Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey has worked her first WWE live event.

On Wednesday, the sports entertainment company held a RAW live event in Geneva, Switzerland at the SEG Geneva Arena that featured Rousey making her live event debut.

Fans in attendance noted that she teamed up with Natalya and Ember Moon to take on the team of Mickie James, Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott.

The finish of the match saw Rousey take down James then applied the armbar for the quick submission.

https://twitter.com/wwefullthings/status/996866123546185731

Originally, Rousey was slated to wrestle Mickie James in a singles match on this tour. However, WWE changed plans and it appears that she will be working six-woman tag team matches going forward.

She is advertised for the following dates for this ongoing UK tour: May 17th in Vienna, Austria on May 18th in Turin, Italy, and on May 19th in Paris, France.

Rousey is slated to challenge Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Title at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.

Watch: Ronda Rousey Earns Second Victory as a WWE Superstarhttps://t.co/hbwvYq3AWd pic.twitter.com/vbAlM6THGl

— Wrestling on ComicBook.com (@WrestlingOnCB) May 16, 2018

The first batch of competitors has been announced for the upcoming WWE UK Tournament.

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, the sports entertainment company revealed the following competitors for next month’s tournament to determine who will face UK Champion Pete Dunne on 6/19 on the WWE Network live from Royal Albert Hall:

*Joe Coffey.

*Joseph Connors.

*Jack Gallagher.

*Zack Gibson.

*Amir Jordan.

*El Ligero.

*Dave Mastiff.

*Kenny Williams.

It should be noted that the remaining competitors will be announced this Friday (May 18).

WWE NXT’s live events as part of the 2018 Download Music Festival in Great Britain on 6/8 through 6/10 will host the opening rounds of the tournament.

The sports entertainment company will then present two live WWE UK Championship broadcast on the WWE Network. 6/18 will feature the tournament finals to determine who will challenge the WWE UK champion on 6/19. The remainder of the 6/19 event will feature WWE UK competitors facing WWE NXT stars.

What are your thoughts on the first batch of competitors being revealed? Do you plan on watching this tournament? If so, who do you think will face Dunne for the UK strap? Sound off in the comment section below.

One of the biggest news stories to keep an eye on this year involves the next TV deal that WWE gets.

WWE’s television contract is expiring in 2019 with the USA Network. The sports entertainment company held many of the same meetings before their last TV negotiations a few years ago. WWE has talked with the USA Network, FOX, Disney, CBS, Amazon, and YouTube.

There is a lot of speculation that WWE could sign with FOX. The reason for the potential move would be due to UFC possibly leaving FOX as the UFC and WWE’s TV deals expire around the same time.

If WWE signed with FOX then Monday Night RAW would go to FOX while SmackDown Live would go to FOX Sports 1. If this happened then RAW may have to go back to two hours and they wouldn’t have an overrun due to local news starting at 10pm EST.

WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios took part in the 46th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media, and Communications Conference this week. During that conference, he talked about potentially airing RAW and SmackDown Live on separate TV networks.

“Market determines that opportunity. From our end, [we don’t think] it’s an issue to split it,” said Barrios. “We have done it before. We think we’re pretty good at promoting and moving our viewers from one platform to another. Seven or eight years ago, it was only from one network to another network, which changed dramatically. We can’t over-emphasize it, is the nature of social and digital and helping do that.

“So, we’ve been able to do it before, we would feel even more comfortable doing it today just because we have a direct connection with all our fans which we did not have seven or eight years ago. So, our ability to do that, if it made sense economically, there were partners interested, if we felt comfortable with the partners in question, operationally we would not see an issue with doing that.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes

What are your thoughts on WWE possibly doing this? Sound off in the comments section below

One WWE Hall of Famer has pitched an idea for a potential show that would air on the WWE Network.

That WWE Legend is Bubba Ray Dudley, also known as Bully Ray. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame earlier this year alongside his longtime tag team partner D-Von during WrestleMania 34 weekend in April.

