For the third time in WWE history, the No. 1 entrant in the Men’s Royal Rumble went the distance and won the Rumble match. Edge joined Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit as the only man to accomplish the feat, lasting more than 58 minutes.As announced on FS1’s WWE Backstage the night before, Edge and Randy…
Month: January 2021
Bianca Belair WinsWomen’s Royal Rumble Match
The Royal Rumble began with Drew McIntyre and Sasha Banks retaining their respective belts against Goldberg and Carmella respectively, but the annual event for the WWE was far from over following these two matches as the Women’s Royal Rumble Match ended with Bianca Belair crawling her way to the top as the victor. Needless to say, the…
Sasha Banks Retains SmackDown Women’s Championship
Sasha Banks retained the SmackDown Women’s Championship on Sunday night at the Royal Rumble over Carmella. Banks won the early portion of the match, locking in the Banks Statement almost right away and hitting some chops. However, Reginald was able to distract Banks to put Carmella on the offense. Sasha turned the tide with a Meteora…
Drew McIntyre Retains the WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre successfully retained his WWE Championship on Sunday against Goldberg, taking down the WWE Hall of Famer with a thunderous Claymore Kick at the Royal Rumble. Prior to the match starting McIntyre hit a Glasgow Kiss and a Claymore, but Goldberg retaliated with a Spear through the ringside barricade. McIntyre, selling a rib injury…
Darcy Lewis and Jimmy Woo Featured in New WandaVision Posters
This has been a huge week for fans of Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) and Jimmy Woo (Randall Park). Both characters made their WandaVision debut on Friday, marking Denning’s first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Park’s first appearance since debuting the character in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)….
Shaquille O’Neal Challenges Cody Rhodes to a Match at AEW Revolution
The war of words between Cody Rhodes and Shaquille O’Neal reached new heights on AEW programming this week. Things kicked off during the AEW Awards an hour before the show, where the NBA legend called out Rhodes before announcing the winner of the final award. O’Neal said, “Cody Rhodes, you little punk. You want to…
Game of Thrones Animated Series in the Works
The latest rumored Game of Thrones spinoff is said to be an animated series for HBO Max. The project, much like the internet-breaking Harry Potter/Wizarding World show that leaked this week, is in the early stages of development with no concrete talent or concept attached. Since it is also one of a number of projects…
Luke Evans Cast in Disney’s Pinocchio
Disney+ has a lot of high-profile movies and TV shows coming down the pipeline in the coming years, including a live-action remake of Pinocchio. With legendary director Robert Zemeckis at the helm and Tom Hanks cast as Gepetto, the project has already recruited some heavy hitters — and it sounds like another will soon be…
Edge Announces He Will Be In The 2021 WWE Royal Rumble
Edge appeared via a video package on this week’s Monday Night Raw, announcing that he would be competing in this year’s Royal Rumble. “The Rated-R Superstar” made his shocking return to the pro wrestling business at last year’s Rumble, nine years after he was forced to retire due to a series of neck injuries. His…
WWE Network Streaming Rights Go To Peacock
WWE’s massive library of content on WWE Network is about to have a new streaming home thanks to NBCUniversal, as WWE and NBCUniversal have just agreed to a multiyear deal that will give Peacock exclusive streaming rights to WWE Network content in the U.S (via Variety). WWE Network’s current subscriber base of 1.2 million will…