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American pro wrestling organizations will continue to have to deal with talent North and South of the border being unable to compete due to international travel bans Both Mexico and Canada have extended their travel bans, preventing talent who either live or are stating in the countries from appearing on U.S wrestling shows for the[...]

Is this even wrestling? All in all, a pretty disappointing night. The Bottom Line 'Cause Chad Said So You know, I've been silent about it for a while, but it really is unfair that AEW has their wrestlers in the audience creating crowd noise that makes the show feel more "exciting." True fans like myself appreciate wrestling[...]

A member of professional wrestling's famed Hart family, Owen fell to his death at then-WWF's pay-per-view event Over the Edge In the guise of the Blue Blazer, Owen was set to be lowered down from the rafters of the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, for his Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather Over the[...]

The Stinger was revealed to no longer have a WWE deal when Mattel canceled an upcoming action figure, and that coincided with Sting tweeting about AEW, including complimenting Archer. Sting takes on Triple H, courtesy of WWE (screencap). In comments transcribed by 411 Wrestling, Archer discussed a possible role for Sting in the company. Absolutely, we're sitting here[...]

The group was beating on Kenny Omega in the end zone of the Jacksonville Jaguar's football stadium, located next door to Daily's Place, where AEW has been filming courtesy of Florida's opinion on the essential nature of pro wrestling. Bucks, Hangman Page Return; New Match for AEW Double or Nothing (screencap image: AEW) Matt Hardy is getting[...]

Drake Maverick kept his WWE career alive for at least one more week by winning his match in the NXT Interim Cruiserweight Title Tournament.

AEW has released their latest rankings ahead of tonight's episode of Dynamite, plus: the latest on rumors of Sting heading to AEW.

If you're a pro wrestling fan who still has an hour left in the week that isn't already devoted to watching wrestling, I've got good news for you Impact Wrestling has announced a new television show, Impact in 60, to air on AXS TV on Tuesdays following each episode of Impact Wrestling Called Impact in[...]

Former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty has asked fans for advice on whether it’s okay to sleep with a fan’s daughter who claims to be 20 years old.

Gaspard was last seen submerging and then not again until his body was found Wednesday morning. Shad Gaspard (left) and JTG (right) as Cryme Tyme, photo by RajOMac / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Making his wrestling debut in WWE developmental territory OVW in 2003, Gaspard debuted in WWE in 2006 as part of Cryme Tyme[...]

Once again proving that Baron Corbin equals ratings, Monday Night Raw was in first place in the Monday night cable rankings.

Hardcore pro wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) found itself in hot water this week things came to a head over recent PPV offerings that appear to be branded as something different than wrestling CZW Girlz: Top Heavy & Tough is billed as "Featuring four hard-hitting matches! Shanna vs Hannia; Sassy Stephanie vs Tessa Blancherd[...]

After their drawn-out-yet-show-stopping match at this year's WrestleMania, this seems a little much. Edge and Christian are set for The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever for BackLash, courtesy of WWE. Seth Rollins and Murphy came out to the ring next Rollins very calmly spoke about the darkness he thought he would never escape, but he found joy and[...]

If you thought that dredging up the death of Owen Hart, one of the biggest open, seeping wounds of the wrestling industry second perhaps only to the Chris Benoit murder/suicide, was going to be a peaceful and cathartic examination of a 21-year-old tragedy where everyone is finally able to put the past behind them and[...]

A major wrestling match has been booked for next week's episode of Being the Elite, revealed on today's episode, Being the Elite #204 But before we get to that, let's do the recap of the show The show began with a Zoom call between Kenny Omega and Colt Cabana Cabana got Kenny's Zoom number from[...]

However, most if not all of the talent released would have non-compete clauses preventing them from wrestling for another company until the clause expires That means that anyone released from the main roster is likely not the mystery participant in AEW's Casino Ladder Match because they would have 90-day non-compete clauses However, NXT talent were[...]

Martha Hart has no plans to allow WWE to induct Owen Hart in the Hall of Fame, which she points out doesn't even actually exist.

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is back at it again, shooting on WWE for continuing to film wrestling shows during the pandemic Oliver blasted the company for its decision to film shows under an "essential" designation in Florida, a designation obtained the same day that a super Pac controlled by Linda McMahon pledged to[...]

Gaspard is 39 years old. Shad Gaspard On Backstage Reaction to Cryme Tyme Making his wrestling debut in WWE developmental territory OVW in 2003, Gaspard debuted in WWE in 2006 as part of Cryme Tyme The team wrestled for WWE until 2010 and continued in the independent scene afterwards Gaspard went on to have a career in[...]

Thanks to an incredible wrestling clinic put on by Baron Corbin and Elias in the first hour of WWE Smackdown, WWE saw its second straight week of rating increases According to Showbuzz Daily, Smackdown scored a .5 rating in the 18-49 demographic for its first hour, only to see the rating rise to a .6[...]

See you in 20-25 min." While Baron Corbin's chicken grilling isn't setting the wrestling world on fire, I'm glad to see The King is pressing ahead with the project for his own enjoyment In recent weeks, wrestlers from various promotions have gone out of their way to praise the culinary skills of WWE commentator Renee Young[...]

Gronkowski's run with the 24/7 Championship has been impressive by any measure but is all the more so considering pro wrestling isn't even Gronkowski's first choice Nevertheless, the NFL star has proven to be an all-time great championship in the mold of wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino. Gronk soars to 24/7 Title win: WrestleMania 36 (WWE Network[...]

Mark Henry is threatening to sue former WWE wrestler Lio Rush after Rush accused Henry of tearing down African American talent on Twitter.

Since WWE owns the names of most of its wrestlers, The Revival immediately changed their wrestling names to Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, but the new name of their tag team was less clear Teaser videos and trademark registrations indicated that the team would use the initials FTR and that it could stand for Fear[...]

The last thing I expected was to log on and see a major news story happened in the world of professional wrestling while I was sitting in my garage drinking Mike's Hard Lemonade That's exactly what happened, though, because get this: Drew Gulak has been released from his WWE contract. Gulak wrestled Daniel Bryan in a[...]

The Animal's Twitter feed is pretty much a nonstop barrage of shooting on President Donald Trump and his allies as Bautista looks to be making to most of his time at home during the quarantine. Batista's ready to inflict a major beatdown, courtesy of WWE. Though Bautista and Trump both share long wrestling backgrounds, friendships with Triple[...]

AEW has announced the full lineup for a massive episode of AEW Dark next week, as more participants are added to the Casino Ladder Match.

Another day, another pair of wrestling personalities duking it out on the grandest stage of them all No, not WrestleMania Twitter This time around, it's former WWE superstar Ryback taking on current WWE superstar Dolph Ziggler The whole thing started over a bottle of hot sauce, as Ryback responded to a tweet recommending a particular[...]

Following up on her corn soup that captivated the wrestling industry last weekend, Renee Young took to Twitter Friday to announce plans to make Yorkshire puddings The delightful, savory puddings, baked in the drippings of a roast, are an English classic, and the wrestling business was immediately abuzz with talk of Young's puddings as soon[...]

WWE's IC Title tournament featured a twenty-minute five-star classic between two excellent ring technicians, and also Bryan vs. Gulak.