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Now that the world is focused on sexual harassment running rampant throughout the entertainment industry, it may be the perfect time for a man driven out of the pro wrestling business for making racist remarks to slip back in under the radar That, it seems, it what WWE is thinking, if recent rumors making the[...]

It's 2017, and the most heated feud in pro wrestling is between… Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake? Strange as it may seem, that's entirely the case. The feud kicked off late last month when Hogan finally seemed to notice, about 40 years after the rest of his did, that his hair was thinning a[...]

But more importantly, when will she be back on Total Divas, WWE's all-around best wrestling show?! Tomorrow night's episode of Monday Night Raw could mark a major return for a long-absent WWE Superstar If you don't want to know who it is, why did you click on this article? Are you just looking for a[...]

Get ready to turn up the lights in here baby...extra bright, I want y'all to see this. Turn up the lights in here, baby...it's The Weekly Static!

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn may have worked themselves into a shoot, brother! The pro wrestling buddies have been sent home from WWE's European tour this week, reportedly by Vince McMahon himself, apparently for going off the script on Tuesday night's taped episode of SmackDown Live. After Sami Zayn was defeated by Kofi Kingston in their[...]

The beleaguered pro wrestling league formerly known as TNA has been having a bad couple of months Okay, a bad couple of years Okay, a bad decade or so In just the last year narrowly survived a takeover attempt by Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan, only to be bought out by Anthem Sports & Entertainment,[...]

If you're planning to watch tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown and you like your pro wrestling to be a complete surprise, turn away now You've been warned. It looks like WWE has reversed course and decided to do the unthinkable: hinder the Jinder Tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown Live just finished taping in Manchester earlier today,[...]

In February, the Women's Evolution comes to BOOM! Studios' ongoing WWE comic, but that's not the only storyline kicking off in WWE #14. The Empress of

So as an "equal-opportunity opportunist" and self-professed wrestling fan since NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Road Warrior Hawk at 1986's Great American Bash in The City of Brotherly Love, I'm honored to have Ring of Honor (ROH) Wrestling's very own Jay Lethal as our first guest. RING OF HONOR / Oli Sandler Jamar Shipman would debut as Jay[...]

WWE is reviving the classic Starrcade brand for a special event at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina later this month, but if you're not at the event to see it, you're out of luck! WWE isn't planning to air the event on the WWE Network, and Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Radio show claims[...]

A huge name and former WWE star was spotted in the crowd at last night's Bound for Glory PPV event. This big time star is a former WWE Intercontinental

Trump recently threatened to destroy the country of North Korea if provoked during a speech to the United Nations, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as "Little Rocket Man." Trump, a WWE Hall-of-Famer, has connections to the pro wrestling industry going back decades. "Pretty much everyone involved dropped the ball here," explained renowned pro[...]

Braun Strowman, who was forced into the back of a garbage truck at WWE TLC by Knox County mayoral candidate Glenn Jacobs with help from The Miz, Sheamus,

The pair competed in what some are calling the match of their career last night on WWE Monday Night Raw, taking on Heath Slater and Rhyno in a "Trick Or Streetfight." Now, according to social media activity, the pair may be on their way out of the company. Dressed as their characters from Southpaw Regional Wrestling,[...]

"A week and a half ago, I took a test that said that maybe my brain isn't as ok as I thought it was, said Daniel Bryan in February 2016, announcing his retirement from pro wrestling "I have a family to think about, and my wife and I want to start having kids soon." A year[...]

Following yesterday's news that Emma, Summer Rae, and Darren Young were released by WWE, NXT wrestler Lio Rush took to Twitter to post an ill-timed and

Lee's cameos are so famous they've even got their own line of Funko Pops! But Lee's latest cameo may be the best of all, as not only is it a cross-company cameo crossover with the star of the DC Universe's upcoming Black Adam movie, but it also expands Lee's cameo domain outside the world of comics-related[...]

Trump's wrestling pedigree is nearly as impressive as The Rock's, going all the way back to WrestleMania 4 and 5, which we held at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon serves on Trump's cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration. If The Rock were to challenge Trump in an election, whose[...]

New Nathan Fillion series coming to ABC, New Marvel's Runaways trailer, Preacher gets a third season, and more news from the world of TV this past week!

@LABI_biz #LABIinDC pic.twitter.com/TrScy5impG — Linda McMahon (@SBALinda) September 13, 2017 The attempt to tone down opulence must run counter to McMahon's instincts, as her years in the professional wrestling business have emphasized larger than life characters and storylines Like the time in 2007 when Trump, whose connections with the WWE go back decades dropped "thousands of dollars"[...]

WWE Superstar John Cena has filmed a commercial for Bill Gates promoting the Gates Foundation's efforts to eradicate polio. But as Cena learns, he can't

But scariest of all, perhaps, is the fact that, it keeps happening over and over again to Booker T, and he has absolutely no recollection of any of it. Starting in 1996 and for several years past its expiration date, the pro wrestling faction known as the NWO ran roughshod over WCW As a member of[...]

TNA Wrestling co-founder Jeff Jarrett has been gone from Impact Wrestling for less than two hours, and he's already feuding with the company in the pro wrestling media Earlier today, Impact announced via Twitter that they were severing ties with Jarrett, who they placed on a forced leave of absence back in September Shortly afterward,[...]

Impact Wrestling has severed its business ties with Jeff Jarrett and Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling via a tweet today The beleaguered pro wrestling company placed Jarrett on a forced leave of absence back in September, but intimated at the time that Jarrett would eventually be back Alas, that seems not to be the case, but[...]

The hand gesture is copyright World Wrestling Entertainment. Originally used by Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, and Sean "X-Pac" Waltman as the official hand gesture of their 1990s backstage wrestling club, The Kliq, the symbol went on to be used by members of WCW's NWO faction, and eventually New Japan Pro Wrestling's Bullet[...]

In an inspiring performance sure to sway fans' opinions of Roman Reigns, WWE Raw general manager Kurt Angle reportedly put on the best match of Roman

For the past few weeks, Alexa Bliss and Mickie James have been going after each other both in and out of the ring. James is a veteran WWE superstar and a

Glenn Jacobs, running as a libertarian Republican in next year's election, appeared at WWE's Tables, Ladders, and Chairs events last night, where he was captured on camera inflicting acts of violence on his opponents as well as attempted murder against his own teammate, Braun Strowman. Jacobs, under his wrestling identity "Kane," was meant to team with[...]

WWE has released a video of superstars Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Zack Snyder visiting the headquarters of Funko, makers of the adorable

Beleaguered wrestling organization Impact Wrestling, formerly known as Global Force Wrestling, formerly known as Impact Wrestling, formerly known as TNA, has been doing its best to right the ship after their last big shakeup, which was… *checks watch*… getting rid of TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett after his short return to the company earlier this year[...]