The SmackDown After Mania should have felt like a reset. Instead, it felt like a company trying to convince itself it had momentum while terrible WWE release news hung over the entire night. As mentioned in my LNC Wrestling article on the WWE releases, that news broke right before SmackDown went on the air last … Read more
WWE’s post-WrestleMania roster reset hit hard Friday, with a wave of releases that cut across the main roster, NXT and one of the company’s most unusual creative projects. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp was first out with the broader release wave, with PWInsider and BodySlam adding key names as the story developed. As of now, the … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown After Mania has the job of turning WrestleMania 42 fallout into the next chapter for the blue brand. This is not a show built around a stacked match card. It is built around consequences. Rhea Ripley arrives as the new WWE Women’s Champion, Trick Williams celebrates becoming United States Champion … Read more
Former NJPW star EVIL is reportedly headed to WWE, ending one of the most complicated runs in modern New Japan history and starting a new chapter for a wrestler who has already lived through several different versions of himself. Before he became EVIL, he was Takaaki Watanabe, a New Japan Young Lion who debuted in … Read more
Paige’s return to WWE at WrestleMania 42 Night 1 was already one of the weekend’s biggest stories before she ever said a word. Nikki Bella’s injury forced a last-minute change, Brie Bella suddenly needed a new partner, and WWE answered with one of the most emotional reveals of the show. But Paige stepping in, winning … Read more
The report making the rounds on Wednesday appears to be rooted in a real Wrestling Observer Radio update, but the most important part of the story is not just that a planned WWE Backlash tag match was scrapped. It is why it was reportedly scrapped. Multiple secondary outlets are now attributing the same core claim … Read more
WWE has officially announced that Night of Champions will take place on Saturday, June 27, 2026 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, confirming that the company is moving ahead with another major Premium Live Event in the Middle East even as the region remains overshadowed by instability and continuing geopolitical tension. The announcement was … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT Revenge Week 2 felt like a true turning-point show instead of just another strong weekly episode. NXT used the night to blow off one of its most personal rivalries, give Tatum Paxley and Blake Monroe a stipulation match that actually delivered, keep DarkState’s internal issues boiling, and make Keanu Carver look … Read more
WWE NXT has a real chance to close out Revenge on a much stronger note than the usual post-Stand & Deliver cool-down show, because tonight’s card is built around chaos, payback, and stipulations that actually fit the feuds attached to them. On paper, this is one of those NXT lineups that feels very easy to … Read more
WWE needed last night’s RAW after WrestleMania to feel like a reset, a statement, and a shot of adrenaline after a WrestleMania weekend that a lot of fans came away from calling overproduced, ad-heavy, and a little too polished for its own good. Instead, WWE gave us a show that was useful more than electric. … Read more
