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• John Cena Reflects On His Heel Run: “I Failed. Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That.”
John Cena has finally addressed his heel run and his ongoing retirement tour after weeks of speculation and commentary from across the wrestling industry. Appearing at Fan Expo Chicago, “The Champ” fielded questions from fans and offered rare insight into his mindset surrounding one of the most talked-about phases of...2025
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• John Cena Doesn't Want To Analyze WWE Heel Run Yet: 'Hindsight Is A Waste Of Time'

What would John Cena do differently about his heel turn or retirement tour? Now is not the time for such questions, according to the man himself....2025
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• John Cena – ‘I Know My Heel Turn Failed – Sh*t Happens Guys!’
Speaking at a recent panel during Fan Expo Chicago, John Cena opened up about his brief heel run earlier this year, admitting that he knows he “failed.” Cena explained that while he’s aware the turn didn’t go as planned, he doesn’t believe in dwelling on it. Instead, he urged fans to stay focused on the […] The post John Cena – ‘I Know My Heel Turn Failed – Sh*t Happens Guy...2025
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• “Such a Shame” - Fans Agree Huge WWE RAW Heel Turn Has Been ‘Fumbled’

Fans have accepted that the New Day's heel run has failed to reach expectations but there is one key reason....2025
• Booker T – ‘Nobody Wants To See John Cena As A Heel’
During a recent edition of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, Booker T discussed Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena at WWE WrestlePalooza, Cena’s disappointing heel run, and other topics. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below: On Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena: “I watched that match. It has some really, really good dramatic moments. […] The post Booker T – ‘Nobody Wan...2025
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• Booker T Buries WWE Creative – ‘Nobody Wants To See John Cena As A Heel’
During a recent edition of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, Booker T discussed Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena at WWE WrestlePalooza, Cena’s disappointing heel run, and other topics. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below: On Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena: “I watched that match. It has some really, really good dramatic moments. […] The post Booker T Buries WWE Creative ̵...2025
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• SourSlam: An honest, pessimistic preview of WWE’s SummerSlam

WWE.com Ahead of WWE’s biggest party of the summer, Cageside Seats’ most outspoken writer offers an unfiltered, top-to-bottom preview. Were I Mojo Rawley, I’d be hyped for SummerSlam. Hell, I’d be hyped for just about anything. But alas, I am only a mere mortal, and with a little over a week to go, I’m simply not feeling this year’s blockbuster. While most of these storylines have been sim...2025
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• Raw recap & reactions: Hail to the Chief

WWE The women rule the roost, Naomi gets her first challengers, and Roman Reigns returns with an awkward new nickname on this week’s Monday Night Raw. Ace Trumpets The OTC is BACK! ☝️ pic.twitter.com/AmbKTWdYQo— WWE (@WWE) July 15, 2025 I rewrote the headline for this recap a few times. I thought about dedicating it to Bron Breakker’s MVP performance in the gauntlet match. The man w...2025
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 7/7 - 7/13
AEW All In 7/12/25Dustin Rhodes vs Sammy Guevara vs Kyle Fletcher vs Daniel GarciaMD: Look, at the end of the day, we don't know what we don't know. I'd love to get into the booking here. I'd love to try to make sense of this situation and I will to a degree, but there's a lot we don't know, some of which may become more apparent over the next few weeks as they decide what to do next with the TNT ...2025
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• WWE totally dropped the ball with New Day’s heel turn

Photo by Craig Melvin/WWE via Getty Images WWE wasted New Day’s shocking heel turn on Big E for a complete afterthought run as tag team champions. Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week ...2025
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• Charlotte Flair Expresses Interest In Babyface Return
Charlotte Flair, who won the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble, recently opened up about her current heel run and her desire to return to being a fan-favorite. Speaking to WrestleZone.com during WrestleMania 41 week, Flair reflected on her pre-injury run and the positive reactions she was receiving before turning heel to feud with then-Women’s Champion Tiffany […]...2025
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• WWE really wants you to think that nobody on Raw is a bigger deal than Goldberg

