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• MGP: The Man who got away? Becky Lynch & WWE approach contract deadline

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Tuesday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports in the world of WWE & AEW. In addition to interviews with your favorite professional wrestlers. Good Tuesday afternoon faithful Cageside Seat readers. Hope everyone had a spectacular Mother’s Day weekend. Speaking from personal experi...2024
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• WWE’s messy title scene clouds Cody Rhodes vs. Logan Paul match

WWE.com In the midst of WWE’s confusing championship landscape, Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul’s match becomes a showdown for clarity and supremacy. In a surprising yet welcomed decision, WWE named Logan Paul as Cody Rhodes’ next challenger for the Undisputed WWE Championship last week on SmackDown. The two are expected to headline the King and Queen of the Ring on May 25 in Saudi Arabia. Des...2024
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• Remembering the night Becky Lynch announced she was pregnant

WWE.com On Mother’s Day, Cageside Seats takes a look back at the night The Man revealed she’d soon be The Mom. In 2020, wrestling fans were left with little to celebrate. The world was in the grip of a relentless pandemic, forcing a lockdown that kept crowds away from live wrestling events for over a year. Despite the efforts of promotions such as WWE and AEW to carry on with weekly shows ...2024
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• AEW’s Street Fight Queen puts down a few more rivals

Lee South for All Elite Wrestling Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS. Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results ...2024
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• AEW’s Chuck Taylor legitimately might not be able to wrestle again

Zach Tarrant for Cageside Seats On the May 1 episode of AEW Dynamite, Orange Cassidy said that Chuck Taylor was told by doctors his wrestling career was over. The announcement came one week after Taylor took a vicious beating during and after a loss to Trent Beretta in a Parking Lot Fight, and was part of a bigger program about Beretta turning on his now-former Best Friends. But that was ...2024
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• Ric Flair caught on video cursing at a restaurant manager

A video has surfaced that gives more context to a recent incident involving the WWE Hall of Famer. Video has emerged showing WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair causing a commotion at a restaurant. The footage (originally posted by Tik Tok account bussines11.11) captures Flair insulting a staff member, using explicit language, and threatening to leverage social media against the establishment. Footage h...2024
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• AEW’s Chuck Taylor legitimately might not be able to wrestle again
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• AEW’s Julia Hart recently had surgery on injured shoulder

Julia Hart’s Instagram Story Former TBS champion Julia Hart suffered a shoulder injury at the April 10 Rampage taping, but kept working through the Dynasty PPV toward the end of the month so she could drop the belt to Willow Nightingale. That match was “kept short” due to Hart being hurt, per Wrestling Observer. That wasn’t the only ramification. We’d heard the injury would likely require ...2024
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• WWE Mock Draft: Night Two on Raw

Becky Lynch Render: Abdul Malik Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports in the world of WWE & AEW. In addition to interviews with your favorite professional wrestlers. Becky Lynch Render: Abdul Malik Well... My Mock WWE Draft on Friday could have been better, but it c...2024
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• WWE Mock Draft: Night One on SmackDown

Let’s be honest. Most of us stayed up way too late watching the opening round of the NFL Draft, but just because the annual spring spectacle — that is Commissioner Roger Goodell reading off a list of names — is underway does not mean that mock draft season is over! The WWE Draft kicks off tonight from the Heritage Bank Center in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Very excited to be there live as Ra...2024
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• AEW has ‘big surprises’ planned for Dynasty, and Jack Perry’s return might be one of them

AEW’s X All Elite Wrestling returns to pay-per-view tonight (Sun., Apr. 21, 2024) with their new Dynasty event. The show comes our way from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis at 8 pm ET. A Zero Hour pre-show will stream live and free starting at 6:30 pm ET on All Elite’s YouTube channel, Bleacher Report, and right here at Cageside Seats. The main card can be purchased on Bleacher Report, Tril...2024
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• And New? Swerve & Thunder Rosa talk battling for top prizes at AEW Dynasty

Thunder Rosa could very well walk out of the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis this Sunday as the new AEW Women’s Champion. It would be the perfect conclusion to an inspiring comeback story. The possibility also exists that she comes up short against Toni Storm who’s title reign may ultimately prove to be timeless. At the end of the day, just being in a position to have this match is a rewarding victory...2024
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• MGP: WWE ushers in new ‘Era’ with Cody Rhodes as its quarterback

