to yet another episode of Monday Night RAW! Battleground is only six days away which means we will get to see new additions to the match card. WWE officially announced on WWE.com that Brie Bella will be challenging AJ Lee for the title. https://twitter.com/MichaelCole/status/384824052936110080 WWE is live from Biloxi, MS. CM Punk’s music hits and there is a huge pop from the crowd, Punk walks down the ramp and WWE show us last week’s assault on Punk by Ryback and Axel....

One of the biggest storylines heading into the show surrounds Roman Reigns, who became the Universal Championship for the first time in his career on Sunday. With Brock Lesnar advertised for Raw and Braun Strowman desperate to cash in his Money In The Bank contract, there’s a chance that “The Big Dog” could have an immediate challenger for his title. No matches have been announced for the show, as of the time of writing, but possible encounters include The B-Team vs....

Cesaro and Sheamus challenged for the Tag team championships, attempting to dethrone the New Day as they edge closer to breaking Demolition’s record. Sasha Banks evoked her rematch clause for the Raw Women’s championship, but first, she had to team up with Bayley to overcome Nia Jax and the champion Charlotte. T.J. Perkins, Noam Dar and Rich Swann competed in a triple threat match to determine, who would challenge the Brian Kendrick for the Cruiserweight Championship on the first ever 205 Live next week....

Hyping up their HIAC matchup, Rusev ranted that he is indeed going to break Orton come fight-night and then proceed to celebrate ‘Rusev Day’. You can follow Sportskeeda’s live coverage of Hell in a Cell here In case you didn’t know… Rusev and Randy Orton have been involved in one of the blue brand’s top feuds for quite some time now, going back and forth against one another in the lead-up to Hell In A Cell....

One of the most interesting comments came when Banks claimed that she and Vince McMahon “text jokes every single day”, while she also confirmed that she has her own bus. It should be noted that the majority of this 43-minute interview, which you can watch below, featured Banks speaking out-of-character. However, she occasionally gave answers in a similar way to her “The Boss” character, especially when discussing how rich she is....

In case you did not know… Helms was part of Impact Wrestling during Broken Hardy Era. He even featured on the Total Non-Stop Deletion segment as well. The former WWE Tag Team champion recently parted ways with Impact Wrestling when the company was rebranded as Global Force Wrestling. Heart of the matter Helms talked candidly about a string of topics during the podcast. When the topic of the Hardy Family and GFW came up, he mentioned that the Broken Gimmick was completely Matt’s idea....

But what’s next for Michaels? Will he compete inside the ring? Well, the man himself provided an update on his future after the event in Saudi Arabia. In case you didn’t know… A stacked Crown Jewel show had a monumental main event to close out the spectacle in Saudi when Triple H and a returning Shawn Michaels reunited as D-Generation X to take on the Brothers of Destruction after The Game and The Deadman’s clash at Super Show-Down ended in chaos....

Unfortunately, this was not enough to get them past the 2 million viewers mark. This was the second lowest viewership figure for a first run, non-holiday episode, as per Wrestling Inc. In case you didn’t know… Both RAW and SmackDown Live have had some poor viewership scores ahead of TLC. This could stem from the fact that big stars like Lesnar and Strowman have been missing from RAW, whereas SmackDown Live’s episodes haven’t been the strongest....

In case you didn’t know…. Yesterdays, SmackDown Live show was pretty good and featured the main event of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn taking on Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura in a tag-team match. It also had the WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal, issue a challenge to ‘The Beast’ Brock Lesnar for a Champion vs Champion match at Survivor Series. Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode also faced each other in a rematch of their encounter at Hell in a Cell, with Dolph Ziggler coming off as the victor, while Sin Cara managed a huge upset victory over the new United States Champion Baron Corbin....

In case you didn’t know… Amanda Saccomanno (Mandy Rose) and Daria Berenato (Sonya Deville) have been close friends since meeting as contestants on Tough Enough in 2015. Following the end of the reality show, both women spent two years in NXT before joining the Monday Night Raw roster in November 2017 as part of Paige’s Absolution faction. Since moving to SmackDown Live in April 2018, Rose and Deville have received plenty of television time on Tuesday nights, especially in the two months prior to WrestleMania 35 when they were involved in a storyline with Asuka....

Time stood still last night on RAW as three of the biggest names in the wrestling business confronted each other just days before the Royal Rumble. In a moment for the ages, Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, and the Undertaker were standing in the ring face-to-face as the show ended. In case you didn’t know… Goldberg was the first man to announce his entry into the Royal Rumble match. Brock Lesnar and the Undertaker too followed suit and announced that they would also compete in the 30 men over-the-top-rope Battle Royal....

Following the culmination of the 2 out of 3 falls match between Gargano and Cole, the new NXT Champion was embraced by his arch-rival and former DIY tag team partner, Tommaso Ciampa. The former NXT Champion has now taken to social media and expressed his feelings about Gargano’s win in an emotional post. In case you didn’t know… Prior to tonight’s NXT TakeOver: New York show, former NXT Champion, Tommaso Ciampa, unfortunately, had to relinquish his NXT Championship due to an untimely neck injury which forced him to undergo surgery....

In case you didn’t know… Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano had one of the hottest rivalries in wrestling history over the past year and change that saw the pair rip each other apart before reuniting as DIY. WWE recently confirmed Tommaso Ciampa would undergo neck surgery. Tommaso then went under the knife as scheduled to repair his neck injury and, while they delivered no update on the injury, they did release some pretty graphic pictures....

In case you didn’t know… Seth Rollins won a 10-man Battle Royal on the July 15 episode of Raw to earn a Universal Championship rematch against Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. Last week, “The Kingslayer” looked set to defeat Dolph Ziggler in a one-on-one match on Raw when Lesnar suddenly appeared and began to attack him around the ringside area. The attack continued in the middle of the ring, where “The Beast” repeatedly launched Rollins onto a steel chair with F-5s, causing his rival to bleed from the mouth....

Kingston has had hands down his best year in WWE so far. He was nowhere near the title picture at the start of 2019, but was put into the WWE title Elimination Chamber Match at the PPV of the same name, after Ali suffered an injury. Kofi made the most out of this opportunity and wowed the WWE Universe during a Gauntlet Match, which he almost won. A storyline soon kicked off between The New Day and Vince McMahon, who tried his best to make sure Kofi wouldn’t make it to one of the main events of WrestleMania 35....

In case you didn’t know… Wyatt has been out of action since August when it was reported that Matt Hardy suffered an injury and the duo was forced to drop the Raw Tag Team Championships. He returned at Starrcade last year to face Baron Corbin but has since been on the sidelines waiting for a chance to re-debut this character. Wyatt has been rumored to be making his return a number of times over the past few months but he has since announced that he and girlfriend JoJo Offerman are expecting their first child together in June and has been given some personal time ahead of Knash’s birth....

Bubba stated that Johnny Gargano is one of the best Superstars on the NXT roster, and he would rather see him continue to grow in NXT instead of becoming another afterthought on the main roster. In case you didn’t know. . . WWE recently called up a string of NXT Superstars on the main roster. This came as a surprise as WWE usually does this on the night after WrestleMania....

In case you didn’t know… WWE was trading at around $76 on Friday morning and now analysts expect the stock to continue to rise in the coming months to around 30 percent. So far this year, WWE has already soared to around 152 percent and it’s expected to continue as WWE continues to push forward new avenues in their company. Follow Sportskeeda for the latest WWE news, rumors and all other wrestling news....