WWE There’s nothing bigger than what Goldberg is doing tonight on Raw, except for most of the matches announced on the show. Raw airs tonight (June 23) with a live show from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. This is the final episode of Raw during the three week build towards Night of Champions, which is scheduled for Saturday (June 28) in Saudi Arabia. WWE really wants you to think that...2025
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• Hangman wins desert shootout with Ospreay, heads to Texas to finish Mox

PPV.com The men’s Owen Hart Cup finalists closed the night at AEW Double or Nothing with a classic and a handshake. Now the Cowboy tries to end a Death Rider. The main event of May 25’s AEW Double or Nothing PPV was the finals of the 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. It was also the story of Will Ospreay’s ascension vs. Hangman Page’s redemption, one of the more intriguing in AEW...2025
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• Dynamite recap & reactions: No Limit Opps

AEW’s YouTube Break it all down with us here. AEW Dynamite (April 23, 2025) emanated from UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, NO. The show featured Samoa Joe choking Jon Moxley again, FTR with a new agent, Bobby Lashley taking MJF’s luxury automobile, Jaime Hayter punching her ticket to the Owen Hart Cup final, and more. Catch up on all the details with excellent play-by-play from Claire E...2025
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• Jeff Hardy Considered Staying In AEW After Matt Hardy Returned To TNA In April 2024
Jeff Hardy considered staying in AEW. 2024 was an eventful year for The Hardys, as both Matt and Jeff turned back up in TNA after leaving AEW. The duo have built back up a great reputation with fans during their current run in TNA, even recently winning the TNA World Tag Team Championships for the third time. As with any departure from a major promotion, there was a lot of conversation surrounding...2025
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• MGP: How Roman’s return impacts Cody will be fascinating to watch

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. During Roman Reigns record-breaking run as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, we heard Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque say it often. The Tribal Chief...2024
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• MGP: Nick Wayne may have found his great rival in Swerve Strickland

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. When you walk around with the nickname “The Prodigy”, there’s a fair amount of pressure that comes along with that title. At just 18-years-old, Ni...2024
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• John Cena Reflects On His Heel Run: “I Failed. Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That.”
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• Cena’s role reversal and Lesnar’s return make for messy SummerSlam finish

SummerSlam Night 2 ended with a lot to chew on. | WWE.com John Cena’s sudden about face and the return of Brock Lesnar were too much digest in one sitting. What seemed like a fairly simple mission quickly became an arduous task on Sunday. Recently, I was asked to help fill in and cover the recap of SummerSlam Night 2. For the most part, it was an easy assignment until I hit the Women’s Int...2025
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• SourSlam: An honest, pessimistic preview of WWE’s SummerSlam
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 7/7 - 7/13
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• R-Truth is saving John Cena’s crappy retirement tour

WWE Cena’s long-awaited heel turn isn’t delivering the goods, but thankfully Ron Killings is here to save the day. SmackDown airs tonight (June 20) with a live show emanating from Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the second episode of SmackDown during the three week build towards Night of Champions, which takes place on June 28 in Saudi Arabia. R-Truth is saving John Cena...2025
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• Big E Says Ron Killings Beating John Cena For The WWE Championship 'Wouldn't Shock Him One Bit'
Big E wouldn't be surprised to see Ron Killings defeat John Cena for the WWE Championship. At WWE Money In The Bank, Ron Killings would make a shocking appearance after previously announcing he would be leaving WWE following his contract with the company expiring. Killings has a new attitude, a new look and has dropped his R-Truth name since returning, with his sights still set on Cena and his WWE...2025
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• Charlotte Flair doesn’t win anymore in WWE

WWE WWE sends a clear message that The Queen doesn’t belong in the world title picture anymore. Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included Nikki Bella’s return to Raw, LA Knigh...2025
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• Hangman wins desert shootout with Ospreay, heads to Texas to finish Mox
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• AEW Double or Nothing predictions!

