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Summary Triple H said he considers WrestleMania 40 the first WrestleMania that was fully his as WWE Chief Content Officer, but he also made clear the handoff was not a clean one. S
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On June 23, 1996, Steve Austin won the King of the Ring tournament in Milwaukee and left with something much bigger than a crown. By the end of the night, he had a catchphrase, a c
On June 22, 1996, ECW staged the kind of night that only ECW could have staged. Hardcore Heaven 1996 was loud, messy, overheated, half out of control and impossible to forget. The
On June 21, 2000, Nippon TV aired its final All Japan Pro Wrestling broadcast. In pure television terms, it was just one show ending after nearly three decades. In wrestling terms,
On June 19, 1995, WCW had not yet launched Nitro, had not yet won a ratings battle and had not yet turned Monday nights into wrestling's most famous weekly fight. What it did on th
On June 18, 2018, wrestling lost one of the few monsters who never had to choose between spectacle and skill. Leon White, known around the world as Vader and Big Van Vader, died th
On June 17, 2007, TNA went back to the building where its national story started and tried to tell the audience what the next chapter was supposed to be. Slammiversary that year wa
On June 16, 2012, Hiroshi Tanahashi did more than win back the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. He restored the center of gravity in New Japan Pro-Wrestling without killing the futur
On June 15, 2015, WWE did not need a long mystery to close Raw. It just needed Brock Lesnar to walk out. That moment, saved for the final stretch of the post-Money in the Bank epis
On June 14, 1993, the Steiner Brothers beat Money Inc. at a WWF Wrestling Challenge taping in Columbus, Ohio and finally got their hands on the tag team titles. It was a title chan
On June 13, 1993, Bret Hart walked into the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio with a chance to win the first King of the Ring pay-per-view and walked out having turned the whole nigh
On June 12, 2000, there was no title switch, no famous finishing sequence and no single match that can carry the whole story. What happened instead was something rarer. The wrestli
On June 11, 2006, WWE walked into the Hammerstein Ballroom with its top championship and one of its biggest stars. By the end of the night, Rob Van Dam was holding the belt, Paul H
On June 10, 1996, WCW's invasion angle stopped feeling like a weird one-man stunt and started feeling like a hostile takeover. Scott Hall had already walked into Nitro and made vie
On June 9, 2018, Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada met for the fourth time, and by the end of the night there was no argument left about whether their rivalry belonged in wrestling h
On June 8, 1997, Hunter Hearst Helmsley won the King of the Ring tournament in Providence, Rhode Island, and with it claimed the moment that finally pushed his WWF career back onto
On June 7, 2009, Batista got the win that had been hanging over one of WWE's hottest rivalries for months. Inside a steel cage at *Extreme Rules* in New Orleans, Batista beat Randy
On June 6, 1993, Shawn Michaels beat Marty Jannetty in Albany, New York to regain the WWF Intercontinental Championship. On paper, that sounds like a routine title change. In pract
On June 5, 2019, Jon Moxley had his first match after leaving WWE, and he made sure nobody could mistake it for a fresh coat of paint on an old act. That night at New Japan's *Best
On June 4, 2004, TNA stopped being a promotion you had to go out of your way to find. That was the day the first episode of *Impact* aired on Fox Sports Net, giving the two-year-ol
On June 3, 1994, All Japan Pro Wrestling put one match in front of the house and trusted it to carry the night. That match was Mitsuharu Misawa defending the Triple Crown against T
On June 2, 2014, WWE found the fastest possible way to turn triumph into heartbreak. The night before, The Shield had just swept Evolution at Payback in Chicago, beating Triple H,
On June 1, 1996, Antonio Inoki tried to stage a wrestling version of world diplomacy in Los Angeles. That sentence sounds grand, maybe even a little ridiculous, and that is exactly
On May 31, 2015, WWE gave Kevin Owens the kind of debut most wrestlers spend an entire career chasing. He did not show up, trade a few lines, and lose a respectable first match to
On May 30, 2016, WWE took a meeting fans had waited years to see and twisted it into something much better than a respectful handshake. John Cena returned to Raw that night after m
On May 29, 2016, DDT did not just crown a new champion. It told its audience that the promotion's future had arrived right on schedule. That afternoon at Korakuen Hall, Konosuke Ta
On May 28, 2002, Calgary stopped pretending that wrestling grief could be kept behind the curtain. That day became the public farewell for Davey Boy Smith, the British Bulldog, jus
On May 27, 1996, WCW took one of the biggest creative swings in modern wrestling history and landed it clean. Scott Hall walked through the crowd on Monday Nitro, stepped into the
On May 26, 1996, WWF tried to run another routine In Your House pay-per-view and wound up producing one of the weirdest nights in company history. Beware of Dog was supposed to be
