On Monday Night Raw, Triple H announced the creation of a brand new World Heavyweight Championship for the company. This new championship will be up for grabs at the WWE PLE Night of Champions on May 27, 2023. The World Heavyweight Championship will be awarded to either Raw or Smackdown, depending on which brand drafts Roman Reigns in the WWE draft. Reigns currently holds the Undisputed Universal Championship, and whichever brand drafts him will receive his championship, while the other brand will receive the new World Heavyweight Championship. The belt is designed with a stunning gold look, and it features…
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Tonight on RAW, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez defeated Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus in a grueling match to pick up the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. Originally Lita was planned to team with Becky to defend the titles, however a mystery attacker led to Trish Stratus being forced to tag along Becky. Although, Liv and Raquel still won clean to pick up the belts. With this win tonight, Liv and Raquel picked up their first championship reign together as a team, however Rodgriguez held the title previously in August of 2022. This belt is Liv’s second in WWE, previously…
Tonight on RAW, we expected to see the tag team champions, Becky Lynch and Lita, defend their belts against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. However, at the beginning of RAW, Lita was attacked by an anonymous person backstage, leading to WrestleMania teammate Trish Stratus taking her place in the title match. At the end of a great match, Morgan and Rodriguez defeated Becky and Trish to become the new champions, and Trish visibly looked upset. What looked like an upsetting moment between Becky and Trish hugging in the ring, turned into a wicked heel turn for Trish. Trish attacked Becky…
The professional wrestling community saw The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega inside a squared circle this past weekend for the first time in 75 days. This was due to their suspension because of a backstage brawl that occurred between them, CM Punk, and other AEW personnel backstage after AEW’s All Out PPV. Since the altercation, it has been hard for fans to not see some of their favorite stars on their televisions every week. However, it seems as if it may have been even harder for the Young Bucks themselves. While speaking on their Being The Elite youtube channel, The…
The heat behind the scenes of AEW has only gotten worse as CEO Tony Khan has verified that Andrade El Idolo has some issues backstage. Recently, we have seen a ton of controversy in the locker room of AEW. From the All Out Brawl to Jeff Hardy’s DUI, CEO Tony Khan has had to give out some suspensions to several people over the last few months. Yesterday, Sammy Guevara and Andrade El Idolo got into a Twitter argument where shots were fired at each other, publicly, in front of thousands of fans liking and commenting on the tweets. On Busted Open…
During their WWE run from 2017-2021, the Undisputed Era was one of WWE’s best factions in NXT. The team consisted of Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly, four of NXT’s most talented superstars. However, while speaking to Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, Bobby Fish says he believes that the breakup was too soon. “I just think things changed and everything needs to evolve. I think we had evolved quite a bit in a very short time. Maybe we moved a little bit quicker than we needed to as far as the timing of when to pull the…
Just recently, Ariel Helwani sat down with the new WWE Head of Creative, Triple H, to discuss everything going on in WWE. One of the major conversation topics they had was that Triple H is bringing back WWE Superstars that the former CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon, once released from the company. Ariel said that it looks like HHH is bringing back “his boys” from NXT. Ariel then asked him if he had a list of people he wants to bring back that he believes should have never gotten released. Triple H responded with, “The whole roster in some way,…
WWE has released NXT’s Troy Donovan. (WON) Tony D’Angleo was injured at a live event. (WON) Vince McMahon is impressed with Gunther. (Fightful Select-Subscription Required) MJF has not traveled with AEW since his Dynamite promo, though he was heavily discussed at the tapings. (Fightful Select-Subscription Required) WWE was more lenient with allowing Cody Rhodes to perform at Hell in a Cell because the pectoral was already torn completely off the bone so further damage was unlikely. (Fightful Select-Subscription Required)
Welcome to the Markowitz Morning Rumor Roundup where we gather all the rumors/gossip from around the world of professional wrestling. Wrestling Republic cannot verify any of these reports and they could contain possible spoilers, so read at your own risk. WWE is planning Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton for SummerSlam. (WOR) WWE is planning to release more NXT stars soon. (WON) Roman Reigns is not booked for Money in the Bank. (WON) Bray Wyatt was viewed as someone who “did more harm than good by people backstage”. (WOR) Adam Cole is dealing with multiple injuries, and will not wrestle until…
Welcome to the Markowitz Morning Rumor Roundup where we gather all the rumors/gossip from around the world of professional wrestling. Wrestling Republic cannot verify any of these reports and they could contain possible spoilers, so read at your own risk. WWE wanted The Judgement Day to be more “supernatural” (Fightful Select-Subscription Required) WWE is involved in a new Vice TV series with Dark Side Of The Ring creators. (SEScoops) Key people in WWE were burying Stephanie McMahon on her way out. (WON) AEW talent believe MJF is pursuing Hollywood. (Fightful Select-Subscription Required) Edge is internally listed as a babyface. (PWInsider)