Sami Zayn Just Ended CM Punk's WWE Title Reign
WWE didn't just have Sami Zayn beat CM Punk in Mexico City. It took the title off its biggest merch seller with Randy Orton already circling.
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WWE Is Paying Mexico City in Championship Belts
WWE hasn't aired live from Mexico City in 15 years. Its welcome-back gift is four championship matches on a go-home SmackDown nobody bought a ticket expecting.
Bayley Came Back and Immediately Ruined Someone's Night
Bayley returns and instantly costs Lyra Valkyria her Money in the Bank spot, then 946 sets The Usos SUV on fire. WWE remembered stakes exist.
Randy Orton's Dead-Dog Joke Came True
Randy Orton spent two weeks joking that Cody Rhodes' dog was dead. Days later, the dog actually died -- and WWE hasn't said a word about it since.
Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker Is Tonight's Real Main Event
Rhodes-Orton is getting all the attention on Sunday Night's Main Event. The Femi-Breakker match WWE waited five weeks to book says more about the future.
WWE Bet the Whole Show on Rhodes-Orton Being Personal
No championship is on the line when Cody Rhodes fights Randy Orton tonight. After a month of personal attacks, WWE is betting that won't matter at all.
WWE Cut Adriana Rizzo After Two Years Hurt on Its Clock
Adriana Rizzo's WWE release statement lays out an Achilles rupture and ACL/meniscus tear that ate two years of her four-year run. WWE cut her anyway.
WWE Put Lil Yachty in a Real Title Match
WWE booked a rapper in a real title match on the same card as Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton, and Lil Yachty surviving five minutes is the actual main event.
Kofi Kingston, Austin Creed: WWE's Pay Cut Was 'More Than 50%'
Kofi Kingston and Austin Creed say WWE's pay cut offer was 'more than 50%' after nearly 12 years. They left for AEW and won trios gold on night one.
Usos Attacked on Raw: Fatu Answers With a Lead Pipe
A crowbar to the windshield, a powerbomb through the glass, and Jacob Fatu showing up with a lead pipe. Royce Keys and OTM turned Raw into something ugly.
WWE Found Someone Else to Pay for the Show
WWE just locked Perth, Western Australia into a three-year, taxpayer-backed deal for Wrestlepalooza. Vegas did the same thing for F1. Saudi Arabia too.
WWE Is Rushing Zilla Fatu. That's the Point.
Zilla Fatu debuted three weeks ago. Sunday he is in the NXT Championship four-way. Here is what the fast track really says about WWE family-name math.
ESPN Denies a WWE Rumor Nobody Was Panicking About
ESPN called a report that it's dumping WWE in 2030 'categorically false.' The denial is real, but nobody was asking yet, and that's the actual story.
WWE's Biggest Gate Came With a No-Touching Rule Attached
WWE reportedly drew its biggest SmackDown gate ever in Toronto, and the same week its GM had to legally ban Rhodes and Orton from touching each other first.
CM Punk Wore His Dead Dog's Paw Prints Into a Title Match
CM Punk wore his late dog Larry's actual paw prints into his WWE Championship defense — then Sami Zayn turned heel to help him keep the belt.
WWE Buried Ilja Dragunov, Then Let Him Walk
Ilja Dragunov didn't get cut from WWE. He got buried for months after winning the US Championship, then let his contract expire rather than stick around.
Kenny Omega Just Proved AEW Remembers Everything
Kenny Omega didn't just turn heel on Will Ospreay Wednesday night. He weaponized eleven years of real history, eleven days before Wembley settles it.
AJ Styles Just Made LA Knight's Title Case for Him
AJ Styles says he's never seen anyone more ready for a title than LA Knight, right as Knight is circling Roman Reigns. That's not a coincidence.
Chelsea Green Just Made the Case for Herself in One Promo
A wrestling reviewer called it WWE's best promo in a year. Mickie James called it one of the greatest she's ever seen. Chelsea Green earned the title first.
