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What are your thoughts on pro wrestling being classified as a form of YouTube entertainment that can't receive proper monetization? We briefly touched on the topic in yesterday's post about YouTube's demonetization problems and the new rules they've set up for running ads on their website, but checking around the web today, we're seeing that there[...]

As you know from previous discussions, Japanese pro wrestling is treated like a real sport and many of the participants fight in "strong style" where many of their hits connect harder than they should for realism About five minutes before the match ended, Shibata gave Okada one of the sickest headbutts you'll ever see and[...]

WWE Hall-of-Famer, Houston mayoral candidate, and RAW commentator for the next six weeks Booker T took to his Heated Conversations radio show to address

Before stepping into the WWE ring to settle differences with opponents through violent altercations on weekly televised wrestling program 205 Live, WWE

Earlier today, we told you about Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's impromptu decision to call estranged former WWE superstar CM Punk from the middle of the ring

Hulk Hogan's appearance in a Centraal Beheer commercial, where he humorously enacts his wrestling moves, is in line with the Dutch insurance company's quirky ads.

Ever since Hulk Hogan spewed a vile racist tirade on a secretly recorded sex tape, the former WWE superstar has been given "the Benoit treatment," a term

Instead, Johnson is filming scenes with Florence Pugh for the upcoming film Fighting With My Family, which follows the life of WWE superstar Paige. View this post on Instagram. Fighting With My Family stars Pugh as Paige, who has led a uniquely "pro wrestling" life Her parents and two brothers are wrestlers, and Paige has been wrestling[...]

Cornelius P. Rybackerton III, better known by his former WWE superstar name Ryback (which, in fact, he legally changed his name to in December to skirt

Linda McMahon was confirmed by the Senate as the head of President Donald Trump's Small Business Administration yesterday. We'll say that again, since

I spoke with producer and actor Adi Shankar in a baffling interview that touched briefly on his work on the Castlevania show for Netflix, his fondness for pro wrestling, and his thoughts on adaptations. To give you the correct framework for this, I got an email from his PR people after posting about the Castlevania TV[...]

Gambling oddsmakers have no respect for the Titus brand. Despite being a predetermined sport, people still bet money on the outcome of pro wrestling events One of the most interesting events for gamblers is the WWE Royal Rumble, in which 30 competitors battle to be the last man eliminated from the ring by being tossed outside[...]

Jerry "The King" Lawler was a staple of WWE television for decades, but a domestic violence dispute (the charges for which were later dropped) marked the

The trailer has been released for the latest collaboration between pro wrestling organization WWE and Warner Bros teaming WWE superstars with characters from the Hanna Barbara cartoon stable Following up on team-ups with Scooby Doo and The Flintstones, the pro wrestlers will meet The Jetsons this time The Big Show, Alicia Fox, Sheamus, Seth Rollins,[...]

Also true to the salacious nature of pro wrestling and the Total Divas reality show in which Brie stars with her sister, she will also film the birth and air it on the Total Bellas spinoff, as revealed while responding to comments and questions on the Bellas' new YouTube channel.   I actually am gonna film the birth[...]

Tiger Mask W is a new anime series, launched in October of 2016, that follows up on the Tiger Mask manga series by Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji, which itself inspired a real life pro wrestler called Tiger Mask, leading New Japan Pro Wrestling to launch a new Tiger Mask W wrestler (played by Kota Ibushi)[...]

One of the most memorable moments of WWE's popular 1990s Attitude Era was the (Spoiler Alert!) reveal of WWE owner Vince McMahon as "The Higher Power," responsible for directing the actions of The Undertaker and his Ministry of Darkness to terrorize "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, actions which included The Undertaker kidnapping and attempting to marry[...]

Retired pro wrestler and 2020 Houston mayoral candidate Booker T hasn't yet decided which party he'll run under, according to an appearance on the podcast

In December, we learned that 73-year-old pro wrestling legend "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka was suffering from terminal cancer and had less than six months to live The news was revealed via Snuka's murder trial, where he faced charges for the 1983 death of his girlfriend, Nancy Argentino Argentino died of brain injuries after Snuka called an[...]

For some fans, three hours of WWE wrestling in a single night just isn't enough. Luckily, with the WWE Network over-the-top streaming service, fans can

A Bleeding Cool reader asks: Hello bleeding cool I am a fan of your website and I have a question for Jude Terror. Do WWE fans hate Roman Reigns character

When Bleeding Cool last checked in with WWE superstar Paige, she had posted an open love letter to her boyfriend, former WWE superstar and Foot Clan

Charter Spectrum and NBCUniversal's lover's spat over how much money is divvied up to each megacorp for broadcasting NBCUniversal's cable television

"I think if this mask was taken onto the streets, and people were asked what serial killer does this mask look like, I think most would name Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper." They want the mask to be Sutcliffe, but just like pro wrestling fans who wish for anyone else besides Reigns to win main event[...]

F***ing ******. However, when that happened, way back in 2015, you could lose a gig at the world's largest pro wrestling company despite being one of its quintessential historical personalities, for making racist remarks in private Now, as we prepare to enter 2017, making racist remarks in public can get you elected president Times have changed,[...]

Failure to reach a deal could have negative consequences for both sides, with Spectrum obviously wanting to deliver the magic of pro wrestling to its customers, and NBC wanting people to actually watch their shows However, for the 16 million Spectrum pay-TV customers who rely on the company to deliver their weekly wrestling needs, however,[...]

At the end of the show only one fighter will take home the WOS Wrestling Championship belt. From singles to knockout rounds, tag team bouts and ladder matches where fighters must be the first to the top of a ladder and physically grab a contract to win, through to a seven-man elimination fight, each and every[...]

Dwayne, I want you to listen,” John Cena told Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in a promo leading up to their Wrestlemania 28 match in 2012. “This is not a movie

The Big Show is not dead, according to a report today from The Associated Press. Despite reports from "a blog" that the professional wrestler had died in

Bleeding Cool has given a lot of coverage to Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan's failed attempt to take over TNA Wrestling, even though, quite