Santos Escobar will be given a shot at the title. Escobar beat Andrade on Saturday to earn a future United States Championship Match. Carmelo Hayes intervened at the end of the match to pull Escobar from danger while Elektra Lopez distracted Elektra. Escobar was able to win the match by rolling up Andrade in the • Read More »
Rhea Ripley is the first to kick off WWE Raw on Monday, August 12. The next WWE Raw will feature a newly announced Ripley segment. The show returns to USA Network Monday after two weeks of airing on SyFy because of USA’s Olympics coverage. Dominik Mysterio, who was aligned with Ripley’s rival Liv Morgan at • Read More »
Cody Rhodes defends the Undisputed WWE title at Bash in Berlin on Saturday, August 31, 2018. Kevin Owens was nominated by Rhodes and Nick Aldis as the next challenger to the title during Friday’s SmackDown, after Owens stepped up to Rhodes in an angle with Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline. Owens refused to accept the title match, • Read More »
Next month, a tournament to crown a champion in WWE’s women’s division will begin. Triple H announced on Friday, September 4, at noon ET, that the tournament to crown WWE’s first-ever Speed Women’s Champion would begin. “Time to take #WWESpeed to the next level… excited to announce the WWE Speed Women’s Championship Tournament, which will • Read More »
According to a recent report by Fightful, LA Knight is set to remain in WWE in the years to come with more money in his account. The outlet reported that Knight restructured his WWE contract during the summer for “a significant time increase” as well as “a large amount of money.” His original contract was • Read More »
Bobby Lashley and Paul “Triple H’ Levesque haven’t had much of a relationship during Levesque’s time as WWE creative director. Lashley, who is believed to be leaving WWE, was asked if he preferred Vince McMahon over Levesque. Lashley said McMahon viewed him as a superstar and that they had a great connection. Lashley and Levesque • Read More »
Roman Reigns is set to appear on the first episode of WWE SmackDown when it returns to USA Network in a month. WWE.com has announced that Reigns will be appearing at the Climate Pledge Arena on Friday, September 13, 2018. SmackDown is back on USA Network after airing on Fox from 2019 onwards. WWE and • Read More »
WWE’s talent relations department has been hit by the changes and consolidations in the new TKO corporate structures. As reported by PWInsider first, Kristin Altern — the company’s Vice President of Talent Relations Operations — has left WWE after joining in 2007. Altman started her career as a receptionist, then moved to the talent relations • Read More »
Roman Reigns will make two consecutive WWE SmackDown shows following his return at SummerSlam. The Kia Center, located in Orlando, Florida, announced today that Reigns would be in the building on Friday, August 16, for the episode of SmackDown. Reigns is already confirmed for this week’s SummerSlam Fallout edition of SmackDown, which will take place • Read More »