Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
The WWE Draft has concluded, and there were several big superstar moves, including a number of NXT Call-Ups. Overall 18 superstars from NXT are being called up; who are the NXT call-ups with the potential to break out on the main roster? It is impossible to be sure; a lot can happen in a WWE […] READ MORE
Arguably the biggest highlight in the WWE (and throughout the entire pro-wrestling business) over the past six months has been the arrival of the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns. Indeed, since switching from Big Dog to Head of the Table; since abandoning a yard for an island, Roman Reigns has come on leaps and bounds to […] READ MORE
December 5’s NXT War Games touted a definitive face-off between ‘Black and Gold NXT’ and ‘NXT 2.0’. The first pay-per-view to air since NXT’s rebranding, it unfolded under a cloud of speculation about the contract statuses of popular ‘Black and Gold’ era performers Johnny Gargano and Kyle O’Reilly. With both stars’ contracts expiring in mere […] READ MORE
The build to Day 1 is on as Monday Night Raw should give a clue as to who challenges Big E for the WWE Championship at the event. Seth Rollins had his ticket already but the problems Big E has had with Kevin Owens make it possible that the reinvigorated “Prizefighter” may worm his way […] READ MORE
Friday Night SmackDown returns to Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Extreme Rules go-home edition of the show. It is always a good week when we have segments to preview, so this is a good week. We have no less than three confirmed segments/matches to take a look at, as well as some […] READ MORE
On this week’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Apollo Crews defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against King Nakamura. Both men had their respective allies in their corners; while Crews was backed by Commander Azeez, Nakamura was backed by his energetic guitarist, Rick Boogs. Going into this match, Crews seemed to be the dominant competitor. However, […] READ MORE
Friday Night SmackDown is here once more! The clouds have parted; the skies are blue and there is a descending light heading down to earth as, for the first time in weeks, we have a preview with more than one announced segment to preview. As the title suggests, this week’s SmackDown will see John Cena […] READ MORE
Friday Night SmackDown is here once again and we have just the one match announced so far. This seems to be a return to the ThunderDome era of WWE tradition of announcing very little in advance of these shows. Thankfully, we are well versed in filling up these previews with what we think might happen. […] READ MORE
Speculation has swirled for months around the big names World Wrestling Entertainment is trying to lure back to the fold in time for 2021’s SummerSlam. High on the list was John Cena, but anyone who has seen a trailer for the latest sequel to “The Fast and the Furious” knows that he is a bit […] READ MORE
Friday Night SmackDown returns for a split show edition! A majority of the show will be live from Cleveland, Ohio at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, whilst – presumably – smaller portions of the show will be broadcast from the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, Florida. The first blue brand episode since last Sunday’s successful Money in […] READ MORE
Niklas George is a Welsh historian, teacher of religious education and freelance journalist covering professional wrestling and European football.