Cody Rhodes retained the Undisputed WWE Championship with a victory over Kevin Owens at Saturday Night’s Main Event in New York, but the fireworks really started after the match was over.

Rhodes used the chair Owens brought into the match after two referees were knocked out. He hit the patented Cross Rhodes finishing maneuver after Owens missed with a chair shot. As "The American Nightmare" celebrated, Owens returned to the ring to attack the champion.

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Owens nailed Rhodes with an "illegal" package piledriver. Rhodes left the arena on a stretcher.

As Owens walked toward gorilla position, WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confronted Owens. Levesque shoved Owens as the two got nose-to-nose. WWE security guards had to separate the two as Levesque went to check on Rhodes.

It was the second time Owens used the package piledriver on a SmackDown superstar. He used it on Randy Orton, which left Orton down and out and also taken out of an arena on stretcher.

It’s unclear what the future held for both Owens and Rhodes in the aftermath.

Elsewhere, Chelsea Green made history with a win over Michin. Green rolled over Michin’s back in the corner and hit an incredible unpretty-her move and picked up the pinfall.

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Green became the first United States women’s champion as WWE unveiled the midcard belt a few weeks ago.

It has been a long time coming for Green, who made her first appearance in WWE in 2014 before becoming a contestant on "Tough Enough" in 2015. She then made an impact with TNA Wrestling and Lucha Underground before she got a real chance with WWE NXT.

She was a surprising release in 2021 and eventually made a return to TNA and became a tag-team champion with Deonna Purrazzo in 2022. She returned to WWE in 2023 and became a tag-team champion with Sonya Deville and later Piper Niven.

Green entered the U.S. title tournament and defeated Blair Davenport and Bianca Belair in a triple-threat match and Bayley in a singles match to earn a chance at winning the title. She completed her dream on Saturday night, winning her first singles title.

Here are the rest of the results.

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Major League Wrestling (MLW) founder Court Bauer told Fox News Digital at the beginning of the year he believed the company was in for a "huge year."

It hardly gets bigger than Eric Bischoff.

The former World Championship Wrestling (WCW) executive who launched the "Monday Night Wars" against WWE in the mid-1990s with the formation of the New World Order faction received "one shot" to put his creative mind at work on Thursday night.

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Much to the delight of the crowd at Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York, he made an impact almost immediately.

Matt Riddle and "Filthy" Tom Lawlor came out to welcome Bischoff to MLW and poked the bear. Bischoff booked Riddle to go against Donovan Dijak in a match, putting Riddle’s title shot on the line. If Riddle lost, Dijak would receive the MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot at the company’s first premium live event of 2025, "Kings of Colosseum," against Satoshi Kojima.

Bischoff was far from finished. He put Paul Walter Hauser into a tag-team match with Matthew Justice against the Rogue Horsemen members Brock and CW Anderson. The match also turned into a New York City street fight.

The biggest shocker of the night came when Alex Kane had a few choice words for Bischoff. Kane took a few pot shots at Bischoff’s career and the way he left WCW.

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Bischoff is hardly one to forget. Kane defeated Bobby Fish in a UWFI Rules match. As he celebrated the victory, Bischoff appeared on the screen and said it wouldn’t be a real return if he didn’t get a chance to fire somebody.

Kane was in Bischoff’s crosshairs. He fired Kane.

Security guards tried to get "The Suplex Assassin," but were met with suplex after suplex. Kane’s partner Mr. Thomas then calmed him down and escorted him out. 

It was the biggest moment of the night — until the very end.

Bischoff was seen looking toward a handful of skyscrapers while on the phone with someone. He was holding an MLW contract in his hands.

Then, the show ended.

Bischoff previously told Fox News Digital he would only really think about returning if Bauer, the performers and the fans enjoyed it. The fans definitely left Queens wondering whether he will become a mainstay in the company.

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All Elite Wrestling (AEW) stars Adam Copeland and Christian Cage have been among the veterans to join the promotion and bolster the roster with their vast experience in the business.

AEW got off to a hot start in 2019 when Tony Khan founded the company, promising an alternative variety of wrestling that most fans at the time hadn’t seen in a while — or at all. 

Fast-forward to 2024, and AEW has remained one of the top wrestling promotions in the U.S.