On May 25, 2019, All Elite Wrestling stopped being a promise and became a promotion. That distinction mattered. For months, AEW had money, executive vice presidents, a television d
On May 24, 2015, AAA tried something that felt almost rebellious for modern wrestling. Instead of protecting borders, guarding contracts, and pretending the rest of the industry di
On May 23, 1999, wrestling collided with real life in the ugliest way imaginable. Owen Hart died that night at Over the Edge in Kansas City after falling during a planned Blue Blaz
On May 22, 2005, John Cena did more than beat JBL again. He survived him, bled with him, and finally looked like a WWE champion fans could believe in. That is what made Judgment Da
On May 21, 2001, WWF put one of its best television main events of the era on free TV and accidentally changed the shape of its entire summer. That night on Raw in San Jose, Chris
On May 20, 2011, wrestling lost one of the few stars who never needed a surname, a title belt or even a proper introduction. Randy Savage was simply the Macho Man, and by the time
On May 19, 1996, WWF ran what should have been just a hot Madison Square Garden house show. Instead, it became one of the most replayed and re-litigated nights in wrestling history
On May 18, 1997, Ric Flair returned to the ring in Charlotte, North Carolina, and for one night WCW stopped feeling like a company renting his legend and started feeling like a com
On May 17, 1993, Monday Night Raw still felt new enough that it could surprise people in a way wrestling television rarely does now. That night at the Manhattan Center, the surpris
On May 16, 1999, ECW put on a pay-per-view that easily could have been remembered for everything that was going wrong around the company. Instead, it is remembered for Rob Van Dam
Summary Athena says she still wants another match with Asuka, even as questions continue to surround what comes next for the former WWE Women's Champion after her recent goodbye wi
Summary TNA has added an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship to Slammiversary 2026, giving the promotion's signature high-risk stipulation a spot on its biggest show o
Summary Mercedes Moné made a public appearance in Los Angeles for the premiere of *The Mandalorian and Grogu*, which is set for a nationwide release on May 22. The appearance fits
Summary John Cena says the newly announced John Cena Classic is being designed less like a standard tournament and more like a WWE version of an All-Star game, with main roster tal
Summary Cedric Alexander left the May 14 episode of TNA iMPACT as the new X-Division Champion, ending Leon Slater's reign one day before Slater was set to become the longest-reigni
Summary Ring of Honor's May 14 episode of ROH TV streamed on HonorClub and pushed multiple championship stories forward ahead of Supercard of Honor. The biggest development came in
Summary TNA has made two title bouts official for the May 21 episode of iMPACT on AMC, headlined by Mike Santana defending the TNA World Championship against Steve Maclin. The matc
Summary The May 14 episode of TNA iMPACT moved several of the promotion's active stories at once, with Eric Young earning a TNA World Title opportunity, Steve Maclin being cleared
Summary House of Glory has added Kevin Knight vs. Amazing Red to its Waging War event on May 22 at NYC Arena in Queens, New York. The match gives the show a meeting between one of
Summary Kit Wilson said one of his early ideas after Elton Prince went down with a neck injury was to join Chelsea Green's Secret Hervice, but WWE ultimately moved in a different d
Summary WWE NXT drew 498,000 viewers on The CW for its May 12 episode, a sharp drop from the 641,000 viewers the show posted one week earlier. The episode also delivered a 0.06 rat
Summary WWE's newly announced summer 2026 live events in the United States are expected to come with lower ticket prices than many of the company's recent shows, according to Bryan
Summary The first hour of WWE Backlash averaged 998,000 viewers on ESPN2 and drew a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The special presentation also streamed on ESPN Unlimited,
Summary A new report says the teams working on WWE games were hit hardest by the latest company-wide layoffs at Visual Concepts. According to that report, the cuts affected both th
On May 15, 1992, AAA did not look like an institution yet. It looked like a gamble. Antonio Peña had broken away from the old order, lined up television backing, pulled major stars
Summary Sami Zayn believes WWE live events still serve an important purpose, especially for younger wrestlers who need more time in front of live crowds, but he also sees why a ful
Summary Karl-Anthony Towns has put a $60,000 bounty on John Cena's 1-of-1 WrestleMania 41 patch autograph card, adding another high-profile chase to the recent market around WWE me
Summary Sami Zayn says the Gingerbread Man material in his feud with WWE United States Champion Trick Williams only works when everyone involved fully commits to it. Speaking on HU
Summary Teddy Long says there is nothing to recent talk about him returning as SmackDown general manager when the show moves back to two hours this summer. Long addressed the rumor
Summary Ronda Rousey says she once mapped out an extended singles program with Becky Lynch after WrestleMania 35, only for the idea to lose momentum by the time she returned to WWE
