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Sasha Banks said she and Bayley are better than Harlem Heat after Booker T made disparaging comments about her partner's skills.

The voice of legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross may be associated with some of the most memorable moments in WWE history, but Ross no longer works for WWE, instead calling the action on the show many wrestling fans find to be superior, AEW Dynamite So if you don't mind, could you please stop tagging Ross[...]

And After Smoker." As happens whenever she posts about cooking, Young's tweet captured the interest of the wrestling universe David Otunga replied, "You will not be disappointed! I'm going on 2.5 years AS (After Smoker)." Young responded, "Haha, I've been scouring the internet for recipes all day I am so excited!!" Matt Camp wrote, "Already planning[...]

Though most would probably argue it's an era best forgotten, WWE Superstar Alexa Bliss brought up the fabled Bra and Panties Match era of WWE in a recent interview, noting that the work those women did helped pave the way for the Women's Evolution, saying, "you gotta respect that because they did that for us[...]

Unless you're a serious $$$-making merchandising machine for Vince (those ice cream bars and Fiend masks don't pay for themselves), if you're wrestling for the WWE then at some point you're probably going to experience firsthand that the company's track record in the area of health and safety is a tad bit shaky. Dexter Star John[...]

Wrestling as Goldust in WWE back during the Attitude Era, Dustin Rhodes played on a lot of homophobic stereotypes and on homophobia in the wrestling audience to become a hated heel character But apparently, it wasn't just the crowd Rhodes was working In an episode of the Inside the Ropes podcast, as transcribed by 411[...]

With Impact Wrestling parting ways with their reigning world champion, Tessa Blanchard, earlier this month, it left the company without a main event for their upcoming Slammiversary PPV Impact has resolved that situation by adding a mystery opponent, probably a fired former WWE star, to the now Fatal Four Way match that also includes Trey,[...]

This year, AEW is billing Fight for the Fallen as a benefit for COVID-19, an issue near-and-dear to the wrestling industry And Tony Khan and his daddy are ponying up big time to support the cause, with a donation of one million dollars. Tony Khan will donate ONE MILLION DOLLARS to COVID-19 relief for AEW Fight[...]

The ratings are in for this week's edition of Friday Night Smackdown, and it's not looking good. Smackdown fell to its lowest-ever viewership on Fox.

In the second part of our WWE SmackDown report, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross have something to say while Jeff Hardy roughs up a bartender.

These two are carrying WWE on their backs right now. The first hour of SmackDown is over, and it's consisted entirely of two really good wrestling matches and a promo and video segment featuring the two best wrestlers in the world right now Am I dreaming? Is this real? Where's all the piss-drinking? Fake care accidents?[...]

Sane is potentially looking at returning to Japan to be with her husband and wrap up her wrestling career, according to a new report This could explain why Sane hasn't been mentioned on TV of late, since her last injury at the hands of Jax on an episode of Raw in may and despite her[...]

Yesterday, spoilers about the main event of next week's NXT: Great American Bash Night 2, in which Keith Lee faces Adam Cole in a winner-take-all match, rocked the internet wrestling community But were those spoilers real? We laid out a number of reasons why they might not be yesterday Before we go any further, though,[...]

On Pierce and Noble, in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer said, "It's pretty much impossible to believe Noble or Pearce would have gone public on their own so it appears WWE wanted a few names out of people that the fans wouldn't care about since they aren't active wrestles." Meltzer also[...]

Just in case, consider this a warning, though if you're backing out now, we really have to question your determination considering you clicked on this article in the first place. Canadian wrestling legend The Spoiler doesn't want you to find out about what happens if you don't want to. NXT Spoilers: Keith Lee Wins the NXT Championship Alright,[...]

According to a report from Ryan Satin, a guy who plays a journalist on TV (or did until WWE Backstage got canceled), AEW has begun letting fans into the arena starting with last night's episode of Dynamite. The official logo for AEW or All Elite Wrestling. Satin's report details the new additions to the crowd at Daily's[...]

As the ratings war between AEW and NXT escalates, AEW has pulled out a secret weapon, one that's sure to give them the advantage in their weekly battles against their rival pro wrestling show The secret weapon: puppies And no, not the kind that gets Jerry Lawler excited These are actual puppies, as in baby[...]

It's time for the second hour of WWE NXT: Great American Bash, Night 1, which means this marathon wrestling session is nearly over In the first part of our report, we covered the opening fatal four-way elimination match for a shot at the NXT Women's Championship, Rhea Ripley take on Aliyah and Robert Stone at[...]

Sure, they could just finish eliminating Kai first and then have a fair fight, but what about honor?! Such are the ways of pro wrestling After a breather, Kai gets back in, and we get some three-way chaos Yim hits some acrobatic hurricanranas and a couple of suicide dives Code Blue only gets two on[...]

Four hours of PPV-quality wrestling in one night? I can think of worse ways to spend a Wednesday. We're one hour into Fyter Fest Night 1, the first night of a two-night special Dynamite event featuring PPV quality matches on free TV So far, we've seen MJF and Wardlow take on Jurassic Express, Hikaru Shida[...]

Can I cover two PPV-quality pro wrestling events in one night and retain my sanity? Well, I'm gonna try. The official logo for AEW Dynamite. Chris Jericho comes out to start the show, celebrating Canada Day in a maple leaf plaid sports coat with no shirt underneath Jericho joins Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Jim Ross on commentary[...]

Jon Moxley vs. Brian Cage has been pushed back to July 15th due to COVID-19. That episode of AEW Dynamite will be called Fight for the Fallen.

Renee Young revealed her big announcement, which was, as predicted, a new cookbook featuring over 70 recipes. Release date and title unknown.

Now, it's time for the second hour of Impact Wrestling. The first hour ended with an Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week, featuring Eric Young vs Magnus Young survived a shot to the "yam bag," as Taz calls them, to win the TNA Championship Will Eric Young be at Slammiversary on July 18th? Will he[...]

With all of that in mind, it's time for Impact Wrestling! This is the new main event for Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary PPV Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne open the show by revealing that the World Championship is now vacant and a new champ will be crowned at Slammiversary Madison tells us the main event will be Eddie[...]

With last week's announcement that Impact Wrestling had parted ways with their World Champion, Tessa Blanchard, the status of the main event of the upcoming Slammiversary PPV was up in the air However, on Tuesday's episode of Impact, at the start of the show, Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne laid out the new plan Instead[...]

(Image: WWE) "One thing I have going for me is I've never been tired in a wrestling match—high school, college, or WWE," Ziggler said in the interview "And I think a huge moment for me will be if Drew and I get into the 30-, 40-minute mark and I am an unstoppable machine of cardio and[...]

WWE's ratings and viewership fell this week, as Monday's edition of WWE Raw was the third least-watched ever. But is that really so bad?

But it does feature a 7-foot giant tossing two smaller men around the ring with ease, and pro-wrestling can always use more of that sort of thing Eventually, Garza manages to gain an advantage over Show, but Andrade blind tags himself in, starting an argument between the two Garza ends up leaving Andrade alone to[...]

Ruby comes out and they get started.  Payton works Ruby over submissions and technical wrestling (no, really), focusing on Ruby's arm Ruby makes a one-armed comeback Billie Kay distracts Ruby, leading to a roll-up and reversal sequence that ends with a spinning brainbuster by Royce on Riott for the pinfall So far, this is the[...]