By his own account, the beginning of 2022 was the “most angry” Seth Rollins has ever been. Rollins is currently one of the most popular wrestlers in WWE, but the road to get there was a difficult one. After competing in a five-way match at Day 1 for the WWE Championship against Brock Lesnar, Big…
The investigation into the controversial WWE Chairman has now led to legal proceedings. In April of last year, WWE’s Board of Directors launched an investigation into a $3 million hush-money settlement that McMahon paid over an alleged affair with a former employee of the company. The investigation ultimately led to McMahon retiring from his position…
The AEW President has hit back at WWE’s Chief Content Officer. On July 31st, WWE released the long-awaited “American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes” documentary via Peackock, detailing Rhodes journey back to the company in a main event position. During the documentary, Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque referred to AEW, where Rhodes formerly held the position of…
The ‘E’ in AEW is here to stay. For the past few months, many fans have been speculating about where the future of The Elite (Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Adam Page) would lie, with their AEW contracts believed to have been set to expire in early 2024 amid reported interest from WWE. Any…
Welcome to WrestlePurists’ coverage of the August 1st episode of WWE NXT. The show kicks off with Gallus attacking Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo outside of the arena, in the parking lot. Lyra Valkyria Defeats Jacy Jayne Before the match, Jayne tells commentary that she is going to finish what she started with Lyra…
Randy Orton isn’t set to return to WWE in the near future, though, it’s believed that he still aims to step back into the ring. Former multi-time WWE Champion Randy Orton has been absent from WWE for over a year, with his last match being when RK-Bro lost their Raw Tag Team Titles to The…
WrestlePurists Match Ratings are decided by working out the average star rating submitted by our list of contributors. WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: ROCKY ROMERO MATCH OF THE WEEK: MASCARA DORADA 2.0 VS ROCKY ROMERO WWE RAW JULY 24 – Dominik Mysterio (c) vs Sami Zayn (NXT North American Championship): *** NJPW G1 CLIMAX DAY 7…
Kevin Owens gave a lot of insight into his future and his contract in a recent interview. Since winning the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship with Sami Zayn at Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, the duo have racked up 5 successful title defenses and are prominently featured in main event spots on Monday Night Raw…
Dusty Rhodes never wrestled against Sting, but his son almost did. In the final months of Cody Rhodes’ time in AEW, fans hoped that he would turn heel after being rejected as a babyface for over a year. That heel turn never fully came, but if it did, he would’ve had the chance to wrestle…
Welcome to the live coverage of SmackDown for the July 28 2023 episode. One week out from Summerslam, we see Jey Uso and Roman Reigns come face-to-face before their high-stakes title match. Also tonight, we see Rey Mysterio battle Santos Escobar for an opportunity for the United States Championship, and Karl Anderson locks up with…