Category: WWE News
Brock Lesnar To Enter 2020 Royal Rumble Match As No. 1 Entrant
Paul Heyman and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar opened the first Raw of the year by announcing Lesnar is entering the 30-man Royal Rumble match as the first entrant. UNPRECEDENTED.@HeymanHustle just announced that #WWEChampion @BrockLesnar is entering the Men's #RoyalRumble Match…and he's doing it as the No. 1️⃣ ENTRANT! #RAW pic.twitter.com/CzDfsQjkyD — WWE (@WWE) January 7,…
Paige Rumored To Be Possible Women’s Royal Rumble Participant
Paige is set to return to WWE Backstage this week and there continues to be a lot of talk about what is next for her career. The former WWE Divas Champion has been teasing something big coming up soon, which has resulted in a lot of speculation. There are some that believe she could be…
Edge Spotted At Recent WWE TV Tapings
Every time rumors creep up that Edge could be returning to a WWE ring, he immediately takes to Twitter to dismiss them. Despite the denials, different reports continue to surface to make fans think otherwise. There are new reports claiming that Edge has been seen around several WWE TV tapings lately. He could be there…
Corey Graves Opens Up On Difficulty Of Three-Person Booth
During a recent episode of his After the Bell podcast, Corey Graves explained the difference between a two-person and three-person announce team: “[Michael Cole] and I have worked together long enough that we have that chemistry and I sort of learned commentary from his style so it’s a lot easier to flow back and forth.…
Kane Talks Friendship With Daniel Bryan, Explains Opposite Political Views
In a new interview with Sports Illustrated, Kane talked about his friendship with Daniel Bryan: “Bryan and I are on such opposite ends of the political spectrum,” Kane said. “But we respect each other as human beings and value each other’s opinions, so we had conversations and learned from each other. I learned a lot…
John Cena “Very Happy” For Nikki Bella After Announcing Engagement
Last week, Nikki Bella announced her engagement to Artem Chigvinstev, something that happened in November. Since then, many fans have wondered what her former fiancé John Cena thought of the news. “John is very happy for Nikki and her engagement,” a source told HollywoodLife.com. “He is very happy that she has found someone that treats…
Backstage News On Vince McMahon Showing Up Late To WWE RAW
Vince McMahon showed up late to last week’s WWE Monday Night RAW but apparently wanted to make it back for the wedding angle. Jerry Lawler elaborated on a recent episode of his podcast. “Vince had some really important meetings, he has been torn in so many different directions and has missed several Raws and SmackDowns.…
Dominik Dijakovic Wants The Undertaker In 2020
Dominik Dijakovic has set a major goal for 2020, as the NXT Superstar wants a match against The Undertaker. Dijakovic took his goal public with the following post on Instagram: View this post on Instagram 2020 Goal A post shared by Dominik Dijakovic (@dijakovicwwe) on Jan 4, 2020 at 11:13am PST While it’s doubtful that…
The Rock Begins Training For Role As Black Adam (Photos)
The Rock began 2020 by training for his new role as Black Adam in the upcoming DC Extended Universe film. Filming is expected to begin in July. “So it begins,” Rock wrote on Instagram. “Kickin’ off 2020 training extremely hard for my upcoming role as BLACK ADAM. This one’s in my blood. Thanks to my…
Two WWE Superstars Offered Big Money To Return To Japan
Kairi Sane and Io Shirai are being offered big money from Bushiroad, the parent company of the STARDOM promotion, to return. Bushiroad director Takaaki Kidani is on record as to saying he wants Kairi Sane and Io Shirai back and he’s willing to pay them big money to return. Bushiroad is investing more money into…
Backstage News On Several Big Names Changing Promotions
Matt Hardy’s WWE contract is up in a couple of months and there’s a good chance he leaves for Impact, Ring of Honor or All Elite Wrestling. Hardy and WWE aren’t far apart on money, it’s just Hardy wants to be booked more prominently considering he’s in the latter part of his career. Whether or…
2020 Dusty Rhodes Classic Set To Kickoff This Wednesday
WWE NXT Twitter has announced that the Dusty Rhodes Classic will kick off on this week episode of NXT. The first matchup will see NXT UK’s Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner), taking on NXT’s The Forgotten Son’s (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler). This match is in addition to the fatal four-way matchup set to…
Backstage News On Roman Reigns Challenging For Universal Title At Wrestlemania 36