Summary Tony Khan says AEW's relationship with Jazwares could change after reports that the company's full AEW team was laid off. Khan addressed the situation during the pre-ROH Su
Summary Nyla Rose is heading back to Japan for Dream Star Fighting Marigold's Shine Forever event on May 23 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Rose has been announced for an e
Summary Tony Khan said Sareee and Persephone are both still expected to take part in the 2026 AEW Owen Hart Cup, with their tournament matches now likely to happen in June. The upd
Summary RJ City addressed the idea of wrestling again on Thursday and made it clear he believes he still has something left physically, even if he is not looking to step back into
Summary Ethan Page said he never felt pressure about being disliked in the locker room because, in his words, that has followed him throughout his career. During a recent interview
Summary Jake Paul says TKO has prevented him from attending Logan Paul's WWE matches because of the larger issues he has with UFC and the way fighter pay is handled. Speaking durin
Summary Ridge Holland has opened up about one of the most difficult stretches of his WWE run, saying the fallout after Big E suffered a broken neck during a match stayed with him l
Summary A new report says WWE has already started changing its plans for Fatal Influence after the group's early crowd reactions on SmackDown. Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Lainey
Summary Finn Bálor said Dominik Mysterio's natural feel for live promos quickly changed the dynamic inside Judgment Day after Mysterio joined the group. Speaking on Stephanie McMah
Summary A new report says AAA could bring Night One of Triplemania 34 to the United States, though nothing has been officially announced yet. Triplemania 34 is already set as a two
Summary Netflix has reportedly shown interest in hosting the John Cena Classic, the tournament Cena [announced at WWE Backlash](/news/john-cena-announces-john-cena-classic-and-new-
Summary Vince McMahon and other former WWE leaders are pushing back on claims tied to their use of Signal during the negotiations that led to WWE's merger with UFC. According to ar
Summary Ethan Page says his match with El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. at NXT Halloween Havoc stands as his favorite bout since arriving in WWE. The match took place in October 2025 and
Summary A new backstage update suggests AEW remains interested in the possibility of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods eventually wrestling for the promotion. According to the report,
Summary Swerve Strickland offered a revealing but guarded answer when he was asked why AEW stopped using his "Big Pressure" entrance theme. During a recent interview, Strickland sa
Summary John Cena's newly announced John Cena Classic is reportedly still in the planning stage, but early discussion has pointed to a possible December timeframe. Cena [announced
Summary A new report says AEW has shown real interest in working with WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley later this year. Foley's current WWE Legends deal is reportedly set to expire wit
Summary Finn Balor said one of the more unusual parts of his move to WWE came when he and company officials worked through possible ring names. Speaking on Stephanie McMahon's podc
Summary Finn Bálor said he once pictured finishing his wrestling career in Japan, but now sees a different kind of return there. While speaking on Stephanie McMahon's podcast, Bálo
Summary Finn Bálor said he would be up for a wrestling match with Conor McGregor after recalling that "McGregor" was once considered as a possible WWE name for him. While appearing
Summary Finn Bálor says he has deliberately stepped back from media appearances, podcasts, and public speaking because he is more comfortable expressing himself in the ring than in
Summary Stephanie Vaquer may not be away from WWE television for much longer. Vaquer was written off during the April 27 episode of RAW when Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez atta
Summary WWE has added 10 more live event stops to its 2026 Summer Tour, with dates stretching from July 11 through Aug. 30. The newly announced run includes events in Las Cruces, A
Summary WWE has announced 10 additional live event dates for its 2026 Summer Tour, adding stops across New Mexico, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Virginia, New Hampshire, Geor
Summary Gunther said his physical transformation after reaching WWE's main roster came down to understanding how much wider the audience had become. While speaking with Enry Lazza,
Summary Joe Hendry says a full album created with WWE Music is on the way this summer, adding another layer to the act that has helped make him one of the more distinctive personal
Summary Joe Hendry shared a memorable story from an earlier WWE tryout while speaking with Chris Van Vliet, describing how an attempt to make a good impression in catering turned i
Summary Megan Bayne and Lena Kross, together known as Divine Dominion, have been announced for the May 16 episode of AEW Collision. The duo will compete in a five-minute eliminator
