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26, 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auagRUejtVY) Well, nobody has ever accused pro wrestling of being tasteful Perhaps the nicest thing one can say about last night's segment is that it could have been worse. Last night on Monday Night RAW, wrestler Bayley gave a special Christmas present to Goldust, son of legendary wrestler Dusty Rhodes: a teddy bear dressed[...]

In 2001, WWE owner Vince McMahon and NBC mogul Dick Ebersol founded a new professional football organization that aimed to compete with the NFL by bringing all the charming aspects of pro wrestling to football It failed miserably, lasting for only one season However, with an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary telling the ill-fated[...]

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Former WWE superstar, TNA wrestler, and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has struggled with addiction over the years, as many in the pro wrestling industry do While fans are still hoping for the wrestler to make a comeback to WWE, where he hasn't wrestled since 2006, Angle has another project he's launching in january: an[...]

Pro wrestling organization WWE has published a poll on their website asking fans who they'd like to see main event Wrestlemania, as long as the wrestler fans want to see is Roman Reigns The poll notes that there are just 100 days before the biggest wrestling event of the year takes place, and lists a[...]

Ever since WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, the pro wrestling industry has been seizing more and more positions of power throughout the U.S government First, there was the appointment of former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as the head of Trump's Small Business Association, actually one of the[...]

And what he'd like to say is... I'm sorry?! Back in 2014, former WWE superstar turned comic book writer turned MMA fighter CM Punk talked a whole bunch of

Former WWE superstar, Hollywood megastar, sexiest man alive, and possible 2020 presidential candidate Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson posted a special YouTube

Wrestler Cliff Compton (formerly known as Dice Domino in the WWE) was visiting the storage unit of former WWE superstar CM Punk (the CM stands for "Chick

Ever since WWE superstar Paige began dating former WWE superstar Alberto Del Rio, "smarks" - wrestling fans who care as much or more about the backstage

In addition to markets without major wrestling presences, that could easily include places like Japan and Mexico, which already have their own reigning heavyweight champions of wrestling promotion. In Japan's case, that's New Japan Pro Wrestling, which is where many of WWE's recent stars including A.J Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura were wrestling before being signed by[...]

The second most interesting thing going on in TNA wrestling, after the company's ongoing internal power struggles, has been the bizarre antics of Matt and

Bleeding Cool has previously reported on the saga of Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan and his attempt, and subsequent failure, to gain control of

204 years after the War of 1812, America is finally paying Britain back for invading our country and burning our capitol by sending our largest pro wrestling organization, World Wrestling Entertainment, to invade the U.K. In a press conference this morning at the 02 Arena in London, WWE announced a brand new WWE UK Championship, with[...]

On Monday, WWE superstars The New Day defeated four teams in two tag team triple threat matches to become the longest reigning tag team champions in WWE

Last night on WWE Monday Night Raw, The New Day became the longest reigning tag team champions in WWE history, beating a record previously set by

Every so often, comic book publishers send out previews of upcoming comics without any of the lettering finished. The result, while pretty to look at,

According to reports circulating on social media, former WWE star Alberto Del Rio was involved in a backstage brawl with with a wrestler named Alan

Shad Gaspard and JTG, the pro wrestling duo known collectively as Cryme Tyme, were at a gas station in Coral Springs, Florida this weekend when Gaspard went inside to get a drink and found himself face to face with an armed assailant Gaspard told Pro Wrestling Sheet that when the man tried to intimidate him,[...]

Vince McMahon had an idea – apply the "kayfabe" drama and spectacle of pro wrestling to the real-life violence of professional football With 8 teams (all owned by the XFL) with names that would make Rob Liefeld proud, such as the Los Angeles Xtreme and the Memphis Maniax, players such as "He Hate Me," announcers like[...]

According to various reports around the net including this one from Cageside Seats, WWE has fired Managing Lead Writer Tom Casiello. Casiello, according

If you're not a pro wrestling fan, just skip right to the comments and complain about all this damn wrestling content no one is forcing you to read. If you're sticking around: That's it, folks It's over WWE superstar Chris Jericho has just won Christmas. A new holiday sweater featuring the WWE superstar benefits the charity The Quantum[...]

It's bad enough that Finn Balor got himself injured immediately after becoming the first WWE Universal Champion back in August, but WWE's insistence on

We swear we're not making this up. McMahon, who helped WWE grow from a regional pro wrestling promotion to a global empire, has twice run for Senator in Connecticut, and heads an organization for helping women in business, making her actually more qualified for the position than some of Trump's other cabinet picks, like former primary opponent Dr[...]

Back in July, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler was arrested for domestic violence, causing WWE to suspend him and remove him from his commentary

In an EXXXCLUSIVE reveal at ComicBook.com (putting those Arune Singh connections to good use already), BOOM! Studios has announced a special 40 page

In January, BOOM! Studios' ongoing WWE comic hits stores, and the one-shot WWE: Then, Now, Forever came out in October and is in stores now. On Twitter,

And as Bleeding Cool reported last week, Cena has recently been cast to star in an upcoming comedy, The Pact. Is this another sign of pro wrestling's increasing pop culture relevance? Or is it another sign that Cena is on his way out of a wrestling career in an attempt to follow in the footsteps of[...]

Snuka was charged with third degree murder in September of 2015, and declared incompetent to stand trial the following June. A two time ECW Heavyweight Champion, Snuka never won a title in WWE during his 40 year pro wrestling career Prior to the reemergence of the murder trial, Snuka was inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame[...]

Earlier this week, we talked to Cody Rhodes, the former WWE star who makes his debut tonight (in about 45 minutes!!!) at Ring of Honor Final Battle.