AEW’s Instagram Check out who our panel is picking in all the matches coming our way during Sunday night’s PPV from Arizona. Then let us know who you’ve got! All Elite Wrestling is back on May 25 with their seventh annual Memorial Day weekend pay-per-view — Double or Nothing! The event comes our way Sunday night from Glendale, Arizona at 8 p.m. Eastern. Including a free streaming pre-show ...2025
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• Seth Rollins is a man of his word

Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. November 18, 2024 Fightful Select says WWE took note of Netflix’s technical problems during the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match and Netflix apparently assured the company they’ll be ready for Monday Night Raw come January. There have...2025
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• Hangman wins desert shootout with Ospreay, heads to Texas to finish Mox
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• Dynamite recap & reactions: No Limit Opps
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• John Cena: What fans should not expect from his new heel persona

WWE.com Fans excited for the return of the “Doctor of Thuganomics” after John Cena’s recent TikTok post may want to temper their expectations. After kicking Cody Rhodes in the nuts and shattering the hearts of millions at Elimination Chamber, fans are eager to see the new, evil John Cena. What will he say? How will he look? What will his entrance music be? The answers will come next Monday...2025
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• MGP: Nick Wayne may have found his great rival in Swerve Strickland
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• NXT recap & reactions: The ladies run this

WWE.com NXT’s Women’s division ran everything this week as everyone focused on the Women’s North American championship. Girls Dem Sugar The NXT Women's Combine was a display of absolute POWER #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/89XgWcZgVq— WWE (@WWE) May 8, 2024 NXT revolved around the ladies this week. That’s a smart move considering the Women’s North American championship is the hot commodit...2024
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• Raw recap & reactions: The road to royalty

WWE on X Sorry Hey @FinnBalor, say hello to your new first round opponent...JEY USO!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/WdbKzBqASx— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2024 Let’s start this week the way I start a lot of weeks. Let’s talk about Judgment Day. Things looked unsettled after Backlash. The last time we saw the crew who loves purple, they didn’t look on the same page, the same book, or even the same re...2024
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• Dynamite recap & reactions: Young Bucks abuse EVP power

AEW’s YouTube AEW Dynamite (May 1, 2024) emanated from Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The show featured the Young Bucks taking over the broadcast, Kenny Omega’s return being violently interrupted, and more AEW massaged a double-header of Dynamite and Rampage. Catch up on all the details from both shows with excellent play-by-play from Claire Elizabeth. This recap will cover the ...2024
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• AEW Dynasty predictions!

AEW’s Instagram All Elite Wrestling is back on April 21 with their newest pay-per-view — Dynasty! The event comes our way Sunday night from St. Louis at 8pm ET. Including a free streaming pre-show which starts 90 minutes earlier, nine(!) titles will be up for grabs at Dynasty — one of which could give us a historic champion, and another a ladder match between two legendary rivals. We’ll al...2024
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• Adam Copeland: It’d Be Fun To Try And Be A Heel, I Don’t Know If It Would Work Anymore

Adam Copeland isn’t sure whether a heel run would work for him at this stage in his career. Adam Copeland, also known as Edge, has been a top heel at different points of his career. He was forced to retire in 2011, and he was a beloved babyface upon his return in 2020. Copeland had […] The post Adam Copeland: It’d Be Fun To Try And Be A Heel, I Don’t Know If It Would Work A...2024
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• Booker T – ‘Nobody Wants To See John Cena As A Heel’
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• Booker T Buries WWE Creative – ‘Nobody Wants To See John Cena As A Heel’
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• Dominik Mysterio’s Mother’s Thoughts On WWE Heel Run Revealed