In a recent post on his official Twitter account, Dudley noted that he had pitched a show for the WWE Network, which is the sports entertainment company’s streaming service. He wrote the following:

“I pitched an idea for a game show to @WWENetwork called  “SuperStar Squares” (think “Hollywood Squares”) Would be fun and entertaining w/ fans being the contestants.”

I pitched an idea for a game show to @WWENetwork called “SuperStar Squares” (think “Hollywood Squares”)

Would be fun and entertaining w/ fans being the contestants. https://t.co/Xhs44hSZIb

— Bully Ray (@bullyray5150) May 16, 2018

Would you watch a WWE Network show featuring this Hall of Famer? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE fans has voiced their opinion about how WWE has been booking the feud between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.

Styles and Nakamura have wrestled each other four times over the last month. Styles successfully retained the title against Nakamura at WrestleMania 34, they went to a double count-out at both the Greatest Royal Rumble and Backlash events.

Then, Nakamura beat Styles in a non-title match on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in London, England at the O2 Arena on the USA Network. As a result of this big win, Nakamura will now choose the stipulation for their upcoming WWE Title match at the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV.

Although the matches have been good, there have been a lot of fans who have taken to Twitter to show their frustration with the sports entertainment company and the way they have booked this feud thus far.

WWE producer and Smackdown Live creative team member Road Dogg responded to this criticism on Twitter where he wrote the following:

“You’re a fan since 2011? Thanks for being a fan but I need my job dude, I’d appreciate you not trying to get me fired. But, if you need to try…. ok ? #OUDK.

It ain’t easy but I try to rise above it. It gets to me some times tho for sure, I’m only human.”

You’re a fan since 2011? Thanks for being a fan but I need my job dude, I’d appreciate you not trying to get me fired. But, if you need to try…. ok ? #OUDK

— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) May 16, 2018

It ain’t easy but I try to rise above it. It gets to me some times tho for sure, I’m only human

— Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) May 16, 2018

What are your thoughts on the way WWE has handled this feud? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon has some big plans in mind for Mandy Rose.

Pro Wrestling Sheet’s James McKenna is reporting McMahon believes that the SmackDown star would be a good fit for a character that was originally designed for now-former WWE star Emma.

If you recall, a repackage vignette was shown on Monday Night RAW for months in late 2016 teasing a “makeover of Emma to Emmalina.”

These videos would air and air, but she didn’t make her return until February of 2017. Yes, 17 weeks later, she was back. Fast forward to May, she suffered a shoulder injury at a live event in Liverpool, England. The character didn’t stick and Emma went back to her previous gimmick. Emma ended departing from WWE later in the year.

McMahon insisted Mandy Rose would be perfect for the character. He added that the entrance has the feel that WWE wanted with the Emmalina gimmick.

The pro wrestling journalist wrote the following on his official Twitter account:

“fun fact : when they figured out emma wasnt going to fit well for the emmalina bit vince was adamant that mandy rose would be a good fit for the gimmick. damned if that entrance doesnt have a feel like what they were going for with the emmalina character. #SDLive”

fun fact : when they figured out emma wasnt going to fit well for the emmalina bit vince was adamant that mandy rose would be a good fit for the gimmick. damned if that entrance doesnt have a feel like what they were going for with the emmalina character. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/DvTCdJhMZk

— james mckenna (@chillhartman) May 16, 2018

What are your thoughts on the big plans for Rose that McMahon has in store? Sound off in the comment section below.

Hulk Hogan continues to talk about a potential return to the WWE.

Hogan has been a household name in the world of professional wrestling for decades now. He has wrestled some of the biggest names in the history of pro wrestling, and although he has a long-lasting relationship with the company, there have been some hiccups between the two sides throughout the years.

Currently, he’s outside of the bubble of the sports entertainment company but it appears that it’s just a matter of time before they bring him back.

Hogan was fired from WWE in the summer of 2015 after racially charged comments from a sex tape came to light. Gawker alleged that Hogan only filed a lawsuit against them to prevent the racial statements from being released.

