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Sasha Banks and Bayley are the new Women's Tag Team Champions, and they chose to celebrate by taking a shot at some online trolls.

A week to go before the match between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles on next week's WWE Smackdown, the pair faced off in a war of words on Smackdown last night.

Miz and Morrison took on Braun Strowman in a prank war on last night's WWE Smackdown. Who came out on top? Video highlights here.

AEW has once again rescheduled upcoming live events in New York and New Jersey that were initially meant to take place in March before the coronavirus pandemic caused a shut down of large gatherings, forcing the pro wrestling industry to change all of their plans Though at first AEW scheduled events for the Summer, now[...]

MVP has been working as a manager for Bobby Lashley, wrestling matches, and hosting his VIP Lounge show on various episodes of WWE TV So what gives? Well, it turns out that MVP got sort of reverse-coronavirused While many of his colleagues were laid off or fired by WWE as supposed cost-cutting measures during the coronavirus[...]

The former WWE Champion took to Twitter to call out his colleagues in the pro wrestling business who haven't taken a stand in support of the ongoing protests against police brutality in the wake of the killing of George Floyd And Punk proved he's not just a two-sport athlete but a master of social media[...]

Former WWE Superstar Lio Rush has finally opened up on the rumors last year that he had backstage heat for failing to go along with hazing.

On this week's episode of Impact Wrestling, the company teased the possibility of multiple fired WWE wrestlers showing up at the Slammiversary PPV in July In a video teaser imitating a news story about the dozens of wrestlers and backstage talent laid off or furloughed by WWE purportedly to cut costs during the coronavirus pandemic[...]

The journey has hit a speed bump, but I will be back stronger than ever." Apparently, these surgeons have forgotten one of wrestling's cardinal rules: don't hinder the Jinder. The Modern Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal The former WWE Champion was featured in a video talking about his return and how glad he was to be back the[...]

Chris Hyatte, a pioneer of internet wrestling journalism best known for writing The Mop-Up, The Midnight News, and And Another Thing from 1997 to 2007, passed away Thursday at the age of 50, peacefully with his loved ones, according to a cousin who made a final post on Hyatte's Twitter account The often controversial writer[...]

It's true; Wrestling Inc has reported that Cole has yet to sign a new WWE contract, and so it is theoretically possible that Cole could decide not to and instead jump to AEW, where he has friends and a girlfriend in the business No doubt, AEW would be willing to make Cole an offer, as[...]

So what does it all mean? Who won the Wednesday Night War last night? The official logo for AEW or All Elite Wrestling. AEW Dynamite came in 27th Wednesday with a .29 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 730,000 viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily's numbers That's down from last week's .27 rating and 832,000 viewers, and there's[...]

More matches will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event. AEW Fyter Fest will take place on two episodes of Dynamite this year. Although it seems obvious, Dave Meltzer confirmed on Wrestling Observer Radio today that the matches will play out more like PPV matches than TV matches, and they will be given more[...]

The most electrifying man in sports entertainment, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, cut a major promo on WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump.

With live wrestling events with crowds still shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, wrestling companies without massive television deals need to get creative to keep their fans supplied with content Ring of Honor's latest venture into finding ways to use its wrestlers is one that has the potential for crossover appeal with other geeky[...]

Shad Khan is the father of AEW president Tony Khan and the largest investor in the wrestling company On Wednesday, AEW published a long and personal letter from Shad Khan speaking out against the killing of George Floyd and many other Black Americans by police In part, the statement read: The events of the past 10[...]

Squared Circle, the largest subreddit dedicated to pro wrestling, announced Wednesday that they would close the subreddit for all new posts and comments as a protest against racism, police brutality, and Reddit's complicity in spreading hate speech The closure began at 8PM Wednesday night and Squared Circle is set to reopen at 8PM Thursday morning,[...]

It looks like WWE made the right decision by not bringing CM Punk back for a full-time wrestling run Though WWE Backstage isn't even a year old, and Punk's appearances on the show are kept sporadic, it seems the magic has worn off, and people just aren't tuning in to see CM Punk anymore Tuesday's[...]

But when Pentagon took to Twitter to say he missed AEW, Harwood told him there's one thing he has to do before he comes back: learn the rules. The official logo for AEW or All Elite Wrestling. "Don't come back until you learn the rules of a tag team wrestling match We're running this now[...]

I just really need to tell you that I think you pushing your s**tty wrestling catchphrase as all of this is happening is absolutely f**king pathetic Good night." Dave Bautista wrote, "I'm just keeping him nameless because he's a sorry ass motherf**ker who I refuse to let ride my coattails[...]

Impact Wrestling has revealed a teaser for Slammiversary 2020, and it looks like they're really taking this embrace of the history of TNA seriously The ad consists mostly of a fake television news report about the dozens of WWE wrestlers and backstage talent unceremoniously laid off or furloughed as supposed "cost-cutting" measures during the coronavirus[...]

Wrestling Inc reports according to backstage sources that a disembodied voice over a PA system scolded the wrestlers to be more lively after a lackluster cheering and booing performance, resulting in the more upbeat tone on this week's episode of WWE Raw But that's not nearly the most hilarious part of Wrestling Inc's report. Apparently, the[...]

WWE made an extremely bold move in response to national civil unrest and in support of those protesting the killing of George Floyd by police.

If anything, the large switch in wrestling viewers from Raw's third hour makes sense, since Donald Trump is a WWE Hall-of-Famer so there is some crossover audience there Probably the only thing that could have countered that would have been to have Baron Corbin make another appearance, but unfortunately WWE taped this episode of Raw[...]

Kurt Angle is retired from wrestling, and as we all know, retiring from wrestling is forever Well, except when it isn't Okay, it usually means nothing But for WWE Hall-of-Famer Angle, he's totally done Almost In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Angle says so himself. "I'm almost 100% I won't wrestle again, but if I did,[...]

AEW owner Tony Khan told Linda Hogan she was banned from all AEW shows just like her ex-husband, WWE Hall-of-Famer Hulk Hogan.

I will get back up again." On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer discussed the injury, with Alvarez claiming a backstage source said Jax should be fired "I don't know, she was way to close to throw her," Meltzer said Alvarez read a text message from his source, who he[...]

Montez Ford explained exactly what it means when WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits say they want "the smoke."

After some stellar acting by everyone involved, Gronkowski's friend rips off his shirt to reveal a referee uniform underneath and Truth slips in to get the pin and run off with the title. Following the loss, Gronkowski apparently exercised a clause in his contract to leave WWE so that he can concentrate on joining his friend[...]

While both Jericho and Garcia have broadly expressed support for protestors, both have made comments that have drawn the ire of critics. L-R: Chris Jericho of TNT series All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite attends press briefing New York Comic Con at Jacob Javits Center Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com | Lilian Garcia at the Get Lucky[...]