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Following reports from the Wall Street Journal earlier this year regarding an investigation into various settlements reached by Vince McMahon with former employees, Stephanie McMahon stepped in as Chairwoman and CEO of the company whilst her father temporarily stepped away from the positions. It now appears that another major corporate shift is set to take…
On July 2nd, Liv Morgan shocked the wrestling world by capturing the Money in the Bank briefcase in the show’s opening match, before cashing in her title opportunity later that same night on Ronda Rousey to capture her first ever Smackdown Women’s Championship. Many had been clamouring for Morgan to finally have her moment as…
At WWE’s Money in the Bank Premium Live Event, Liv Morgan shocked fans by firstly winning the women’s Money in the Bank briefcase and then cashing it in on Ronda Rousey in the same night. There was an outpouring of love and support for Liv from both fans and fellow wrestlers following her SmackDown Women’s…
Former NXT UK referee Artemis revealed in April of this year that she was no longer with the company. She signed with the company in January 2020 after previously working with promotions such as Prowrestling EVE, IPWUK, BEW, and Ring of Pakistan. Appearing on Cultaholic’s Desert Island Graps with Tom Campbell, Artemis explained her reasoning…
AEW’s Brian Pillman Jr wishes he could have learned more from Cody Rhodes before he departed to WWE. The second generation star & Varsity Blonde, Brian Pillman Jr. was a recent guest on The Universal Wrestling Podcast where he spoke about the importance to him of being a second generation wrestler. Pillman Jr. spoke of…
Since making their debut in November of 2012, The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) have cemented themselves as one of the most dominant factions in the WWE modern era, with all three members going on to become established singles stars in their own right. The Shield officially split when Ambrose left WWE…
WWE Hall Of Famer, Golberg’s name still holds a lot of weight in wrestling. That is something WWE and Vince McMahon have capitalised on a number of times, with the former WCW megastar making sporadic appearances over the past few years. Goldberg’s last match in WWE came against Roman Reigns at the Elimination Chamber. The…
Montez Ford believes that he and Angelo Dawkins still have a lot more to accomplish as a team. Ford and Dawkins, The Street Profits, head into WWE SummerSlam with the opportunity to dethrone the current Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, The Usos (Jimmy and Jey), and bring home their fourth set of tag team gold…
Randy Orton has unfortunately been out of action since RK-Bro were defeated by The Usos in the Winner Takes All tag title bout on the May 20 edition of SmackDown. The Viper is currently expected to be sidelined for the remainder of 2022 with a back injury. As a result, Orton’s tag-team partner Riddle has…
On July 31st, Ric Flair will team up with his son-in-law Andrade el Idolo to take on the team of Jay Lethal and WWE Senior Vice President of Live Events Jeff Jarrett in what is being advertised as the Nature Boy’s last match. During the build up to the event, fans recently noticed that Flair’s…