Hogan’s WWE return has depended on the company being reasonably sure that bringing him back won’t cause a big backlash due to his racist comments.

Hogan was interviewed by The Buffalo News to promote an upcoming autograph signing in the area. During this interview, he talked about the fans who are still upset about the racially insensitive comments he made.

“People know me.  I’m human being like anybody else, and sometimes, people make mistakes. When they do, you watch that person a little bit more closely than you did before to see what kind of person they really are. I just want people to judge me by my actions, not a few misspoken words.   To those few fans who feel (hurt), I’m forever sorry, and I’ll do whatever I can to make them feel comfortable with me.”

Earlier this month, TMZ Sports reported that Hogan and WWE have been in contact and the talks have been “positive.” According to the report, for the Greatest Royal Rumble event, WWE was requested to bring Hogan in and appear at the event.

WWE officials were also keeping an eye on Hogan’s speech from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Alumni Hall of Fame induction.

“Until you hit a home run, it’s not a home run.  All these things say it’s imminent or rumors, that’s like saying ‘maybe, possibly, could be.’ Until I’m back home with the WWE, I’m not home. Hopefully some day I can go back home and be with my family, the wrestlers and all the people I love. I just really, really hope it happens.”

What are your thoughts on him making a potential return to the WWE? Sound off in the comment section below.

One former WWE superstar is headed to Impact Wrestling.

On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the promotion announced that Rich Swann will be appearing at their TV tapings on June 1st and 2nd at St Clair College in Windsor, Ontario. The promotion sent out the following announcement:

Making his IMPACT debut at our June 1st and 2nd tapings at @StClairCollege in Windsor, ON – @GottaGetSwann!

TICKETS: https://t.co/4lMCWbwjLp pic.twitter.com/cWbkEKeDHM

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 15, 2018

Despite the fact that Swann has gone on record in the past by stating that he plans to retire from wrestling after finishing his indie bookings, he decided to return to the ring and continue to take indy bookings.

Back in December, Rich Swann was arrested in Gainesville, FL and was charged with Kidnapping and False Imprisonment, which is a third-degree felony in Florida that is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine if convicted.

The charges were later dropped. However, it was announced in February that Swann and WWE parted ways.

What are your thoughts on him working for Impact? Sound off in the comment section below.

EVOLVE returns this weekend with two new shows.

EVOLVE 104 is scheduled to take place on Friday in Summit, IL at the Summit Park District and EVOLVE 105 on Saturday in Livonia, MI at the Monaghan Knights Of Columbus Hall.

The promotion has stacked the lineups for these upcoming events. The main event for EVOLVE 104 will see Austin Theory defend the WWN Title against DJ Z while EVOLVE 105 will see Matt Riddle defend the EVOLVE Title against Keith Lee. Here are the cards:

EVOLVE 104

Main Event #1 – WWN Championshp Match
Austin Theory with Priscilla Kelly defends vs. DJZ

Main Event #2 – Non-Title
EVOLVE Champion Matt Riddle vs. Shane Strickland

EVOLVE Tag Team Championship Match – Anything Goes
Chris Dickinson & Jaka with Stokely Hathaway vs. The End

Heavyweight Challenge Match
Keith Lee vs. James Drake

Grudge Match
Tracy Williams vs. Dominic Garrini with Stokely Hathaway

Special Challenge Match
AR Fox with The Skulk vs. Zachary Wentz

Freelance Rivalry Comes To EVOLVE
Anthony Henry vs. Stevie Fierce

Freelance vs. WildKat
Matt Knicks, Chris Castro & Isaias Velazquez vs. J.Spade, Amarok & Jonny Flex

Four Way Freestyle
Darby Allin vs. Trey Miguel vs. Myron Reed vs. Snoop Strikes

EVOLVE 105

EVOLVE Championship Match – No Rope Break Match – The Final War
Matt Riddle defends vs. Keith Lee

