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• Full roster revealed for WWE 2K25 (almost)

@WWEGames 2K is keeping a few unlockable surprises under wraps, but they’ve given us most of the names in their latest record-breaking line-up. WWE and 2K Games partnered with IGN to reveal the full roster for their latest release, WWE 2K25. The announcement hypes the latest record-breakingly large list of playable character as “powerbombing through the 300+ barrier this year when includin...2025
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• WWE 2K25 Roster Revealed
WWE and 2K Games have revealed the WWE 2K25 roster. WWE 2K25 marks the largest roster ever for a WWE 2K game with over 300 wrestlers, including variants, featured Full roster: AJ Styles Akam Akira Tozawa Alba Fyre Alexa Bliss Alundra Blayze Andrade Andre Chase Andre The Giant Angel Angelo Dawkins Apollo Crews Ashante "Thee" Adonis Asuka Austin Theory Axiom B-Fab Baron Corbin Batista Bayley Bec...2025
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• Tweets of the Week: Chelsea Green bans wedgies, Jordynne Grace’s gross food choice, more!

WWE.com Time to have some fun with social media on a Sunday. It’s time again for social media silliness with the Tweets of the Week featuring random delights with a focus on the three B’s: bods, beasts, and buffoonery. Oh, some of these might not be from this week nor be tweets. Enjoy it anyway. Chelsea Green wielded her political power to ban wedgies. View this post on Instag...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: I love you, Jacob

WWE.com The new Bloodline is falling apart again, while Elimination Chamber fills out even more. Solo Sikoa laid out Cody Rhodes to end last week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, creating a measure of intrigue for this week’s episode. But the WWE Champion also got some clarity for WrestleMania 41 this week, when Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso chose to challenge GUNTHER for his world heavy...2025
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• LA Knight Earns Another United States Title Shot During 2/14 WWE SmackDown
On the February 14 episode of SmackDown, WWE had an interesting Valentine’s Day gift for the WWE Universe at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Shinsuke Nakamura took the ......2025
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• Complete WWE SmackDown Spoiler Lineup For Tonight’s Show In Washington, D.C. (2/14/2025)
The spoiler match and segment listing for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. has surfaced. Featured below is the spoiler listing for the February 14, 2025 episode of the show: * Cody Rhodes promo* Women’s Chamber Qualifier: Chelsea Green vs. Naomi* MCMG vs. Los Garza* Shinsuke Nakamura promo* […] The post Complete WWE SmackDown Spoiler...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head

@njpw1972 Some more newsworthy items from New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 The New Beginning in Osaka show, along with full results. New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 event, The New Beginning in Osaka, featured two titles changes that we already told you about, but they were far from the only newsworthy things that happened in EDION Arena today. Before the card’s championship matches, Gre...2025
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• WWE needs to be called out for its poor handling of JD McDonagh’s injury

WWE 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 Royal Rumble 2025, a lot of fortunes were changed. With that in mind, let’s see whose stock decreased the most this week: Stock D...2025
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• Jey Uso wins the Royal Rumble

@WWE YEET! The men’s Royal Rumble match was indeed the main event of tonight’s (Sat., Feb. 1, 2025) Royal Rumble premium live event at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, with too many compelling stories to count going into it. All the way up until the end, the odds didn’t seem to have a clear cut winner. And then the surprise of a lifetime. They started with some controversy when ...2025
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• WWE stacks the deck against John Cena for his final Royal Rumble match of all-time

WWE.com WWE Royal Rumble 2025 takes place tonight (Sat., Feb. 1) from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It begins at 4 pm ET with the Countdown show leading right on into the main course at 6 pm ET on Peacock in the U.S., Netflix internationally, or your local cable pay-per-view provider. WWE stacks the deck against John Cena for his final Royal Rumble match of all-time The Royal...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: Time to Rumble

WWE.com The blue brand sent us off to Royal Rumble with more teasing of potential winners and a big statement from a rising young star. This week’s episode from Friday Night SmackDown was instantly made to feel special by way of Michael Cole and Pat McAfee making special appearances right off the top. They did so from a special podium set up near the ring, where they introduced us to the k...2025
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• The transfer window is much better than the WWE Draft

WWE.com SmackDown airs tonight (Jan. 31) with a live show emanating from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the final episode of SmackDown during the nine week build towards Royal Rumble, which takes place tomorrow night (Feb. 1). The transfer window is much better than the WWE Draft Michael Cole announced that WWE’s transfer window is closing for good this weekend, an...2025
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• The Motor City Machine Guns are helping rebuilding WWE’s tag scene