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports in the world of WWE & AEW. In addition to interviews with your favorite professional wrestlers. So... loyal Cageside Seats readers. What do we want to talk about? For so long now the conversation for many pro wrestling fans has centered arou...2024
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• WrestleMania XL is the perfect finale for the original Damage CTRL

Big things have small beginnings. The concept of Damage CTRL was first thought up years ago by someone with a vision. Someone who always has the bigger picture in mind. Someone who is constantly pushing to make the entire WWE Women’s Division better, even if it means putting her own self-interests on the backburner for an entire year. That someone is Bayley. Unfortunately for the Role Model, he...2024
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• Charlotte Flair Shares Recent Advice She Gave Shotzi About Her Injury

The Queen Charlotte Flair is currently sidelined due to an unexpected injury. Another wrestler who is injured and will be out of action for a while is Shotzi. Recently, during the WWE World Fan Experience, the Queen gave some advice to Shotzi. Rick Ucchino of Cageside Seats asked if Flair had ever met Shotzi and […] The post Charlotte Flair Shares Recent Advice She Gave Shotzi About Her Inju...2024
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• Ric Flair asked to leave restaurant after an incident with staff

Flair said he was “disrespected more than I ever have in my entire life.” Ric Flair was recently asked to leave a restaurant after an incident involving a member of the restaurant’s staff, according to the 16-time former world champion. On Sunday (May 5), Flair registered a complaint on social media against Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza in Gainesville, FL, saying he was asked to leave because o...2024
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• MGP: WWE ushers in new ‘Era’ with Cody Rhodes as its quarterback
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• What’s your biggest fear heading into WrestleMania?

WWE Weeks away from wrestling’s premier event, we ask our readers what worries them most about this year’s Showcase of the Immortals. While it’s hard to give The Rock all the credit, he may have been correct when he said wrestling is cool again. The sports entertainment world is one day removed from All Elite Wrestling’s Revolution spectacular, which seems to be receiving generally high pr...2024
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• Jon Moxley: Bryan Danielson is the best pure pro wrestler who’s ever lived

All Elite Wrestling Whether you want to call it the last year of the American Dragon or the final countdown for Bryan Danielson, the former multi-time World Champion announced on AEW Collision this past Saturday, that his in-ring career is winding down. At least in a full-time capacity. Since making the move to All Elite Wrestling a little over two years ago, Danielson has become someone t...2023
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• MGP: SmackDown is the new land of opportunity following the WWE Draft

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports in the world of WWE & AEW. In addition to interviews with your favorite professional wrestlers. May 6, 2024 — It’s a new day in WWE. With Backlash now in the rearview mirror, the newly drafted rosters for both Raw and SmackDown are now locke...2024
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• Ric Flair asked to leave restaurant after an incident with staff
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• WWE Mock Draft: Night One on SmackDown
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• AEW has ‘big surprises’ planned for Dynasty, and Jack Perry’s return might be one of them
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• Historic Mox Violence

njpw1972.com Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS. Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which make up our ...2024
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• And New? Swerve & Thunder Rosa talk battling for top prizes at AEW Dynasty
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• Finishing the story, or whatever

Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS. Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which make up our annual competition fo...2024
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• AEW’s Street Fight Queen puts down a few more rivals
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• Here’s what’s in our envelope for Trick Williams

Trick Williams' Instagram Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS. Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which...2024
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• Chad Gable can’t take this from Sami Zayn, either

Sami Zayn’s Instagram Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS. Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which mak...2024
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• AEW has ‘big surprises’ planned for Dynasty, and Jack Perry’s return might be one of them
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• Dynasty results, live blog: Joe vs. Swerve

AEW’s Instagram All Elite Wrestling returns to pay-per-view TONIGHT (Sun., April 21, 2024) with their new Dynasty PPV. The show comes our way from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis at 8pm ET. A Zero Hour pre-show will stream live and free starting at 6:30pm Eastern on All Elite’s YouTube channel, Bleacher Report, and right here at Cageside Seats. The main card can be purchased on Bleacher Re...2024
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• Jade Cargill storms to the top

WWE.com Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS. Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which make up our annua...2024
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• WrestleMania XL is the perfect finale for the original Damage CTRL
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• E&C Forever

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• Remembering the night Becky Lynch announced she was pregnant
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• Independent wrestler Billy Reil dies at 44 years old

