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Fastlane (2018)
The 2018 Fastlane was the fourth Fastlane professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wresters from the promotion's SmackDown brand division. The event took place on March 11, 2018, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The 2018 event was the final SmackDown-exclusive pay-per-view and subsequently the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view under the second brand split as following WrestleMania 34 in April, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship in a six-pack challenge against Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, and John Cena. In other prominent matches, Randy Orton defeated Bobby Roode to win his first United States Championship, becoming the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion in the process, and Charlotte Flair retained the SmackDown Women's Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
AJ Styles
Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name AJ Styles (or A.J. Styles), is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand. Jones debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent circuit, independent promotions before gaining initial mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. He gained prominence after signing with Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) having been described as "the cornerstone of the company since its inception"; he won the Impact World Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship List of Impact World Champions, twice, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship List of NWA World Heavyweight Champions, three times, and was the inaugural titleholder of the Impact X Division Championship, X Division Championship, which he won List of Impact X Division Champions, six times. He is also the first T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Six-pack Challenge
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades-long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Blindfold match In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the WrestleMania VII match between Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick Martel. No count-out match A no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Royal Rumble (2018)
The 2018 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 31st annual Royal Rumble and took place on January 28, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marking the third Royal Rumble held at this venue after the 2004 and 2015 events. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, and consequently, two Royal Rumble matches, which is now standard for the event. Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. With the introduction of a women's Royal Rumble match, two Royal Rumble matches were contested on the card with the winners of each receiving a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 34. The men could choose to challenge for either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruby Riott
Dori Elizabeth Prange ( ; born January 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performs under the ring name Ruby Soho, and is a former member of The Outcasts stable. She is also known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Ruby Riott, and has also worked in World Wonder Ring Stardom (aka "Stardom") as Heidi Lovelace, as well as extensively on the U.S. independent circuit for promotions such as Shimmer Women Athletes, Shine Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and IWA Mid-South. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2010–2016) In 2010, Prange began training with Billy Roc at his School of Roc. She made her debut for Juggalo Championship Wrestling, at the ''Arena Chicks at the Gathering!'' event under the ring name Heidi Lovelace, where she defeated C.J. Lane. Lovelace made her debut for Shimmer Women Athletes competing in Volume 51, where she teamed up with December in a losin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
SmackDown Women's Championship
The Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two women's world titles for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Women's Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Iyo Sky, who is in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Rhea Ripley on the March 3, 2025, episode of '' Raw''. Established as the SmackDown Women's Championship, it was unveiled on the August 23, 2016, episode of '' SmackDown'' as the counterpart to the WWE Women's Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE Draft and renamed as Raw Women's Championship. The inaugural champion was Becky Lynch. As a result of the 2023 WWE Draft, the Raw and SmackDown women's championships switched brands, with the SmackDown Women's Championship subsequently renamed as the Women's World Championship, while the Raw Women's Championship reverted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charlotte Flair
Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr (born April 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair. Flair is a second-generation professional wrestler, being the daughter of Ric Flair. She made her first appearance in professional wrestling alongside her father in World Championship Wrestling in 1993. In 2012, she began training with WWE, and debuted in NXT (WWE brand), NXT the following year. In 2014, she was named List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Rookie of the Year, Rookie of the Year by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI''), and was promoted to WWE's main roster in 2015. In 2016, ''PWI'' readers voted Flair List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Woman of the Year, Woman of the Year and PWI Female 50, Top Female Professional Wrestler. Flair is a 14-time women's world champion, having held the WWE Divas Championship once, of which she was the final holder, the WWE Women's Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grand Slam (professional Wrestling)
The Grand Slam is an accomplishment recognized by various professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotions in the United States and Japan. It is a distinction given to a professional wrestler who has either won four specific Championship (professional wrestling), championships within a promotion throughout their career, or all available championships. Promotions that recognize this include WWE (since 1997), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (since 2009), Ring of Honor (since 2018), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (since 2021), and All Elite Wrestling (since 2025). The four titles typically include three singles championships, one of them usually being a Professional wrestling championship#World championships, world title, plus a tag team championship. U.S. national promotions WWE In WWE (formerly WWF), the term "Grand Slam" was originally used by Shawn Michaels to describe himself upon winning the WWE European Championship, European Championship on September 20, 1997. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
WWE United States Championship
The WWE United States Championship is a men's professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#Location-specific championships, championship promoted by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion, promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand division. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Raw (WWE brand), Raw. The current champion is Jacob Fatu, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating LA Knight on night one of WrestleMania 41 on April 19, 2025. The championship was established on January 1, 1975, as the version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Jim Crockett Promotions, and later assumed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which eventually seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Harley Race was the inaugural champion. After WCW was purchased by the then-World Wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bobby Roode
Robert Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1976) is a Canadian retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is a Producer (professional wrestling), producer and was formerly an in-ring performer. Roode is known for his twelve-year tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). After debuting for TNA as part of Team Canada (TNA), Team Canada in 2004, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young. Following the team's breakup, embarked on a singles run before forming a tag team with James Storm as Beer Money, Inc. Together with Storm, he is a List of TNA World Tag Team Champions, six-time TNA World Tag Team Championship, TNA World Tag Team Champion and they are the longest reigning champions in TNA history. Roode eventually became a List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions, two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, with his first reign being the second longest reign in the company's history at 256 days, only behi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Randy Orton
Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 2000, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. Orton is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, and has the tied-third most world championship reigns in history, with a career spanning over 20 years. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, father Bob Orton Jr., and uncle Barry Orton were all wrestlers. Before being signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), he trained in and wrestled for the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association and Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling. He was then signed by the WWF and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he held the OVW Hardcore Championship twice. He became a member of the Professional wrestling stable, stable Evolution (professional wrestling), Evolution shortly after his WWE debut, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he is the current WWE Championship, Undisputed WWE Champion in his record 14th reign, which is his record 17th WWE world championship win overall. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Cena moved to California in 1998 to pursue a bodybuilding career and switched to professional wrestling in 1999, making his debut for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW). In 2001, he signed with WWE (then WWF) and was assigned to its Farm team, developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he won the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. After moving up to WWE's main roster on SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown in 2002, he became a breakout success after adopting the Gimmick (professional wrestling), character of a villainous trash-talking rapper. After winning his first WW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dolph Ziggler
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth, where he is one-half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions in his first reign. He also makes occasional appearances on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2004 to 2023, where he performed under the ring name Dolph Ziggler. After a career in amateur wrestling, where he established several school records for Kent State University, Nemeth signed a developmental contract with WWE in 2004 and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he wrestled under his real name. He was promoted to WWE's Raw brand shortly afterwards in 2005, playing the caddie sidekick to Kerwin White. He was sent back to OVW shortly afterwards, being given the name Nicky and joining the cheerleading-themed Spirit Squad, who debuted on '' RAW'' in January 2006 and won the World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
