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Bill Goldberg is one of the most popular wrestlers to ever step inside the squared circle, and his continued popularity with the WWE Universe was never more evident than with the genuine excitement generated from the announcement of his involvement with WWE 2K17. It was announced in May that Goldberg would return to WWE in digital form as the pre-order exclusive for the WWE 2K17 video game. There has been little interaction with WWE since his final match at WrestleMania XX, but wrestling fans are interested to see if the relationship between Goldberg and 2K Games results in any additional work ...

While Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura have set up a dream match of sorts and Samoa Joe has had the luxury of sitting back and waiting for his next challenger to present himself, Wednesday's WWE Network broadcast of NXT focused on other areas of the roster. Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano hoped their winning ways would continue and put them in contention for the NXT Tag Team Championships. For both of those things to happen, they would have to get past former WWE Intercontinental champion Zack Ryder and partner Mojo Rawley, known collectively to fans as The Hype Bros. Carmella and Alexa Bliss have ...

The wait to see Hideo Itami in a WWE NXT ring again is poised to be over. The kick-happy grappler hinted at a return to action. Roderick Strong, meanwhile, left Ring of Honor, kick-starting speculation that NXT is his next destination. WWE's developmental brand already boasts an impressive roster of talent from the independent circuit, but Strong is too skilled of a performer to pass up. And now that he's no longer with ROH, the buzz over his potential arrival to Full Sail now begins.  In other NXT news, a swarm of prospects invaded a WWE house show, SmackDown featured a surprise debut ...

When WWE mulls over whether or not to resurrect a second world championship, it has to choose between increasing opportunities or lowering prestige. Added gold in the wrestling world means more huge, star-making moments. But WWE runs the risk of diluting its championship pool. Bringing back the world title it retired in 2013 shifts the titleholder pecking order. It's a choice WWE seems ready to make. When the company announced Raw and SmackDown would again be separate brands after a draft on July 19, speculation about how it would handle its title picture began. When WWE previously had Raw and SmackDown exist ...

Although there are plenty of good and bad points about WWE's upcoming brand split, one major positive is that it will give midcard talents more opportunities to showcase their abilities—and in Alberto Del Rio, the company has a guy who can use the split to his advantage and ascend all the way to the top once again. As a four-time world champion in WWE, Del Rio has the pedigree and, perhaps more importantly, the character that can succeed at the top end of the company. Sure, the main event scene is a markedly different place to the one Del Rio was a ...

1. Rusev the Beastly Champion With Rusev's paws on it, the WWE United States Championship is looking more like a treasure sitting inside a dragon's cave—one that awaits a hero to try to snatch it. The Bulgarian Brute's presence and slugfest acumen is going to make his U.S. title reign a compelling one. If matched up with the right rivals and continually presented as the fearsome force he is right now, Rusev will thrive as champion. And the U.S. title will surge because of it. The championship WWE plucked from WCW in 2001 has both an illustrious history and a lack of momentum. The ...

On July 6, 1998, the professional wrestling world was shaken to it core when Goldberg capped off the greatest 10-month run in the history of the industry by defeating Hulk Hogan to capture the WCW Championship at Atlanta's Georgia Dome. With over 40,000 fans in attendance, the hometown hero lifted Hogan high in the air and dropped him to the mat with a spine-crushing Jackhammer. For the first time in three years, the company had taken the focus away from the established stars who dominated the 1980s and focused on a young phenom whose systematic destruction of the roster had captured ...

By the time Battleground takes place on July 24, Raw and SmackDown will have drafted their rosters. The game-changing draft scheduled for July 19 will present enormous changes to the WWE landscape—and massive opportunities for the men and women in the company. Once Raw and SmackDown are separated, wrestlers on either side of the red-blue divide will find less competition as they try to carve out paths to the top. The journey will still be treacherous, but at least there will be fewer rivals who are jockeying for position. Battleground is the de facto kickoff for the brand split—and as such, it's the ...

The Wyatt Family has returned to instill its will on the WWE Universe once more. Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman made their comebacks on the June 20 episode of Monday Night Raw. The team awaited its challenge, with Wyatt enthralling fans in Phoenix. What happened next was something no one could have predicted. The New Day, the reigning WWE tag team champions, interrupted Bray Wyatt’s speech, making a mockery of him and his beliefs. Wyatt was amused and gave a stern warning to the champs while laughing maniacally. The New Day continued its verbal assault by mocking The Wyatt Family further. The trio ...

The Miz returned to WWE television on Raw and was greeted with an Intercontinental Championship defense against Kane. Tuesday night, the company presented its SmackDown tapings in Miami, and the Hollywood A-lister would once again find himself opposite a maniac in the main event. To make it out of The Rock's hometown in one piece, Miz would have to survive a match against the top dog in the industry, WWE champion Dean Ambrose, that was set up via this week's edition of Miz TV. Would his wife Maryse be at ringside, ready to feign injury or provide a distraction when needed, and, ...