WWE’s Instagram 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. July 19, 2024 Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer said WWE is planning to book Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn vs. Bron Breakker at SummerSlam on August 3. That’s correct. Bron won. (1/1) He also mentioned tha...2025
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• Seth Rollins Hits 300 Days As WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Seth Rollins has hit a new milestone as WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Rollins captured the championship at WWE Night Of Champions 2023 and has become the workhorse champion of WWE, defending the title successfully against the likes of Bron Breakker, Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Jey Uso, Drew McIntyre and more. As of March 22nd 2024, Rollins has now held the championship for 300 days. Rollins s...2024
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• CM Punk looks like a tired old man

WWE.com Raw airs tonight (Jan. 29) with a live show from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. This is the first episode of Raw during the four week build towards Elimination Chamber 2024, which takes place on February 24. CM Punk looks like a tired old man CM Punk came up short at this weekend’s Royal Rumble match, making it to the final two wrestlers before being eliminated by Cody Rhodes. As ...2024
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• Raw recap & reactions: Judgment deferred

WWE on TNT Sports Raquel Rodriguez returns, Chad Gable does a thing, and Payback takes shape on the latest edition of Monday Night Raw. Revenge is Sweet NOW HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/tabEFl7TKw— WWE (@WWE) August 22, 2023 I’m lukewarm on Raw’s ending this week. Not burying the lede at all here. The main angle involving the Judgment Day started strong and there’s s...2023
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• Tweets of the Week: Chelsea Green bans wedgies, Jordynne Grace’s gross food choice, more!
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"As confirmed on the January 3rd episode, Shinsuke Nakamura will defend the WWE United States Championship against LA Knight."

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"Cody defeated Shinsuke Nakamura at the live event."

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"Seth Rollins defeated challenger Shinsuke Nakamura in a World Heavyweight Championship match earlier tonight at WWE Payback in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."

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"WWE SmackDown results, recap: Paige gets a new role, Shinsuke Nakamura ruins a dream match"

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"Shinsuke Nakamura will co-main event SummerSlam after beating John Cena on Tuesday night"

• SmackDown recap & reactions: I love you, Jacob
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head
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• Jey Uso’s WrestleMania push is best for business

SmackDown airs tonight (Feb. 7) with a live show emanating from FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. This is the first episode of SmackDown during the four week build towards Elimination Chamber, which takes place on March 1. Jey Uso’s WrestleMania push is best for business Shortly after John Cena lost the Royal Rumble match, he announced his entry into the Elimination Chamber and matter-of-factly s...2025
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• The clock proves LA Knight doesn’t deserve any heat in WWE over McIntyre’s elimination

WWE stated there would be 2-minute waiting intervals between each entrant in the 2025 men’s Royal Rumble match. How well did WWE stick to that claim? Here are the waiting times between all 28 buzzers, in chronological order: 2m 31s: Buzzer 1 -Chad Gable 2m 13s: Buzzer 2 -Carmelo Hayes 2m 05s: Buzzer 3 - Santos Escobar 2m 14s: Buzzer 4 - Otis 2m 12s: Buzzer 5 - Bron Breakker 2m 02s: Buzzer 6 - Aki...2025
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• Penta is the official Iron Man of the men’s Royal Rumble, but he really shouldn’t be

WWE.com The 2025 men’s Royal Rumble match lasted 80 minutes and 10 seconds (80m 10s). The survival time for a superstar is the time that lapses between the point when he steps foot into the ring and the time that his feet hit the floor to signal elimination. This does not include the time it takes for a superstar to make his way from the entrance ramp down to the actual ring. The average s...2025
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• WWE needs to be called out for its poor handling of JD McDonagh’s injury
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: Time to Rumble
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• The Motor City Machine Guns are helping rebuilding WWE’s tag scene
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: Alright, alright, alright

The stars were in the crowd on SmackDown this week, but the show was average. Although it wasn’t advertised until the very last minute, WWE Champion Cody Rhodes opened this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown with an in-ring interview with Joe Tessitore. This would act as his last chance to speak on his pending contract signing with Kevin Owens for their ladder match at Royal Rumble, schedule...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head
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• Jey Uso’s WrestleMania push is best for business
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• WWE Announces Official 2025 Royal Rumble Match Statistics
WWE has posted the official statistics. WWE held WWE Royal Rumble on February 1st. Charlotte Flair and Jey Uso added their names to the list of Royal Rumbles. During the Women's Royal Rumble, Roxanne Perez broke the record for the longest time spent in a single Women's Royal Rumble, while Nia Jax set the new mark for most eliminations. WWE has now posted the official statistics for both Royal Rumb...2025
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• WWE needs to be called out for its poor handling of JD McDonagh’s injury
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• Jey Uso wins the Royal Rumble
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• WWE Royal Rumble (2/1/2025) Results: Two Royal Rumble Matches, Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens, More Set
On February 1, 2025, World Wrestling Entertainment hosted the event "Royal Rumble" live from the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Peacock (USA Only) & Netflix (Worldwide). The Men’s & Women’s Royal Rumble Matches headlined the show. The full results are listed below. Refresh the site for the latest updates as the show happens. WWE Royal Rumble (2/1/2025). Undisputed WWE Championship...2025
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• WWE stacks the deck against John Cena for his final Royal Rumble match of all-time
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• Several more WWE stars declare for the Royal Rumble, including a women’s champion

