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At this week’s SmackDown in Connecticut, WWE announced to the live crowd that their next show in the state will be the official return of their Bad Blood pay-per-view. The first Bad Blood pay-per-view took place in 1997 and featured the first-ever Hell In A Cell match, between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker. The event…

While no matches or special pre-advertised segments have been announced for the “Kickoff Show” pre-show for this Sunday’s WrestleMania 33 pay-per-view, the four WWE personalities that will be the members of the “expert panel” have been confirmed. The four WWE talents that will make up the panel for what will be a special two-hour pre-show…

As noted, three new championship belts were revealed and awarded to the winners of the three title matches at NXT TakeOver: Orlando on Saturday night. The three matches saw Bobby Roode defeat Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the NXT World Championship, Asuka defeat Ember Moon to retain the NXT Women’s Championship and The Authors of Pain…

On Monday morning, John Cena and Nikki Bella appeared as guests on “The Today Show” to promote that evening’s post-WrestleMania 33 episode of WWE RAW. During the appearance, Cena and Bella, fresh off of their victory over The Miz and Maryse at the previous night’s WrestleMania pay-per-view, spoke about their post-match, real-life marriage proposal that…

Former WWE announcer Justin Roberts says that he was “completely blindsided” by the pitfalls of working for the biggest wrestling company in the world. In a recent interview with PressBox, Roberts recalled that he had heard about some performers’ reputations, but didn’t realize what the “culture” in WWE would be like. Roberts says that WWE…

Former WWE Superstar Vickie Guerrero recently appeared as a guest on WWE Hall Of Famer Madusa’s “Full Throttle” podcast for an interview. Below are some of the highlights of the former SmackDown GM’s appearance on the former WWE Women’s Champion’s show: On current WWE Divas not being able to cut promos: “I look at some…

Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and AJ Styles taped a “Table for Three” recently, with Styles being there to discuss the rumored match with Michaels that never happened at the Royal Rumble. Michaels stated that while he has been asked by WWE officials over the years to come out of retirement for a match, this was…

Former WWE Superstar John Morrison recently appeared as a guest on Sean Waltman’s 12360 Podcast. During his appearance on the show, Morrison spoke with Sean Waltman about pitching ideas that WWE ultimately turned down when he worked for the company. “That was one of the reasons I left (WWE),” said Morrison of WWE turning down…

Pro wrestling veteran Frankie Kazarian recently spoke with ESPN to promote last night’s ROH: War Of The Worlds 2017 pay-per-view in New York City. Below are some of the highlights from the interview. On joining The Bullet Club for a brief period of time and how it was received: “Well, for me it was cool…

— According to a report at Pro Wrestling Sheet, WWE has been in talks on a deal to have LaVar Ball appear on tonight’s Raw from Los Angeles, CA. Ball – for those who are not familiar with him – is the outspoken father of new Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball and pretty much tries…