Summary Darby Allin will defend the AEW World Championship against MJF at Double or Nothing, and the stakes now go beyond the title. AEW made the match official on Wednesday's epis
Summary AEW has added Mark Briscoe vs. Tommaso Ciampa to the May 20 dual episode of Dynamite and Collision. The singles match will be Briscoe's first bout since March 11, 2026. Tha
Summary Mark Briscoe returned to AEW television on the May 13 episode of Dynamite after being away since March. The former TNT Champion appeared backstage, reunited with The Conglo
Summary AEW added more depth to the Stadium Stampede lineup on Wednesday's Dynamite, as Ricochet revealed that Andrade El Idolo and The Dogs, Clark Connors and David Finlay, will j
Summary A new report has shed some light on Big Bill's contract status with AEW. According to the report, AEW sources believed as of April that Big Bill's current deal was set to e
Summary Dixie Carter reportedly declined multiple invitations to take part in the upcoming three-part TNA documentary series on Dark Side of the Ring. The report says Carter was as
Summary AEW has announced the opening-round matches for the 2026 Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, with one of the quarterfinal bouts already scheduled for Double or Nothing
Summary AEW has confirmed the opening-round matches for the 2026 men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, with two of the quarterfinal bouts set for Double or Nothing. The first-roun
Summary Brian Cage returned to AEW television on the May 13 edition of Dynamite, stepping in to answer TNT Champion Kevin Knight's open challenge after a long layoff. Cage had been
Summary Piper Niven shared a health update on social media this week, revealing that she recently underwent an anterior discectomy. The procedure is used to treat issues in the nec
On May 14, 1995, the World Wrestling Federation tried something that looked modest on paper and ended up mattering for years. The company brought its first In Your House pay-per-vi
Summary Liv Morgan believes her WrestleMania 42 entrance was a statement all by itself. Morgan won the WWE Women's World Championship at WrestleMania 42 by defeating Stephanie Vaqu
Summary Jelly Roll reportedly wanted a different kind of WWE role than the one he ultimately had during the WrestleMania 42 build. According to comments shared during a conversatio
Summary Thekla does not expect Asuka to walk away from wrestling, even with recent speculation surrounding her future after WWE Backlash and the goodbye scene that followed on Raw.
Summary Swerve Strickland addressed the recent talk about Aleister Black potentially returning to AEW during an interview with Bootleg Kev, but he stopped short of adding anything
Summary Trevor Lee recently looked back on his Haunted House of Terror match with Dexter Lumis at NXT Halloween Havoc 2020, calling it one of the more enjoyable projects he worked
Summary Swerve Strickland believes Oba Femi should have been presented at the top of the card from the moment he reached WWE's main roster. While speaking on the Bootleg Kev Podcas
Summary Trick Williams said a throwaway line aimed at Sami Zayn during their feud turned into a much bigger part of the act than he ever expected. While discussing his work with Li
Summary O'Shea Jackson Jr said he recently brought WWE's growing ad presence directly to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, telling them the volume of commercials has become "almost u
Summary Swerve Strickland believes Darby Allin's AEW World Championship win would have landed even stronger with more groundwork before the title change. Allin won the championship
Summary AEW Fairway To Hell averaged 342,000 viewers on TBS for its debut broadcast on Saturday, May 9. The one-hour special aired at 8 p.m. ET and posted a 0.05 rating in the key
Summary Ahead of the May 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, MJF answered a fan on X who said they had never watched AEW but still wanted WWE to sign him. Instead of leaning into the fanta
Summary Tony Schiavone shared a memorable post-WCW story on his podcast about unexpectedly crossing paths with Ted Turner not long after WWE bought WCW in 2001. Schiavone said he h
Summary Swerve Strickland says his recent absence from AEW Dynamite is not a mystery, at least from his point of view. After briefly posting and deleting a message earlier in the w
Summary Rey Fenix has made it clear he wants his own opening in WWE as his brother Penta continues to build momentum as Intercontinental Champion. Penta has become one of WWE's fas
Summary Levi Cooper says Heavy Machinery nearly arrived on WWE's main roster with different ring names. Speaking during a virtual signing, Cooper recalled that he and Otis pitched
Summary Killer Kross has floated the idea of teaming with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods for a one-night trios appearance following Kingston and Woods' departure from WWE earlier t
Summary Kevin Nash says WWE talent should unionize and join SAG-AFTRA after reports that TKO has asked wrestlers to take pay cuts. Nash raised the issue while speaking on his podca
Summary Jack Perry says one of the roughest stretches of his career ultimately helped him grow into the Scapegoat character that reshaped his presentation in AEW. While speaking wi
Summary Swerve Strickland believes celebrities and influencers can have a place in pro wrestling, but only if the audience is invested in them. Speaking during a recent interview,
