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Following up on news that they'd sent 20-page excerpts of their upcoming Undertaker original graphic novel to 2 million WWE Network subscribers, explosive

So much money, in fact, that they've been able to coax stars of yesteryear like the legendary Shawn Michaels, who had steadfastly refused to return to the ring since retiring in 2010, to come back for at least one more big payday. The partnership has already been subject to criticism for the exclusion of WWE's female[...]

As if WWE's lucrative 10-year partnership with the government of Saudi Arabia weren't questionable enough already, the company is getting heat worse than

Cooke and co-creator Travis Hymel have just launched a new Kickstarter for L.U.C.H.A., a comic whose elevator pitch is: "Lucha Underground meets The Truman Show." Truly, this is the golden age of wrestling comics! For more details, we turn to the press release: L.U.C.H.A is the story of Agente, a luchador detective who spends his life solving[...]

But in a totally not-a-review context, I would like to talk to you about the new graphic novel by Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno, The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling. But first, I'd like to talk to you about pro wrestling itself. The first memory I have of pro wrestling, or as it's referred to in[...]

Headlocked, the pro wrestling comic created by Michael Kingston (read our interview with him here), is bringing out the big guns for New York Comic Con WWE legends Trish Stratus and Lita will be appearing at New York Comic Con in partnership with the comic, a press release on Stratus's website reveals In addition, Headlocked[...]

Last night's WWE Hell in a Cell PPV was packed with crowd-pleasing moments, from Becky Lynch's win over Charlotte Flair to become the new Smackdown Live

It's been a great past few weeks to be a fan of WWE. On top of recent appearances by legendary figures like Trish Stratus, Shawn Michaels, and The

In the latest example of the WWE Women's Evolution (TM), a movement celebrating WWE's advancements in treating female performers with respect in order to

WWE superstar Lana took to Twitter Friday night to blast game makers 2K and Yukes for doing a crappy job on her character model after the WWE Games

Fresh off her victory in the four-way dance at All In, Tessa Blanchard has signed with Women of Wrestling, a press release revealed Wednesday Women of Wrestling (WOW), co-owned by Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and GLOW creator David McLane, recently announced a TV deal to air on AXS TV alongside New Japan Pro Wrestling and AXS TV[...]

If he were to return, Bautista would want tighter control over his character and storyline, like this is late '90s WCW or something. Wrestling Inc transcribed the video below, so here's what Bautista had to say: I have to say that it's something I think about daily miss it daily I love it, I have a passion[...]

WWE has announced a second season of their quirky Facebook Watch mixed tag team tournament, Mixed Match Challenge. The show pairs male and female

Yesterday on WWE Monday Night Raw, fans were treated to not only the advertised return of the greatest wrestler of all time, Shawn Michaels, but also a

Pro wrestling fans were shocked last night at All In, following the match between Kenny Omega and Pentagon, when the lights went out, came back on, and Pentagon viciously attacked Omega, only to pull off his mask and reveal he was actually Chris Jericho Jericho beat down Omega and plugged his Jericho Cruise event, where[...]

Fans of pro wrestling had the pleasure of witnessing a great show last night at All In, but the main event featuring Rey Mysterio, Rey Fenix, and Bandido vs the Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi was noticeably rushed The fast-paced match ran for just 12 minutes, ending seconds before the PPV went off the air[...]

But even with four teams of heroes searching for the little runt, Wolverine's return has still not been official, with the Return of Wolverine mini-series set to kick off this month and finally, hopefully, actually bring back Wolverine. At least, that was how it was supposed to be, but as the saying goes: you snooze, you[...]

WWE Superstar and Republican Mayor of Knox County, TN, Kane, has launched a new weekly Facebook Live show about his job as mayor.

San Diego Comic-Con saw the launch of the Masked Republic Luchaverse, a shared comics universe featuring top Lucha Libre stars and icons from Chido Comics, the production team behind the Lucha Underground comics and Joey Ryan: Big in Japan, and Masked Republic, who represent the biggest stars of Mexican professional wrestling[...]

WWE fans of course have loved the Warrior since the 80's, where he took the wrestling world by storm, and through all the ups and downs of his career, fans never lost their love for the man, right up until his death in 2014. Check out pics and details below This statue will run you $550,[...]

Unfortunately, Russo has not updated his Twitter with an official statement, but several wrestling sites including Wrestling Inc and Fightful.com founder Jimmy Van have reported speaking directly with Russo to confirm those reports. I texted @THEVinceRusso and he confirmed what others have said – Jason Sensation told him he's okay. — Jimmy Van (@jimmyvan74) August 28, 2018 We'll[...]

Monday Night Raw kicked off with a bang this week when WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns sauntered to the ring amidst a shower of boos and called out

WWE is leaving sunny Brooklyn behind and fleeing to the Great White North next year! The company has officially confirmed that Toronto will be the

WWE Hall-of-Famer and man who poops 20 times per day Bill Goldberg didn't take to Twitter Wednesday to challenge fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer and President of the United States to a wrestling match where he would kill him, according to a representative of Bill Goldberg It was, in fact, the work of computer hackers, says an[...]

Yesterday, something happened in World Wrestling Entertainment that hasn't been seen in a very long time No, we're not talking about a title match on Raw now that Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship in SummerSlam We mean that a professional wrestler actually got to take a vacation! Normally, pro wrestlers working for[...]

Could a new romance be budding backstage in WWE? That seems to be the case, according to the latest tweets from Luke Gallows.

WWE SummerSlam, a 17-hour annual pro wrestling event, kicked off with Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship But as the challenger, Rollins, made his way to the ring, a lot of people on social media (and at least one who emailed us) noticed that his outfit looked a little familiar… #SummerSlam opens up[...]

Sometimes, events in the world of pro wrestling work out so neatly, you might almost suspect they were predetermined Yesterday, Alexa Bliss told British reflection-themed tabloid The Mirror that she would like to face WWE Hall-of-Famer Trish Stratus in a match at the upcoming all-women Evolution PPV Later that night, a graphic was shown at[...]

As Bleeding Cool has documented over and over and again, Roman Reigns's Twitter account is the one place left on the planet where pro wrestling kayfabe is alive and well While the rest of wrestling fandom grows ever more cynical with their behind-the-scenes knowledge and smarky perspective, Reigns's Twitter followers still appreciate the pro wrestling classics, and[...]

It's no surprise that an old-school member of the pro wrestling brotherhood like Good Ol' Jim Ross would be inclined to vote for Donald Trump for president when he ran back in 2016 Trump himself is a WWE Hall-of-Famer, whose association with the company dates all the way back to WrestleMania 4 Trump has been[...]