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Cardona posted a link to his Pro Wrestling Tees store with a photo of a new T-shirt, writing, "My @prowrestlingtees store is officially launching tomorrow! Add the #NotThere shirt to your cart now! More items coming tomorrow! I love you @TTDWrestling!" When the Miz saw the post, referencing the fact that it was just a[...]

On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Brian Alvarez discussed the situation, with Meltzer explaining that Vince only reversed his decision to broadcast weekly after both NBC Universal and Fox promised not to cut their television contract money. "What happened there was, Vince did that because he was afraid," said Meltzer[...]

Is AEW star MJF okay? Maxwell Jacob Friedman is widely regarded as one of the best heels in the wrestling business, and a big part of that is his willingness to say or do anything to further his heel persona So when Friedman began making tweets about "something awful" that happened to him, it left[...]

The reason he knew? Cody and Brandi Rhodes visited a different Florida Big Cat sanctuary and heard it from them. Cody Rhodes has Arrow star Stephen Amell on his team, courtesy of AEW. "I had this very loose kind of connection to Tiger King, very loose," said Rhodes in the interview, as transcribed by 411 Wrestling[...]

While Kanellis may be quite forgiving, personally we think WWE really dropped the ball with Mike and Maria, who were great in Impact Wrestling and were entertaining whenever they were actually allowed to be onscreen in WWE. Mike Kanellis, along with his wife Maria Kanellis, is one of more than forty wrestlers and backstage talent[...]

In a story originating on WrestlingRumors.net but being widely reported around the blogosphere, Jinder Mahal has revealed that he's all healed up from his knee surgery and cleared to return to the ring However, WWE is waiting to reintroduce the Modern Day Maharaja, presumably until they have a storyline worthy of his greatness. Mahal got his[...]

I don't personally find disrespect for the most important man in the history of wrestling funny, but a lot of people like it That being said, I do appreciate a lot of the Exalted One's values, satirical or not He'll be winning this squash match, whoever it's against. Dustin Rhodes will put his career on the[...]

WWE's WrestleMania 36 featured two matches filmed outside the traditional wrestling ring format: a Boneyard Match between The Undertaker and AJ Styles and a Firefly Funhouse match between John Cena and Bray Wyatt Both matches offered a break from the usual monotony of WWE's programming and were relatively well-received However, forcing superstars to battle for[...]

Wrestling legend Dustin Rhodes says he will retire if he fails to defeat Kip Sabian in the TNT Championship tournament on next week's episode of AEW Dynamite Rhodes revealed the news on a voicemail left for his brother and AEW Vice President Cody Rhodes AEW shared a video of Cody listening to the voicemail, looking[...]

With NXT star Kassius Ohno added, the number of wrestlers and backstage talent fired or furloughed by WWE during a pandemic is over 40.

According to the latest issue of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE on-air talent are forbidden from mentioning Roman Reigns on television Reigns was initially set to face Goldberg at WrestleMania 36 but backed out at the last minute after The Miz became ill Reigns, a Leukemia survivor, was reportedly concerned for his health in[...]

pic.twitter.com/DaJ5BwEdy1 — All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) April 17, 2020 AEW Dark Star Lashes Out at Social Justice Warriors Joe Alonzo took to Twitter to lash out at "social justice warriors" on the day his Dark match was announced In a tweet captioned, "I'm only going to say this once," Alonzo posted, "It's real convenient that the day my[...]

AEW, NJPW, and Impact Wrestling may sign some of the most desirable names to contracts just to lock them in, and some may even return to WWE when the pandemic is over Unfortunately, they'll have to survive on their own until then so that WWE can pad its own profit margins and reward shareholders as[...]

After taking a beating in the media for their original decision to switch to live broadcasts, potentially putting performers and crew in more danger by making them travel weekly, WWE turned to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the wrestling news site run by WWE Backstage contributor Ryan Satin, for a nice headline like "WWE Making Adjustments To[...]

