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Jake Roberts, Ryback and a fan upset about the Royal Rumble starred in the best WWE social media of the week. News both positive and negative following the Rumble comprised much of the WWE-related tweets, Instagram photos and viral videos. The best reaction to CM Punk quitting WWE had Ryback continue his Twitter excellence. Renee Young sneaked onto the list as well with a token of her experience announcing for NXT. One of the most welcomed headlines of the week featured Roberts, the newest inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. The company announced on Monday's Raw that "The Snake" would join The ...

The road to WrestleMania hasn't truly started until Undertaker returns to WWE, stalking his next opponent. Circle Feb. 24 and March 3 on your calendars as those are the two most likely dates for Undertaker to reappear. Looking back at when he has reentered the spotlight in the past and his rumored WrestleMania foe's schedule erases some of the mystery of when fans will see "The Phenom" stepping through smoke once again. Since 2011, he has essentially become a WrestleMania-only wrestler. Last year, he did compete on both Raw and SmackDown after the marquee event, but those were both rarities.  Undertaker slipped into ...

For some WWE Superstars, the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view will be the final opportunity to deliver an impressive performance and earn a spot on the WrestleMania XXX card. For others, Elimination Chamber will present the opportunity to solidify legacies or spots on the 'Mania card. Those are the men and women who face the greatest pressure at the event. The biggest night in professional wrestling awaits them if they can convince the creative team and management that they are a vital part of the show. If they fail to leave an impression in just over three weeks, they will find themselves watching the Showcase ...

The six men WWE selects to battle in an Elimination Chamber match has considerable effect on its potential for greatness. The classics in that gimmick match's history reveal a formula for how best to choose who enters the pods and the unforgiving steel structure. Wrestlers' history and name recognition are key. So is making sure your six-man field includes at least one Superstar that reminds fans of The Hulk and one who is much like Spider-Man. Picking apart the best Chamber matches ever, the following is a look at instances where excellent combatant choices paid off. Those will be held up next ...

At this point in time, I'm bold enough to admit I'm extremely confused. Over the years, I've been quite vocal with my displeasure over the returns of part-timers (even equated The Rock to John Cena) and their immediate thrust into the spotlight. It was unfair, but not unreasonable. WWE partly needed these stars for higher buyrates. As the response to my articles, especially the one on Brock Lesnar, would suggest, I was a part of a small minority that I didn't mind belonging to. We were treated as the snobbish elitist pricks who couldn't enjoy the little things in wrestling, and we ...

The Royal Rumble, its buildup and aftereffects generated the WWE's best and worst offerings in the last week of January. Chaos ruled on SmackDown, an NXT prospect forced fans to take notice and CM Punk quit. For everything great fans experienced this week, like the instant classic that opened Sunday's pay-per-view, there was something unsettling or unimpressive to balance it out. Pessimists will focus on the Rumble's predictable result, while optimists will remember this week for a snake getting his due and Daniel Bryan's latest addition to his greatest collection. The following is a look at those highs and lows and what WWE ...

John Cena came within an eyelash of becoming the new WWE world champion at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event when Bray Wyatt suddenly showed up and cost him the match. The Wyatt Family's appearance during the main event was very unexpected, to say the least.  And now some fans are likely wondering if this moment could lead to a rivalry between the two men. If the answer to that question is yes, then it could very well be that Bray Wyatt's career is headed for a major upswing.  That upswing would be fueled by John Cena, the catalyst that will elevate ...

TNA’s 2014 trip to the United Kingdom will feature the second Joker’s Wild One Night Only pay-per-view, and the excitement surrounding the unpredictable event has wrestling fans all over the world ready for the action. The PPV is a one-of-a-kind event that features a first round comprised of tag teams chosen at random. This could be current tag team partners lucky enough to be chosen as teammates once again or longtime rivals forced to work together with the common goal of making it to the next round. After the first round of tag team matches is complete, the winning teams all qualify ...

CM Punk has legitimately quit the WWE, per TMZ, in a surprise move lacking professionalism, yet demonstrating the very rebellious spirit that has come to define him. Several backstage reports have surfaced stemming from Punk's dramatic exit, with the consensus being Punk's displeasure with WWE storylines, namely the fact that he was to go another year without being booked in the WrestleMania main event. According to PWInsider (via WrestlingInc): One source told PWInsider that they believed that since Punk's last goal was to work a WrestleMania main event, it may be a situation where he realized it wasn't going to happen this year ...

Through almost three decades, the WWE Royal Rumble remains one of the promotion's most powerful tools in creating new stars. Most Royal Rumble winners read like an almanac of pro wrestling greats. Unfortunately for some, this is also a glory prone to backfire.   In a perfect world, every Royal Rumble winner goes on to WrestleMania to begin a Hall of Fame career by unseating the incumbent star. More times than not, that very scenario plays out successfully, but when it doesn't it sets the wrestler in question back multiple years at the very least. Worst case scenario, it can cripple a career. Given ...