EVOLVE Tag Team Championship Match (if Catch Point retain at EVOLVE 104)
Chris Dickinson & Jaka with Stokely Hathaway & Dominic Garrini defend vs.
James Drake & Anthony Henry

Grudge Match
Tracy Williams vs. Odinson of The End

Special Attraction Match
Darby Allin vs. Shane Strickland

The Present vs. The Future Match #1 – Non-Title
WWN Champion Austin Theory with Priscilla Kelly vs. Trey Miguel

The Present vs. The Future Match #2
DJZ vs. Zachary Wentz

The Present vs. The Future Match #3
AR Fox vs. Myron Reed

Tag Team Attraction
The End vs. N8 Mattson & Orlando Christopher

What are your thoughts on this lineup? Do you plan on watching? Sound off in the comment section below.

Braun Strowman was involved in an incident that was accidentally botched.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in London, England at the O2 Arena on the USA Network, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre defeated Finn Balor and Braun Strowman in a tag team match.

During the match, Strowman broke the Greatest Royal Rumble trophy that he received along with a title belt for winning the 50-Man Royal Rumble Match last month at the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on the WWE Network in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the King Abdullah International Stadium.

The spot happened when he tackled Drew McIntyre in the match, which you can see here.

Strowman killing two birds with one stone. RIP trophy. #RAW pic.twitter.com/Ov6BJJz7Wo

— ????? (@NXTFanNation) May 15, 2018

What are your thoughts on this accident? Sound off in the comment section below.

Ronda Rousey is featured in the first trailer for the upcoming “Mile 22” film.

If you recall, she was filming this movie around the time that she made her surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in January.

The movie is expected to be released on August 3rd, 2018 and stars Rousey, Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, and John Malkovich.

The description of the film reads like this, “In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg stars as James Silva, an operative of the CIA’s most highly-prized and least understood unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must retrieve and transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to Mile 22 for extraction before the enemy closes in.”

Although Rousey has only competed in one match in her pro wrestling career, the WWE has already announced that Rousey would challenge Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Title at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.

Do you plan on seeing this movie? Sound off in the comment section below.

– The big news thus far this week involves Ronda Rousey.

The sports entertainment company has announced that the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion would challenge Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Title at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

After the news was made official, fellow Horsewoman, Shayna Baszler took to her official Twitter account to comment on the news by writing the following:

REALITY is, it won’t be long, & we’ll be running the entire business #4HW https://t.co/C4t67KZ80y

— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) May 15, 2018

– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross had some high praise for WWE NXT star Lacey Evans in a recent post on his Twitter account. He sent out the following message:

“This lady is on the road to becoming very special in @WWE. #BlueChipper.”

This lady is on the road to becoming very special in @WWE. #BlueChipper https://t.co/WIYGSKdffU

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) May 14, 2018

What are your thoughts on Rousey getting a title shot so soon in her wrestling career? Sound off in the comment section below.

John Cena has given his reaction to a challenge from EC3.

The former Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion was able to get out of his contract with Impact early, which in turn allowed him to sign with WWE. The sports entertainment company placed him in NXT, where he made his first appearance on the WWE Network at NXT Takeover: Philly.

During a recent interview with WWE.com, EC3 made it clear that he would like to wrestle the former WWE Champion at an upcoming WrestleMania event.

He was quoted by saying, “Yes. I want to vanquish John Cena at WrestleMania.”

This is a big challenge considering that WrestleMania is the biggest event of the year for the sports entertainment company.

Cena, who was last seen on WWE television just last month at the Greatest Royal Rumble event by beating Triple H in a singles match, responded EC3’s comments by posting this on his Instagram account:

https://instagram.com/p/BiwXZ57gkQQ/?utm_source=ig_embed

What are your thoughts on a potential match between these stars? Sound off in the comment section below.

Pete Dunne is truly the fact of the UK scene for the sports entertainment company.

Before signing with the WWE in 2016, Dunne worked for various promotions that include Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), and Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) while making a name for himself in the business.

