In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased their competition, World Championship Wrestling, and officially became a wrestling monopoly. In doing so, it spawned one of the most interesting eras in wrestling history, as for the first time ever, all of the top-shelf talent in the profession were under one...

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, Dolph Ziggler was perhaps the hottest babyface on WWE’s roster coming off the heels of WWE Survivor Series. Ziggler—along with teammates John Cena, Ryback, Erick Rowan, and even The Big Show—had a good deal of upward momentum ever since...

Brian Alvarez of Wrestling Observer Live reported earlier this week that Tyler Breeze is not only slated to debut on the WWE main roster in the coming days or weeks, but that the company is ready to make heavy investment in his character. During Tuesday’s television taping of SmackDown,...

Since John Cena won the WWE Championship in 2005, the next four years represented a sense of stasis in the company. Vince McMahon and the WWE creative team began to rest on their laurels. They took a “business as usual” approach without ever attempting to create any new stars...

Sometimes, you just need to get away. That’s exactly what it appears John Cena will be doing following this month’s WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. The current five-time United States Champion is not being scheduled for any events after the European tour set to begin on Nov. 4...

Kurt Angle is perhaps the most gifted wrestler to ever lace up a pair of boots. He’s the type of worker that could get over in any era, no matter the region or opponent. Part of this is due to his amateur wrestling background—winning an Olympic gold medal in...

WE SummerSlam 2015 will be underway in just a few hours, and the WWE marketing machine is in full effect. Brock Lesnar has made rounds at ESPN and John Stewart has been tapped to host the show. For a show that celebrates its 28th installment tonight in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

egardless of how you feel about the recent direction of the Stardust character—a direction his wife, Brandi Runnels, recently defended on her blog—we can all agree on one thing: Cody Rhodes has talent. We’ve seen it over the years in a variety of different forms. Whether it was as...

FC 117 took place nearly five years ago to the date. Needless to say, a lot has changed since then. In that era, the UFC’s biggest draw was without a doubt “The Next Big Thing” Brock Lesnar, who just a few years removed from WWE had one of the...