Full 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Bracket
The latest word from the wrestling world is that Dusty Rhodes Two-person unit Classic 2026 The 14-team field was broke the news over the weekend, and WWE has n...
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Update On WWE’s Plans For The John Cena Classic
The latest update suggests that the John Cena Classic was initial declared by the 17-time World Title holder John Cena himself during WWE Backlash earlier this ...
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Locker Room Update On WWE’s Plans For The John Cena Classic
The John Cena Classic was maiden broke the news by the 17-time World Champion John Cena himself during WWE Backlash earlier this year. The tournament is widely ...
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Potential Date Revealed For WWE’s Inaugural John Cena Classic
Citing a report from PWMania.com, WWE legend and 17-time World Titleholder John Cena announced the creation of the John Cena Classic during the 2026 Backlash pr...
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Potential Date Unveiled For WWE’s Inaugural John Cena Classic
As per a report from PWMania.com, WWE legend and 17-time World Reigning champion John Cena let slip the creation of the John Cena Classic during the 2026 Backla...
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WWE Still Has No Start Date For John Cena Classic
Earlier in May, the now-retired WWE legend and 17-time World Titleholder John Cena confirmed the John Cena Classic, a tournament featuring developmental NXT tal...
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John Cena Shares Fresh Update On The John Cena Classic
WWE legend and 17-time World Titleholder John Cena unveiled the John Cena Classic tournament during the 2026 WWE Backlash premium live event (PLE). The tourname...
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WWE SmackDown’s Comeback: Returning to Two-Hour Format Starting July 4, 2025
WWE is resetting the clock on SmackDown—but this time, rolling it back from three hours to its classic two-hour format. Starting Friday, July 4, 2025, the Blue ...
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WWE King & Queen of the Ring 2025: The Crown Returns with a Twist
WWE is bringing back the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments in 2025, and it's not just a rerun of the classics. This year's edition introduces a fresh forma...
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WWE Announces King and Queen of the Ring 2023 Event
New royalty will be crowned. WWE has issued the following press release, announcing the 2023 King and Queen of the Ring event: The General Entertainment Authority, in cooperation with WWE, has announced that WWE King and Queen Of The Ring will be held at the Jeddah Superdome, the world’s largest pillarless Superdome, on Saturday, May 27, 2023. WWE King and Queen Of The Ring is happening in Jeddah, alongside a host of additional exciting events happening in Jeddah throughout the year. This marks the first King Of The Ring Premium Live Event to be held since 2015 and the first crowning of a Queen since the inaugural Queen’s Crown Tournament which took place at WWE Crown Jewel in Riyadh in 2021. More details on WWE King and Queen Of The Ring will be announced in the coming weeks. Editor’s Opinion: This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody, as this event was wildly successful in the past. I love the fact that they are bringing back this classic event, and, including both men and w..
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WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Interested In Bringing In Two Former World Champions
They have people in mind. There are some very talented wrestlers on the WWE roster, but there are also several top names outside of the company’s circle. WWE will occasionally try to bring some of these names in, which can make for some very interesting moments. Now it seems that WWE is interested in a few names, with one of them appearing to be a bit further along. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WATCH: Bayley Attends Mercedes Mone’s First New Japan Match, Helps Lead Cheers According to WrestleVotes by way of GiveMeSport, Triple H has asked the WWE creative team to start coming up with ideas in case the company is able to sign Jay White. In addition, Kota Ibushi was also brought up as a possible free agent during a meeting in January. White reportedly finished up with New Japan over the weekend and Ibushi wrestled in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic. Those are some talented stars. Check out the two of them in action: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click..
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WRESTLING RUMORS: WWE Bringing Back Classic Concept For Road To WrestleMania 39
They worked well the first time. WWE has been around for a very long time and has a deep history. The company has done a lot of things over the years, with some of them being rather memorable. Those moments are often things that only happened once due to one reason or another, but now WWE might be bringing back some of the most memorable vignettes they have ever done. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WATCH: WWE Star Teases Major Turn After SmackDown Goes Off The Air Back in 2005, WrestleMania 21 was held in Los Angeles, California, with a theme of WrestleMania Goes Hollywood. To help build the show, WWE released several parody movie trailers, featuring stars portraying famous movie characters. According to WrestleVotes, WWE is planning to create more of the parody trailers for this year’s show. Miz, Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, the Brawling Brutes and the Street Profits are expected to be involved. WrestleMania 39 takes place on April 1 and 2. I’m hearing WWE has begun filming brand new “movie par..
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He Almost Got There: How Ricochet Wanted To Pay A Gory Tribute To Steve Austin
That would have been a tribute. There are certain images in wrestling that are absolutely iconic no matter how you look at them. These are the shots that you have seen for years and will continue to see for years to come, as they were some kind of a game changer in wrestling. Occasionally you will see someone pay tribute to such a moment, which was almost the case again recently. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: They’re Next: WWE Discusses Bringing Back Two Former Champions During a recent interview with Metro, Ricochet revealed that he was attempting to recreate the classic Steve Austin bleeding visual from WrestleMania 13. Ricochet was busted open on the December 23 SmackDown and attempted to make himself look like Austin in the match. As a result of the cut though, medics came to the ring and wiped away the blood, despite Ricochet’s protests. It would have been different. Check out the original and how Ricochet tried to recreate it, plus some classic Austin: [This post contains video, cli..
