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After a fortnight away, the WWE Champion finally returned to Monday Night Raw this week—and he was not alone. The Great One was accompanied by an overwhelming sense of expectation and a real pressure for the WWE to deliver after a worrying decline in both the quality and the viewership of the company’s flagship show in recent weeks. But would such anticipation prove to be a burden to the champ? For me, it most definitely did not. In my eyes Raw put on a much better show this week and my recently-wavering faith in WrestleMania’s ability to deliver this year ...

I thought by the time the final segment of Raw was over with The Rock and John Cena―it would be time for WrestleMania 29. The second to last Raw before WrestleMania always has potential to be the toughest from a creative stand point. The build up to the pay-per-view is so many weeks and that doesn't aid well to the amount of hours WWE produces programming each week. WWE knows where they want to be for the go-home episode of Raw. They know what the last thing is they want you to see before WrestleMania. The week before, they have ...

It seems like Fandango has been part of the WWE roster for months due to the many vignettes hyping his debut, but he still hasn't wrestled a televised match. That will change when he faces Chris Jericho at WrestleMania XXIX, though, and it could very easily put Fandango on the fast track to stardom.While Fandango has technically wrestled matches as Johnny Curtis, the Fandango gimmick is totally independent from anything he has done in the past. Because of that, we have to view Fandango as a new character who has yet to compete in his debut match. It is incredibly ...

Ever since they won the Tag Team Championships at Night of Champions, Kane and Daniel Bryan have been a dysfunctional unit on the brink of self-destruction. Team Hell No has somehow persevered and enters WrestleMania XXIX with the tag titles in tow, but that shouldn't be the end of the line for the WWE's top tag team.It initially felt like Kane and Bryan's partnership was a short-term thing to give both of them something to do, but it has turned into a fairly lengthy storyline. The end appeared to be near on several occasions with Team Rhodes Scholars pursuing the ...

When the bell tolls and the arena goes dark, WWE fans knows who’s coming to the ring. A man arrives in a cloak, surrounded by smoke and flames shooting up. He slowly walks down to the ring and heads for the steps. He then steps up slowly and once he reaches that last step, he raises his arms to light the arena again. He enters the ring and pulls his hood down, revealing his face. His eyes rolled back, his teeth clench, all to intimidate his opponent. That man is The Undertaker, and he is WWE’s last old school draw.The ...

A new trailer is out for the documentary that recounts and explores WWE legend Bruno Sammartino's incredible journey. The soon-to-be member of the WWE Hall of Fame and the company's longest reigning champion ever went from Pizzoferrato, Italy to wrestling in front of sold-out crowds at Madison Square Garden. Bruno Sammartino: The Documentary gives fans a long look into the unbelievable story that is Sammartino's life. It's a tale of survival and success that surprisingly hasn't been usurped by Hollywood already.Ken Brown directs and produces a documentary about Sammartino's beginnings in Italy and the life he built in the ring ...

WWE fans have been calling for John Cena to turn heel for what feels like years, and the buzz has intensified in the aftermath of Raw as Cena cut a passionate promo on The Rock. As intriguing as a Cena heel turn would be, the WWE simply doesn't have the big guns necessary to pull it off currently.After two weeks away, The Rock made his Raw return on Monday with the WWE Championship in tow. He and Cena then took part in a question-and-answer session with a panel of five WWE Hall of Famers, including Jerry "The King" Lawler, Booker ...

The road to WrestleMania continued Monday night from Philadelphia, Pa., as WWE Raw began with a video package hyping The Rock vs. John Cena showdown and CM Punk's recent actions against The Undertaker. Punk's music played, as the former WWE Champion walked towards the ring with his manager, Paul Heyman. Punk, who was holding The Undertaker's golden urn, began talking about himself and how much he matters in the wrestling industry. As Punk continues to talk, he blames The Undertaker about the urn and throws it to the ground. Suddenly, The Undertaker sneaks up on Punk in the ring and ...

Monday’s Raw marked two weeks until the WWE’s biggest show of the year—WrestleMania 29—and the build during this week’s episode has set the stage for an amazing event.If the fans weren’t excited for WrestleMania already, Raw from Philadelphia was electric and should have every fan in the WWE Universe excited for the possibilities of the company's marquee pay-per-view. Not only did the WWE do a great job of teasing its top storylines—John Cena, The Rock, The Undertaker, Triple H and CM Punk were all great—the build for the secondary storylines that was imperative to making WrestleMania a success was just ...

When many WWE superstars make their main-roster debuts, they make their way to the top of the company almost instantly. Take, for example, someone like Sheamus, who won the WWE championship within six months of his debut, or Alberto Del Rio, who won the Royal Rumble, Money in the Bank match and two WWE titles within a year and a half of his. Heck, you can even look at a guy like Ryback, who found himself challenging for the WWE title within six months of being back on the main roster. For every up-and-coming star who quickly rises up the ...