He got his big break with the WWE when he competed in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament to crown the first ever WWE United Kingdom Champion. He lost to Tyler Bate in the finals. Dunne would later beat Bate at NXT TakeOver: Chicago to win the title.

The WWE United Kingdom Champion recently spoke with Sport Bible to talk about various topics. During the interview, he was asked who he’d like to work with on the main roster if he gets called up. Here is what he had to say.

“Of course that would be great. There’s so many people I’d love to work with like Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan coming back now – there’s a huge list of people, but honestly right now my priority is making this UK show a success.

“If we can be the first sort of territory being established, almost being the guinea pig and making it work, it will do absolute wonders for the wrestling scene in general. That’s my responsibility and focus for now, and then down the line, I’d love the chance to work with people Rollins, Bryan, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.”

What are your thoughts on Dunne’s comments? Sound off in the comment section below.

The early betting odds for one big match at the WWE Money in the Bank PPV has been released.

It should be noted that WWE has yet to announce everyone that is competing in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match. Thus far, the following stars have been confirmed for the upcoming match: Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, The Miz, and Rusev.

Despite the fact that all of the stars for this match has yet to be revealed, it has not stopped oddsmakers from releasing the betting odds.

The Money In The Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network.

Currently, The Miz is the strong favorite to win the contract by competing in this contest at the upcoming event. Here are the rest of the odds courtesy of Sky Bet:

The Miz 11/8
Big E 9/4
Braun Strowman 10/3
Finn Balor 11/2
Rusev 11/2
Samoa Joe 13/2
Big Cass 8/1
Andrade “Cien” Almas 12/1
Elias 14/1
Daniel Breyan 16/1
Baron Corbin 18/1
Cesaro 20/1
Jinder Mahal 20/1

Who do you think will win this match? Sound off in the comment section below.

A new match has been officially announced for the upcoming WWE Money in the Bank PPV.

On Monday morning, WWE SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon revealed in a post on his official Twitter account that AJ Styles would defend the WWE Title against Shinsuke Nakamura at the Money in the Bank PPV.

Every fan of these athletes is looking for a definitive winner, a CLEAR victor…so I am making it official: @AJStylesOrg vs @ShinsukeN for the @WWE Championship at #MITB. #SDLive

— Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) May 14, 2018

It should be noted that although McMahon did not mention a stipulation for the match, WWE will likely add one during this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in London, England at the O2 Arena.

Styles and Nakamura have wrestled each other three times over the last month. Styles successfully retained the title against Nakamura at WrestleMania 34, they went to a double count-out at both the Greatest Royal Rumble and Backlash events.

The Money In The Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured. Here is the updated card:

WWE Championship Match:
AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match:
Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. 4 TBD

Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match:
Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. 6 TBD

What are your thoughts on this match? Sound off in the comment section below.

We now know the next time that Ronda Rousey will wrestle at a WWE PPV event.

POST Wrestling is reporting that the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion is currently scheduled to wrestle at WWE’s Money in the Bank event.

Rousey made her WWE in-ring debut by teaming up with Kurt Angle to defeat Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in a Mixed Tag Team Match at WrestleMania 34 last month.

Although this report did not mention who she would be facing at this upcoming event, it could be against Mickie James. Rousey wrestling at Money in the Bank should be considered a rumor for now until WWE confirms the news.

The reason for this speculation is due to the fact that Rousey will wrestle James at four WWE live events as part of the current UK Tour.

It would make sense for Rousey to wrestle James in her first singles match with WWE as if you recall, WWE had Rousey’s match at Mania rehearsed to the point where each spot was laid out. With Rousey and James working four times together before Money in the Bank, it would allow them time to get a match put together in a structured way. 

Those dates where Rousey vs. James is advertised to take place include on May 16th in Geneva, Switzerland on May 17th in Vienna, Austria on May 18th in Turin, Italy, and on May 19th in Paris, France

The Money In The Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured.

