In case you didn’t know… Goldberg and The Undertaker asked to face each other in Saudi Arabia and The Deadman actually chose to return to the ring for the first time in seven months in The Middle East, rather than as part of WrestleMania - which has become his show over the years. Taker won the match via pinfall but it was a match that many of the WWE Universe believe shouldn’t have taken place at their age....
WWE confirmed Green’s injury following the match, and as things stand, the former IMPACT Wrestling star is rehabilitating from the injury. A Fightful Select report has now revealed several details on the original plans for Chelsea Green, which includes the recreation of a storyline from the past. WWE had initially planned a big push for Chelsea Green, and the idea was to have Green emulate the ‘obsessed fan’ storyline between Mickie James and Trish Stratus from 2005-2006....
20 years ago at WrestleMania X-Seven, Chyna and Ivory had a match for the championship that lasted less than three minutes. This year, Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks in a WrestleMania 37 main-event to become the new Smackdown Women’s Champion. There was once a time where WWE pay-per-views didn’t even have a women’s match. Today, WWE Women Superstars are main eventing shows. From having one championship for the entire WWE women’s roster to having six championships across four shows, a Money In The Bank match, and a Royal Rumble, WWE has shown that women’s wrestling is more than just pillow fights and bikini contests....
Jey Uso may be the first of several Superstars to become an ally of Roman Reigns, and in time, wage wars with The Hurt Business or RETRIBUTION or even The Undisputed ERA when they arrive at WWE SmackDown. The alliances chronicled in this article will not happen overnight, if they happen at all, and because things change over time, some of the picks may not necessarily belong to the WWE SmackDown brand....
A few superstars confronted their opponents ahead of the upcoming event, while others fell prey to unexpected attacks. Logan Paul also appeared on the blue brand and acted as a catalyst in the ongoing rivalry between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. This article will look at stars who were impressive on WWE SmackDown this week and those who were not. So, without further ado, let’s begin. IMPRESSED on WWE SmackDown - Daniel Bryan This week on WWE SmackDown, Daniel Bryan brought out a more aggressive side of himself....
During last week’s episode of SmackDown, Big E and Apollo Crews defeated King Corbin and Sami Zayn in a tag match, with the former US Champion securing the pin over Zayn. Later in a backstage segment, the reigning champion laid down an IC title open challenge, which Crews quickly accepted. Crews will be the first challenger for Big E’s IC Championship, which he had won in the main event of SmackDown’s Christmas episode by defeating Zayn....
The night opens with a match between Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt. Reigns wins by disqualification because he is attacked by Erick Rowan and Luke Harper midway into the match. The Wyatt family continue beating Reigns until Big Show and Mark Henry show up to make the rescue. Bray Wyatt earns jeers from the crows because he fails to mention Ontario in his entrance introduction. Rob Van Dam goes down to Seth Rollins After Paige bets the better of Emma, AJ Lee comes out with a box of chocolates....
She then announced Ember Moon as Natalya’s replacement against Alexa Bliss. Bliss came out and went on a rant against Ronda and said that she didn’t want what happened to Alicia Fox last week to happen to her, so she got private security. Unsurprisingly, she attacked Ember Moon from the back and shoved Rousey down, which prompted Rousey to single-handedly destroy the security. The ring was clear for the match....
The roster advertised on Raw TV for this week’s Monday night Raw in London includes John Cena, The Shield, all three members of Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista), the Wyatts, and Kane who will all perform as a part of the build up to the PPV. Besides the superstars mentioned above, Big Show, U.S. champion Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler and the Bella Twins will also feature on the night while Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett and Divas Champion Paige will appear in front of their home fans....
On WWE’s official website, you’ll notice that the WrestleMania section currently doesn’t include the 24th edition of the event, which took place in 2008. Head over to this link to check it out. You can also notice the same in the following screengrab: WWE WrestleMania 24 was a packed event from top to bottom WrestleMania 24 took place inside the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, on March 30, 2008....
In case you didn’t know… The Chairman has become known for making tough decisions after he was forced to put Charlotte Flair into the Raw Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania when Becky Lynch was suspended, but now he has decided to further swerve the WWE Universe. Kingston has been gaining interesting reactions from the WWE Universe over the past few weeks, ever since Mustafa Ali’s injury forced him to step into the gauntlet match ahead of Elimination Chamber, this has become so unexpected that WWE has been forced to change some plans....
But first, we start off with the top two rumours of the day: Update on Sasha Banks’ WWE future Sasha Banks has been the talk of the town for some time now and ever since she went on a hiatus after WrestleMania, she has been the most talked-about star. While many reported that she was on her way out, it was Tom Colohue who said that she was only on a break and would be returning soon....
Here, we look at some of the biggest rumors you might have missed today. So, without further ado, let’s begin. #1 WWE has reportedly released Sasha Banks Earlier today, a backstage report claimed that the company had released Sasha Banks. The Boss and her tag team partner Naomi walked out right before the May 16th edition of RAW. Later that week, they were stripped of their Women’s Tag Team Championship and were labeled as “unprofessional” on live television....
It is going to be interesting to see how things pan out at the Rumble as there is a very low chance of Lesnar winning the match. WrestleVotes have a backstage scoop on the angle and claim that it is just to set things up for his WrestleMania match. Rumours suggest that Roman Reigns is going to win the Royal Rumble this year and as he is a SmackDown Superstar, he is touted to face The Fiend Bray Wyatt for the WWE Universal Championship....
According to Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer (via WrestlingNews.co), Zayn has chosen to not appear on SmackDown tapings which is the reason why he was not a part of last week’s show. The report further says that Zayn was originally meant to be on the Blue brand last week, but decided to stay back. WWE have given their Superstars the liberty of not appearing on shows if they do not want to, similar to what AEW have informed their wrestlers....
Dave Meltzer provided a big backstage update on the ongoing storyline on the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Most importantly, Rusev is not the father. The angle, which is being treated more like a running joke rather than a proper storyline, is expected to be stretched out further leading up to the big revelation in the end. A brief history of the storyline Maria Kanellis and her husband Mike teamed up to take on Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch on the July 1st episode of RAW....
The company is trying to bring former Superstars and Divas and make them part of the event to garner even more attention to the biggest wrestling event of the year. It was reported by PWinsider that Eve Torres is being brought in by the WWE for the WrestleMania 33 weekend. Also, Maryse just announced that Torres, Kelly Kelly and herself will be featured on an upcoming episode of Table for 3....
Jeff Hardy, who was the SmackDown Tag Team Champion along with his brother Matt Hardy at the time he sustained an injury, had to relinquish the Championship soon after on an episode of SmackDown. Hardy is not expected to be back anytime soon and this has WWE worried. In case you didn’t know… Here is what Dave Meltzer had stated about Jeff Hardy’s injury before the Daredevil had made his injury public:...
In case you didn’t know… WrestleMania 36 takes place in Tampa – Hulk Hogan’s ‘country’. The legend has been on WWE TV often recently, mostly at pay-per-views and most recently at the Raw Reunion. Hogan was at WrestleMania 35 as well, and it looks like he is going to be a regular on the grandest stage of them all from now. nWo was a part of WrestleMania 31 as well when they came to the aid of Sting....
You’d think that Vince McMahon isn’t a fan of being portrayed in such a light. Vince isn’t a man known for enjoying having his WWE enterprise viewed negatively. Rumors backstage abound about any slight against the boss seeing the end of any push for the talent. What Vince is known as a fan of though is some weird, weird, weird stuff like this. He was never a fan of Mankind until the infamous segments with Jim Ross....