Bayley's AEW Tease Has WWE Reportedly Rattled
Bayley posted a training video with Mercedes Mone set to a song called 'All In,' and WWE reportedly isn't thrilled. Nobody even knows her contract timeline.
Kevin Owens Used Danhausen as a Text Message to CM Punk
Kevin Owens saved Danhausen from The Miz, then Stunnered him anyway, told him to pass it to CM Punk. Cold, calculated, and it worked perfectly.
Zilla Fatu's NXT Debut Proves WWE's Bloodline Machine Works
Zilla Fatu pulled 16 million views in under 15 hours on his NXT debut, and it is not luck. WWE has been building this bloodline machine since 2020.
Cody Rhodes Ended the Avery Styles Chairs Controversy
Arik Cannon dragged AJ Styles' 19-year-old son for skipping chair duty at a GCW show. Cody Rhodes ended the whole debate with one perfect tweet.
Chelsea Green's Title Reign Is Already in Chaos
Five days after winning the interim WWE Women's Title at SummerSlam, Chelsea Green broke her orbital bone on SmackDown. WWE still hasn't said what's next.
Kevin Owens Is Back. Now Comes the Real Test.
Kevin Owens is chasing CM Punk's title after a year-plus away, but tonight's SmackDown is really a test of what WWE plans to pay off from SummerSlam.
The AAA Deal Stopped Being a Poster This Week
Rey Mysterio pitched Roman Reigns a real WWE/AAA tournament with a title shot in Mexico City. It's the first sign the AAA deal is more than a logo on a poster.
LA Knight Called Reigns a Fraud. Reigns Yawned.
LA Knight called Roman Reigns a fraud the night after SummerSlam. Reigns flexed a $300K watch and walked off. The non-answer says the quiet part loud.
Reigns and Rollins Ended It With a Fist Bump
Roman Reigns beat Seth Rollins in a 33-minute SummerSlam classic, then the two closed the book on a Shield rivalry that started in 2012 with a fist bump.
Kevin Owens Is Back and He's Coming for Punk
Kevin Owens said he never made peace with his career being over. Seventeen months later he's stunnering his way to a CM Punk title match. Don't ruin this, WWE.
SummerSlam Night Two Has to Settle Everything
Night One gave WWE three storylines to pay off in one night. Here's why Reigns-Rollins, and everything under it, has to answer for all of it tonight.
Oba Femi Beat Brock Lesnar. That's the SummerSlam Story.
Oba Femi beat Brock Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell at SummerSlam, closing out a trilogy WWE built for years. That's the story, not the title match.
WWE Got Its Randy Orton Pop and Used It to Screw Cody
Randy Orton's SummerSlam return got one of the loudest ovations of the night for what was supposed to be a heel turn. WWE heard it and bet against it anyway.
CM Punk and Cody Rhodes Actually Fought on SmackDown
CM Punk and Cody Rhodes actually threw hands on SmackDown, and the nervous urgency behind that booking says more about SummerSlam than any hype video.
CM Punk Calling Cody Rhodes "Dusty's Kid" Was Ice Cold
CM Punk called Cody Rhodes Dusty's kid to his face on SmackDown, and Oakland cheered louder for Punk than for the guy WWE calls its franchise babyface.
WWE Bet the Summer on Reigns and Rollins Delivering
Seth Rollins stomped Roman Reigns' head into a chair on the go-home Raw. Now their SummerSlam title match has to be as good as the hype, or none of it counted.
Aalyah Mysterio Is WWE's Worst-Kept Secret
Rey Mysterio's daughter is reportedly headed to WWE's Performance Center full-time. Nobody involved has confirmed it, and the wrestling internet doesn't care.
Tom Brady's WWE Talks With Logan Paul Are Real
Brady slapped Logan Paul, flipped him off at the World Cup, and now WWE is reportedly circling — the best work of the year, or he just can't let it go.
