The UFC Hall of Famer and former Raw women’s champion, Ronda Rousey is the current Number 1 Contender for Charlotte Flair’s Smackdown Women’s Championship. The two will face off in an “I Quit” match at WrestleMania Backlash on 8 May with the top prize on the line. In a recent interview with the Wives Of Wrestling…
As of early 2022, former NXT UK Champion Gunther officially moved to the United States, having made sporadic appearances there over the previous years. Following a short spell in NXT 2.0, Der Ring General was called up to the Smackdown roster on April 8th, alongside Ludwig Kaiser (FKA Marcel Barthel). The man formally known as…
Since officially joining All Elite Wrestling in August of 2019, Dustin Rhodes has been one of the company’s biggest supporters for women’s wrestling, serving as a lead coach and public advocate for the division. Many of AEW’s top female stars credited Rhodes for helping them both in the ring and out, with one of these…
Kevin Owens has a lot of friends outside WWE. So, when his contract was coming up, there was obviously a lot of talk about the former universal champion potentially switching to AEW to reunite with his friends in the opposing company. He ended up re-signing with WWE and admitted that direct contact with Vince McMahon…
Welcome to Wrestle Purists’ coverage of NXT on April 26th 2022. Nikkita Lyons defeated Lash Legend: After the match Natalya appeared and attacked Lyons, but Cora Jade made the save Tony D’Angelo Promo: Tony D’Angelo cuts a promo about Xyon Quinn not being cleared for their previously scheduled match and also Von Wagner. He also…
Becky Lynch does seem to be full of compliments for the AEW Womens Division. Becky Lynch recently lost her RAW Womens Championship to Bianca Belair at this year’s WrestleMania. Meaning now is the first time in 3 years that she has been without a world title whilst being active. Its fair to at least say…
FTR are certainly one of the hottest acts in wrestling right now. Reportedly even gaining interest off their former employers, WWE. FTR recently responded to reports of WWE’s interest in bringing them back, with Dax Harwood saying that they would never talk to another company whilst being contracted to AEW, out of respect for Tony…
Welcome to Wrestle Purists’ coverage of RAW on April 25th 2022. Celebrating 20 Years Of Randy Orton: The show opens with Riddle already in the ring and members of the RAW roster around the ring. Riddle says we are here to celebrate Orton and points to a video package on the Titantron. The video package…
In the mind of many fans, Dolph Ziggler is one of WWE’s better overall performers. He can work in-ring, he can cut strong promos and looks like a star. However, his booking in WWE in recent years has not always reflected this. Dolph Ziggler has recently ventured down to NXT 2.0 for a stint that…
Over the past few days, WWE have been paying tribute to the legendary career of Randy Orton, with the Viper recently celebrating his 20 year anniversary with the company. A number of videos have been released by WWE displaying Orton’s greatest moments, with one featuring Orton himself recalling his own top 20 highlights of his…