Author: M. Swift

In December 1973, 2018 WWE Hall of Famer Stan Stasiak became the fifth WWE Champion during the NWA affiliation portion of the WWWF-era. With the Hall of Fame going through its list of World Champions, you’d figure that not only would each champion be inducted eventually but they would also get a decent presentation. Attitude Era Superstar Shawn Stasiak Was “Heartbroken” That His Father Stan Stasiak’s 2018 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Was So Brief If you remember the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame broadcast: that wasn’t the case for Stan “The Man” Stasiak. The man who ended Pedro Morales’…

WWE RAW on a day other than Monday? Three hours of WWE SmackDown? CEO Nick Khan is open to these broadcasting possibilities and more as he shared at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media, & Communications Conference. Nick Khan Open to WWE TV Shake-Ups as New Broadcasting Deals for “RAW” and “SmackDown” Loom At the moment, WWE is in the middle of a merger with MMA powerhouse UFC. Any changes as the merger materializes will get some attention. The biggest change that can come to WWE besides booking and pushes is a change to the broadcasting. RAW has always held…

It’s late July 2015: Hulk Hogan has returned to WWE in February 2014 and was involved in a couple of angles as well as promoting the WWE Network among other projects. Then the sex tape dropped and things went south for the Hulkster’s public persona. Hulk Hogan Addresses His Racist Tirade from Leaked 2015 Sex Tape For those who have forgotten—or never saw—the tape, it was secretly filmed by his former friend, radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. In it, Hogan had sex with Bubba’s then girlfriend—who stated in the 2016 Bollea v. Gawker case that this was normal in…

Former WWE, WCW, and TNA creative talent Vince Russo has some words for fellow WCW and TNA alumnus Jeremy Borash. The two began their friendship in 1999 when Russo was brought in to assist with WCW’s creative direction and Borash was brought in to bolster the company’s online presence via an internet radio show—a similar path to Russo getting in with WWE years earlier. Vince Russo Slams Triple H Assistant Jeremy Borash After Being Ghosted According to Russo, he took Borash under his wing. It was also useful to WCW as the two would need to work together for Borash…

WWE Hall of Famer and former World Champion—during the WWWF Era–”Superstar” Billy Graham has passed after a long battle with multiple health issues, according to WWE. WWE Hall of Famer and Former World Champion “Superstar” Billy Graham Dead at 79 In addition to weightlifting, Graham pursued other sports such as shot-put, boxing, and in 1961, he entered bodybuilding where he won several awards. He remained a fixture in bodybuilding throughout the 1960s and 1970s and rubbed elbows with a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in the late 1960s. Bodybuilding led to the world of pro wrestling where he was one of the…

WWE Hall of Famer and AEW coach/commentator Mark Henry regularly does the rounds of wrestling podcasts and often has some interesting takes on the business. While speaking with the Attitude Era podcast, he went the actual reason why he left WWE and let it be known that it wasn’t a back-and-forth, heart-wrenching decision. AEW Coach-Commentator Mark Henry Says That Leaving WWE Wasn’t the Hardest Decision to Make What things came down to was Mark Henry wanting to have a backstage role–or as he says “the executive side.” Of course, for over a decade, the World’s Strongest Man wrestled most of…

Over the years, WWE has given us a lot of dream matches with legends that we never thought would happen. Recently, Stone Cold Steve Austin spoke about potentially facing another WWE legend, John Cena, in a match. Stone Cold Steve Austin Comments on if a Potential Match with John Cena Could Still Happen or Not WWE Hall of Famer, Stone Cold Steve Austin spoke to Ryan Satin for his Out of Character podcast and this is what he had to say about potentially wrestling John Cena in the future. “Working with him would have been a real highlight, and…

WWE SmackDown commentator and former NWA commentator Wade Barrett mentioned former two-time NWA World Champion Nick Aldis as a potentially prime pick for the Connecticut-based company. Wade Barrett Boosts Former NWA World Champion Nick Aldis as a Potential Big Pick for WWE Remember, Wade Barrett was in the NWA at the same time as Nick Aldis’ dominant period in the company. He would be very familiar with Aldis at his present best but believes that the newly-minted free agent would be a good fit for WWE. In speaking with Metro, Barrett said of his former co-worker’s chances in WWE: “He’s…

NXT superstar, Carmelo Hayes has a date with destiny on April 1st when he takes on NXT Champion, Bron Breakker at NXT Stand & Deliver. Among other things, Hayes spoke about his plans for the look of the NXT Championship belt while speaking on WWE’s The Bump YouTube show. NXT Superstar Carmelo Hayes Wants a New NXT Championship Instead of the Current Multi-Colored NXT Championship Since Carmelo Hayes debuted in NXT in 2021, he has been on the rise but someone who quickly surpassed him is his current rival and NXT Champion, Bron Breakker. When NXT moved from it’s…

In September of 2022, the final episode of NXT’s second brand, NXT UK, aired. Since that time, talks about a new NXT brand called NXT Europe and other territories have been talked about and now, the first bits of news about that brand have been revealed. WWE Plans to Launch NXT Europe by the End of the Year According to Shawn Michaels A month before the final weekly episode of NXT UK, WWE announced their plans for the global expansion of their developmental brands. These rumors included a possible NXT Japan, NXT Mexico, and NXT Canada, but the one rumor…