Author: M. Swift

So, what WWE superstar is rumored to be the next winner of the 2024 Royal Rumble? The name on most lips is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther—and supposedly, it’s on WWE’s as well. Gunther Rumored to be the WWE’s Pick to Win 2024 Royal Rumble Since hitting the main roster, Gunther has ridden a strong wave of momentum as has his Imperium faction. Gunther impressed in his Royal Rumble debut after entering at number one. The early numbers are typically the iron horse positions on the card since someone within the first four or five entrants will be expected…

Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson was hyped as a good seed for WWE following the 2020 Olympic Games. A RAW superstar, he made his WWE debut at WrestleMania 38 but hadn’t been seen much since. He was said to be training remotely in his native Minnesota but there was never much about the progress of his training. What is the Future of the WWE-Gable Steveson Relationship with the Olympic Gold Medalist Continuing His Amateur Wrestling Career According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Gable Steveson has other business he wants to take care of before joining WWE as…

Eric Bischoff has been out of the actual inner workings of wrestling since 2019 but continues to provide his experienced and educated opinions of the business as it has grown. Mind you, he’s continued to appear here and there in the big two U.S promotions but his involvement now is as part of the wrestling media. Eric Bischoff Has No Intention to Resume Running a Wrestling Company Full Time but Is Open to Being a Creative Consultant During an appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, Bischoff discussed why he has no desire to run a wrestling company again. As you…

In 2020, EC3 departed the WWE system for the second time. His second departure came at a frustrating and thrilling time in his career. Former WWE and IMPACT Wrestling Star EC3 Believes WWE RAW Superstar is a ‘Vince McMahon Guy’ After time in pre-NXT developmental territories, EC3 joined WWE as part of NXT’s third season when it was still presented as a competition show as the potential-filled Derrick Bateman. He ended up being released in 2013 and first found himself as a major star in TNA later that year. A little over four years and two World Championships later and…

Over the decades there has been a lot of commentary about Ric Flair wrestling the same match from fans, peers, and contemporaries such as “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase. As a matter of fact, the legally-embattled WWE Hall of Famer told his fellow Hall of Famer and Mid-South alum Jake “The Snake” Roberts that he and Naitch didn’t always get along on how matches should go. Ted DiBiase Joins the List of Peers Who Believe Ric Flair Wrestled the Same Match DiBiase’s statements came during Roberts’ The Snake Pit podcast where he went into how Flair put matches together.…

WWE Hall of Famer and former SmackDown GM Teddy Long recently sat with Sportskeeda’s Wrestling Time Machine. Whenever he comes in, there’s a tendency to reveal a little bit of how unlikeable a significant wrestling figure is. This time, he shares the time he was fired from WWE by recently terminated executive John Laurinaitis. Teddy Long Shares Story About Being Fired by Terminated WWE Exec John Laurinaitis Now, a firing story involving John Laurinaitis is only going to double how detestable the industry veteran has been depicted. His on-screen persona between 2011-2012 as he made life hard for John Cena,…

Who would you consider the strongest wrestler AEW commentator Paul Wight faced in the ring? Wight himself gave the nod to multiple-time World Champion John Cena but WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry disagreed. It’s to be expected whenever someone is named as the best anything: someone will have objections. WWE Hall of Famer and AEW Interviewer Mark Henry Disagrees with John Cena Being Paul Wight’s Strongest Opponent Ever Mark Henry is known as the “World’s Strongest Man” for a reason having established several records and winning medals for his feats and it victories. He would also represent the U.S…

It appears that the CM Punk promo from AEW Collision was totally off the top. During the promo, Punk referenced the conflict with The Elite—despite there being some agreement to keep things behind the curtain and not allow it to become public. The CM Punk ‘Counterfeit Bucks’ Homecoming Promo on AEW Collision ‘100 Percent Off-the-Cuff’ Mike Johnson of PWInsider first mentioned as much saying that the promo was “100 percent off-the-cuff.” Listening to it, shots were definitely fired and he was seated as kind of a babyface to those who agree with him and a heel who felt he was…

One of the expected AEW signings could finally happen as John Hennigan—also known as Johnny Mundo, Johnny Caballero, Johnny Blackcraft, Johnny Impact, John Morrison, and Johnny Nitro—could join the company as a full-time talent. Is Johnny Elite Returning with Rumors of MLW and AAA Star John Hennigan Joining AEW More associated with his two runs with WWE where he won the ECW Championship, the IC title, and several Tag Team titles as well as his time with Lucha Underground and AAA, Hennigan remained busy in the industry never logging a lull in activity. This has seen him continue to improve…

The 1999 Survivor Series marks the WWE debut of Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle. In his debut he faced Shawn Stasiak, previously known simply as Meat. Stasiak had debuted that year on an April episode of Sunday Night HeAT. On The Kurt Angle Show, the titular host started by mentioning that he had a story to share about Stasiak’s career being hobbled early on, chalking it up to a poorly-timed hair transplant. Shawn Stasiak Denies Kurt Angle Assessment That Getting a Hair Transplant Threw Off His WWE out of the Gate Angle said that Stasiak had the transplant planned for…