Roman Reigns still remains a top candidate to challenge for the WWE Universal Championship at Wrestlemania 36 this year in Tampa. As reported here on WrestlePages.com, Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship was penciled in as the SmackDown main event for WWE’s biggest show of the year on April 5th, 2020. WWE seemed…
Backstage News On John Cena’s Future As WWE Superstar
John Cena continues to enjoy success as an actor after years as WWE’s top superstar. During a recent interview to promote his “Playing With Fire” film, Cena explained that he became a star in WWE and because of that, he hopes people always remember him as a member of the WWE family. “I hope they…
Steve Austin To Interview Kane On WWE Network Series
Kane will appear on the third episode of “Steve Austin: The Broken Skull Sessions” on the WWE Network. The episode will air on the streaming service immediately following NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II next Sunday. IT'S GOTTA BE… IT'S GOTTA BE @KANEWWE! The next episode of @steveaustinBSR's #BrokenSkullSessions drops immediately following #NXTUKTakeOver: Blackpool II one…
SmackDown Viewership Ticks Downward To Start 2020
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 2.418 million viewers on FOX, which is down from the 2.439 million viewers from last week. SmackDown has seemed to find a stable viewership number around 2.4 million viewers. It still is performing the best in the Men 18-49 demographic, where…
Night Of Returns Continues On 205 Live
On tonight’s 205 Live, Brian Kendrick returned to the show. He interfered in the Ariya Daivari and Danny Burch match. Kendrick has been gone since November 15, where he announced on that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from 205 Live.
Roman Reigns Announces Royal Rumble Entry, Women’s Match Set For Next Week’s SmackDown
– Roman Reigns confirmed on this week’s Friday Night SmackDown that he will be in an entrant in the 30-man Royal Rumble match on Jan. 25th. As previously noted, Charlotte Flair has declared her entry for the women’s bout. #TheBigDog @WWERomanReigns will take part in the 2020 Men's #RoyalRumble Match. https://t.co/6RGfatdNuU — WWE (@WWE) January…
CM Punk Reveals Original WrestleMania 30 Lineup
In a Instagram story post, CM Punk revealed a partial lineup for WrestleMania 30. In the picture below, you can see the matches WWE had penciled in a few months before the show, which included Punk vs. Triple H. What is interesting about this is the inclusion of Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose for the…
John Morrison Officially Returns To SmackDown
After the commercial break following The Miz’s loss to Kofi Kingston, there was an attempt to get an interview with The Miz, however, John Morrison would be the one to open the door: That ain't no make believe! @TheRealMorrison is BACK and he's on @WWE Friday Night #SmackDown. ???? pic.twitter.com/HmJgnNeByi — WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX)…
Heel Turn For The Miz?
The Miz has been showing signs of late of turning heel, but he seems to have confirmed it tonight. During Friday Night SmackDown, he had a singles match against Kofi Kingston. After Kingston picked up the win, Miz would snap and go after Kofi. This led to Big E getting involved, which sent Miz high-tailing…
Sheamus Officially Returns To SmackDown
After weeks of vignettes, Sheamus officially returned to SmackDown. Following Shorty G capturing a win over Dash Wilder, The Revival attacked Shorty G. This would prompt the return of Sheamus, leading all in the ring to think he was partnering with Shorty: HE'S BACK, FELLA! #SmackDown @wwesheamus pic.twitter.com/hdlBdOSENc — WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2020 Instead,…
Nikki Bella Announces Engagement
Former WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella revealed on Instagram that she’s been engaged to Artem Chigvinstev since November. Bella went public with the news to ring in the new year. She first met Artem in 2017 during her run on Dancing with the Stars, and their relationship has been featured on Total Bellas. https://www.instagram.com/p/B63uTAMlkfG/ Congrats…
Big Fatal 4-Way Match Set For Next Week’s WWE NXT
William Regal took to Twitter on Friday to announce Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijakovic vs. Damian Priest vs. Cameron Grimes will take place on Wednesday. This match will determine the new number one contender to challenge NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong. This Wednesday on #WWENXT, we will find a new #1 Contender for the…
Two Tag Team Matches Set For Tonight’s WWE SmackDown