What are your thoughts on Rousey wrestling at this event? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin is always looking to give back to the pro wrestling business.

One of those ways of helping out is to give advice to the younger stars who work for sports entertainment company that he helped grow into the promotion that the WWE is today.

During a recent edition of this podcast, he gave advice to Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman, and Shinsuke Nakamura.

In regards to Rollins, who in the middle of a great run as the Intercontinental Champion, Austin wants to see more brawling out of Rollins rather than high spots but also would like to see him save those big flying moves for his comebacks as a babyface.  

“Sometimes he relies on high spot type sequences for his comeback. Sometimes I want to see him use a few more right hands or a little bit just straight up offense rather than high spots. I’m not telling him to be A.J. [Styles]; but, sometimes as that baby face, you’ve got to use good old fashioned knuckles or feet or just strikes, stomps, whatever it takes. If you can keep working his way around it, more power to him; but, sometimes when you are using those high spots as comebacks, it’s like I really want to see Miz have his ass handed to him a little bit more.”

Switching gears to the “Monster of Among Men,” the WWE Hall of Famer sent a friendly warning to the big man in terms of how he works inside of the squared circle.

“He can work. I’ve been a fan for a couple of years now; but, you’ve got to be careful with what you do with Braun Strowman….dude, you’re Alpha. If you don’t get out there and work and act like Alpha every time you get into the ring, you play Beta or second to anybody, you’re going to start losing your mystique or power. I think Braun’s gotta be careful about that and I don’t want to see Braun Strowman do anything funny….with respect to booking Braun, they’re calling him Monster Among Men, Come Get These Hands and all this other stuff. He’s a little like Stone Cold and a lot like Braun Strowman. I don’t need to see a 6’8? 330 pound guy make me laugh, make me smile, bring any warmth to my body – I want to see him go out there and destroy and crush people because he’s capable of doing it and because his desire for the gold belt is so great that’s what drives him…he’s been a competitor his whole life…Braun Strowman, as well as he’s done over the last few years still has a ways to go and he’s not bullet proof. If you start puffing that kid up, you’re gonna diminish him.”

Finally, Austin addressed Nakamura, who has been a program with WWE Champion AJ Styles for the title over the past month or so. The WWE Legend wouldn’t make many changes to Nakamura’s character but does think that WWE officials should lay off doing comedy segments with him.

“I wouldn’t do a whole lot with Shinsuke; but, I’d knock off the comedy because I don’t think he needs that to be entertaining. If Renee [Young] asks him a question, if he just sits there and looks at the camera, because he’s not gonna answer the camera – to me after a period of silence, you just fade out and go to the next match. Then you let Michael Cole and those guys pick it up and, ‘Hey man I think this guy is going to talk when he wants to and not talk when he doesn’t want to.’ That way you can get off of him, leave something to talk about, still be entertaining and not put him in a comedic light because as The King of Strong Style, that’s a statement.”

Thanks to Michael McClead of WrestleZone.com for the quotes

What are your thoughts on Austin’s comments? Sound off in the comment section below.

Former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bayley has recently addressed the slow build for her feud with Sasha Banks.

Bayley is a loveable babyface that found her spotlight while in WWE’s developmental brand in Orlando, Florida, NXT. The sports entertainment company pushed her as a top babyface in the NXT women’s division after several talents were called up to the main roster such as Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Paige, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax and others. She is an underdog and resembles an average person.

The company pushed her to the moon, and she quickly won the NXT Women’s Title. She held the title for a long time before she was called up to the main roster.

However, when she was called up to the main roster and placed on the Raw, Vince McMahon did not put her in the same position as she was placed in NXT. That has changed as she is a more prominent talent on the main roster.

Bayley recently did an interview with SkySports.com and during that interview, she talked about her feud with Banks and if it could lead to them wrestling each other at this year’s SummerSlam event as it has been a slow build.

