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While times may be tough for the professional wrestling business across the board, one place where it's doing just fine thank you very much is on Vice TV Producers Evan Husney and Jason Eisener's Dark Side of the Ring is not only a demo and ratings hit, but it looks to have a long and[...]

WWE SummerSlam plans are still going forward at least according to the latest statement by TD Garden, where the event is set for Boston.

AEW has released an update to their rankings, and Cody Rhodes is now the number one contender for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship.

The second episode of Netflix's The Big Show Show built on the strong, family-friendly vibe of the season opener and proved a fun watch.

That's pretty much wrestling 101 and shows that Jax may understand the business more than most are giving her credit for Now, if she can just learn to wrestle as well, she'll be all set. Most WWE wrestlers might feel a little self-conscious after dangerously dropping a co-worker on their head in a botched attempt[...]

As it turns out, there's already an established tag team on the indie wrestling scene called The Revolt Caleb Konley and Zane Riley are from the same area as The Revival, thought it's unclear whether the former WWE stars knew of them And it looks like The Revival may have just taken their name, with[...]

Welcome back to the first Monday Night RAW after WWE did massive layoffs and furloughs. Let's see how creative navigates this week.

pic.twitter.com/UJTvX1RGc7 — Jon Alba (@JonAlba) April 21, 2020   "My employer, World Wrestling Entertainment, aka WWE, is forcing me to work at TV tapings for its weekly shows despite stay-at-home orders for coronavirus," the comment, read at a meeting of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners "I am unable to speak out as I need this job,[...]

His recent run with the WWE 24/7 Championship is only his latest gimmick, but he had a great feud with John Cena in 2011 with his "Little Jimmy" gimmick as well. And of course, wrestling isn't Killings' only talent Anyone watching Killings make his way to the ring while rapping his theme song, What's Up, is[...]

Dwayne Johnson aka WWE wrestling superstar The Rock (Jungle Cruise, Ballers), Issa Rae (Insecure), and Dany Garcia are set to tag-team on Tre Cnt ("Tre Count"), a half-hour series for HBO set in the world of backyard wrestling Created by writer Mohamad El Masri (Here and Now, upcoming Brie Larson/Apple TV+ series), Tre Cnt shines[...]

"Tonight during Raw! Mike and I will be making an announcement!! #NonEssentialWrestlers #NonEssentialFamily #QuarantineLife #mondaythoughts @WWE @njpw1972 @IMPACTWRESTLING @ringofhonor @AEWrestling @RealMikeBennett," Kanellis tweeted. Tonight during Raw! Mike and I will be making an announcement!! #NonEssentialWrestlers #NonEssentialFamily #QuarantineLife #mondaythoughts @WWE @njpw1972 @IMPACTWRESTLING @ringofhonor @AEWrestling @RealMikeBennett pic.twitter.com/LxFclqZmbz — MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) April 20, 2020 Kanellis's tweet features photos, in reverse order,[...]

WWE is adding more episodes of Superstars, the syndicated television show launched as Superstars of Wrestling in the 1980s but shortened to Superstars in 1992 due to a trademark issue Before the launch of Monday Night Raw, Superstars was WWE's flagship show, airing on Saturday mornings at least for some U.S viewers, though the show[...]

Respect for the legends of pro wrestling is a touchy subject in the business, so it's no surprise that WWE superstar Sami Zayn found himself involved in an internet kerfuffle after tweeting about one proud member of the WWE Hall of Fame: President Donald Trump Trump's association with WWE goes all the way back to[...]

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[...]