WWE star Dominik Mysterio’s mother’s legitimate thoughts on her son’s heel turn and run have been revealed. With Dominik Mysterio’s great work as a heel, it can be easy to […]...2025
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• Cena’s role reversal and Lesnar’s return make for messy SummerSlam finish
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• SourSlam: An honest, pessimistic preview of WWE’s SummerSlam
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• Found Footage Friday: OMNI 8/14/83~! PIPER~! BUZZ~! ZBYSZKO~! GARVIN~! SHEIK~! TOMMY~! IRWIN~! ROAD WARRIORS~!
GCW Omni 8/14/83Arn Anderson vs. Joe LightfootMD: Interesting to place this one. This was Arn's second to last match in the territory. Borne had flaked out before this leaving Arn on his own and aimless. He drifted over to the babyface side and was mainly used for putting over the Road Warriors in various ways before heading to Alabama as Super Olympia. So this was more or less a babyface match. A...2025
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• Raw recap & reactions: Hail to the Chief
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 7/7 - 7/13
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• WWE totally dropped the ball with New Day’s heel turn
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• How John Cena recreated CM Punk’s Pipe Bomb promo and changed his farewell tour

WWE Nearly 14 years after CM Punk’s legendary Pipe Bomb promo, John Cena delivered a similarly masterful response that could reshape his final run. Nearly 14 years to the day after one of pro wrestling’s most iconic promos, John Cena finally got long-awaited payback on his most infamous rival, CM Punk. This past Friday night on SmackDown, the Undisputed WWE Champion put Punk through a tabl...2025
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• Kurt Angle Interested in Heel Run with Chad Gable
Kurt Angle has opened up about the possibility of returning to WWE TV for an on-screen pairing with Chad Gable. The two wrestlers have been compared to each other due ......2023
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• The Jungle Boy heel run begins
TDE Wrestling IWGP World Heavyweight champion SANADA was pretty dismissive of his Forbidden Door challenger heading into AEW & New Japan’s June 25 PPV. That challenger, Jungle Boy Jack Perry, didn’t pay much more respect to his opponent at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as both men spent the build saying they were unfamiliar with their opponent. With Perry’s JungleHOOK teammate looking on from...2023
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• Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits are a mess

Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included WWE Fastlane 2023, a lot of fortunes were changed. With that in mind, let’s see whose stock decreased the most this week: Stock Down #3: Alph...2023
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• Logan Paul Didn’t Understand Why WWE Fans Booed Him At First, Now He Eats It Up
Logan Paul didn’t like being a heel in WWE at first. Paul recently interviewed WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins on a recent episode of Impaulsive. During their conversation, Paul asked Rollins if he’s had a major heel run. “Yes. Oh yeah, the audience goes up and down with me,” Rollins said. “You experienced the […] The post Logan Paul Didn’t Und...2023
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• The Bron Breakker heel run is here
USA The main event of the Stand & Deliver fallout edition of NXT was a celebration... excuse me, a Melo-bration for the man who won the top title at last Saturday’s premium live event. Welcome to the HIM era. Your new NXT Champion, @Carmelo_WWE!@_trickwilliams #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/rba9EmmoQw— WWE (@WWE) April 5, 2023 Trick Williams hyped up his guy, and new NXT champion Carmelo Ha...2023
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• Adam Copeland: It’d Be Fun To Try And Be A Heel, I Don’t Know If It Would Work Anymore
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• Cody Rhodes: The Endgame Of My Heel Run In AEW Was A Match With Sting
Cody Rhodes says his heel run in AEW was supposed to lead to a match with Sting. Speaking with Matthew Aguilar for ComicBook, Rhodes revealed that the endgame for his heel run “probably” would have been a match with Sting. “I was going to wrestle Sting,” Rhodes said. “I don’t think I’ve ever shared that […] The post Cody Rhodes: The Endgame Of My Hee...2023
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• Becky Lynch Heel Run Believed To Have Damaged Her Character
Becky Lynch is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in WWE, whose value continues to skyrocket with every passing week. Big Time Becks has excelled as a heel and babyface ......2023
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• MGP: Nick Wayne may have found his great rival in Swerve Strickland
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• Tyrese Haliburton Reflects On John Cena’s Heel Turn: “I’m Just Gonna Pretend It Never Happened”
Haliburton speaks about Cena’s heel run. After nearly six months as a heel for the first time in 20 years, John Cena reverted to being a babyface for his Undisputed WWE Championship match against Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam. Cena lost the belt and embraced Rhodes afterwards. He is now back to his babyface presentation. The … The post Tyrese Haliburton Reflects On John Cena’s Heel T...2025
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• Paul Heyman Explains Why WWE Didn’t Make A Mistake Turning John Cena Heel
During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, WWE’s Paul Heyman shared his thoughts on the highly anticipated, and short-lived, heel run of John Cena earlier this year. The five-month character shift, which ran from Elimination Chamber in March until just before SummerSlam, marked the first time in decades that Cena embraced a villainous persona on […]...2025
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• AEW Five Fingers of Death 7/7 - 7/13
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• DDP Says He's Never Understood The 'Cena Sucks' Chants, 'What The F*ck Are You Looking At, Man?'
DDP doesn't understand the Cena Sucks chants. For well over a decade, John Cena has faced dueling 'Let's Go Cena' and 'Cena Sucks' chants from the crowd. Since the beginning of his heel run earlier this year, the 'Cena Sucks' chants have been louder than ever before, despite the fact that some fans are still cheering for him. In a new interview with Dan Sileo of The National Football Show, Diamond...2025
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• WWE really wants you to think that nobody on Raw is a bigger deal than Goldberg
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• How John Cena recreated CM Punk’s Pipe Bomb promo and changed his farewell tour
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• R-Truth is saving John Cena’s crappy retirement tour
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• Charlotte Flair doesn’t win anymore in WWE
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• Jeff Jarrett: Adam Page Has Larry Bird-Style Aura, Him Becoming AEW World Champion Again Is Best For Business
Jeff Jarrett compares Adam Page to Larry Bird. AEW Double Or Nothing 2025 will go down as a crowning achievement in the career of 'Hangman' Adam Page, as he was able to defeat Will Ospreay to win this year's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. Now, Page will go on to challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at AEW All In Texas in July. On the latest edition of his My World podcast, Jarrett...2025
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• John Cena Reflects On His Heel Run: “I Failed. Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That.”
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• Backstage Insight on Why WWE Dropped John Cena’s Heel Run

John Cena’s dramatic heel turn at WrestleMania 41 had fans buzzing, but just a few months later, the 17-time world champion is once again flashing that trademark smile. Now we’re learning more about why WWE scrapped his villainous persona—and what it means for his final run. On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave … Continue reading Backstage Insight on Why WWE Dropped John Cen...2025
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• Cena’s role reversal and Lesnar’s return make for messy SummerSlam finish
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• Report: Upcoming Heel Turn For Blake Monroe Discussed

Blake Monroe has kept the need buzzing with her recent debut in NXT just last month. Currently, she is working as a babyface and working against Fatal Influence, a heel faction. According to a new report by Fightful Select, a heel turn may be coming for Monroe. Fightful Select has learned that a heel run ... Read more The post Report: Upcoming Heel Turn For Blake Monroe Discussed appeared first o...2025
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• WWE totally dropped the ball with New Day’s heel turn
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• Tommy Dreamer Weighs In On Success Of John Cena's WWE Heel Turn

WWE alum Tommy Dreamer weighs on the success of John Cena's heel run since his shocking turn back in March....2025
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• R-Truth is saving John Cena’s crappy retirement tour
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• Big E Says Ron Killings Beating John Cena For The WWE Championship 'Wouldn't Shock Him One Bit'
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• AEW Double or Nothing predictions!
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• Seth Rollins is a man of his word
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