“When I was a kid watching wrestling that’s kind of how it was. You had these long feuds and storylines and you just got more and more interested and you wanted to see where it was going to go. You wanted to see the big blow-off match and I like that stuff because that’s what I grew up watching. There are so many people on the roster, there’s so much going on and there’s so much content that we sometimes rush through things so maybe that’s what we get used to and what we’re expecting. I’m pretty happy with it. I’m a fan still but I’m not a viewer so perhaps I see it differently but I really enjoy what’s going on. It’s fun and I think it’s going well.”

Bayley continued, “Any time I get to wrestle Sasha, I always want to do it. For SummerSlam to be in that building, I don’t know if I would be able to hold my tears back, but I’d love to do it. That’s a goal. Hopefully we can do it.”

What are your thoughts on Bayley’s comments? Sound off in the comment section below.

Former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal has suffered an injury.

The Baltimore-based promotion announced on Saturday, May 12, 2018 that Lethal suffered an injury while working a six-man tag match where EVIL, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Kenny King, Colt Cabana & Lethal at Friday’s War of the Worlds: Toronto main event.

Dave Meltzer reported on F4Wonline that the injury occurred when Lethal performed a sunset flip powerbomb spot to the floor and had memory issues after the match.

It was noted that he is doing better but the promotion wanted to keep him off Saturday’s show over the fear that he may have suffered a mild concussion.

Lethal was originally slated to compete in a  four-way match against King, Matt Taven, and Marty Scurll in Royal Oak, Michigan on Saturday night.

The promotion has since announced that SANADA will be replacing him at the show.

ROH wraps up this most recent tour with a set of television tapings in Chicago on Sunday.

Former ROH World Champion Adam Cole has taken the WWE by storm since signing with the sports entertainment company last year.

With Cole being the WWE NXT North American Champion, he is expected to defend it at the NXT Takeover events but he may end up missing the next event, which is Takeover: Chicago II.

By looking at the advertisements, Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly are scheduled for the WWE NXT UK events on June 18th and June 19th in London. There’s still a chance that they could still work the Takeover event if they are able to make the trip in time.

Undisputed Era is slated to wrestle Trent Seven, Tyler Bate and WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne at the June 18th event.

The NXT TakeOver: Chicago event takes place on Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network.

What are your thoughts Cole potentially missing this event? Sound off in the comment section below.

Former WWE Divas Champion Paige’s career is over as in-ring performer under the WWE banner. The news was reported a while ago, but WWE had yet to confirm the news up until recently.

For a quick recap, here’s the deal. She was in a six-woman tag match back in late December at a live event that needed to be called off after she took a hard kick to the back from Sasha Banks that she wasn’t ready for and it stunned her.

The early belief was it was just a mild stinger, leading to her losing feeling in her extremities.

Paige recently appeared on the E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness podcast with WWE Hall of Famer Edge and former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Christian.

During the podcast, she was asked if she’ll ever be cleared to wrestle again. Here is what she had to say (transcript courtesy of Express.co.uk).

“My doctor said, maybe, in 15 to 20 years time I could return,” Paige said. “I don’t think I want to wrestle in 15 to 20 years time.”

Paige added, “People say ‘you’ll have the Daniel Bryan thing’ but the thing with Daniel Bryan is his problem was concussion. Ours is spinal, so it’s different.”

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Randy Orton is well known to the fans of the sports entertainment company as a top guy for the promotion. He is also known for his finishing move, which is great, to say the least.

In recent years, he has worked a more limited schedule for the sports entertainment company. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler. His grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father “Cowboy” Bob Orton, and uncle Barry Orton all competed in the professional wrestling business.

Recently on Twitter, Orton teased another match with former WWE Champion Dave Bautista at an upcoming WrestleMania event.

Although he is no longer a member of the WWE’s roster, the former WWE Champion will always be part of the WWE family. “The Animal” is one of the most successful WWE Superstars of all time as he has won six WWE World Titles, a four-time WWE Tag Team Champion, and a two-time Royal Rumble winner (2005 and 2014).