Brett Lauderdale’s X The Philadelphian was a lifelong fan of the business, and turned that into a career on the Northeast indie scene in the late 1990s and 2000s. Yesterday (April 29), GCW’s Brett Lauderdale posted on X that independent wrestler Billy Reil had died recently. PWInsider reports Reil’s family also shared the sad news about the 44 year old. Sorry to hear about the passing of...2024
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• AEW has ‘big surprises’ planned for Dynasty, and Jack Perry’s return might be one of them
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• And New? Swerve & Thunder Rosa talk battling for top prizes at AEW Dynasty
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• Bray Wyatt’s cause of death revealed

WWE.com Most of us are still in shock over the terrible news from a couple hours ago that WWE star Bray Wyatt (real name Windham Rotunda) died earlier today at 36 years old. When Triple H announced the tragic news on social media, he did not state a cause of death, and asked that everybody respect the privacy of the Rotunda family at this time. Now, Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp has more info...2023
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• Serious or not, Kevin Nash’s comments about LA Knight are wrong
John Cena’s Instagram Big Diesel took a wrong turn with his recent take. Scoping Cageside Seats for news, it should come as no surprise that the headline about Kevin Nash calling LA Knight a ripoff of The Rock caught my eye. As a contributor and reader of this site, it would be easy to dismiss this story by saying, “It doesn’t matter what Kevin Nash thinks.” Instead, I’m sitting here going...2023
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• Paul Orndorff’s son confirms Hulk Hogan’s story: ‘Dad could be difficult’
WWE In a Cageside Seats exclusive, M. G0MEZ speaks with Mr. Wonderful’s son to get the truth. Hulk Hogan recently went on record to say that Vince McMahon couldn’t trust stars like Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff with the WWE Championship because they refused to do business. Now, the son of Mr. Wonderful is speaking out, and he confirms Hogan’s story. “The fact that Terry [Bollea, Hoga...2023
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• Former WWE superstar Virgil has died

WWE Michael Jones, who longtime wrestling fans remember as Virgil, the ever-present bodyguard for “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, has reportedly passed away. The news comes from the Facebook account of Mark Charles III, a wrestling referee from Pennsylvania. The post, which includes tags to the accounts of several former and current pro wrestling personalities, said: My dear friends...2024
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• Everything is gonna be alright
WWE.com So, Vince McMahon is back. Not only is he back, it seems he’s more or less taken the reigns of power from Triple H, creatively speaking, and once again has WWE in a choke hold. This has drawn the ire of many, including our very own Cain A. Knight here at Cageside Seats. Various rumors and reports have made the rounds that indicate morale within the locker room has taken a hit and m...2023
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• LA Knight: It’s Tough To Enjoy The Run I’m On, But Dammit, I’m Trying

LA Knight tries his hardest to stop and smell the roses. John Cena and LA Knight were victorious at WWE Fastlane on Saturday night. Following the event, the pair took part in a post-show press conference. Rick Ucchino of Cageside Seats asked if Knight could take a moment and enjoy the run he’s on without […] The post LA Knight: It’s Tough To Enjoy The Run I’m On, But Dammit, I...2023
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• The Iron Sheik has died
Photo by John Shearer/WireImage The Twitter account of The Iron Sheik announced this morning that the WWE Hall of Famer and wrestling legend died recently. The former WWF champion (real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri) was 81 years old. RESPECT THE LEGEND FOREVER pic.twitter.com/Cr6CC9pXSO— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) June 7, 2023 Remembering The Iron Sheik Today, we gather wit...2023
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• Ronda Rousey Told Triple H 'I Can't Be Associated With Mediocrity,' That's What WWE Seemed Happy With
Ronda Rousey talks leaving WWE. Speaking with Rick Ucchino of Cageside Seats, Ronda Rousey discussed her frustrations about her second run with WWE. She noted that it created a lot of frustration and anxiety, and she revealed that she had a long talk with Triple H prior to her exit. “I had a long sit down with Triple H and I was like, ‘I can’t be associated with mediocrity.’ That’s what they seeme...2024
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• Remembering the night Becky Lynch announced she was pregnant
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• Sami Zayn once again delivers under the bright lights of WrestleMania

‘Nobody is going to hit as hard as life, but it ain’t about about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!’ - Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa (2006) WWE.com Sami Zayn soaking in his monumental victory at WrestleMania XL The spirit of the Sylvester Stallone’s ...2024
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• BIG MEATY MEN EATING MEAT (and pizza)

