Asuka has not officially announced her retirement, and WWE has not confirmed that last night at Backlash was the end. But after her emotional match with IYO SKY, the post-match hug, the wave to the crowd, the reaction from fans, and the way wrestlers like Big E, Bayley, Charlotte Flair and Natalya responded online, it … Read more
John Cena came to WWE Backlash tonight with what WWE framed as a history-making announcement, and in true Cena fashion, the idea was wrapped in legacy, inspiration and the future of the business. Cena revealed the creation of The John Cena Classic, a new WWE concept built around the best of today competing against the … Read more
Last night’s TNA iMPACT! was one of those shows where the final hour did a lot of the heavy lifting, but by the end, TNA had moved several important stories forward. Léi Yǐng Lee finally got her revenge on Arianna Grace and brought the Knockouts World Championship back to TNA, The System kept control of … Read more
TNA iMPACT! heads into tonight with a card that actually has weight on paper, and that is exactly what the company needs as the road to Slammiversary starts taking shape. Last week’s episode was not a bad show, but it did feel more like a connective tissue episode than a must-see chapter. The strongest material … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT felt like a brand trying to rebuild itself in real time. This was not a clean, polished, perfectly structured episode. It was chaotic, uneven, crowded, and sometimes messy — but that also felt like the point. NXT is clearly in a reset period after recent call-ups gutted major pieces of the … Read more
Tonight’s WWE NXT arrives on Cinco de Mayo with the brand still sitting in the middle of a full-blown reset. After Stand & Deliver, the main roster call-ups, and last week’s chaotic wave of debuts, NXT feels like a show being rebuilt in real time. That can be exciting, but it can also be uneven. … Read more
WWE NXT’s future on The CW just became a lot more important. One day after WWE and The CW announced that NXT Premium Live Events are moving to The CW in a multi-year deal, The CW Sports and ESPN announced another major piece of the puzzle: CW Sports programming, including WWE NXT, will stream live … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT felt less like a normal weekly episode and more like the start of another forced rebuild. After the recent call-ups of Fatal Influence, Sol Ruca, Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints and Ethan Page, NXT came into the night with a gutted upper card, a shaken women’s division and a roster badly needing … Read more
Tonight’s WWE NXT is not just another episode. It is a stress test. After Revenge Week 2 wrapped up several stories and pushed multiple names toward the main roster, NXT now has to prove it still has enough star power, urgency and direction to survive the roster shakeup. The women’s division carried last week, the … Read more
Front Office Sports was first to report that WWE NXT Premium Live Events are moving to The CW, marking another major step in WWE’s growing relationship with the broadcast network and a significant shift in how fans will watch NXT’s biggest shows over the next several years. According to the report, The CW will air … Read more
