Week in Review · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes dominated the week
500 stories across the wrestling world this week, WWE generated the most coverage with 164 reports, 43 matches on record.
Main events
Roman Reigns went over Jacob Fatu at Backlash (2026). Sami Zayn went over Cody Rhodes and Gunther at Night of Champions (2026). Mike Santana went over Frankie Kazarian at TNA Genesis (2026). Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth went over Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy at TNA Lockdown (2026). Will Ospreay and Francesco Akira and "Speedball" Mike Bailey went over Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia and Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta at All Out (2026).
Busiest on the card
Marina Shafir (3 matches), A. J. Francis (2 matches), BDE (2 matches), Cedric Alexander (2 matches), Daniel Garcia (2 matches).
Running stories
Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes (5 reports), Justin Gaethje & Ilia Topuria (4 reports), Shavkat Rakhmonov & Islam Makhachev (4 reports), Ian Machado Garry & Islam Makhachev (4 reports).
The week's most-read
- 1The Wrestling World Pays Tribute To Andy ‘The Butcher’ Williamsvia eWrestlingNews (AEW)
- 2Chelsea Green explains how WWE fans went from finding her ‘very annoying’ to loving hervia Wrestling Observer (F4W)
- 3Stacks Reacts To Adriana Rizzo’s WWE Releasevia eWrestlingNews
- 4Vacant UFC flyweight championship to be decided at UFC 332 in Utahvia POST Wrestling
- 5Tessa Blanchard Says Some Wrestling ‘Nepo Babies’ Have the Name But Not the Talentvia Ringside News (Indies)
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