Tonight’s WWE SmackDown was relatively stacked, with a Tag Team Championships match and a Gauntlet match to determine Ronda Rousey’s next opponent included in the lineup. It also began building to the previous fight pitting the teams of Kevin Owens and John Cena against Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn, and as part of that buildup, WWE aired a promotional video focused on Cena that showed off his career in and out of the ring. This video also appeared in Vince McMahon’s debut on FOX’s SmackDown in a while, and fans…
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WWE report reveals internal reaction to Vince McMahon’s potential comeback
Earlier today The Wall Street Journal released a report regarding two alleged sexual assault victims who were seeking compensation from Vince McMahon, and that report also stated that McMahon told some of his close associates that he was considering returning to WWE. The report stated that McMahon said he was given bad advice about his retirement and that he now believes the allegations and investigations would have ended if he had stayed. Now an additional report from Choose a fight Addressing the reaction internally to McMahon’s return, there doesn’t seem…
Read More‘The 9 Lives of Vince McMahon’ Trailer Released
Trailer for VICE 9 The life of Vince McMahon The documentary dropped this weekend, giving wrestling fans a hint of what the new documentary will cover when it drops on Tuesday. The segment featured Jim Cornette, Vince Russo, and Brian Alvarez as talking heads and featured a variety of McMahon segments, from Owen Hart confronting him walking out of the courtroom wearing a neck brace during the steroid trials to him throwing a microphone away. After a brief period The Wall Street Journal She dropped her initial report on the…
Read MoreTony Khan reveals why he rarely appears on AEW TV
Power figures have been a staple on professional wrestling shows for years. The WWF used Jack Tony as its fictional boss before the company’s real-life president, Vince McMahon, took over on-screen as well. Meanwhile, World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff brought his role backstage to WCW TV, serving as a quirky authority figure in Monday Nitro. The concept was implemented throughout 2010, with World Wrestling Entertainment bringing everyone from Mike Adamle to a laptop to top their programming, while promotions like Total Nonstop Action and Ring of Honor would use…
Read MoreWas Vince McMahon planning to crown Cody Rhodes as WWE Champion?
When Cody Rhodes returned to WWE back in April, he quickly made it clear that his only goal was to eventually win the WWE Championship. The implications of this claim meant that “The American Nightmare” would eventually have to get close to current undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, but Rhodes spent his first months in the company taking three pay-per-view wins over Seth Rollins. Unfortunately, he also suffered a chest tear and has been off the field since his valiant victory over Rollins inside Hell in a Cell. There…
Read MoreImperium’s Ludwig Kaiser addresses WWE rumor that Vince McMahon has lost interest in Gunther
Since Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser made their WWE SmackDown debut, they’ve been on their way, and it didn’t take Gunther long to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion, and he hasn’t given up the title since. There was little doubt that things would continue to go up for the group after rumors that Vince McMahon and the squad had jittered over Gunther after their Monday Night Raw appearance. There were rumors that squash was coming, but then McMahon retired from WWE and Triple H took over the WWE Creative, and…
Read MorePaul “Triple H” Levesque gets a new promotion within WWE
Paul “Triple H” Levesque took over as WWE’s Chief Creative and Head of Talent Relations in late July after Vince McMahon left the company. He has now received another through his tenure as the company’s director of content, as confirmed by a press release issued on Monday. Frank Riddick III’s promotion to WWE President and Chief Financial Officer has also been confirmed. The statement read, “WWE® (NYSE: WWE) announced today that Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque has been promoted to the position of Director of Content. In addition, the company has…
Read MoreNetflix Moves Forward With WWE Vince McMahon Docuseries
Netflix previously revealed that it was working with WWE on the Docuseries series about Vince McMahon, but was put on hold after a report from the Wall Street Journal claimed McMahon paid millions in silence money to several different people. Over the past few months, the investigation that has been opened into McMahon has been completed and McMahon has retired from his position as WWE CEO and Chief Creative Officer, and now Wrestling Newsletter He said that Netflix is moving ahead with the multi-part documentary series, which was announced in…
Read MoreWWE investigation ends with Vince McMahon
WWE’s latest quarterly filing with the SEC on Monday officially confirmed that the company’s board of directors’ investigation into former CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon is “largely complete.” The investigation began in April and was eventually announced via A The Wall Street Journal A report in June, which looked at non-disclosure agreements McMahon signed to former WWE employees in order to prevent allegations of sexual misconduct from coming to light. McMahon announced his retirement from all positions within WWE in late July, although the filing warns that his departure may…
Read MoreVince McMahon and the old WWE system reportedly “really sad” for Gunther
Gunther and Shinsuke Nakamura put on a great match during WWE SmackDown last night, so it’s odd to read a report that says the former WWE leadership “really strained” on the Ring General. That’s exactly what a new report from WrestleVotes says, and it apparently happened after Gunther appeared on the July 4th episode of Monday Night Raw. During that episode, Gunther took over R-Truth, dressed as Uncle Sam, after which it was reported that Vince McMahon and the leadership in charge “really grieved” for Gunther that a televised burial…
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