The US Department of Justice issued the first challenge to voter suppression attempts Thursday since the Supreme Court’s recent dissolution of a key provision in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In a speech before the National Urban League in Philadelphia, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that as a “first move,” the DOJ is asking a…
— On today’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Sasha Banks’ status with WWE was discussed and the rumor of her appearing at Sunday’s Extreme Rules was addressed. The latest on Banks is that there is still no definitive decision on her status and her return is “still be determined” by both WWE and Banks. It was suggested…
— Here is tonight’s WWE Smackdown Live preview: Shane McMahon to host a town hall meeting Kevin Owens has made it clear that he is no fan of Shane McMahon in recent weeks, even going so far as to drop Shane-O-Mac with a Stunner. In the aftermath of Owens’ comments last week on SmackDown LIVE…
As noted, several NXT Superstars recently underwent name changes. Among them was former IMPACT Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling (GFW) performer Robbie E. Robbie E. signed with WWE back in March and immediately reported to the WWE Performance Center training facility in Orlando, Florida with the latest class of developmental recruits. On March 21st, he…
As noted, immediately following the WWE SMACKVILLE live special on Saturday night, the new documentary called “Rebuilding Big Show” will premiere on the WWE Network. WWE posted the following preview video from the special on their official YouTube channel on Friday, which features the longtime WWE Superstar revealing who motivated him to finally lose weight….
— In a potentially huge, yet unannounced match for SummerSlam is that Bill Goldberg will returning for another match against Dolph Ziggler, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The current advertising by WWE suggests that Ziggler will be facing The Miz at the PPV but this is apparently a “red herring” with the idea that Ziggler…
– Following Tuesday night’s WWE SummerSlam 2019 “go-home” episode of WWE SmackDown LIVE, the mystery surrounding the recent attacks of Roman Reigns continued. After the show, WWE caught up with Daniel Bryan and Rowan backstage at the Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, Michigan to ask about Buddy Murphy implicating the two as the culprits behind…
As promised, “The Architect” is once again the WWE Universal Champion, as Seth Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar to recapture the title in the main event of the WWE SummerSlam 2019 pay-per-view on Sunday night. Rollins managed to get his hand raised and end Sunday night’s PPV at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the…
All signs continue to point to success for the new All Elite Wrestling (AEW) promotion. AEW announced soon after the tickets became public that their week two and week three episodes of AEW On TNT have officially sold out. The success follows all patterns for the promotion as of late, as everything they have done…
The Road to this month’s AEW All Out continued on Wednesday evening, as All Elite Wrestling (AEW) released episode seven of their countdown series leading fans into the big event. Episode seven of “The Road to AEW All Out” was released via the official AEW YouTube channel and other various social media outlets. Check out…