This past Saturday during Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, Rhea Ripley defeated Charlotte Flair to capture the Smackdown Women’s Championship in a match that has received high praise by many fans. Earlier that night, former multi-time Women’s Champion Becky Lynch teamed with WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus to defeat Damage CTRL. Speaking […]
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Thunder Rosa has been absent from in-ring action since the August 15, 2022 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation due to a suffering a back injury. Rosa was originally set to defend the AEW Women’s Championship against Toni Storm at that year’s All Out PPV, however she ultimately missed the show and thus vacated the title.
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On January 4th at Wrestle Kingdom 17, Mercedes Moné, formerly known as Sasha Banks in WWE, made her NJPW debut, challenging KAIRI for the IWGP Women’s Championship following her defence against Tam Nakano. At Battle in the Valley the next month, Mercedes defeated KAIRI to become the second ever IWGP Champion before celebrating with Kazuchika
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Following Fightful Select‘s report yesterday revealing that Zack Gibson/Rip Fowler and James Drake/Jagger Reid of the Grizzled Young Veterans/The Dyad had requested their WWE releases, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that the pair’s request had been granted. However, during the most recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer provided an update on
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Earlier today, Fightful Select reported that The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) had requested their release from WWE. The pair had recently been working as Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid on NXT as The Dyad as part of The Schism alongside Joe Gacy and Ava Raine. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer
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This past Saturday during the NXT Stand & Deliver pre-show, The Schism, consisting of Joe Gacy, Ava Raine, and The Dyad (formerly known as the Grizzled Young Veterans) lost to the team of Chase University and Tyler Bate in a match to gain control of the University. Following said loss, it now appears as though
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Earlier today saw the official announcement of WWE being sold to Endeavor, with the sports entertainment powerhouse set to merge with the UFC to form a new publicly traded company. This follows Vince McMahon’s controversial return to the company this past January, with the 77-year-old set to remain a part of the newly founded company
In January, earlier this year, Vince McMahon controversially returned to WWE and was unanimously elected as the executive chairman despite retiring in the summer of 2022 amid an investigation into claims of sexual misconduct and the inappropriate use of company money. WWE noted at the time that McMahon’s return was with the intention to sell
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As I’m writing this, the date is March 29th, 2023. That makes today one year since WrestlePurists released my feature, ‘Cody Rhodes – A Seismic Shift In The Wrestling Landscape’, an article in which relived the career of the ‘American Nightmare’ up until that point, highlighted how integral he was in shaping the pro-wrestling world
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CM Punk has been absent from AEW since capturing the AEW World Championship at the All Out PPV last year, due a combination of both an injury he sustained during his bout with Jon Moxley and the suspension he received following the infamous ‘Brawl Out’ incident. Since the suspension, various reports have shed light on
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