WWE’s YouTube We here at Cageside Seats remain very sad that Big E hasn’t been a regular on WWE television since suffering a broken neck on SmackDown in March of 2022. But we’re more happy that our guy is living his best life, healthy and pain-free. Especially because he routinely reappears on the radar doing just the coolest, most Large Epsilon sh*t possible. Case in point... well, just ...2024
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• Becky Lynch’s memoir is an exceptional look into why WWE fans connect with ‘The Man’

April 1, 2022. It was the Friday before WrestleMania 38 and a fairly crisp spring morning in Dallas, if memory serves. I had awoken very early that day to put on my best Men’s Warehouse suit and JC Penney’s button up, ready to showcase a lack of style and flare that has haunted me since I was young child to some of the biggest names in the WWE. I just didn’t realize how big as I stood around con...2024
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• Ronda Rousey: I Felt Like I Was Doing Custom Matches For A 'F*cking Sicko In The Back' In WWE
Ronda Rousey elaborates on her comments about Vince McMahon. In excerpts from her new book, "Our Fight", former WWE star Ronda Rousey shared her thoughts on the "casting couch culture" in WWE. She also spoke critically of Vince McMahon and commented on the allegations against him. Speaking with Rick Ucchino of Cageside Seats, Rousey was critical of the way McMahon ran WWE. “Everything just being b...2024
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• Ronda Rousey on her lifelong history with concussions & where WWE run went wrong [Exclusive]

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports in the world of WWE & AEW. In addition to interviews with your favorite professional wrestlers. Ronda Rousey has kept a great deal bottled up inside over the last decade. No doubt it’s been a cathartic experience to finally tell the world he...2024
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• Do better, my Tribal Chief (and you too, Rock)

WWE Recent verbal slip-ups by two of WWE’s premier stars highlight the need for language evolution and sensitivity. As Cageside Seats’ most prolific op-ed writer, readers of this fine website know I never hold back in expressing my views on pro wrestling. Whether they agree or disagree with my takes, they know my opinions are sincere and informed, backed by a unique life experience and nea...2024
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• MGP: Roddy Strong on Sting’s AEW impact & Kevin Patrick on his WWE run

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports, and tries to figure out just what is going on in the world of WWE, AEW & more! “First and foremost, I’m just honored to be on the same card as [Sting] in general, but also it being such a special night for him makes my night even more specia...2024
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• Headlock on my heart: Why heels give me the feels

WWE.com An open love letter to wrestling’s scoundrels from Cageside Seats’ most notorious author. Today is Valentine’s Day, a time when convention dictates I should be expressing my love and appreciation for my caring, devoted, and patient wife. However, I find myself compelled to express my admiration for another: the antagonists of pro wrestling, commonly known as heels. But don’t worry,...2024
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• MGP: WrestleMania Bubble Watch! Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes to make history?

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports, and tries to figure out just what is going on in the world of WWE, AEW & more! Bracketology isn’t just for college basketball this time of the year, ladies and gentlemen! Periodically here on the Monday Gorilla Position, I’ll be mapping out ...2024
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• WWE is ‘harming’ Cody Rhodes, says wrestling historian

WWE.com Historian, author, and podcaster Brian R. Solomon shares his concerns over the recent presentation of Cody Rhodes with Cageside Seats. For now, it appears that WWE is moving ahead with Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes in the main event for WrestleMania XL following an official press conference on Thurs., Feb. 8, in Las Vegas to kick off the event. After a four-way confrontation involv...2024
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• MGP: WrestleMania 40 does not need to be ‘saved’ by The Rock

Welcome to another edition of the ‘Monday Gorilla Position’! A weekly column here at Cageside Seats that dissects the latest shows and reports, and tries to figure out just what is going on in the world of WWE, AEW & more! “I am a three-count, or a submission away from being the quarterback of the greatest, most prosperous era in the history of sports-entertainment.” Life comes at y...2024
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• Royal Rumble Reaction: Bayley, Rhodes, Reigns, oh my!

WWE.com The 2024 edition of WWE’s mid-winter classic was as surreal as any in the company’s history. Amid controversy and uncertainty leading up to the Royal Rumble, the 2024 edition of WWE’s January tradition was a lot to take in. From exciting returns and surprise appearances following a disgraceful exit, presented below is a selection of critiques from this year’s mid-winter classic. T-...2024
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