With that has come increased scrutiny over ratings, attendance and even the performances inside and outside the ring.

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Cage, who made his AEW debut at Revolution in 2021, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview most people tend to forget how young the company still is compared to others.

"I think people also forget the fact that we’re a company that’s still in its infancy," Cage said. "The company has only been around for five years. So, yes, there’s still going to be growing pains. The company has grown tremendously in that time — probably faster than any wrestling promotion in history. 

"We’re putting how many thousands of people at Wembley Stadium two years in a row. It’s unheard of how fast this company has grown. But people should take into account that there’s still things to iron out when you’re that young of a company, and we have a very young roster also."

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Copeland also acknowledged going through some tough years when he was with WWE.

"It just seems like people forget a little bit of history," said Copeland, who spoke on behalf of Pure Plank. "Like, I was with WWE through some pretty lean years. It happens. It’s a cyclical business, and every business has the growing pains. 

"I think if you look at any company in their fifth year of existence, I think we’re doing pretty damn good. There’s different tastes. It’s different flavors. I’ve never understood the anger toward another company, and that goes both ways. I don’t really get that, personally. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. OK.

"It just seems like it’s become a pastime to try and dog the opposite company, but only from the fan base. People within the industry, I think we all understand it’s a good thing if there’s multiple companies and there’s multiple places to apply your trade and get in front of people. 

"And, for me, I’ve loved coming over to AEW because it allowed me an opportunity to really try and dip back into things I haven’t done in 30 years, 25 years, and to try new things too — not just do kind of the greatest hits and actually get in and try some new things and rediscover things that I haven’t done in a while. That, to me, is really a fun place to navigate from."

Khan isn’t the most conventional wrestling promoter. His father is billionaire Shad Khan, and Tony serves as senior president of football and analytics for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also joined the Fulham FC front office in 2017.

Khan’s love of wrestling blossomed into a fully fledged company in late 2018, and AEW was officially launched with Double or Nothing in May 2019.

"No wrestling promoter’s conventional. I’ve yet to meet one that is conventional. The chances are if you’re promoting wrestling, you think differently. And you’re probably wired differently too," Copeland told Fox News Digital. "When I think about the people I’ve worked for, they all have their different processes. Tony has so much going for him and so many different companies and businesses, but his bandwidth just seems to be never-ending. 

"I always tell him it’s Tony time because there’s no way I could keep those hours. He just seems to be like the Eveready bunny. He just keeps going, and it’s infectious, too. I remember when I brought my girls to the first show, and he came running up, and he knew their names. And he said, ‘I’m so excited to have you here,’ and then he took off. 

"And they were like, ‘Dad, who’s that?’ I was like, ‘That’s my boss.’ And they were like, ‘Whoa, he’s so nice and really exciting and cool.’ And I was like, ‘OK, right, he is.’"

Cage added that Khan is not one to be pushed over.

"On the flip side, I mean, I think there’s been, for whatever reason, some sort of reputation that he could be a pushover, and that can be the furthest thing from the truth," he said.

AEW will finish up the year with World’s End Dec. 28. The pay-per-view event will feature the Continental Classic Championship final.

The company also announced that next year’s All-In pay-per-view will take place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. It had taken place at Wembley Stadium in London the last two years.

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All Elite Wrestling stars Adam Copeland and Christian Cage are far from the spry athletes they once were when they were world and tag team champions at the height of their careers.

Copeland, 51, has dealt with neck and leg injuries in recent years, while Cage, also 51 and whose real name is Jay Reso, has battled his own share of injuries. To be able to do normal day-to-day activities and prolong their own careers, something had to change.

Copeland and Reso, longtime friends, developed and launched Pure Plank, creating a way "to revolutionize the planking experience, making it comfortable, functional and engaging for everyone."

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Copeland said he came to a realization when he was having a perfectly normal interaction with his children.

"I have two kids, and it wasn’t until one day I was carrying them up the stairs, and we’re probably talking 60 pounds. And I got to the top, and I was exhausted," Copeland told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "’Oh, that’s no good.’ I hadn’t really been watching my diet. I hadn’t really been working out the way I used to. I slacked, I got lazy. But then I realized I need to get in better shape for these girls because they need me around. They need dad for as long as possible.