Ryan Garcia Joined The Judgment Day and It Ruled
Ryan Garcia hit Joe Hendry with a guitar, joined The Judgment Day, and did it six weeks before defending his actual world title. Boxing should be jealous.
The Number WWE Would Rather You Not Notice
WWE keeps touting 149 million global views this year. It just won't mention that Raw itself is drawing fewer Netflix viewers than it did in 2025.
WWE Just Put a Price Tag on Being a Fan
Club WWE costs $99 a year, launches during SummerSlam week, and reveals a company optimizing fan loyalty instead of rescuing a struggling one.
WWE Had Aldis Sign His Own Death Warrant
Nick Aldis signed a contract to face Gunther at SummerSlam, then got powerbombed through a table minutes later. WWE finally let the trope have consequences.
CM Punk Told Cody Rhodes 'That's on Purpose'
CM Punk shoved Cody Rhodes on the WWE SummerSlam Kickoff stage and said the quiet part out loud in front of Triple H. This feud stopped being business days ago.
Jade Cargill Broke WWE's Women's Division
WWE is crowning an interim women's champion at SummerSlam after Rhea Ripley and Alexa Bliss both went down hurt, and Jade Cargill connects both injuries.
WWE Unreal Shows Triple H Killing Bron Breakker's Rumble Win
WWE Unreal reveals creative pitched Bron Breakker to win the Royal Rumble, and Triple H said no on camera — right before Breakker got squashed for real.
WWE Doesn't Know Which Era It's In
CM Punk won the title. Cody Rhodes built the future. At SummerSlam 2026, one of them has to actually win the argument—and the belt is almost beside the point.
Oba Femi Gave Up a Title Shot to Fight Brock Lesnar in a Steel Cage, and He's Completely Right
Oba Femi gave up a guaranteed WWE world title shot to step inside Hell in a Cell with Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2026. The conventional logic says that's wrong. It isn't.
Punk vs. Cody Is Finally Happening
CM Punk stole Cody's title shot. Three years of detours built toward SummerSlam 2026 in Minneapolis — and the belt is the least interesting part.
Seth Rollins Is WWE's Load-Bearing Wall
Rollins hit the Pedigree, landed the Stomp, stood tall over Reigns. It should have felt huge. It felt like furniture rearrangement. That is the whole problem.
WWE Already Knows How SummerSlam Ends. So Does the Market.
WWE sold 22,069 tickets for SummerSlam Night 1. A 25% discount didn't move the needle. The audience isn't priced out — they already know how the rematches end.
Punk vs. Rhodes at SummerSlam Is the Right Call
WWE officially booked CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed Championship at SummerSlam 2026. The ticket sales were bad. This match just fixed it.
SummerSlam Can't Fill One-Third of a Building
WWE booked Punk-Rhodes, Reigns-Rollins, Lesnar in Hell in a Cell — and still can't fill a third of US Bank Stadium. The card is fine. The product isn't.
WWE Built Three Months of Story in One Friday Night. Somehow That's Normal.
CM Punk is SmackDown champion, SummerSlam vs. Cody Rhodes is set, and Gunther choked out the GM on the same night. Only wrestling operates like this.
Sami Zayn Finally Got the Title. CM Punk Took It Nine Days Later.
CM Punk took the WWE title from Sami Zayn in Chicago after nine days. His raw, tearful post-loss promo wasn't scripted. It was 24 years of heartbreak.
CM Punk Is Champion and SummerSlam Just Got Better
CM Punk won the WWE Championship on Raw in Chicago. He didn't complicate SummerSlam — he gave it an emotional architecture it didn't have before.
SummerSlam 2026 Is the Card WWE Didn't Plan
WWE's SummerSlam 2026 card is stacked — Punk vs. Cody, Roman vs. Seth, Femi vs. Lesnar in a Cell. Here's why the accidental detours made every storyline better.