Perhaps that's because Vince McMahon needs that money to pay for political favor by donating large sums to Donald Trump? That's how McMahon ended up on a presidential task force, after all, and how his wife, Linda McMahon, ended up with a cabinet position followed by a job running a Trump SuperPac which ultimately was[...]

And it might not just be perceived value in the ring that plays a role. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYpcVL-2ZssVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 5 WWE Legends who could have one more match (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYpcVL-2Zss) In his latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer (the Rich Johnston of pro wrestling) claims that age factored into WWE's decision on who to[...]

Styles, it seems, feels terrible he was unable to save his friends. AJ Styles Speaks Out "It freaking sucks," said Styles, as transcribed by 411 Wrestling "If you didn't know, Gallows and Anderson, guys who were like my brothers, were released yesterday and that one hurt That one hurt really bad Really bad The only way I[...]

All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dynamite gave us another exciting episode this week, filled with an equal amount of matches and promos AEW has hit that sweet spot in their balancing act, all while keeping their content fresh and new The TNT Championship Tournament storyline was continued, with Cody and Lance Archer making the semi-final rounds[...]

Need more Hendry in your life? He also has a delightful podcast, as well. The official logo for Ring of Honor wrestling. Before the world went on lockdown, Hendry had been building a name for himself at Ring of Honor His storyline with the equally entertaining and creative Dalton Castle was really starting to take off[...]

WWE also attained special exemption from the state of Florida to continue broadcasting three live weekly televised wrestling shows from the WWE Performance Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcQQ8a4FR0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Lashley's shocking kiss to Lana leads to attack on Rollins: Raw, Sept 30, 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcQQ8a4FR0) Lana tweeted, "I hate to be the person in these[...]

After releasing at least 38 wrestlers and backstage talent Wednesday, WWE announced it will pay $9.4 milllion to investors in June.

Instead, according to Moxley, he's doing a lot of that with his wife, WWE star Renee Young. In an interview with Wrestling Observer Live as transcribed by Wrestling Inc., Moxley weighed in on yesterday's WWE layoffs, which saw 38 people and counting fired by Moxley's former employer The layoffs came just days after news that a[...]

Though WWE has obtained special status from the Florida government due to wielding powerful political influence and money, thus securing the revenue from their television contracts, the lack of attendance gates from wrestling shows is still a problem for the business The lack of audience has hit the independent promoters and wrestlers who rely on[...]

Baron Corbin responded to a fan suggesting Corbin would have been a better choice for WWE to lay off in its coronavirus response.

Of course, we all hope that live wrestling can happen sooner rather than later, but in everyone's current downtime, we can at least binge-watch all of the wrestling we could ever want Have a promotion you think we should watch? Let us know in the comments below! One of the brightest stars in Ring of[...]

The Big Show Show on Netflix is a new American sitcom. But is it funny and charming? Or is it a big dud? Check out my review to find out.

With the WWE announcing today that there would be massive furloughs and cuts coming — many via text message — wrestling fans have been on edge Mere minutes ago WWE announced a number of talent cuts, including Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows Anderson has a solid background in wrestling From his time at Pro Wrestling[...]

In the second part, we learned that Being the Elite 200 will feature a main event wrestling match with Nick Jackson facing his brother Matt Jackson to prove he's ready to return to the ring in AEW Nick Jackson won the opportunity after winning an Under the Limit Battle Royale. In today's third part of Being[...]

The meeting will be convened and immediately adjourned, and shareholders are requested not to attend in order to comply with the State of Connecticut's stay-at-home order. "World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc (NYSE: WWE) today announced that it intends to convene and then immediately adjourn, its Annual Meeting of Stockholders due to the rapidly evolving public health concerns[...]

Here's just the first sampling of reactions, beginning with Bray Wyatt basically tweeting how many fans feel after these recent cuts: Triple H is looking for someone, courtesy of WWE. Yuck — Bray Wyatt (@WWEBrayWyatt) April 15, 2020 Paige chimed in for her wrestling family: My heart is breaking for my wrestling family.. — PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) April 15, 2020 Will Ospreay shared[...]