Earlier this year, long-time WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon shockingly announced his retirement, prompting Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque to return to the company as both the Head of Talent Relations and Head of Creative. As a result, a number of names close to Triple H have either returned to the company, or have been…
It was January of 2017, during the United Kingdom Championship Tournament when WWE fans would catch their first glimpse of Pete Dunne under the WWE banner. Butch was a long time member of the NXT UK brand before making the full time transition to the NXT roster where he found large amounts of success and…
This past Sunday during their most recent PPV event, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that WWE’s Shinsuke Nakamura would face off against the Great Muta during their The New Year 2023 event, which is scheduled to take place at Nippon Budokan on New Year’s Day. The match comes as a part of Keiji Mutoh’s retirement tour,…
Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com has confirmed that WWE NXT releases are ongoing and confirmed that the following talents are no longer with WWE. Bodhi Hayward, who has most recently been on WWE NXT TV as part of the Andre Chase University group has been released. He had been a standout of the group and was…
‘The Boss’ Sasha Banks has not been seen in a WWE ring since her infamous May 16 walkout. She left alongside her tag team partner Naomi and subsequently vacated the Women’s Tag Team Championships. It’s unclear when or if the two will return to the company but rumours continue to swirl around their future. The…
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Keiji Muto/Great Muta certainly was not something wrestling fans were expecting to see anytime soon. The surprise announcement of the match taking place on Jan 1 2023 definitely caught a lot of fans off guard. Shinsuke Nakamura last wrestled in a NOAH ring 9 years ago. This on top of WWE being…
Roxanne Perez had already obtained an impressive amount of success in the world of wrestling even before her arrival in NXT, spending time in ROH as their first ever Women’s World Champion, as well as a successful stint in the independents. After debuting in the first half of 2022 on NXT’s Level Up, the former…
Welcome to the Wrestle Purists’ Live Coverage of Smackdown for the October 28th, 2022 episode. Smackdown is Live on FS1 from the Enterprise Center in St, Louis, Missouri. BACKSTAGE SEGMENT WITH THE BLOODLINE (SAMI ZAYN, THE USOS & SOLO SIKOA): In a backstage segment prior to the Bloodline’s entrance Sami Zayn says it’s a big…
Another former WWE star could be set to return tonight. Tenille Dashwood, known as Emma in WWE, is in St. Louis, Missouri tonight for SmackDown. The star, who was the first Australian woman to be signed with WWE in 2011, was with the company for six years before her 2017 release. Her time in the…
Kurt Angle, WWE Hall of Famer, and the man who won a gold medal with a broken freakin’ neck has given credit to the man who he sees as the most underrated wrestler of all time. On a recent AdFreeShows watchaalong, “The Wrestling Machine” heaped commendation upon current dino-handler and All Elite Wrestling talent, Christian…