"I decided to start with exercises that I thought were a good starting off point, not to get demoralized by going, ‘Man, I used to be able to do way better than this.’ That kind of thing. So, I started planking. I’d done it before, and I realize how effective it is for your core. And if your core’s strong, then chances are everything else will follow suit." 

Reso told Fox News Digital he was working on getting in shape for his wrestling comeback during the coronavirus pandemic and was building a small gym in his garage trying to find small pieces of equipment to work out with.

He said he talked to Copeland about planking, previously dismissing the workout. He said once he tried it, he couldn’t hold a plank for even 30 seconds.

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"I was by myself in the garage, and I was still embarrassed that I was supposed to be this high-level athlete, and I couldn’t even hold a plank for 30 seconds," Reso said. "So, the way my mind works is if I’m not good at something, I become obsessed with it until I am good at it. From that moment on, I became obsessed with planking. 

"I started to do it every day, and I saw, as my core started to strengthen, I was able to hold a plank longer. And that, along with changing my eating habits, I saw my body transform like it never had in the past. At 47 years old, I had a six-pack which I never had before."

Reso said planking became something he does daily, and it turned into a business idea.

"Living in Florida in the summertime, working out, you sweat like crazy," he said. "So, I found myself losing the position of the exercise. So, I started to think to myself there had to be a better way to hold the position that when you get sweating and your elbows start to slide out from underneath you, and to me not having to stop resting, that takes away some of the effectiveness of the exercise. That’s where the idea for the handles came in to hold you in the position at all times and to pretty much put you in the proper position right away.

"That was the goal of Pure Plank, to make it just put people in the proper position to be able to hold right away."

Since Copeland and Reso had been friends for so long, there was no hesitation about getting into business together.

The other bright side was being able to have a pro wrestling career again.

"What I think it did is it got our careers back," Copeland told Fox News Digital. "And that, to me, is the biggest thing. I was retired for nine years. Jay was retired for seven years. And we found ourselves both back in the ring. It was the gateway I like to think. Starting the planking was the gateway to getting the diet back in check, to feeling better, to having more energy, to just waking up and feeling like you want to conquer the day instead of letting the day conquer you."

Reso added that with all the punishment the body can take in pro wrestling, the comfort of the board itself "doesn’t make it impossible to plank" if the user has shoulder or back problems.

"I do believe planking helps and will prolong our careers, especially at our ages," he said. "It’s good for everybody for everyday life and to get that core as tight as you possibly can. Everything else kinda follows suit, and that’s what’s so kind of great about planking. It’s a whole body exercise."

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Pro wrestling is often mocked as "fake" because of the pre-determined outcomes each match has, as well as the choreographed moves each athlete performs while in the ring.

Certainly, each move comes with its own set of consequences. The injuries are real, the blood, sweat and tears are real, and sometimes, the beef between wrestlers is all too real.

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Former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce learned firsthand just how real pro wrestling is. He and former teammate Lane Johnson interfered in a match at WrestleMania 40 earlier this year, which took place at Lincoln Financial Field.

Kelce explained in an appearance on "The Rick Eisen Show" how he got acclimated to pro wrestling after being unfamiliar with it.

"WrestleMania was a thing, but we never watched it, and I didn't really know what to expect," he said. "It got announced it was coming to Philly and that they wanted Lane and I to be a part of it. I started to get acclimated to what this event is and how big of a deal it is to the wrestling community. 

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"Then Lane and I went to a couple wrestling gyms in South Jersey. We were literally doing moves and bumps. I learned how to bump; I learned how to clothesline. I learned how to get slapped in the chest and not act like it hurt, because it actually does hurt. It's like a massive slap to the chest."

Kelce said his brief time in the pro wrestling arena dispelled any notion, for him, that wrestling was "fake."

"It was a blast. It was a ton of fun. Everybody made it a lot of fun," he added. "Again, a lot of people say wrestling's fake or whatever, and it's like, well, so is the TV show you're watching. 

"But you can still have a level of respect for the amazing physical specimens that are doing outrageous things in front of you at speed. It might be choreographed a bit, but it's still nonetheless very impressive."

Kelce retired from the NFL after the 2023 season. The Super Bowl champion has become a mainstay on ESPN’s "Monday Night Countdown" with a larger role reportedly on the way.

