Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
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
Neither Liv Morgan’s recent singles push, the ruthless aggression she showed on July 16’s Friday Night SmackDown, nor her impassioned Money in the Bank pre-show interview proved to be either a spoiler or a prediction. The narrative looked set for Morgan to be the winner of the eight-woman ladder match: she had proved herself as […] READ MORE
Money in the Bank has officially come and gone in tremendous fashion as it was one of the best WWE pay-per-view shows over the last couple of years. But with fans back in town, it’s difficult to not look ahead to what is historically seen as WWE’s second-biggest show of the year — SummerSlam. “The […] READ MORE
After 16 months of empty arenas and over a year of the ThunderDome, Friday Night SmackDown is once more in front of a live audience – the long-anticipated return of the fans has arrived! Much has changed since the last time SmackDown was in front of a crowd. Goldberg was the WWE Universal Champion and […] READ MORE
Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair made World Wrestling Entertainment, and sports entertainment history at WrestleMania 37. The “EST” and the “Boss” were the first African-Americans to jointly headline a main event WrestleMania match. Their game-changing match was awarded an Espy on July 10 for Best WWE Moment. Banks celebrated the joint win, and teased her […] READ MORE
On Friday, it was announced in a special vignette that Toni Storm is officially “coming soon” to Friday Night SmackDown. She joined Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart, who debuted earlier in the night, as the newest editions of the brand. IT'S (almost) TONI TIME on #SmackDown! 🔥🤘😮#ToniStorm pic.twitter.com/pOEKSsNzXl — WWE (@WWE) July 10, 2021 Toni […] READ MORE
Friday Night SmackDown is back and for the last time in the ThunderDome (though Raw will say goodbye to the ThunderDome on Monday)! The ThunderDome era, though rightfully polarizing, has brought about plenty of positives for SmackDown. The Rise of the Tribal Chief, the ascension of Bianca Belair. Last year’s excellent and lengthy feud between […] READ MORE
The SmackDown women’s division needs bolstering. Bayley and Bianca Belair are two of the best competitors in the ring today – of any gender. They are, quite simply, that good. Over the course of the past year, we have witnessed the evolution of Belair; her raw potential finally on display as she shakes the notion […] READ MORE
The end of the week is here, which can only mean one thing: Friday Night SmackDown is back (in fact, it can mean many things but this is a SmackDown Preview)! The Road to Money in the Bank is well and truly underway, with Big E already entered into the Men’s Money in the Bank […] READ MORE
With World Wrestling Entertainment’s return to live tapings from venues across the country beginning July 16, a short but distinct era in its history ends. The Pandemic Era saw WWE pivoting quickly to crowdless shows filmed first at the WWE Performance Center, and finally the technologically sophisticated Thunderdome at Amway Center. The COVID19 pandemics demands-eliminating […] READ MORE