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Brian Fritz and Mike Sempervive discuss this Sunday’s WWE Royal Rumble including who may be in the Rumble matches, the favorites and possible outcomes and scenarios, NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, what they’re looking forward to the most this weekend, how much legends matter now in WWE, Ronda Rousey’s future, Impact talent joining NXT, possible AEW working relationships, and your questions. Enjoy ...

Johnny Gargano sat down with us at WrestleMania Radio Row to discuss his NXT feud with Tomasso Ciampa and opens up about how personal their rivalry has been.

Three interviews with three WWE superstars! Brian Fritz talks with Paul “Triple H” Levesque about the NXT one-night special on USA Network, the growth of the brand over the past five years, and how working with it has changed his perspecting on the business both in and out of the ring. Then, Charlotte Flair discusses the 15th Annual WWE Tribute to ...

Brian Fritz and Michael Wiseman discuss how NXT again won the weekend of WWE shows, the return of War Games, Drew McIntyre’s injury, the main event of Survivor Series and the decision to again lean on Triple H in a top spot, Raw versus SmackDown, how AJ Styles fared against Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman as a top babyface, possible matches at ...

Brian and Michael discuss Daniel Bryan’s likely return to the ring and if it could be with WWE, the lead up to Survivor Series along with predictions for the show including various scenarios for the Team Raw vs. Team SmackDown match and Brock Lesnar squaring off against AJ Styles, NXT TakeOver: War Games the night before, looking back at the infamous ...

Brian and Michael recap WWE ”SummerSlam’ and ‘NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III’, Adam Cole’s exciting debut, Booby Roode call-up to ‘SmackDown’, beach balls at WWE events and if they are fun or rude, Daniel Bryan’s likely return to the ring and what company it should be with, the Brock Lesnar – Jon Jones super-fight that could have been, injuries, and your ...

NXT Champion Bobby Roode talks about the new WWE 2K18 game, facing Drew McIntyre at TakeOver: Brooklyn III and setting the standard for the company. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, and make it possible for us to do even more! Make sure you subscribe to the Between ...

Brian Fritz and Michael Wiseman recap NXT TakeOver: San Antonio and the WWE Royal Rumble — both of which Brian was at — and look ahead on the road to WrestleMania including Fastlane, Elimination Chamber and how the card for the big event is shaping up. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help ...

WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque speaks with the media for the NXT: TakeOver San Antonio conference call as he discusses the upcoming event, deals with UK talents and their contracts overseas, comparing the formats between the CWC and UK tournaments, where he feels the cruiserweight division is now, why Shinsuke Nakamura isn’t on the main roster, Matt Riddle and ...

Brian and Michael recap NXT TakeOver and WWE Survivor Series including Goldberg’s dominating victory over Brock Lesnar, analysis the difficulty of making major stars in today’s WWE, give their favorite parts of Raw and SmackDown and introduce a new segment “Guess WrestleMania”. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights ...

Brian and Michael preview the big WWE weekend in Toronto including NXT TakeOver and the Survivor Series featuring Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg, The Undertaker returning on SmackDown and look ahead to possible matches at WrestleMania 33. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, and make it possible for ...

Media conference call for NXT TakeOver: Toronto with WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque discussing the event, the new ‘Live 205′ show on the WWE Network, the possibility of NXT going live, Shawn Michaels’ role at the Performance Center and more. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, ...

Brian Fritz and Michael Wiseman are in New York City and talk about their night from the wild scene at a sports bar watching UFC 202, NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II including Shinsuke Nakamura becoming the NXT Champion and look ahead to SummerSlam including the main event between Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton along with the Goldberg rumors. Enjoy what we ...

WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque talks with the media about the upcoming NXT TakeOver: The End show, if the NXT roster will look different following the brand split, how aggressive the company is in acquiring talent, the status of Hideo Itami’s recovery, if there could be a women’s tournament coming to the brand, what led to the first-ever NXT ...

The full media conference call with WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque talking about NXT TakeOver: Dallas, the incredible growth of the brand, the upcoming Global Cruiserweight Tournament and who will be participating in it, Shinsuke Nakamura’s debut with NXT, if some talent could work strictly with NXT rather than going to WWE and much more. Enjoy what we do? ...

It’s WrestleMania week as we start it off with two interviews. First, Brian Fritz talks with Roman Reigns about his WrestleMania 32 match against Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, his match against Brock Lesnar at last year’s event, Mania coming to Orlando in 2017, crowd reactions and his broken nose. Then, NXT Women’s Champion Bayley discusses her ...

It’s easy to get bogged down in the negativity that exists online when it comes to the world of professional wrestling. Let’s put a pause on the bad stuff, all the complaints, criticisms, rants, and rundowns. Instead, let’s come up for a breath of fresh air, sift through the week that was, and accentuate the positives. When I first started ...

WWE CEO Paul “Triple H” Levesque held a conference call with the media in advance of the NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable special on Wednesday night on the WWE Network as he talks about the show, injuries to some of the talent, plans for touring, which talent have improved the most over the past few years, the recent shows in Philadelphia and ...

WWE NXT superstar Tyler Breeze talks about the company going on the road this week with shows in Philadelphia on Thursday and Friday followed by Albany on Saturday, the upcoming “TakeOver: Unstoppable” event on May 20 live on the WWE Network, being included on some recent WWE shows and what the response to him has been, how he came up with ...

In the wake of this week’s excellent TakeOver special on the WWE Network, I have been thinking about the role of WWE’s developmental territory, and how I believe that we as wrestling fans might be thinking about it in the wrong way. After Rival, and each of the TakeOver shows, a common refrain from fans is that guys like Sami ...