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It's Wednesday, which means its time once again for two pro wrestling companies to do battle in the Wednesday Night Wars AEW Dynamite takes on WWE NXT to see who can score the most viewers both overall and in the 18-49 demographic Then, fanboys on the internet argue endlessly about which is more important. The official[...]

AEW announcer and wrestling Tony Schiavone is not at the commentary booth for AEW Dynamite tonight According to Jim Ross, Schiavone hasn't yet received his latest COVID-19 test results Ross implied that there wasn't anything in particular to worry about; the results are just late Taz joined the commentary booth for the first hour of[...]

When it comes to operating live sporting events during the pandemic, the pro wrestling industry has been ahead of the curve Both WWE and AEW have been running live and taped events in Florida, at first with no crowds, then with wrestlers as crowds, and then even with some non-employees in their respective buildings AEW[...]

Ahead of her title match against Io Shirai on tonight's NXT, Tegan Nox revealed her dream opponent for WWE Evolution 2: Ruby Riott.

WWE stars Mojo Rawley and Naomi celebrated as the first-ever intergender team to win the Tag Team Championships on Tuesday Night Smackdown.

Michael Kingston, the creator of the premier ongoing wrestling comic book, Headlocked, is back with another Kickstarter Headlocked: Tales From The Road is an anthology collecting one-off stories Kingston has collaborated on with stars of both the wrestling and comic book art world Bleeding Cool spoke with Kingston to talk about the Kickstarter, which is[...]

The first hour of Impact Wrestling was, frankly, a letdown compared to the quality of recent weeks Some of that couldn't be helped considering Impact pre-filmed all of this stuff and then had to part ways with Tessa Blanchard, Joey Ryan, and Michael Elgin, the latter two in the wake of #SpeakingOut allegations and Blanchard[...]

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary is just a few days away It's the most anticipated wrestling PPV happening this weekend Who knows how many fired WWE midcarders will show up? One of them might even become the new Impact World Champion! What else can Impact do to sell the PPV? Let's find out on the go-home show. The[...]

WWE Raw viewership hit a historic low, but if the internet has taught us anything in the last week, it's that the viewership doesn't matter.

Following their defeat of the Kabuki Warriors to retain their tag team championships on Monday Night Raw last night, Bayley took to twitter to call out another great female wrestling team: Trish Stratus and Lita. Trish Stratus and Lita team with Sasha Banks and Bayley in happier times. "Let's seee, another dream match down, another victory won,"[...]

Banks and Bayley jump Asuka and Kairi Sane during the announcements, but Asuka and Kairi hit dropkicks sending both women out of the ring so Raw can take another commercial break. You know, Raw may be about 50% filler and 80% suck, but this right here is a huge match that could headline any PPV (well,[...]

He spent twenty years of that career with Big Show, and when he thinks about wrestling big guys, Big Show is the best Big Show starts to tear up as Ric continues to compliment him But Ric says Big Show is picking a fight he can't win He left the business and you can't come[...]

Is it any wonder I was able to transition so easily from writing about comic books to writing about wrestling? Welcome to Monday Night Raw! It's a night of grudge matches It's the Extreme Rules go-home show It's… an opening segment starring Dolph Ziggler Ugh. After Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Samoa Joe run down the[...]

Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler made their long-awaited returns to WWE Monday Night Raw tonight amidst a night of grudge matches.

The entire premise behind pro wrestling is to work the crowd So the Pandemic Era's restrictions on live crowds at wrestling events have turned the business upside down in a lot of different ways WWE Champion Drew McIntyre was interviewed by the newspaper The New York Post, and he talked about the adjustments he's made[...]

Apparently, The Queen needs to get a long term issue with a leaky breast implant taken care of. Charlotte Flair knows that if you need a realistic injury angle, you call Nia Jax. In a series of tweets, Flair refers back to an issue that initially occurred after WrestleMania in 2018, and indeed it was reported back[...]

In an announcement on their website, WWE named this week Women's Evolution Week, with plans to celebrate important moments in women's wrestling history on social media throughout the week. Naomi, Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke and Tamina meet in Karaoke Showdown: SmackDown, July 10, 2020 Five years ago on July 13, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks[...]

A new episode of the Undertaker: The Last Ride documentary is set to debut next Sunday on the WWE Network titled "Tales from the Deadman."

In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter released on Friday, Dave Meltzer named the Superstars who haven't been back to the WWE Performance center since the outbreak began. WWE has not said anything, either in memos to talent, or the media, about its outbreak Based on different reports, anywhere from 30 or more individuals[...]

I would watch their show, not every week, not every other week, probably because I was just too busy and suffering from burnout on wrestling But I was sitting there with Cena one afternoon, we were sitting out there backstage at a table, and I said, 'You know John, it would really beef up the[...]

Former WCW superstar Disco Inferno is leading like-minded pro wrestling fans in a boycott of AEW after the company's president Tony Khan and star Chris Jericho pointed to the 18-49 demographic rating as the true measure of success in "The Wednesday Night Ratings Wars." Disco took time out of his busy schedule of claiming COVID-19[...]

This Monday's episode of WWE Raw will be a special edition focused on grudge matches, with four big bouts lined up already.

Jeff Hardy was goaded into accepting a Bar Fight Match with Sheamus at Extreme Rules during a Miz TV segment on Smackdown on Friday.

Evans is wrestling in a dress They beat the crap out of each other with stiff shots Lacey chokes Naomi with her dress Naomi hits a roundhouse kick to the head She kicks Lacey on the ground and Lacey rolls out of the ring Outside, Lacey shoves Dana Brooke Brooke gets in her face Tamina[...]

Another week of pro wrestling comes to a close with WWE SmackDown, the show that's both two thirds as long as Raw but often just as bad Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcome us to the show, which will feature a tag team championship match between The New Day and Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro There's[...]

WWE Superstar The Big Dog Roman Reigns wants a piece of the new NXT Champion, Keith Lee, so he called him out on Twitter.

If you follow the business of pro wrestling, you've heard about the debate over which ratings numbers are most important in determining the success or failure of a show Or, perhaps put more accurately, you've heard the debate over which numbers qualify one show, such as AEW Dynamite, to claim victory over another, such as[...]

In a press release, AEW has detailed their efforts to support COVID-19 relief, which is the charity theme for Fight for the Fallen.

We have some bad news for wrestling purists who prefer their matches where one competitor must rip out his opponent's eyeball to win to take place in a traditional live wrestling setting According to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is planning to film the match ahead of time and use CGI[...]

Photo credit Lee South/All Elite Wrestling "If anyone thinks I consider being a top 7 show on cable anything but a huge win, they're incorrect," Khan said of AEW Dynamite "A win in the demo is a win in the business, and this is a business I know the industry wasn't talking about the demo as much[...]