Former WCW producer Neal Pruitt reveals scrapped plan for Cactus Jack to slowly transform into Sting

Former WCW producer Neal Pruitt was on this week’s episode of “Insider’s Edge” where he talked about an angle that could have played out from the 1993 Cactus Jack ‘amnesia angle’ in WCW. “A story that people may not know is when we were doing something about getting this Cleveland shoot together, Cactus had this […]

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Mojo Rawley says he almost died from COVID-19, still suffering from effects of the virus 19 months later

Former WWE star Mojo Rawley (Dean Muhtadi) announced on his Instagram account that he is still suffering the effects of COVID-19 and it’s been 19 months since he got sick with the virus. He wrote, “To everyone that knew about this beforehand, thank you for your discretion and allowing me to announce on my terms. […]

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AEW returning to Boston, MA in April for Dynamite and Rampage

All Elite Wrestling announced a new location for an upcoming live episode of Dynamite. AEW will hold the event in Boston, MA at the Agganis Arena on Wednesday, April 6th. The promotion will also tape the edition of Rampage on this night. Tickets go on sale next Friday at 10 am Eastern time and start […]

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WWE: What’s streaming this week on Peacock and WWE Network

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Lisa Marie Varon says the spider handler for her TNA gimmick was making more than some midcarders

On this week’s episode of “Cafe De Rene” with Rene Dupree, his guest Lisa Marie Varon (formerly “Victoria” and “Tara”) stopped by to talk about her tarantula gimmick in TNA, as well as helping Christy Hemme get her start in the ring. Lisa talking about having the tarantula as a gimmick in TNA: “I thought […]

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Matt Hardy explains Jeff Hardy’s “erratic” behavior at his final WWE show, negative drug test results

Matt Hardy provided an update on his brother Jeff Hardy on the House Hardy Twitch account. Matt said Jeff was stressed out about many different things when he was in WWE and that when Jeff jumped over the guardrail, he knew that he was done. Matt said he doesn’t think Jeff was intentionally trying to […]

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Backstage WWE morale down after Vince McMahon made several changes to Royal Rumble matches

Backstage morale was down last night at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view. PWInsider reports, via a number of sources in the company, that there was frustration over the constant changes made over the past week to the Rumble matches. The feeling is that all of the constant changes are the reason why the quality of […]

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Brock Lesnar to choose his WrestleMania opponent

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Ronda Rousey returns to Monday Night Raw!

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Toni Storm announced for WrestleCon in Dallas

Toni Storm will be making one of her first post-WWE appearances during WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, Texas as she is set to be part of WrestleCon. The convention announced the appearance on Sunday. WrestleCon will take place on March 31 through April 2 and several former WWE stars are slated to also appear such as […]

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News on Bad Bunny’s WWE WrestleMania status

Bad Bunny was one of the surprise entrants in the men’s Royal Rumble match on Saturday night as he entered the bout at #27 and did some spots before being eliminated. It was reported earlier in the week the rapper was expected to be at the show and a photo of him with The Undertaker […]

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Bobby Lashley to usher in All Mighty Era once again on Raw

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WWE had to scrap plans for Johnny Knoxville on Friday’s SmackDown

Johnny Knoxville has made a few appearances on WWE TV leading up to this year’s Royal Rumble event as he is slated to work the Men’s Royal Rumble match, which is due to a deal made between the movie studio and WWE to promote the “Jackass Forever” movie that comes out in theaters on February […]

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Demolition discuss having to face off with one another in the 1989 WWE Royal Rumble match

Ax and Smash of Demolition were on the “80s Wrestling: The Podcast” this week to talk about their appearances in the 1989 Royal Rumble Match. In one of the most iconic memories in Royal Rumble history, the 1989 match saw Demolition members Ax draw #1 followed by Smash drawing #2. Here is Ax and Smash […]

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Major spoiler on WWE’s plans for Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer is reporting that the plan for one of the big matches at WWE WrestleMania is Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair. It was noted that tonight’s Royal Rumble will likely set up the angle for their Mania match. Flair is the SmackDown Women’s Champion and she is also an entrant […]

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Hit the Big Time with Becky Lynch’s brand new Snapchat Cameo in honor of Royal Rumble

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Vince McMahon is making WWE Royal Rumble changes, Brock Lesnar pulling double duty?

There’s a lot going on backstage and whatever is planned at the moment for tonight’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view could change throughout the afternoon. PWInsider is reporting that Vince McMahon is taking a “tight look” at tonight’s show and he has meticulously changed a lot of different aspects of the Rumble matches. It was noted […]

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Lance Storm says Triple H’s WWE NXT was not a failure: “They should have left AEW alone”

On the latest Figure Four Daily on WrestlingObserver.com, Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm talked about the changes at NXT 2.0 and storm disputed the notion among some that Triple H was a failure. Storm said, “I just I’ve heard it for a long time [people who say] ‘oh, Hunter’s really fallen from grace after you […]

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Seth "Freakin" Rollins heads to SmackDown to deliver a personal message to Roman Reigns

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Konnan reveals he is working on a new Lucha Libre company for the United States “on a humongous scale”

During this week’s episode of “83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff”, Konnan revealed he is working on getting a new Lucha Libre-ish company off the ground this year. “I can’t get into details, but there’s a very good chance I’m going to be put in a position to run a Lucha Libre-ish company in The United […]

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Ridge Holland returns alongside Sheamus for WWE Day 1 rematch with Ricochet & Cesaro

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Another former WWE star spotted in St. Louis for Royal Rumble weekend

Kaitlyn, real name Celeste Bonin), has been spotted in St. Louis for WWE Royal Rumble weekend, according to Pwinsider.com. Per the report, it was said by one source that she’s expected to be in the Women’s Royal Rumble match, but that hasn’t been 100% confirmed. It’s possible that WWE is just bringing her in to […]

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IMPACT! Photos: Mickie James Addresses the Entire Knockouts Division Before WWE Royal Rumble, W. Morrissey Destroys Eight Opponents & More

See the action from every angle in this stunning ringside photo gallery from last night’s IMPACT! on AXS TV. Just 48 hours before Knockouts World Champion Mickie James competes in the WWE Royal Rumble match, she delivered a State of the Knockouts Address that ended in a wild brawl involving her and the #1 contender, Tasha Steelz! Plus, W. Morrissey overcame the odds as he demolished eight members of Brian Myers‘ Learning Tree – but waiting in the wings was an opportunistic IMPACT World Champion, Moose. Plus, the Bullet Club is back and so much more!

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