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Bazler The women started off exchanging quick, stiff punches, more akin to a barfight than your typical pro wrestling exchange The match quickly led outside where Baszler gained the advantage and tried to powerbomb Lynch, but Lynch reversed and gained control to toss Baszler around the ringside area a bit before sending her back inside[...]

Cesaro Gulak and Cesaro opened the match with some mat wrestling, as Gulak used his counter and submission skills against Cesaro's strength Gulak focused on damaging Cesaro's arm The match quickly went outside after Gulak dumped Cesaro over the ropes, and the two brawled briefly before returning to the ring only to go right back outside[...]

On the podcast, Punk blasted his former employer's decision to move forward with the annual event both for the weird atmosphere caused by a lack of an audience as well as the danger it could make people sick. WWE "WrestleMania 36" Without the Mania "Pro-wrestling, I find it completely impossible to watch with no crowd, impossible," Punk said[...]

Knox County, Tennessee Mayor Glenn Jacobs (WWE superstar Kane) responded to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee's handling of current matters within the state.

Normally the biggest wrestling event of the year, held in a stadium with tens of thousands of audience members, WrestleMania 36 has been taped at the Performance Center, and matches have been changed around thanks to some wrestlers like The Miz falling ill and others like Roman Reigns backing out due to fears over a[...]

It's not the first time it's happened, but it is pretty rare, especially for the biggest wrestling event of the year John Cena will face Bray Wyatt in a Firefly Funhouse match, while The Undertaker will take on AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match, with both filmed offsite from the Performance Center WWE is also[...]

WWE has announced some segments for tonight's edition of "SmackDown" on FOX, the "go-home" show ahead of this weekend's "WrestleMania 36."

Another week of home lockdown, another week of "live-ish" wrestling – and to AEW's credit, this young company has done an excellent job of navigating Dynamite through both the wrestling world as a new company, and in these trying real-world times Every week we've gotten some amazing matches, and some downright amazing surprises Cody Rhodes[...]

We're famous for winnin'." A wrestling diss rap hasn't been this scathing since Macho Man Randy Savage's 2003 track Be a Man Hulk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMbcOC5dS5kVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Macho Man Randy Savage – Be A Man 2003 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMbcOC5dS5k) "Hollywood Hulksta, you're at the end of your rope," The Macho Man raps at his bitter rival[...]

Ring of Honor announced a series of upgrades to Honor Club, their pro-wrestling video subscription service which a press release boldly calls "the best subscription service in professional wrestling." Honor Club, which features two tiers of service, will now include all PPVs on both tiers in the biggest change The company is also adding past[...]

Even the tiny bit of crowd noise provided by cheering and jeering wrestlers fills the void of eerie silence that otherwise afflicts an audience-less wrestling event On the other hand, as the pandemic becomes more serious throughout the country, gathering that many people together in a small venue feels somewhat reckless, and worrying about the[...]

The country's two biggest pro wrestling promotions, WWE and AEW, have continued to release new material despite the coronavirus pandemic prohibiting large gatherings For WWE, that has meant wrestling matches filmed in an empty Performance Center, their training facility in Florida, and showing replays of earlier matches. In an unprecedented move, the company has even pre-filmed[...]

It's hard to believe that WWE's "WrestleMania 36" is this weekend. Thankfully, this week's "go-home" edition of RAW did a strong job hyping up the event.

If you enjoy it, hopefully you do, and that's great." WWE's annual wrestling extravaganza has had a bumpy road the past few weeks, as the growing coronavirus pandemic forced the wrestling company to make some major changes For the first time, WrestleMania will be spread out over two nights – starting at 7 p.m ET/4 p.m[...]

All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) line-up makes perfect sense, as far as professional wrestling titles go: World Championship, Women's World Championship, World Tag Team Championship, and the TNT Championship. What's that? Oh, that last one? The "TNT Championship"? That's a new title announced by the wrestling company on Monday, with the first wrestler to wear the strap[...]

This was a big feat for any wrestling company, and it paid off The matches are solid, the star factor was high, and you know what? It's still a fun pay per view to watch The main event, with Hulk Hogan and Mr T against Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul "Mr Wonderful" Orndorff The match[...]

ET/PT, when AEW star and WWE alum Chris Jericho narrates a look at the controversial life and professional wrestling career of hardcore legend New Jack Though having wrestled for numerous promotions and won nine championships throughout his career, it would be the "Mass Transit Incident" (as it's become known as over the years) during his run[...]

This is why wrestling is great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszNyqeaM_gVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: King Corbin sends Elias free falling in response to "Kingdom of Fools" song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszNyqeaM_g) Asuka and Alexa Bliss faced off tonight Both performers excel in the ring[...]

TNT's AEW Dynamite has had two weeks of quality wrestling and storyline developments – even more impressive when you remember that it was being done in an audience-free arena (wrestlers-as-spectators was nice touch). Hell, AEW Champ Jon Moxley even found a way to make it onto WWE programming one more time… But it's not just on the[...]

In the middle of discussing the upcoming RAW Women's Championship match between Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler (still) scheduled for WrestleMania 36 (as of this writing). During the conversation, the sound of a small pup could be heard from Young's feed – and the next thing we know? Young's spouse and AEW title-holder Moxley makes an[...]

With Kenny Omega, and Tony Schiavone, announcing through the night — save for when Cody was in a match — we had another good week of wrestling.   Cody and Kenny Havoc had the first match of the evening It was a high energy match, with a lot of solid technical work This was a great match[...]

When it comes to performers in professional wrestling, the role of the valet/manager is one of the most underappreciated Managers/valets act as the mouthpiece of a wrestler In the ring, they gave a heel to gain an extra advantage over the face creating opportunities by distracting the referee It was a role Nancy Benoit excelled[...]

After a mostly disappointing WWE Monday Night RAW last week, this week's episode took a little from last week's RAW and SmackDown and found ways to

Less than a week after the WWE announced Wrestlemania 36 will take place over two nights (Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, with Rob Gronkowski hosting) over coronavirus concerns and announcing a deal with ESPN to air classic WrestleMania events over three Sundays, a chunk of the WWE Network library is being made available[...]

This week has been huge in the wrestling world — so did WWE finish the week out strong? WWE SmackDown started with former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski coming out to the ring Now, as a Baltimore Ravens fan, I'm naturally dispositioned to dislike everything associated with the Patriots But Gronk is oddly charming and[...]

One of the most tragic stories in professional wrestling is Chris Benoit Known for his monikers as "The Canadian Crippler" and "Rabid Wolverine," Benoit was one of the most intense and talented performers in the industry in the 90's and 2000's Vice posted the first part of their season two premiere of Dark Side of[...]

ESPN and the WWE are tag-teaming to present viewers with some classic "WrestleMania" content, starting this Sunday on the sports network.

This was a good way to start a show that will likely have very little in the way of wrestling, or live promos This pre-tapped promo was thought out, well done, and would have fit in on any other night of NXT. WWE With what could be weeks of not having live wrestling events, I can not[...]

Cody Rhodes opened last night's AEW Dynamite with a passionate, and powerful speech. Cody implored us to stand together -- even if it means at a distance.

Less than 48 hours after the WWE confirmed that this year's WrestleMania had been moved from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay to its Performance Center