Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
The New Day’s Kofi Kingston suffered a broken jaw on December 28, at the hands of The Hurt Business’s Cedric Alexander. Despite pushing through the pain for a couple of weeks, Kingston is currently sidelined in recovery. That leaves his New Day teammate Xavier Woods holding down the fort alone on RAW. Alone seems to […] READ MORE
Last week’s gauntlet on WWE’s SmackDown, to determine the challenger for the Universal Championship, yielded a surprising opponent for current titleholder Roman Reigns. Reigns, cousin Jey Uso, and “special counsel” Paul Heyman manipulated WWE official Adam Pearce into entering the fray, and maneuvered him into a cover of Shinsuke Nakamura. It was all a long […] READ MORE
The RETRIBUTION faction debuted on WWE’s SmackDown in the summer of 2020, cloaked in secrecy. Who were the masked and hooded assailants who swarmed the Performance Center as the lights went dark, attacking Superstars and security staff, trashing property, even sawing apart the ring itself? The faction called itself RETRIBUTION, and declared their grievances with […] READ MORE
The six-man gauntlet match on January 8’s WWE SmackDown was held to decide the 2021 Royal Rumble challenger to Universal Champion Roman Reigns. This match yielded a surprising winner: WWE official Adam Pearce. He entered the ring as a competitor for the first time in six years, but what brought him there were the machinations of Reigns […] READ MORE
January 4’s WWE Monday Night RAW ended with Hall of Famer Goldberg calling out WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, and challenging him to a match for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble event on January 31. The challenge to McIntyre came after months of speculation that Goldberg may be facing off against Roman Reigns. It […] READ MORE
In August, Sonya Deville’s ire for former best friend Mandy Rose had reached a fever pitch of enmity. Following Deville’s attack on Mandy’s hair, the two faced each other in a Loser Leaves the WWE match at Summer Slam 2020. Rose was victorious,and Deville, as per the stipulation, left SmackDown. It seemed to be an […] READ MORE
WWE NXT’s last broadcast of 2020 had good fun with the “Gargano Curse”, placing omens like black cats and ladders in Johnny Gargano’s path leading up to his title defense against scrappy babyface Leon Ruff. Earlier this year, Ruff unexpectedly snatched the North American Championship from Gargano’s grasp. Gargano managed to reclaim it, but his […] READ MORE
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre opened the last Monday Night RAW of 2020 reiterating what anyone watching his meteoric second shot at stardom can attest: McIntyre has had quite a year. As he reminded the Thunderdome, he defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE championship, lost it to Randy Orton, and regained the belt from Orton. The […] READ MORE
When a thoughtful and conflicted Ricochet sat down with Charly Caruso and R-Truth on RAW Talk, it seemed that RETRIBUTION’s constant pressure was working. He admitted that he wasn’t ruling out joining the anarchistic outfit, and that something about his strategy had to change. The interview not only went viral, but it seemed to be […] READ MORE
On December 21’s RAW, A.J. Styles wanted answers from The Miz after the events of WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs. Miz took the opportunity to cash in his Money in the Bank contract, turning Styles’s bid to claim the WWE Championship from reigning champ Drew McIntyre into a Triple Threat TLC match for the […] READ MORE