Jury Rules for WWE Tattoo Artist Randy Orton and 2K Games Case

WWE and Take-Two experienced an unexpected loss in court, as a federal jury in Illinois found Catherine Alexander to stand trial for copyright infringement regarding Randy Orton’s tattoo. The lawsuit was filed in 2018, with Alexander saying she owns the copyright to the designs used in Orton’s tattoos in the WWE 2K video games. Alexander has apparently been tattooing Orton since 2003, and today the jury has ruled in favor of Paint and against Take-Two, 2K Games, Visual Concepts Entertainment and WWE (via @copyrightlately). You can find the post related…

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WWE’s Rhea Ripley has revealed that she is dealing with a brain injury

The original plan for WWE’s Money in the Bank was for Bianca Belair to face Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley, but then WWE withdrew Ripley from the match and held a Fatal 5-Way game to decide who would be Belair’s next challenger. He ended up being Carmella, but fans are still wondering what kind of injury kept Ripley out of action, as it hasn’t been publicly revealed. We now have more insight into the injury thanks to Ripley’s recent comment on Twitter (via WrestlingNewsCo), in response to someone saying she…

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WWE reveals the date of the injured NXT star’s return

During tonight’s episode of WWE NXT, WWE NXT fans received another promotion from Nikkita Lyons, who was recovering from an injury that knocked her out of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament. The new promotion carried some great news, as Lyons put the NXT women’s division on 7-day notice, announcing that she will be back in action in NXT next week. That’s great news, and the Lions should be able to pick right back up where they left off, having already racked up several victories before being injured and quickly becoming…

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WWE Star returns to NXT with a new name

WWE has reintroduced a number of its Superstars to fans with new names attached, and the latest example was revealed during tonight’s episode of NXT. During the episode, a video of former WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin was shown driving a car on the road, and after a wink at the camera, it was revealed that Devlin is now JD McDonagh. The video also mentioned that he will be returning to NXT full time after another tour with NXT UK, and you can watch the exciting video for yourself…

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WWE’s Carmelo Hayes retains the NXT title in North America with some help from Santos Escobar

The main event in WWE NXT tonight was the North American Championship, pitting Champion Carmelo Hayes against NXT’s Dawn Tony D’Angelo. D’Angelo brought his entire army to the ring while Hayes was by Trick Williams’ side, and the numbers advantage was a factor throughout the match. At one point, D’Angelo seemed to have this win in the bag, and called his crew to help him. That’s when Santos Escobar made the decision to help his opponent, passing some brass knuckles to Carmelo Hayes who scored D’Angelo and took the win.…

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WWE’s Wes Lee addresses Nash Carter’s version in an enthusiastic NXT promo

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for WWE’s Wes Lee, and he talked about that journey and everything that led to this point in his career in a heart-thumping promo during NXT tonight. About midnight Lee came to the ring and talked about the past few months and how he let go of anger and the need to prove himself, and then he talked about what led to that, referring to Nash Carter’s firing as direct as possible without referring to him by name. It’s the most live version of Carter…

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Naomi’s next appearance has been revealed following the WWE suspension

While there have been many reports and rumors, there are still many unanswered questions regarding Naomi’s standing with WWE. She’s been on indefinite suspension since she went out before Monday Night Raw with Sasha Banks, both of whom left the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship behind. Neither Naomi nor Banks has since commented on the situation, but we now know where Naomi will appear next, as the star retweeted a tweet @NaomiWWENews revealed that she will appear on the next episode of Kevin Hart’s Celebrity Game Face. We don’t have…

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Vince McMahon’s appearance has a huge impact on WWE SmackDown ratings

Quite a few people were shocked when WWE announced that Vince McMahon would appear during last night’s episode of SmackDown, which was days after a Wall Street Trip Report revealed that the WWE Board was investigating McMahon over allegations of paying a former employee to conceal an affair. . McMahon ended up appearing on the show, opening the episode with a brief introduction before heading backstage, and while the brevity and lack of treatment confuse people a bit, Limit It is reported to have had a tremendous impact on ratings.…

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Ric Flair says WWE and AEW can’t afford him now if he’s 35

Ric Flair is set to run the final match of his legendary Starrcast V career, and it absolutely should be the event. Flair shared videos of his pre-match training, made even more impressive by the fact that he’s 73. Flair recently joined Two Man Power Trip . PodcastAnd during that conversation, the topic of how business has changed and how star-building has changed, and if he’s 35 today, Flair doesn’t know if WWE or AEW can actually afford it with things now. “If I’m 35 right now, they can’t afford…

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All matches confirmed for next week (24 June)

Last night’s episode of WWE SmackDown was absolutely fantastic for a number of reasons, including the return of Brock Lesnar, who will now challenge Roman Reigns for the undisputed WWE Championship. The episode also revealed several new additions to Money in the Bank Ladder Matches, such as Drew McIntyre, Raquel Rodriguez, and Sheamus. Looking ahead to next week’s SmackDown, there will be two additional qualifiers for the men’s and women’s Bank Ladder matches as well as the Intercontinental Championship fight, and we’ve got your full recap here. Let’s start with…

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