This week’s (Jan. 31) episode of SmackDown featured several stars declaring their entry in the 2025 Royal Rumble match, which takes place later tonight (Feb. 1) at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Damian Priest just transfer windowed over to SmackDown and didn’t waste any time announcing he’s in the Royal Rumble. He ended up in a fight with Jacob Fatu, who was later shown in a graphic f...2025
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• The transfer window is much better than the WWE Draft
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• Penta, Logan Paul declare for Royal Rumble

WWE.com Stacked Royal Rumble matches get even more stacked. This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Atlanta was the go home show to the Royal Rumble premium live event scheduled for this Sat., Feb. 1, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. That meant we were going to get at least a couple more declarations for the Royal Rumble matches. On the men’s side, Logan Paul informe...2025
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• Tweets of the Week: Chelsea Green bans wedgies, Jordynne Grace’s gross food choice, more!
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: I love you, Jacob
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• Jey Uso’s WrestleMania push is best for business
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• WWE stacks the deck against John Cena for his final Royal Rumble match of all-time
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: Alright, alright, alright
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• I don’t think Jacob Fatu loves Solo anymore

WWE.com SmackDown airs tonight (Jan. 17) with a live show emanating from Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California. This is the seventh episode of SmackDown during the nine week build towards Royal Rumble, which takes place on February 1. I don’t think Jacob Fatu loves Solo Sikoa anymore Solo Sikoa hasn’t been on TV since he lost Tribal Combat on Raw’s Netflix debut, but he’s scheduled to re...2025
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• Katsuyori Shibata Says It's Essential For Hiroshi Tanahashi To Face WWE Talent During His Retirement Tour
Katsuyori Shibata hopes to see the longtime rivals clash one last time. NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi will retire at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom in January 2026. The year leading up to that point is expected to be full of major matches. Tanahashi kicked off 2025 with an exhibition match against Katsuyori Shibata at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. Speaking with Tokyo Sports, Katsuyori Shibata commented on ...2025
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• Cody Rhodes lies to fans worldwide on SmackDown in Phoenix

WWE.com Perhaps “The American Nightmare” should change his name to “The American Fibber.” Last Friday on SmackDown, Cody Rhodes, the Undisputed WWE Champion, outed himself as a liar. As he hyped up the fans in Phoenix, AZ, he talked about changes to WWE, including how SmackDown was now a three-hour show. Then, he dropped some bad news on everyone. “My excitement, it’s tempered ever so slig...2025
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• SmackDown recap & reactions: It’s Tiffy Time

WWE.com WWE kicked off the three hour era on SmackDown this week with a bang. It’s finally Tiffy Time, folks. This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown marked the first for the blue brand in its new era as a three hour show. There is plenty to be gained, and not much to be lost with going to such a format. All the talent who haven’t had as much to do are surely going to see more time o...2025
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• Seth Rollins Retains World Heavyweight Title Against Shinsuke Nakamura At WWE Payback

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• Seth Rollins Wears World Title With Bray Wyatt Sideplate On 8/28 WWE RAW

During Monday’s episode of WWE RAW, Seth Rollins paid homage to the late Bray Wyatt with an armband and a special plate on his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. In a brief promo tonight to discuss his upcoming title match at WWE Payback against Shinsuke Nakamura, Rollins could be seen wearing a black armband with the […] The post Seth Rollins Wears World Title With Bray Wyatt Sidepla...2023
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• Seth Rollins Agrees To Give Shinsuke Nakamura World Title Shot On RAW

Shinsuke Nakamura explained his actions, and Seth Rollins gave him a shot at the gold. On the August 7 episode of WWE RAW, Nakamura, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, and Cody Rhodes defeated The Judgment Day. After the bell, Nakamura blindsided Rollins with a surprise attack and left him lying. In an interview on […] The post Seth Rollins Agrees To Give Shinsuke Nakamura World Ti...2023
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• Shinsuke Nakamura Lays Out Seth Rollins Following Main Event Of WWE Raw

A new challenger for the World Heavyweight Championship may have emerged after Shinsuke Nakamura demolished the champion, Seth Rollins, on WWE Raw....2023
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• Bronson Reed gets the next shot at GUNTHER and the Intercontinental championship

GUNTHER defeated Tommaso Ciampa to retain his Intercontinental championship just one week ago. Immediately after, Ciampa reunited with Johnny Gargano, which means WWE needed to find the next top contender. They went about doing so on Monday Night Raw this week with a triple threat match. Chad Gable, promising to finish what he started with GUNTHER not long ago, took on Ricochet, despite still bein...2023
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• Last Man Standing Match Between Seth Rollins & Shinsuke Nakamura Set For WWE Fastlane