CM Punk Is WWE Champion in Chicago Again
CM Punk is the WWE Champion again, and it happened in Chicago, at Allstate Arena, the way it was always supposed to. Nine days, Sami. Nine days.
CM Punk Is Coming Back to Chicago, and the Story Writes Itself
CM Punk returns to Chicago tonight — same building as the 2011 pipe bomb. Fifteen years later, WWE stumbled into the perfect SummerSlam setup.
Sami Zayn Broke WWE's Entire Summer Plan
Sami Zayn wasn't supposed to win the WWE title. CM Punk was. Now Punk walks into Chicago on Monday and has to deal with it. I'm fully locked in.
Sami Zayn Did It. He Actually Did It.
Sami Zayn just pinned Cody Rhodes in Riyadh to win the Undisputed WWE Championship. After ten years of getting screwed, this is the movie ending I never thought we'd get.
Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns Are Doing This Again
Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship is set for SummerSlam 2026 in Minneapolis. Yes, again. And I'm not complaining.
Sami Zayn Is WWE Champion and Wrestling Finally Got It Right
Sami Zayn won the WWE Championship at Night of Champions 2026 and earned every second of it. A decade-long pursuit, one miracle in Riyadh.
WWE Finally Did the Smart Thing. Don't Thank Them Yet.
Oba Femi beating Jey Uso for King of the Ring was the right call — not the sentimental one. Now comes the part where WWE has to follow through at SummerSlam.
WWE Night of Champions 2026: A Good Show in a Bad Venue
WWE Night of Champions 2026 has one of the best-built main events in years. Geographic snobbery about Saudi Arabia is going to cost you a great wrestling weekend.
Trick Williams Got Married and Forgot to Tell SmackDown
Trick Williams missed SmackDown to marry Lash Legend in Jamaica. No angle, no setup. Just a man explaining where he was. Best WWE story in months.
Lyra Valkyria Turns Heel, Street Profits Win Titles
Lyra Valkyria turned heel on Bayley in London. The Street Profits are tag champions again. Here is what Raw means for Night of Champions 2026.
WWE's Wildest Main Event of 2026 Is Six Days Away
WWE Night of Champions 2026 is June 27. Cody Rhodes defends the title against Gunther AND Sami Zayn at once. The card is insane and nobody is acting like it.
Sami Zayn Turns Night of Champions Upside Down
Sami Zayn crashing the Cody Rhodes-Gunther match at Night of Champions 2026 does something rare: it makes a WWE title picture genuinely impossible to predict.
Oba Femi Is in the KOTR Final. Act Accordingly.
Oba Femi beat Dom, then chokeslammed the entire Judgement Day roster to earn his Night of Champions coronation. The WWE Universe needs to wake up.
The Vision Robbed Seth Rollins Blind in Paris
The Vision cost Seth Rollins his King of the Ring 2026 shot in Paris. I have questions. WWE does not care. The summer card is cooking anyway.
WWE Clash in Italy 2026 Results: Same Champions, Same Problem
Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns retained at Clash in Italy. Every champion walked out with their title. WWE's booking has never been safer — or more boring.
WWE Fans Now Need Three Subscriptions to Watch Everything, and It Costs Nearly $1,000 a Year
WWE's move from Peacock to ESPN's $29.99/month streaming service means fans need Netflix, cable, and ESPN to watch all WWE content, costing nearly $1,000 a year.
TKO Made $1.6 Billion in One Quarter and Still Cut Wrestler Pay by 50 Percent
TKO reported $1.6B in Q1 revenue. Nick Khan got a 304% raise. WWE wrestlers got 50% pay cuts or fired. The Netflix boom enriched everyone except the talent.
Brock Lesnar's 'Retirement' Lasted One Month and We All Fell for It Again
Brock Lesnar left his boots in the ring at WrestleMania 42 and was back on WWE Raw one month later. Every WWE retirement is a storyline now.