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WWE followed up winning the wrestling ratings wars of the 1990s by totally botching an invasion storyline and killing the brand value of both WCW and ECW, which were now WWE assets Shortly after that, WWE's biggest stars, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, effectively retired from wrestling They were replaced either by existing[...]

AEW Vice President and TNT Champion Cody Rhodes found himself on the opposite side of a wrestling argument with Canadian wrestling legend Lance Storm on Twitter Wednesday after Rhodes, according to Storm, misidentified a wrestling move.  The disagreement came about when Rhodes responded to a question on Twitter asking about the name of a pinning[...]

Let's see if Impact can reverse their fortunes. Impact Wrestling 7/28/20 Part 2 – They Can't All Be Winners (Image: Impact Wrestling) Impact Wrestling 7/28/2020 Part 2 Kimber Lee comes out for her match with Deonna Purrazzo Oh, do we have wrestling matches on this show still? I had forgotten because we haven't had one since the very[...]

It's Tuesday Night, which means it's time to turn on AXS TV and watch some Impact Wrestling Impact is still feeling the success of its Slammiversary PPV two weeks ago, and they've got a newly refreshed roster thanks to the return of several old TNA stars and an influx of fired WWE midcarders (there's some[...]

WWE Raw fell in viewership again to just over 1.6 million viewers, but luckily, we know that number doesn't matter and the demo was up!

Anyone who reads my wrestling articles here on Bleeding Cool knows that Baron Corbin is my favorite wrestler And when you're the favorite wrestler of a well-known and influential journalist like #TheChadster, you would expect that endorsement to translate into massive popularity However, again and again, when I post articles about what's going on in[...]

On an investor call, Vince McMahon said WWE is always building up new stars. So why does he job them out on Monday Night Raw?

But the good stuff is waiting for you at the end, with a quick montage of spaghetti-serving, money-licking, skeleton bra-unhooking goodness- and yes, we're pretty sure (in our defense, it goes pretty quickly so we slowed it down like the Zapruder film) that's mixed martial arts in-cage announcer, singer, and WWE/professional wrestling ring announcer Lilian[...]

Kairi Sane bid farewell to the WWE Universe last night, getting out while the getting was good since Nia Jax is back on Raw.

It's unclear whether this feud is building toward a match in a WWE ring, but as the saying goes, never say never in the world of professional wrestling, which is where both Bautista and Trump come from. Starting with hosting WrestleMania 4 and 5 at his Atlantic City resort, Donald Trump has long been associated with[...]

On WWE Monday Night Raw, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Asuka, and Kairi Sane told a heartwarming, heartbreaking tale of the power of friendship.

You know, a wrestling ring with some cheap leather couches MVP warns Ali that this is where he could hang out if he makes the right decisions, but if he makes the wrong decisions, he could end up hurt Ali says he and Ricochet and Cedric Alexander beat them last week Ali is happy to[...]

Orton says his resume is way better than that of Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock (well, unless you count the most important thing in wrestling, drawing power). Orton still feels something is missing though And when he woke up this morning, he figured out what it is He wants to be WWE Champion again[...]

And you'd be in good company, as AJ Styles isn't buying it either. Would The Undertaker return for one last match?: Undertaker: The Last Ride (Image: WWE) In an interview with BT Sports, as transcribed by 411 Wrestling, Styles said he wants to make things official with a Loser Leaves Town match at SummerSlam "I'm the IC[...]

WWE legend Hardcore Holly says he can still go in the ring and he'd love to challenge R-Truth for the WWE 24/7 Championship.

WWE apparently felt a Raw rematch between Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre was too exciting and changed it to a non-title match.

The 70-year-old pro wrestling legend posted a photo accompanying the motto of himself posting at a public beach without wearing a mask. You should live like there's no tomorrow…cause one day you'll be right pic.twitter.com/2Y3VgM8XIM — Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) July 26, 2020 It's not that Lawler doesn't support mask wearing[...]

Woods is currently out of action in the wrestling ring while he recovers from an Achilles injury. Austin Creed, better known as Xavier Woods, with fellow New Day member Big E. "My campaign begins… please cast your twitter ballot for me to be a host for @g4tv by using the hashtag #Creed4G4," Creed posted on Twitter Saturday[...]

Baron Corbin is known throughout the wrestling world as The Ratings King of Friday Nights, but his true passion isn't in the ring; it's in the kitchen Corbin is constantly posting about his meat-smoking escapades on social media, even if fellow WWE star and rival Renee Young often hogs all the culinary glory with her[...]

WWE wrestler and Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista retired from wrestling in 2019, but in 2020, he's been involved in what could be the greatest feud of his life with fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump The feud has been mostly one-sided… okay, completely one-sided, with Bautista continuously cutting devastating shoot promos on the president via[...]

WWE increased its ratings from last week for WWE Smackdown and won the night in the 18-49 demo thanks to a Bar Fight and lipstick feud.

Edge at Backlash, a match billed before it even happened as "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever," as only second on a list of the best matches to happen in WWE in 2020 so far WWE, which seemingly has absolutely no sense of irony about a match they claimed just weeks ago would be the greatest[...]

They had how many weeks to work on this match? The wrestling (if you can call it that) was fine, but the production was terrible From cheap, generic music looped meaninglessly in the background, to the poor editing to make it look like Sheamus chugged a beer (And who the hell chugs Guinness anyway?), to[...]

To earn another shot at Bayley's Women's Championship, all Nikki Cross had to do was fight her best friend on WWE Smackdown.

Join the 'realest champ in the room' with his exclusive wrestling school over on OnlyFans: http://onlyfans.com/real1 #WelcometoOnlyFans" Enzo's career as a pro wrestler has been on hold lately while he concentrates on his successful music career, having recently released the song of the summer, COVID-19 Anthem I've been bumping that track in the Miata for[...]

However, the coronavirus pandemic will probably prevent any significant live crowds at any wrestling event for the rest of the year. The oficial logo for WWE SummerSlam. WWE released an official statement on the move, writing: "In coordination with our local partners, government officials and TD Garden, WWE's SummerSlam and related events will no longer take place[...]

Once again, WWE will solve the problem they created (and then take credit for it) as Smackdown this week will #GiveNaomiAChance.

Though fans didn't know it would be Kingston ahead of time, the tease itself was apparently enough to drive AEW to a decisive ratings win. A top independent wrestling star will once again challenge for the TNT Championship on next week's AEW Dynamite. Recognizing that what worked once should work again, AEW President Tony Khan is looking[...]

WWE NXT featured the first triple threat North American qualifier, plus the murder of Dominic Daijakovic at the hands of Karrion Kross.

WWE NXT hoped a special announcement from William Regal about the future of the North American Championship could win a ratings victory.