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Smashing Pumpkins Vocalist Billy Corgan Moves On From TNA Wrestling
For the past month, Bleeding Cool has been keeping you up to date on the ongoing dispute between Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan and pro wrestling organization TNA Corgan, a financial backer, on-air personality, and creative contributor to TNA attempted to take control of it in October, citing a contract that would allow him to[...]
Wrestler Cody Rhodes Is Seeking A Part In Marvel's Inhumans TV Show
On Friday, pro wrestling star Cody Rhodes will make his debut with Ring of Honor at their Final Battle PPV event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City Later today, Bleeding Cool has an in-depth interview with Rhodes, talking about ROH, wrestling in general, the prospects of a return to The CW's Arrowverse, and[...]
WWE Wrestler John Cena Cast In Comedy "The Pact"
I'm fighting for every person behind that curtain whose dream was to be a WWE superstar." At that time, it had been nearly a decade since The Rock was an active wrestler in WWE, and Cena was taking him to task for his disloyalty to pro wrestling and its fanbase John Cena would never abandon WWE for[...]
Former WWE Head Writer Vince Russo Trashes Pro Wrestling Journalism
Russo, who was a big force behind WWE's late nineties "Attitude Era," but is today often used as the butt of a joke by "internet smarks" – people who follow the behind-the-scenes happenings of pro wrestling as much as the product – because of his shock and awe writing style, cockiness despite failure to recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle success[...]
Goldberg Will Enter The Royal Rumble, But Who Will He Face At Wrestlemania?
However, according to reports from Dave Meltzer, the Rich Johnston of pro wrestling, on his Wrestling Observer Radio show, Goldberg's contract with WWE is "open ended," with Goldberg willing and able to wrestle as often as WWE would like, as long as WWE is willing to pay him the same "big money" fees he received for Survivor[...]
It Looks Like Goldberg May Have At Least One More Last Match Ever In WWE
Brock Lesnar: Survivor Series 2016 on WWE Network (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcoq3_02AR8) According to Dave Meltzer, pro wrestling's fitter, more attractive version of Rich Johnston who breaks all the actual news about wrestling in his subscription-only newsletter which is then copied by every other wrestling site, Lesnar himself believed more money could be made from a longer feud with Goldberg,[...]
Former WWE Wrestler Cody Rhodes Confirms Opponent For ROH Final Battle
Former WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes has been doing okay for himself after leaving the pro wrestling company earlier this year Rhodes has competed in independent promotions Evolve, PWG, and TNA, and appeared as villain Derek Sampson on an episode of Arrow, "A Matter of Trust," in October But perhaps Rhodes' most anticipated debut is for Ring[...]
The Bleeding Cool WWE Survivor Series 2016 Primer For Non-Wrestling Fans
So you've been hearing some of your comic geek friends talking about "pro wrestling," and maybe you're kind of interested in it, but you just don't understand the appeal of physically attractive superhuman athletes performing epic feats of strength and agility during dramatic battles of good vs evil We get it And we've got your[...]
Joey Styles Fired From Two More Wrestling Promotions For Rape Joke At Evolve 72
Yesterday, we told you about former ECW announcer Joey Styles, who was fired from his job with pro wrestling organization Evolve after telling ring announcer Joanna Rose: "Joanna, you look great tonight And if our next President were here tonight, he'd want to grab you by the…" Those comments may not have stopped Donald Trump from[...]
Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Settles Lawsuit With TNA Wrestling
Billy Corgan For the past few weeks, Bleeding Cool has been keeping you up to date on the ongoing feud between Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan and pro wrestling organization TNA If you need a refresher, Corgan funded TV taping and invested in the company before being named president, but later tried to seize power by[...]