Despite many labelling Raw’s new top prize as the work-rate title, its current holder, Seth Rollins, believes that to be underselling the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On May 27th at WWE’s Night of Champions show in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Seth Rollins defeated AJ Styles to become the inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Champion, with the title…
The wrestling world is in mourning following the news of WWE legend The Iron Sheik’s passing. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known to wrestling fans as The Iron Sheik, has passed away at the age of 81. The saddening news was revealed by Sheik’s official Twitter account yesterday, with the legend’s family writing the following…
Welcome to WrestlePurists’ Coverage of WWE NXT on June 6, 2023. Baron Corbin In Ring Segment: The show kicks off with Baron Corbin, fresh off last week’s attack on Carmelo Hayes. Corbin talks about leaving NXT and how things in the WWE have changed since then. He speaks about the talent and how all they…
We now have an update on Vince McMahon’s involvement at last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Ahead of last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw, PWInsider revealed that controversial executive chairman Vince McMahon was present backstage, although it was unclear as to if/how he would affect the show. PWInsider have now followed up on…
Welcome to the Wrestle Purists’ Coverage of WWE Monday Night RAW on June 5th, 2023. Seth Rollins In-ring Promo: We start off hot with the World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins. The entire building is singing his song. Every time it happens it makes it harder and harder to argue he was anything other than…
Ahead of tonight’s episode of Raw, WWE executive chairman Vince McMahon is reportedly backstage. Following the announcement of WWE’s sale to UFC’s parent company Endeavour, the company’s executive chairman was present at the Raw after WrestleMania 39, notably making several changes to the script. Apart from that episode of Raw, McMahon has refrained from appearing…
WWE and livestreaming giant Twitch have officially announced a multi-year partnership. The partnership will see the return of the official WWE channel and popular channels owned by the wrestlers themselves. Beginning tonight, WWE will also launch a companion sidecast to Monday Night Raw, which will be led by a rotating cast of hosts and will…
The Beast and The American Nightmare look set to complete their trilogy at Summerslam according to a recent report. Since the night after WrestleMania 39, Cody Rhodes has been locked in an intense feud with Brock Lesnar. To this point, the pair have done battle on two occasions, with Cody reversing a submission into a…
Sami Zayn recently shared his feelings on what his trip to Saudi Arabia with WWE meant to him. Speaking with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick on the latest edition of After the Bell, Zayn, a Canadian Muslim of Syrian descent, addressed the long-running rumors and speculation around why he hasn’t worked a WWE show in…
WWE have implemented a clause which prevents AEW from running the same venues within a set time. It’s previously been suggested that there is no animosity between AEW and WWE, however, given that the pair are America’s two top wrestling companies, it’s no surprise when clashes occur. In the past, there have been accusations of…