– In his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels stood in the center of the ring inside a packed Alamodome to kick off the 30th annual WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view. You can watch the video of HBK getting the evening started above. The video comes courtesy of WWE’s official YouTube […]
Following weeks of number one contender battle royals, singles matches, draw-finishes and two opponents emerging as the “active number one contender” to the SmackDown Live Championship at WrestleMania 33, Bray Wyatt finally has a single dance partner for this year’s “Show of Shows.” Bray Wyatt will defend the SmackDown Live World Title in one-on-one action […]
Apparently Cody Rhodes wasn’t too pleased with a particular segment on this week’s RAW. Cody Rhodes took to social media to comment on this week’s RAW segment that featured Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows in a backstage segment that saw the two rip the head off of a Dusty Rhodes-themed stuffed animal before going on […]
WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross was recently interviewed by U.K. Sun to promote the upcoming World Of Sports show that he will be commentating. Below are some of the highlights from the interview. On The Rock exceeding expectations: “When I signed him I had no idea he was going to be the biggest movie […]
– WWE confirmed this week that Brock Lesnar will be appearing on WWE TV next Monday for the first time since Survivor Series. Next Monday’s RAW will mark Lesnar’s return, and he’ll likely come out to the ring with Heyman to promote the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 29th. The Jan. 16 edition of RAW […]
On Jim Ross’ latest Ross Report podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer talked about the possibility of NJPW star Kenny Omega jumping ship to WWE. Omega is under contract to NJPW until 1/31, and Ross is confident that he’s on WWE’s radar. Ross believes that WWE will try to recruit Omega from NJPW like they […]
As previously noted, Drew Galloway and the Hardy brothers’ Impact Wrestling contracts are expiring soon. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, none of them have signed new deals with Anthem Sports as of this week. WWE does have interest in Matt and Jeff Hardy, and with the company expanding in the UK they may have […]
— According to a report by pwinsider.com, Finn Balor is expected to undergo additional medical testing sometime this week in hopes of being cleared for an in-ring return soon thereafter. — Balor has been injured since SummerSlam after suffering a torn labrum and was originally expected to be out 4-6 months, though the doctor who […]
— Following in the footsteps of Raw, Smackdown Live also posted a strong increase for this week’s episode, generating an average audience of 2.817 million viewers. That is up from last week’s 2.556 million and the most watched Smackdown since December 27, which featured the return of John Cena. It is also the third highest […]
– WWE last night announced Nia Jax as weighing 272 lbs and continued to mention that on commentary, despite the fact that female talent have historically almost never had their weight mentioned. – The direction seems to be that this will build into Jax’s character as WWE pushes her as the largest, strongest woman in […]
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