wrestling Archives

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[...]