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WWE star CM Punk made his return to the company one year ago Monday and the company put together a video showing the behind-the-scenes reactions and interactions with him.

It had been a decade since Punk left WWE, walking out of the company after disagreements with then-CEO Vince McMahon and chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque.

Punk did his own thing for quite a while. He gave MMA a try – in the cage and in the broadcast booth. He returned to pro wrestling in 2021 with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and had two tumultuous years there. He departed AEW in September 2023.

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Two months later, he showed up following the end of Survivor Series: War Games in Chicago – his hometown. It was one of the most shocking surprises in recent memory. Rumors ran rampant in the days and weeks leading into the premium live event, but each thought was met with skepticism. Until, as Levesque put it at the time, hell froze over.

The WWE video showed Punk entering the Gorilla Position backstage with executive Bruce Prichard. He greeted Stephanie McMahon and others before he received his cue to go out to the thunderous applause.

Fellow WWE stars watched the moment backstage. Wrestlers Bayley and Shotzi were among those surprised.

"What a way to do it," Shotzi said.

Bayley ran to Gorilla Position to greet her longtime friend when he returned from the stage.

"I’m so happy you’re here," she said.

Punk greeted nearly everyone who walked out from the men’s War Games match, including Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Randy Orton.

Orton also made his return to the WWE on the same night.

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"Can I not enjoy 10 minutes of my f---ing return," Orton said with a smile.

The video didn’t show Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre’s reactions to Punk’s return. Neither wrestler appeared to be happy to see Punk back in WWE. While pro wrestlers are good at blurring the lines or reality and storyline angles, both acknowledge the real-life tensions they’ve had with Punk in the past.

McIntyre told Fox News Digital in October that their issues were very real but had to put business first.

"You can feel the tension," he said. "Everyone could feel the tension when him and I are near each other. We have to be professionals and do our job. We understand, we’ve been doing this a long time, that real personal issues, real hatred draws money. We also know when that bell rings, we can really lean into each other. None of us are going to complain and when we’re on the microphone, we can see how we feel. Both of us have thick skin, unlike a lot of our superstars – they want to cry whenever I tweet about them. I do appreciate that about them.

"But you can feel the tension when we’re around. And I remember there was some picture that came out online recently, and it was the big talk of the internet because Punk and I were close to each other during the day, and it was, ‘Oh my God they really don’t dislike each other.’ I was like, yeah, you frickin’ idiots. You don’t go to your office job and have to stand beside the guy you don’t like in your office occasionally just because someone snapped a picture of that moment because we’re dealing with a situation you have to deal with in your profession even if you can’t stand the p----."

Punk’s WWE return started with the McIntyre feud. It began at the Royal Rumble in January when McIntyre tore Punk’s triceps performing a move on him. From there, Punk tormented McIntyre and even cost him his brief World Heavyweight Championship reign at WrestleMania 40.

Their rivalry culminated in an epic trilogy that ended in a bloody Hell in a Cell match, which Punk won.

He had been off TV for a few weeks following the match. He returned to the fold this past Friday on SmackDown and put himself into the War Games match between Bloodline rivals.

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Glenn Jacobs, the former WWE superstar who became the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, said he would advise Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson against stepping into the political ring.

Jacobs appeared on "Going Ringside" earlier in the week and was asked about the possibility of Johnson – a WWE legend, movie star and TKO board member – trying his hand at politics.

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"If I’m him, I wouldn’t. Politics is incredibly contentious and toxic right now," Jacobs said. "Everybody likes Dwyane, no matter where you are on the political spectrum, because he’s a great entertainer, and he’s a good guy.

"Got to remember that no matter what you say in politics, 50% of the people are just going to knee-jerk disagree with you, and you’re going to really tick some folks off. I’ve had to deal with that, obviously. If I were him, I would advise him not to do that, personally."

Johnson’s name has been floated as a potential presidential candidate and at one point had aspirations to run. But he said in 2022 all of that took a backseat to raising a family.

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Jacobs said there are still ways to make an impact behind the scenes, and while Johnson has historically been likable, it’s not going to be the same if he steps into the political sphere.

"What’s going to happen is that you’re going to immediately alienate almost half your fan base, which can be an uncomfortable place to be," he added. 

