Here is the company’s statement and official tweet: WWE has come to terms on a mutually agreed upon release with Simon Gotch as of today, April 5, 2017. WWE wishes Gotch the best in all his future endeavors. Gotch signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2013 and went on to form the Vaudevillians along with Aiden English. The duo successfully captured the NXT Tag Team Championship during their time in NXT....
On his venture to dominate WWE, Crews’s next opponent was the former Intercontinental Champion, Curtis Axel and he defeated him in an impressive way. Various attempts of Social Outcasts to make sure that Axel one upped the freshman failed miserably. Wrestlinginc.com reports that several fans present in SmackDown were tweeting that Adam Rose possibly lost a tooth, courtesy Apollo Crews. Recently, the Radical Mongoose, Adam Rose confirmed via his twitter that he indeed lost a tooth during the match of Curtis Axel and Apollo Crews....
ON WWE FEMALE PERFORMERS: “Our female performers are world-class athletes, actors, public speakers and philanthropists. They’re role models inspiring and empowering women and girls to be confident and strong. They dedicate themselves to WWE, achieve great success and earn the same respect as their male counterparts. Therefore, from this point forward, all of our performers – male and female – will be known as ‘Superstars’. ON THE NEW WOMEN’S BELT:...
The Rock has been confirmed for the character, who is actually a villain. To be precise, he’s the archnemesis of the Marvel/Shazam family. The People’s Champ recently took to Instagram to showcase the hard work that he’s putting in to look like the character he will be portraying. When will The Rock return to WWE? At the moment, it doesn’t look like it’s going to be anytime soon. As mentioned in the photographs he posted, the movie will go into production this summer....
Three matches have been revealed so far, but whether they are all championship matches depends on what happens at Crown Jewel this Friday. In case you didn’t know TLC will be WWE’s final pay-per-view event of 2018 and the last show before the 2019 Royal Rumble. Survivor Series, which takes place a month before TLC, will focus on inter-promotional matches between Raw and SmackDown and will probably not feature any matches on the show that would affect the TLC card....
Billy Gunn mentioned that he could make all kinds of jokes as Vince McMahon couldn’t fire him, leading to AEW chants. Triple H had the perfect response to the same. In case you didn’t know… Billy Gunn has had his share of demons in the past and is now involved with AEW in a producer’s role, presumably leading up to their eventual TV deal. Triple H, as you all know, is a very important backstage figure in WWE and the mastermind behind the NXT brand....
In case you didn’t know… With the competition heating up now, WWE is looking to go big and take its shows to the next level. With SmackDown Live set to switch to Fox soon, it is looking to grow NXT as an even bigger brand and give it more recognition than it’s getting now (though the Network ratings are already quite high). For that reason, more title matches will be introduced at the upcoming show, to be held in Canada later this year....
In case you didn’t know… Elias was attacked by Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre this past week on Raw, as was Finn Balor as it appeared that WWE’s backup plan was a multi-man match, just in case Braun Strowman wasn’t able to recover enough from surgery to return at TLC. WWE also has Bray Wyatt waiting in the wings just in case he is needed to fill in for his former Wyatt Family teammate, but since Corbin’s match has his General Manager duties riding on it as well as a future match for Strowman against Brock Lesnar, it appears that these two men need to go one-on-one in some shape or form....
In case you didn’t know… With the 2019 SummerSlam pay-per-view set to take place on August 11, the build to the next ‘Big 4’ event on the WWE calendar will continue on the upcoming episode of Raw. The biggest storyline on Monday nights recently has revolved around Seth Rollins, who will challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship in what is expected to be the main event of SummerSlam. Elsewhere at “The Biggest Party of the Summer”, Becky Lynch will defend the Raw Women’s Championship against long-time friend Natalya, while all signs are pointing towards a match between Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe following their brawl at Raw Reunion....
Bella concurred with the fact that were real issues that cropped up but the marriage will go ahead as planned. In case you didn’t know… The most powerful couple in WWE after Triple H and Stephanie McMahon couldn’t have asked for a better engagement when the Cenation leader proposed to Nikki after their win over The Miz and Maryse at WrestleMania 33. Everything was going smoothly until a trailer for the 3rd season of Total Divas revealed apparent cracks in their relationship....
