Seth Rollins will finally have some backup when he faces Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam. A returning Dean Ambrose will be in The Architect’s corner after laying out Ziggler and Drew McIntyre on Raw. Rollins and Ziggler met to sign the contract for their Intercontinental Championship match in the final moments...
NZPWI had the opportunity to speak to New Zealand WWE NXT Superstar Dakota Kai late last week. Kai made her WWE debut as part of the Mae Young Classic last year. She is now a weekly fixture on WWE NXT, where she has battled NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler for...
At Royal Rumble 2014, the WWE Universe was first introduced to Rusev. Four-and-a-half years of Rusev Days later, the Bulgarian Brute receives his first WWE Championship match at Extreme Rules. “I’m really, really looking forward to this match,” Rusev said. not just because it’s my first time competing for the...
WrestleMania 34 has arrived! The Showcase of the Immortals takes place in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome live today, April 9, from 9am NZDT on Sky Arena and WWE Network. Men’s Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakaura challenges AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. Women’s Royal Rumble winner Asuka attempts to further her...
Wrestling has taken me through every emotion under the sun in the 35-plus years I’ve been watching it – the tears of Owen Hart’s death, the joy of Daniel Bryan hugging Connor Michalek after winning the title at WrestleMania XXX, the excitement of the Warrior’s music hitting during the main...
How is NJPW looking as it continues its international expansion into the United States? Which team will take out the WWE Mixed Match Challenge? And, who should Braun Strowman select to challenge Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 34? All that and more in this...
Zack Sabre Jr has become the first foreigner in 12 years to win the New Japan Cup. The Englishman submitted Hiroshi Tanahashi in a technical encounter in the tournament final this past Wednesday, March 21, in Niigata, Japan. Sabre exploited weaknesses in Tanahashi’s knee and bicep throughout the match. “The...
Daniel Bryan will remember today’s SmackDown Live for all the wrong reasons. The SmackDown General Manager began the night in an emotional state when he announced he was finally cleared to return to in-ring competition. Bryan ended the night being tended to by medical staff after an assault at the...
The 2018 New Japan Cup will be decided tonight when Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre Jr meet in the tournament final. Dating back to 2005, the New Japan Cup is an annual, single-elimination tournament held in the first quarter of the year. The winner is able to challenge for his…
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar returned to Raw for the first time in weeks to unleash a violent assault on his WrestleMania opponent, Roman Reigns. Reigns, who was suspended during last week’s Raw, surprised General Manager Kurt Angle when he appeared in Dallas at the start of today’s broadcast. Angle urged...
John Cena’s WrestleMania future remains unknown, but AJ Styles is going to New Orleans, Louisiana as WWE Champion. Styles overcame five hungry challengers to retain his title in the main event of WWE Fastlane earlier today. The biggest question heading into the Six-Pack Challenge was whether Kevin Owens and Sami...
Monday’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view was historic for WWE. For the first time, six women entered the imposing structure, which towered over the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas at nearly eight metres tall. The pressure of the moment didn’t faze Bayley. “I honestly felt comfortable as soon as the bell rang,”...
WWE and Māori Television have announced a new agreement to broadcast WWE’s flagship shows, Raw and SmackDown, free-to-air in English and te reo Māori. The one-hour versions of Raw and SmackDown will be complemented by This Week in WWE and The WWE Experience. A te reo Māori version of WWE...