Johnson got a taste of how toxic politics can be after he endorsed Joe Biden for president in 2020. He told "Fox & Friends" in April the endorsement was right for him at the time but that he regretted the division it caused.

"Am I going to do that again this year? That answer's no. I'm not going to do that," he told Fox News’ Will Cain at the time. "Because what I realized that what that caused back then was something that tears me up in my guts back then and now, which is division. And that got me."

"The takeaway after that months and months and months, I started to realize, like, ‘Oh man, that caused an incredible amount of division in our country.’ So I realize now going into this election, I'm not going to do that. I wouldn't do that because my goal is to bring our country together. I believe in that, in my DNA. So in the spirit of that, there's going to be no endorsement."

"Not that I'm afraid of it at all, but it's just I realize that this level of influence – I'm going keep my politics to myself, and I think it's between me and the ballot box."

Fox News’ Kristine Parks contributed to this report.

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Logan Paul’s emergence in WWE surprised regular fans with how quickly he picked up some of the nuances of the sport and how agile he was at 6 feet, 2 inches with no professional in-ring experience.

For the most part, Logan’s brother, Jake, has been missing from his corner. Jake Paul has mostly been focused on his boxing career and trying to make a bigger name for himself in that sport. He made a one-off appearance at Crown Jewel in 2022 but has not made much of an impact in the squared circle.

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Jake Paul, fresh off of a unanimous decision victory against Mike Tyson, said he was interested in a WWE role but not as a competitor.

"I would love to," he said on the "IMPAULSIVE" podcast about possibly joining WWE. "But I would want to be like your Paul Heyman. I wouldn't want to wrestle as much — I could do some s--- – but I’d want to be your sidekick businessman or some s---."

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Logan Paul floated the idea of Jake coming to pro wrestling when he finished with his boxing endeavor. He explained that the industry is "time-consuming," and he may not have time to do both.

Logan Paul first appeared in WWE in 2021 and developed into a fan-hated heel. He won the United States Championship over Rey Mysterio at Crown Jewel in 2023 and held the title until SummerSlam in August, when he fell to LA Knight.

He has not appeared in WWE since.

Pro wrestling is the hottest it’s been in nearly 30 years with WWE taking production levels to the next level, AEW bringing in international and veteran talent, while TNA, Major League Wrestling and Game Changer Wrestling have been among the promotions receiving increased attention in North America.

With the rise comes various styles of booking, matchmaking and storytelling. Some companies build up monthslong storylines that culminate in epic finishes, some put together once-in-a-lifetime dream matches and others make matches based on the skill sets that are available.

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Most of it is wonderful to watch.

Eric Bischoff, the pro wrestling legend who worked for World Championship Wrestling at the height of the industry in the 1990s, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview what he’d like to see more of in the sport.

"I think in order for any form of entertainment, whether its wrestling, movies, hell, books, even infomercials for that matter, the storytelling is everything, and the characters, the character development," Bischoff said. "So, I would like to see more emphasis put on storytelling and perhaps less emphasis put on some of the ‘highly athletic and very fun-to-watch wrestlers inside of the ring.’ When the moves don’t mean anything, and they don’t really create any emotion, that’s like watching gymnastics floor exercise for me."

Of course, Bischoff added, that’s no disrespect to gymnasts and their athleticism, which he greatly appreciates.

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"But when it comes to professional wrestling, what always worked are good guys, bad guys, good girls, bad girls, a story behind it. It allows the audience to identify and live kind of vicariously through the characters," he said. "And I think the more sophisticated the stories become and [disciplined] they become, the greater the product becomes, the interest in the product. We’ve seen that over the years.

"The ‘Monday Night Wars’ was all about great storytelling and great characters, and I’d like to see that level of intensity when it comes to storytelling. It exists across all the different wrestling organizations, not just one. I think WWE is undoubtedly doing a fantastic job when it comes to storytelling and the results prove that.

"I think there’s such a great opportunity for other companies to find their own way. It’s not like copying the WWE, but there’s a million ways to tell 2 million different stories. And I think if a commitment is made to the stories and the characters in them, I think the opportunity for growth in any wrestling company is right there at your fingertips."

Bischoff will have another chance to embark on another storytelling journey with Major League Wrestling’s One Shot pay-per-view on Dec. 5.

He will have creative control of the show and will donate his paycheck to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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