WWE’s YouTube WWE already told us that Brock Lesnar would be back on Raw this upcoming Monday (April 17). The Beast will presumably answer Cody Rhodes’ challenge for a match at Backlash. We already wondered if he’ll explain attacking Rhodes on the Raw After WrestleMania. And everyone assumes Lesnar will throw some $#!+ around … Read more
Drew McIntyre’s Instagram When last we saw Drew McIntyre on WWE programming, he was hugging Sheamus after neither Banger Bro was able to end Gunther’s Intercontinental title reign in a Triple Threat on WrestleMania 39‘s second night. That was right around the same time reports hit that McIntyre was in the final year of … Read more
Filed under: Shinsuke Nakamura had his first WWE match in months on SmackDown last night (April 14). After making quick work of Madcap Moss (and hopefully prompting a much-needed heel turn/character reboot for Emma’s man), Kayla Braxton caught up with Nakamura for an online-exclusive interview. After putting over the historic New Year’s Day win … Read more
Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included Cody Rhodes issuing a challenge to Brock Lesnar, … Read more
Cash Wheeler is tired of the infighting in AEW. The FTR member and current tag champion took to Twitter to stand up for his partner, Dax Harwood, who wrote this morning that he’s come under fire and had fans wish for him to lose his job, mainly due to comments he’s made about CM … Read more
Steve Maclin is inching closer to becoming a world champion. The IMPACT star spoke with WrestleZone to hype tomorrow’s Rebellion pay-per-view, where he and KUSHIDA will be battling it out for the vacant IMPACT world championship. Maclin was initially set to face-off against Josh Alexander at the event, but the Walking Weapon had to … Read more
As noted, WWE announced this week that the next event from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be WWE Night of Champions PLE, not the previously announced WWE King and Queen of The Ring PLE. In an update, a new report from PWInsider notes that the name change was made simply as a creative decision … Read more
AEW World Champions FTR have been announced for Wednesday’s live AEW Dynamite in Pittsburgh. There’s no word yet on if FTR will be wrestling on Wednesday, but AEW has announced that they will address the crowd. The duo became two-time AEW champions by defeating The Gunns on the April 5 Dynamite. As seen in … Read more
Fred Rosser reflects on winning the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship. The former WWE star discussed this topic during a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, where Rosser hyped his matchup with Juice Robinson at this evening’s NJPW Capital Collision event from Washington DC. Rosser states that winning the STRONG Openweight title was the biggest highlight of his … Read more
Filed under: All Elite Wrestling His FTR tag partner Dax Harwood has become the de facto spokesperson for CM Punk on the subject of Punk’s possible return to AEW after his post-All Out brawl with The Elite, and recent online spats with Jon Moxley & others. That’s brought a lot flak Harwood’s way, including … Read more