WWE will hold its second annual Battleground pay-per-view on Sunday, July 20, and this event yet again comes at a terrible time for the company. Last year, it was in the dregs of October, which is after SummerSlam but well before the Royal Rumble when the company really starts to ramp up the Road to WrestleMania. Read More »
Today brings some sad news for WWE fans, as Daniel Bryan's neck injury is actually worse than most had previously thought, according to a new report from The Wrestling Observer. Read More »
Rumors about the WWE's plans for SummerSlam on Aug. 17, 2014 have been floating around for quite a while now, and the company's second-biggest pay-per-view is shaping up to have a stacked match card this year. New reports discuss the top four matches on the card, and it looks promising thus far. Read More »
A while back, I had a theory on how WWE could handle its classic formula of babyfaces and heels. Almost all storytelling is based on the notion of good vs. evil, and pro wrestling has been no different for decades. But recently, as fans have educated themselves about the behind-the-scenes workings of the product, it has become harder to be a bad guy in pro wrestling. Read More »
Fans who watched the latest edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw saw Chris Jericho aka Y2J aka The Ayatollah of Rock and Roll-ah return to the company for the first time since July of last year. But how did WWE manage to mostly keep this a secret, given Jericho's beloved status and the ravenous consumption of rumors by fans? Read More »
The June 30, 2014 edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw will emanate live from the XL Center in Hartford, CT and will feature all the fallout from the Money in the Bank pay-per-view on Sunday night. Read More »
WWE will hold its Money in the Bank pay-per-view on Sunday, and the main event features an eight-man ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Most people assume the winner of the match would be John Cena, particularly because a promo poster for SummerSlam features Cena and Brock Lesnar. But does this definitely mean that Cena would win on Sunday? Read More »
For the first time, the WWE's top prize will be up for grabs in a Money in the Bank Ladder Match when eight men compete for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view on Sunday. But which of the eight Superstars will grab the belts and emerge victorious? Read More »
Rumors have maintained for weeks that WWE plans to pit Brock Lesnar against the WWE World Heavyweight Champion in a title bout at SummerSlam, The Beast's first match since he broke the Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania 30. Read More »
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer said last week that WWE planned to put the WWE World Heavyweight Championship back on Daniel Bryan prior to SummerSlam for a match with Brock Lesnar. Unfortunately, those plans now seem to be in serious jeopardy. Read More »
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon gleefully (on screen, anyway) stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship during the opening segment of the latest installment of Monday Night Raw after Bryan's doctor confirmed, seemingly in both reality and in storyline, that he could not compete at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. Read More »
Seth Rollins broke the hearts of his teammates in The Shield and his fans when he smashed Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose with a steel chair and joined Triple H and Randy Orton in Evolution. This turn left fans stunned but also made them wonder where The Shield's members go from here. Read More »
Ever since Daniel Bryan won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and Brock Lesnar conquered the Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania 30 (you may have heard Paul Heyman mention the latter), fans had penciled in Bryan vs. Lesnar for the title at SummerSlam in August. A new report suggests WWE has done the same. Read More »