He has not been with the company since late 2014 but has expressed interest in a potential match with Triple H one more time. He wrote the following on his official Twitter account:

“Avengers 3 was just as great the second time around! Who knows maybe I could headline #WrestleMania with #drax @DaveBautista someday.”

Avengers 3 was just as great the second time around! Who knows maybe I could headline #WrestleMania with #drax @DaveBautista someday ?

— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) May 11, 2018

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Corey Graves is one of the best commentators that the WWE has right now but had an interesting ride to get where he is now.

In August of 2011, Graves signed a developmental contract with WWE and he was sent to WWE’s developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

In the Spring of 2014, he was pulled from action in NXT after suffering a concussion, which caused him to be absent from television for several months. He announced his official in-ring retirement due to his concussion issues in December of that year.

It was a bittersweet moment as the door on his wrestling career shut while his career as a commentator began.

Following the 2016 WWE draft, it was announced that Graves would be joining the RAW commentary team. Since then, Graves has brought his entertaining analysis to the main roster by breaking down the matches and storylines on both RAW and SmackDown Live.

Graves was recently a guest on the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast. During the interview, he was asked if he dislikes Jonathan Coachman and Byron Saxton. Here is what he had to say:

“Usually if I am not into somebody, then I just won’t talk about them. I wouldn’t have anything to say. I have gotten to the point now where I am kind of tired at points. I still am on such a roll non-stop and I haven’t had a week off in any way shape or form in like 4 years.

I love it though, that is what keeps me going, I am finally at a point now where I think to myself that I don’t have anything for this segment so I have to catch my breath, my throat hurts, which still hasn’t recovered from WrestleMania, and every once in a while I will tell Byron [Saxton] to take this segment, or Coach, help me out here. Usually I am so take charge, it’s either Tom [Phillips] and I or [Michael] Cole and I. We have instant chemistry and we can read each other’s minds and finish each other’s thoughts, but a lot of times I tend to forget that there is a third guy there. It is nothing intentional but you get in the zone and you get excited and fired up, but every once in a while I remind myself to breathe. I get burned out sometimes.”

Graves continued by saying, “”I don’t know Coach on a social level. I am cool with him and have hung out with him a handful of times socially, but I don’t know him, which is different because with Booker T, by the time we were doing Raw together, I had worked with him in the studio every single week for a year and a half and spent all day with him. We had a chemistry, where we would go to the hotel bar and just talk business and have fun so I had a rapport with him, but with Coach, he was the square peg in a round hole, so in the first few weeks I told myself that I wasn’t going to come at him too hard because I wanted to have him get back into it. It’s not something you just pick back up overnight and say that you are doing Raw commentary. He and I are cool.

My thing is that you can tell when he is live Tweeting on the air because he will literally repeat something or say something that means nothing, and then you will scroll through Twitter and then you see Coach sending a ‘Coach em Up’ Tweet, and then he’ll talk about how great the match is going to be, and I say something like, ‘thanks Coach.’ We just spent the last five minutes saying that. The longer we work together the better it is going to be.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

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Former WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos have been a core element of the sports entertainment company for years now.

The Usos have been five-time tag team champions. By breaking this down, WWE Tag Team Championship twice in 2014, SmackDown Tag Team Champions on three different occasions in 2017. They were the first team to win both the Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship, which was previously known as WWE Tag Team Championship.

Although they started out as babyfaces, they became stale and knew that a change had to be made. Thus, they turned heel.

During a recent interview Fox 45 News to promote this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Baltimore, MD at the Royal Farms Arena on the USA Network, Jimmy discussed how they do not play a character on television.

“Our characters – we’re lucky – we basically get to just be us out there. Some guys actually have to be somebody [else] or a character. I’m glad we get to be us, so that works. It’s easy, because it’s real.”

“We are the longest reigning tag team ever in WWE History. … Four brothers, we grew up beating each other up, watching my Dad and family on TV. Breaking coffee tables, putting holes in walls, jumping off couches, it’s natural [being in the ring].”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

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