Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
On the first episode of SmackDown from The Thunderdome, located in the Amway Center in Orlando Florida, Jeff Hardy defeated AJ Styles for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Earlier in the night, Retribution stormed the ring during a segment involving “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and Universal Champion Braun Strowman. This resulted in the WWE locker room […] READ MORE
In a match that lived up to the hype, AJ Styles defeated Daniel Bryan on Friday’s SmackDown to win the Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his WWE career. For Styles, the Intercontinental Championship marked the lone singles title the Phenomenal One had yet to win. Styles is now just one tag team title […] READ MORE
Technically, WWE already has a new Intercontinental Champion as it is being reported that the final of the IC tournament between AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan was already filmed and is set to air on next Friday’s SmackDown on June 12th. However, that doesn’t mean that the two SmackDown stars can’t shoot one final angle […] READ MORE
When it was announced last week that AJ Styles had been traded from Raw to SmackDown in exchange for “wrestlers to be named later,” the timing couldn’t have been more ideal for both parties. In need of the proverbial, “change of scenery,” following the releases of his Club running mates, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, […] READ MORE
Oooooo boy. When it was announced that NXT would be taking part in Survivor Series this year for the first time ever, fans couldn’t help but speculate on what the matches would be. The prospect of a Seth Rollins vs Adam Cole vs Brock Lesnar match was exciting, Shayna Baszler vs Becky Lynch vs Bayley […] READ MORE
As Michael Cole loves to remind the fans, Clash of Champions is the only event where every single championship in the WWE is defended. And luckily it is this Sunday, streaming live on the WWE Network. With a packed card of matches that are sure to excite, it is shaping up to be another good […] READ MORE
Shinsuke Nakamura has been a household name in wrestling for the past two decades. He had a glittering career in Japan with New Japan Pro Wrestling, becoming one of the most popular stars Japan has ever produced. Nakamura became a three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion during his NJPW career. The self-proclaimed (though later proclaimed by all) […] READ MORE
When it comes to a show like WWE’s Extreme Rules last night, it was expected a lot would stay the same as the big shift occurs tonight with Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff fully taking on their new spots on Monday Night Raw and SmackDown LIVE. Instead, Extreme Rules had the most title changes since […] READ MORE
For a very long time, John Layfield was known in wrestling as simply, Bradshaw. Then in 2004 when the APA finally ended as Ron Simmons disappeared from WWE TV, Bradshaw got his chance. He would be rebranded as John “Bradshaw” Layfield, the character that would lead him to main event glory as a part of […] READ MORE
To continue with the “Land of the Underutilized” which is the WWE, we move on to SmackDown LIVE. If you missed the Raw talent that has been treated poorly, make sure to take a look. SmackDown LIVE was at one time called the “Land of Opportunity”. Now, it has even more underutilized talent than the […] READ MORE