WWE has announced two matches for tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown in Memphis: Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan vs. King Corbin & Dolph Ziggler Bayley& Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. Lacey Evans & Dana Brooke Check out dot com’s official preview at this link. Tony Nese has confirmed on Twitter that he’ll…
WWE Backstage Viewership Down On New Years Eve
Tuesday night’s New Years Eve episode of WWE Backstage did 97,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1. This episode was very close to the all-time viewership low set two weeks ago and was down 153,000 viewers from the week prior. WWE Backstage Viewership Tracker: Oct. 15, 2019: 597,000 viewers (Tuesday preview) Oct. 25, 2019: 426,000 viewers…
AEW Dynamite Viewership Back On Top To Start The Year
AEW was back after a week off from live TV and scored a big viewership number to beat NXT. AEW loaded up its New Years Day show against NXT which was not live again this week. NXT aired its awards episode and top matches of the year. College football dominated the night as bowl season…
Daniel Bryan Disappointed He Never Got WrestleMania Match Against CM Punk
Daniel Bryan and CM Punk emerged as household WWE names in the 2010s and while they worked against one another plenty, one thing disappoints Bryan – the fact they never got a match against one another at WrestleMania. “I always say it’s always so enticing to come back, as much as you don’t want to.…
Harlem Heat To Reunite At WWE Royal Rumble?
The teases continue for a reunion of Booker T and Stevie Ray as Harlem Heat to take on The Revival at Royal Rumble later this month in Houston, TX. “You know what? Me and my big brother [Stevie Ray], we talking about it. We’re going to be discussing that over the new year. I’ve got…
Backstage News On “Anything Can Happen” At WWE Live Events
The idea for Randy Orton to do an injury angle against AJ Styles at last Sunday’s WWE live event in Hershey, PA was from Paul Heyman. The thinking was with live event attendance down, one of the ways to draw fans back to non-televised events is to show them that anything can happen at them.…
January 2nd, 2020 Quick Hits
– Impact announced late last night that “the most dangerous event of the year” is finally returning. Speculation is that it is Lethal Lockdown, but nothing is confirmed: The most dangerous event of the year is finally returning. #StayTuned pic.twitter.com/PoDDysTVW2 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) January 2, 2020 – After AEW Dynamite went off the air,…
Renee Young On How She Feels About Current Role In WWE
Renee Young was recently on Corey Graves’ After the Bell podcast and discussed her current role in WWE. Below is a recap courtesy of Reddit user dogryan100: Renee’s mic is a bit echoey so Corey asks where she is. She is laying on the floor in the bathroom. Renee says she works best when she…
Backstage News On Bobby Lashley/Lana Wedding Angle
Vince McMahon was happy with how the Bobby Lashley/Lana wedding angle played out on WWE Monday Night RAW. Vince has wanted to do similar stories like this but has to balance things out to satisfy USA Network executives and sponsors. Vince was described to be in a good mood this week because not only did…
NXT 2019 Year-End Award Winners, Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Bracket Revealed
WWE revealed the NXT 2019 Year-End Award winners during Wednesday’s broadcast: Tag Team of the Year: Undisputed Era Male Competitor of the Year: Adam Cole Female Competitor of the Year: Shayna Baszler Rivalry of the Year: Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole Future Star of the Year: Dakota Kai TakeOver of the Year: WarGames 2019 Breakout…
WWE RAW Viewership Up To Finish Off The Decade
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.439 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s up from the 1.835 million viewers the show did the week prior (last week’s show was taped). Below is how the show did each hour: 8 PM: 2.525 million viewers 9 PM: 2.464…
What To Expect From Tonight’s AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT
– Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from Jacksonville, FL. Five matches and a few segments have been announced: Taz appears MJF & Wardlow appear Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara Jon Moxley vs. Trent Cody vs. Darby Allin Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. PAC & Lucha Bros Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs.…
Andrade & Charlotte Flair Announce Engagement
WWE stars Andrade and Charlotte Flair announced they are engaged to be married after their date on New Year’s Eve. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6xFTmwnOgY/ WWE covered the announcement at this link. Congrats to the happy couple! Follow @wrestlepages
