Bandido expresses gratitude for his time working with Chris Jericho in AEW. Nowadays, Bandido is one of the most exciting wrestlers on AEW’s roster. However, due to a two-year layoff due to injury, the star wasn’t able to showcase what he could do to the company’s global audience until his return in 2025. After getting…
The following ratings have all been taken from the May 18, 2026, edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. CMLL VIERNES ESPECTACULAR MAY 8 – Neon vs. Black Tiger: ***.5 WWE BACKLASH MAY 9 – Bron Breakker vs. Seth Rollins: ****.25 Trick Williams (c) vs. Sami Zayn (WWE United States Championship): **.75 Danhausen and Mini Danhausen…
Joe Hendry is glad he wasn’t in the NXT UK tournament despite it once looking likely. Back in January 2017, WWE laid the foundation for the NXT UK brand by crowning the first United Kingdom Champion in a two-night tournament. The shows brought together some of the country’s best professional wrestlers, including the likes of…
Finn Bálor details struggling with promos when he arrived in WWE. With a list of accolades including six tag team titles, two runs with the Intercontinental Championship, and his Universal Championship win at SummerSlam 2016, Finn Bálor is now one of the more tenured stars on the WWE roster. However, coming in from New Japan…
GUNTHER has revealed why he chose to drop weight. When GUNTHER, then known as WALTER, came up to the WWE main roster in 2022, the star had completed a stunning body transformation. During his time on the indies and in NXT, the Austrian was known for a much more stocky physique, used to overpower opponents,…
Swerve Strickland says he’d have booked Oba Femi to immediately win the world title. Having wrestled Cody Rhodes at Saturday Night’s Main Event in December, Oba Femi officially arrived on the WWE main roster in the 2026 Royal Rumble. His first WrestleMania match saw put down ‘The Beast Incarnate’ Brock Lesnar in just under five…
Swerve Strickland thinks AEW could’ve built to Darby Allin’s world title win more. At Dynasty on April 12, Darby Allin defeated Andrade to earn a future shot at the AEW World Championship, and he didn’t waste any time in going after the gold. Just three days later, Allin shocked the world by coming out on…
Trick Williams is focused on elevating the United States Championship. Since Jacob Fatu won the United States Championship from LA Knight at WrestleMania 41, fans have seen five different stars hold the title. With Sami Zayn, Carmelo Hayes, and Ilja Dragunov defending the gold every week, the longest anyone was able to hold the title…
Liv Morgan says she’s committed to WWE. Having first signed with WWE in 2014, Liv Morgan has gradually risen through the ranks from NXT to being a multi-time world champion. Naturally, as her prominence on Monday Night RAW has grown, more interest has been shown in her from the acting world, with Morgan taking on…
Ronda Rousey reflects on her time in WWE. In 2018, the wrestling world saw a huge crossover as UFC and MMA star Ronda Rousey entered the world of pro wrestling by signing with WWE. The star had two relatively short runs with the company, one from 2018 to 2019 and the other from 2022 to…