The titans bulldozed over Jason Jordan and Chad Gable in vicious fashion, leaving the NXT Universe stunned as they flattened the former champions with devastating double-team maneuvers. The crowd was shocked as the WWE Hall of Famer emerged to meet the massive pair at the top of the entranceway, then command them to leave the arena. Two questions were on the NXT Universe’s mind: Who are these massive men? And why has Ellering let them loose in NXT?...
A good friend of Brock Lesnar’s recently revealed the truth about the WWE Champion’s new character. Elsewhere, Triple H returns to the roundup as a major star claimed that he did not receive a phone call from the Cerebral Assassin about joining the company. A retired hall of famer also admitted that he’d be willing to return as the manager of a SmackDown Superstar. Another legendary star claimed that he could “will himself” to return for a match against Roman Reigns....
Roderick Strong has had a brilliant run with the NXT North American title. He has had some top-class matches against fierce opponents but the Messiah Of Backbreakers has always emerged on top. But now, he will be going against his toughest opponent to date as he faces Keith Lee. The Limitless One has been on a tear recently and has been rewarded for his brilliant performances. Even though The Undisputed Era tried to take him out last week, Lee returned to wreak havoc backstage and sent a strong message to the faction....
After a chaotic weekend where we also had NXT TakeOver: WarGames as well, the focus for the Black & Gold brand will now shift towards some existing and new rivalries. This week will start with the Undisputed Era’s Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish putting their NXT Tag Team Championships on the line against the unlikely duo of Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic. There is a reason why I call them unlikely as a few weeks ago both these two heavyweights were tearing into each other in one of NXT’s most memorable feuds....
TakeOvers started as various WWE Network events worked up to draw attention to their third brand, NXT. While initial shows were filmed at the Full Sail University in Florida, it quickly changed as NXT started holding its own individual PPVs and storylines. Since its inception in mid-2014, NXT TakeOver has produced some of the finest wrestling displays in the entire professional wrestling history. The main reason for this has been the constant strength of the NXT roster....
Vince’s McMahon’s promotion had Ronda Rousey’s surprise return up its sleeve for the Royal Rumble. The women’s Rumble match also witnessed former stars in Lita, Mickie James, and the Bella twins return to action. WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg also showed up on the latest episode of SmackDown to acknowledge Roman Reigns as his next victim. According to a report from Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the company has lined up a few more returns for the climactic Dallas event....
Becky Lynch was able to come out on top against Kairi Sane, but Asuka was on hand to send a message to the Raw Women’s Champion ahead of their clash on Sunday night. The Viking Raiders were dethroned by the mismatched team of Rollins and Murphy on the eve of the Rumble, which now teases the fact that Ivar and Erik will be out for revenge. The main event saw Bobby Lashley and Lana continue their dominant streak over Liv Morgan and Rusev in the main event, in a way that feels like the feud could finally be over....
It was obvious that Vega was supposed to be taken out of the equation and it was thought that the fact that Vega was taken out would then cost Andrade the Championship and then continue to tease the split between the two stars since Andrade wants to work with Charlotte Flair in the coming months. Andrade winning his match isn’t the real talking point though. Following the match, Andrade took Mysterio’s mask and handed it over to Vega, which could signify a number of things....
In one of the more highly anticipated matches of recent times, Seth Rollins was scheduled to defend his Universal Championship against the reincarnated and sadistic new version of Bray Wyatt inside Hell in a Cell. While the match was thrilling, the no-contest ending left everyone with a sour taste in the mouth - with many even calling it one of the worst endings ever. Throughout the Monday Night RAW that followed, fans were eagerly waiting for either of the two to appear and continue the narrative - or at least give some explanation as to why the match ended that way it did....
This week’s show ended with him applying a mandible claw to one Braun Strowman and laying him out, a feat that few have accomplished in WWE with such ease. It is very clear that he’s being given a monster push and I daresay that he’ll be the Universal Champion at Hell in a Cell 2019. And for WWE to make next week’s RAW Season Premiere episode a special one, The Fiend needs to continue his momentum with a brutal attack....