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WATCH: WWE Airs Awesome History Of Monday Night Raw Package
They do history well. WWE has been around for a long time and has been the dominant wrestling promotion in the United States for the last twenty plus years. The company has not faced serious competition in a long time and a lot of that has been due to its flagship television show, Monday Night Raw. That show is about to celebrate a special anniversary and WWE is going down Memory Lane. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Another Way: WWE Plans Different Kind Of Royal Rumble Surprises Next week, Monday Night Raw is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary with a special show. The event will include a variety of legends, a steel cage match and a pair of title matches. This week on SmackDown, WWE aired a video looking back at some of the greatest Monday Night Raw moments in history. The video included moments from throughout the show’s history, which were not shown in chronological order. It’s a rather cool video. Check out the Monday Night Raw tribute and some other classic show moments: [This post ..
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Over There: WWE Taking Annual Event To London Later This Year
Across the sea. WWE is the biggest wrestling company in the world and is truly an international promotion. You will regularly see WWE going around the world to showcase their talents wherever they can, which leads to a variety of interesting shows. Now one of the bigger shows of the year is going overseas for the first time ever to really give the fans a treat. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: LOOK: WWE, AEW And New Japan Stars Recreate Classic Photo This Week WWE has announced that Money In The Bank 2023 will take place on July 1 at the 02 Arena in London, England. This will be the first time that a traditional WWE premium live event will be held in England since Insurrextion 2002. This comes after WWE presented the Clash At The Castle premium live event in Cardiff, Wales, the first such event in Europe in over thirty years. BREAKING: WWE Money in the Bank will take place at @TheO2 Arena in London on Saturday, July 1, as first reported by @MailSport! #MITB ? https://t.co/mI2GIizPIq pic.twit..
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LOOK: WWE, AEW And New Japan Stars Recreate Classic Photo This Week
The best of several worlds. There are all kinds of wrestling promotions throughout the world, from the biggest companies around to some rather small independents and all points in between. Every now and then you get to see these promotions doing something together and now that is the case again, albeit this time there were three major companies recreating something from the past. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: WRESTLING RUMORS: More Evidence WWE Is Teasing A Hurt Business Reunion Earlier this week, New Japan Pro Wrestling held its annual Wrestle Kingdom event, featuring wrestlers from AEW. The event also included the debut of former WWE star Sasha Banks, now known as Mercedes Mone. Current WWE star Bayley accompanied her for the debut, though she did not appear on television. Dax Harwood posted a photo of the four together this week, as compared to the four together at some point in their WWE/NXT career. Harwood captioned the two photos with the phrase “What a life.” What a life. pic.twitte..
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REVIEW: Royal Rumble 1992: Fair To Flair
Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over twelve years now and have reviewed over 6,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net. It could be anything from modern WWE to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be? Royal Rumble 1992 Date: January 19, 1992 Location: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York Attendance: 17,000 Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan It’s time to get back to one of the classics as this one comes up on the request list pretty regularly. Since this is going to be my fourth time looking at it, odds are this is going to be the last time I look at it for a very good while. You probably know the big attraction by heart at this point and that should be more than enough to carry the whole thing. Let’s ..
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Vince McMahon Reportedly Planning WWE Comeback
He might not be done? This has been one of the busiest wrestling years in history with several game changing stories taking place. The biggest of them all has been Vince McMahon’s retirement from WWE. For the first time in nearly forty years, a new regime is in charge of WWE and that is leading to even more changes. However, we might not entirely be done with the old regime. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Double Shot: WWE Files Trademarks For Return Of Classic Show (Kind Of) According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, McMahon is considering a comeback to WWE. McMahon reportedly felt that he was given bad advice about retiring and believes that the allegations against him will blow over. McMahon retired from WWE in July during an investigation involving various payments made to women over the years over alleged sexual encounters and relationships. There is no word on when McMahon might attempt to return to WWE. WWE has had its share of comebacks. Check out some of the better ones..
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Double Shot: WWE Files Trademarks For Return Of Classic Show (Kind Of)
Bring them back? WWE runs all kinds of special events in any given year, with the biggest being described as Premium Live Events. The company has several shows that are presented every single year, but you never know when something new is going to be added to the rotation. Now it seems that WWE might be planning to bring back a classic, but with something extra added on. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: LOOK: WWE Star Changes Up Her Longtime Unique Appearance According to PWInsider.com, WWE has filed a trademark for “WWE King And Queen Of The Ring”. While not confirmed, this would suggest that WWE is bringing back the King of the Ring event. This was rumored earlier in the year but no announcement was ever officially made. Last year, WWE presented the inaugural Queen’s Crown tournament, but has never held a Queen Of The Ring tournament. There is no word on any details about WWE running either tournament, including when they might happen. WWE has done some tournaments before. Check out a bit o..
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Long Overdue: Inaugural Class Of Women’s Wrestling Hall Of Fame Announced
They have earned it. There have been all kinds of stars throughout the history of wrestling but only a select group reach legendary status. While several wrestlers will win championships at some point in their career, they will ultimately lose them at some point. That leaves few honors that last forever, but now another group of wrestlers will be receiving such praise. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: He Seems Impressed: Seth Rollins’ High Praise For Famous Becky Lynch Moment The inaugural class of the Women’s Wrestling Hall Of Fame has been announced. The 2023 class will include 18 entries, with 16 individuals, one tag team and one promotion. Inductions will take place at various locations, including at Icons Of Wrestling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17 and at an upcoming World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling event in Ohio. The Women’s Wrestling Hall Of Fame will be associated with the International Wrestling Hall Of Fame in Albany, New York. Here is the 2023 class: * M..