Summary Luchasaurus has shared more detail on the shoulder injury that has kept him out of the ring since December, saying the damage worsened during the Dynamite Diamond Ring batt
Summary Swerve Strickland had nothing but respect for Darby Allin when the subject of Allin's Mount Everest climb came up in a recent interview. Allin stepped away from AEW last ye
Summary Levi Cooper says he is fully retired from pro wrestling, but there is one scenario that could make him think about one more match. Cooper, who WWE fans know as Tucker Knigh
Summary Luchasaurus says the illness that took him off AEW television in September 2024 became far more serious than a lingering cold. While speaking with Chris Jericho on *Talk Is
Summary Athena says she still wants another match with Asuka, even as questions continue to surround what comes next for the former WWE Women's Champion after her recent goodbye wi
Summary John Cena says the newly announced John Cena Classic is being designed less like a standard tournament and more like a WWE version of an All-Star game, with main roster tal
Summary Kit Wilson said one of his early ideas after Elton Prince went down with a neck injury was to join Chelsea Green's Secret Hervice, but WWE ultimately moved in a different d
Summary WWE's newly announced summer 2026 live events in the United States are expected to come with lower ticket prices than many of the company's recent shows, according to Bryan
Summary The first hour of WWE Backlash averaged 998,000 viewers on ESPN2 and drew a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The special presentation also streamed on ESPN Unlimited,
On June 23, 1996, Steve Austin won the King of the Ring tournament in Milwaukee and left with something much bigger than a crown. By the end of the night, he had a catchphrase, a c
On June 22, 1996, ECW staged the kind of night that only ECW could have staged. Hardcore Heaven 1996 was loud, messy, overheated, half out of control and impossible to forget. The
On June 21, 2000, Nippon TV aired its final All Japan Pro Wrestling broadcast. In pure television terms, it was just one show ending after nearly three decades. In wrestling terms,
On June 19, 1995, WCW had not yet launched Nitro, had not yet won a ratings battle and had not yet turned Monday nights into wrestling's most famous weekly fight. What it did on th
On June 18, 2018, wrestling lost one of the few monsters who never had to choose between spectacle and skill. Leon White, known around the world as Vader and Big Van Vader, died th
Summary Mercedes Moné made a public appearance in Los Angeles for the premiere of *The Mandalorian and Grogu*, which is set for a nationwide release on May 22. The appearance fits
Summary House of Glory has added Kevin Knight vs. Amazing Red to its Waging War event on May 22 at NYC Arena in Queens, New York. The match gives the show a meeting between one of
Summary Tony Khan says AEW's relationship with Jazwares could change after reports that the company's full AEW team was laid off. Khan addressed the situation during the pre-ROH Su
Summary Nyla Rose is heading back to Japan for Dream Star Fighting Marigold's Shine Forever event on May 23 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Rose has been announced for an e
Summary Tony Khan said Sareee and Persephone are both still expected to take part in the 2026 AEW Owen Hart Cup, with their tournament matches now likely to happen in June. The upd
Summary TNA has added an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship to Slammiversary 2026, giving the promotion's signature high-risk stipulation a spot on its biggest show o
Summary Cedric Alexander left the May 14 episode of TNA iMPACT as the new X-Division Champion, ending Leon Slater's reign one day before Slater was set to become the longest-reigni
Summary Ring of Honor's May 14 episode of ROH TV streamed on HonorClub and pushed multiple championship stories forward ahead of Supercard of Honor. The biggest development came in
Summary TNA has made two title bouts official for the May 21 episode of iMPACT on AMC, headlined by Mike Santana defending the TNA World Championship against Steve Maclin. The matc
Summary The May 14 episode of TNA iMPACT moved several of the promotion's active stories at once, with Eric Young earning a TNA World Title opportunity, Steve Maclin being cleared
Summary A new report says AAA could bring Night One of Triplemania 34 to the United States, though nothing has been officially announced yet. Triplemania 34 is already set as a two
Summary Trevor Lee recently looked back on his Haunted House of Terror match with Dexter Lumis at NXT Halloween Havoc 2020, calling it one of the more enjoyable projects he worked
Summary The Wyatt Sicks will reunite for WrestleCon during WWE SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis, with the group scheduled to appear across all three days of the convention from Ju
Summary Jimmy Wang Yang said The Undertaker stepped in during his WWE run and told him to stop wearing an entrance jacket with a Confederate flag on the back. Yang discussed the ol
Summary Sting has been announced for WrestleCon during SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis, and the booking is being billed as his first convention appearance without face paint. The