After weeks of back-and-forth about a potential championship rematch, the stipulation for WWE Fastlane has been set between Seth Rollins and Shinsuke Nakamura....2023
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• Raw recap & reactions (May 1, 2023): The problem with the WWE Draft
USA Network YouTube WWE completes its 2023 draft, Seth Rollins gets on Roman Reigns’ bad side, and people really hate Dominik Mysterio on this edition of Monday Night Raw. Shut Up .@WWERollins challenges @WWESoloSikoa to a match TONIGHT on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/204cp99xld— WWE (@WWE) May 2, 2023 Last week, I noted the shots Seth Rollins sent to Roman Reigns’ island. Initially, it ...2023
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• WWE isn’t quitting Karrion Kross just yet
WWE.com SmackDown airs tonight (July 28) with a live show from Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is the fourth episode of SmackDown during the five week build towards SummerSlam, which takes place on August 5. WWE isn’t quitting Karrion Kross just yet Karrion Kross was an unstoppable force in his NXT days, but that success has yet to translate on the main roster. His ear...2023
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• Tweets of the Week: Chelsea Green bans wedgies, Jordynne Grace’s gross food choice, more!
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• Charlotte Flair’s WrestleMania decision got a little more complicated

WWE.com SmackDown airs tonight (Feb. 14) with a live show emanating from Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. This is the second episode of SmackDown during the four week build towards Elimination Chamber, which takes place on March 1. Charlotte Flair’s WrestleMania decision got a little more complicated Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair spent last week touring Raw, NXT, and SmackDown l...2025
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• Jey Uso’s WrestleMania push is best for business
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• Penta is the official Iron Man of the men’s Royal Rumble, but he really shouldn’t be
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• WWE Announces Official 2025 Royal Rumble Match Statistics
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• Jey Uso wins the Royal Rumble
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• WWE stacks the deck against John Cena for his final Royal Rumble match of all-time
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• WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Men's And Women's Royal Ruble Match Betting Odds, Courtesy Of BetOnline
Here is a look at the betting odds for WWE Royal Rumble. BetOnline has released betting odds for the 2025 men's and women's Royal Rumble Matches. Returning veterans are currently favored to win both titular Battle Royals. John Cena is favored to win the men's match and Charlotte Flair is favored to win the women's match From BetOnline: The below odds are subject to change and can be found here: h...2025
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• The clock proves LA Knight doesn’t deserve any heat in WWE over McIntyre’s elimination
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• This could be LA Knight’s last chance before he falls down the card in WWE

WWE.com SmackDown airs tonight (Jan. 10) with a live show emanating from Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. This is the sixth episode of SmackDown during the nine week build towards Royal Rumble, which takes place on February 1. This could be LA Knight’s last chance before he falls down the card in WWE LA Knight has had a rough go of it in WWE ever since Shinsuke Nakamura returned to SmackDo...2025
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• Shawn Michaels sent a message to Naomichi Marufuji

WWE.com Late last night, Pro Wrestling NOAH star Naomichi Marufuji had something to say on social media about NXT head honcho Shawn Michaels: とある人を通じてショーン・マイケルズから伝言を頂いた。内容は‥嬉しいね。— 丸藤正道 (@noah_marufuji_) January 2, 2025 Here is one translation of Marufuji’s post: Through a certain person I received a message from Shawn Michaels. The contents are... I’m happy. There is already a worki...2025
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• Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest triumph in first title defenses

@Amanda_1979Xx WWE kicks off its United Kingdom tour in style in Birmingham. Fans in Birmingham, England, witnessed history in WWE’s new era on Wednesday (April 17) as a pair of first-time world champions successfully defended their titles. World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest, making his first successful title defense, faced former WWE Champion Kofi Kingston. Damian’s new song hits...2024
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• WWE needs to find an answer for its GUNTHER problem at WrestleMania

WWE.com Raw airs tonight (Feb. 26) with a live show from SAP Center in San Jose, California. This is the first episode of Raw during the six week build towards WrestleMania 40, which takes place on the weekend of April 6 and April 7. GUNTHER needs to find an opponent for WrestleMania 40 Most of the top heels in WWE already have a clear direction for WrestleMania 40, with the glaring except...2024
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• Dominik Mysterio: Cody Rhodes Is Ass, The Rock Is Cheeks, We Want Señor Money in the Bank
Dominik Mysterio weighs in on The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes debate. Over the past few days, the wrestling world has been buzzing about the situation surrounding Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, and The Rock. On the February 2 episode of WWE SmackDown, Cody Rhodes said that he would not be facing Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40, and The Rock confronted Reigns as the show came to an end. Since then, fans and w...2024
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