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The Traitors Prom, and WWE Unreal: What's coming up this week?

2025-07-26 22:00:09

By Paul Glynn, Newsbeat reporter

As wrestling fans will know, kayfabe – the art of presenting staged performances as genuine or authentic - has long been the key to the success of WWE (and no-one was better at it than Hulk Hogan).

But could all of that good work be about to come undone? As from Tuesday, Netflix viewers will be able to sneak a peek behind the curtain and into the writers' room for perhaps the first time.

The streaming giant's latest sporting drama documentary series, WWE: Unreal, which follows on from the success of its Formula 1: Drive to Survive series, will show precisely how the stories of stars like The Rock, Cody Rhodes and Rhea Ripley, as well as John Cena and CM Punk, made it from the page to the stage.

Be careful though because, according to the promotional material, "the drama is just as intense offstage as it is under the spotlight".

You have been warned.

By Andrew Rogers, Newsbeat reporter

If you've ever wanted to see Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings, Poe Dameron from Star Wars, and the ugly dog from Deadpool in one place, you're in luck this weekend.

All of them, or at least the actors who play them, will be meeting and greeting fans at Comic Con Manchester.

The organisers say they're expecting more than ten thousand fans, and promise a chance to "meet your heroes". No doubt lots of them will dressed up in cosplay as their favourite characters from the worlds of comics, TV, films and games.

Comic cons have become big business and a regular fixture at convention centres across the UK. Multiple organisers now compete to put on the best shows with MCM, Monopoly Events and Showmasters some of the main rivals in the space. It means more choice for fans, but also a somewhat confusing landscape of similarly named events.

They're not always cheap either. A ticket to most conventions will set you back more than £20, with extra costs if you're there to meet your favourite celeb. Want to meet Oscar Isaac for a quick chat and an autograph? That'll be another £175.