Lana Responds To Critics
Lana took to Twitter a few hours ago to address the threats, hatred, and displeasure shown towards both her and Liv Morgan since last night. Here are the Tweets: For people growing up in religious homes, different parts of the world & cultures you have no idea how complicated it can get when it comes…
Mandy & Sonya Not Happy With WWE
Following the return of Liv Morgan during the wedding of Lana and Lashley, Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose took to Twitter to voice their displeasure. Liv Morgan had interrupted the ceremony to object, stating that Lana was the love of her life and was betraying their love. This prompted the following responses from Deville and…
CM Punk Shoots On This Week’s WWE RAW
CM Punk tweeted out some thoughts during this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW. Check them out below: Can we stop with the giant group of people standing around looking to catch someone while someone jumps on them? Leave that shit in this decade. Dare ya. https://t.co/Kv31Bqje7r — player/coach (@CMPunk) December 31, 2019 WWE…
How Randy Orton’s Injury Angle Played Out On RAW
Randy Orton came out on this week’s RAW on crutches and cut a promo on the “injury” he suffered Sunday night in Hershey, PA. Orton teased he would be out for a long time and there was a chance he wouldn’t be able to return at all. AJ Styles came out and taunted him, which…
Liv Morgan Ruins Lana & Bobby Lashley’s Wedding
Liv Morgan made her long-awaited return to WWE TV on the final Raw of the year by declaring her love for Lana. The proclamation occurred during the disastrous wedding between Lana and Bobby Lashley, which ultimately ended with Rusev emerging from the gigantic cake. Check out the segment in the video player above, as well…
Raw Women’s Championship Match Set For Royal Rumble, Charlotte Announces Rumble Entry
Becky Lynch confirmed on this week’s Raw that she will defend the Raw Women’s Championship against Asuka at Royal Rumble on Jan. 25th in Houston. #TheMan gets her wish.@BeckyLynchWWE WILL defend her #RAW #WomensTitle against WWE Women's #TagTeamChampion @WWEAsuka at #RoyalRumble! pic.twitter.com/H6j4oYN52G — WWE (@WWE) December 31, 2019 On a related note, Charlotte Flair is…
Two Title Matches & Brock Lesnar’s Return Set For Next Week’s Raw
The first Monday Night Raw of 2020 will emanate from Oklahoma City and will feature the following: WWE Champion Brock Lesnar appears Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade (c) – United States Championship Match Street Profits vs. The OC vs. The Viking Raiders (c) – Raw Tag Team Championship Match NEXT WEEK on the FIRST #RAW of…
Becky Lynch To Address Contract Status On Raw?, Randy Orton Confirms Appearance
– Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch issued a statement ahead of tonight’s Raw in Hartford that, “It’s amazing what they’ll give you when you remind them your contract is coming up soon. More to say on Raw.” https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1211742415054417920 – Randy Orton will also appear on Raw to address his (storyline) injury that occurred last night.…
Backstage News On Plans For WWE SmackDown Women’s Title
The plans for the SmackDown women’s title remain in motion with Bayley vs. Lacey Evans penciled in for Royal Rumble next month. The title bout was originally scheduled for WWE TLC this month but when it was removed, WWE wanted to do it on the next PPV card. Vince McMahon is not believed to have…
Randy Orton Injury Part Of A Storyline
Randy Orton’s knee injury suffered at Sunday’s WWE live event in Hershey, PA is apparently part of a storyline and not a legitimate injury situation. As reported by CJ here on WrestlePages.com, fans in attendance at the show noted Orton went down during his match against AJ Styles and the bout was stopped. He was…
Randy Orton Suffers Injury At WWE Live Event
Fans in attendance for Sunday’s WWE live event in Hershey, PA have noted on Twitter that Randy Orton went down with what appears to be a knee injury just minutes into his singles match against AJ Styles. Orton was unable to finish the match and was helped to the back by officials. AJ Styles vs…
WWE To Split Up Mandy Rose And Sonya Deville?
WWE is once again considering splitting up Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. The original plan was to break the tag team up before WrestleMania but they went in another direction. Given the tease on SmackDown, it looks like the original plan could be back on. If so, there is legitimate concern for Sonya Deville’s future.…