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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[...]

All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dynamite gave us another exciting episode this week, filled with an equal amount of matches and promos AEW has hit that sweet spot in their balancing act, all while keeping their content fresh and new The TNT Championship Tournament storyline was continued, with Cody and Lance Archer making the semi-final rounds[...]

Need more Hendry in your life? He also has a delightful podcast, as well. The official logo for Ring of Honor wrestling. Before the world went on lockdown, Hendry had been building a name for himself at Ring of Honor His storyline with the equally entertaining and creative Dalton Castle was really starting to take off[...]

WWE also attained special exemption from the state of Florida to continue broadcasting three live weekly televised wrestling shows from the WWE Performance Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcQQ8a4FR0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Lashley's shocking kiss to Lana leads to attack on Rollins: Raw, Sept 30, 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcQQ8a4FR0) Lana tweeted, "I hate to be the person in these[...]

After releasing at least 38 wrestlers and backstage talent Wednesday, WWE announced it will pay $9.4 milllion to investors in June.

Instead, according to Moxley, he's doing a lot of that with his wife, WWE star Renee Young. In an interview with Wrestling Observer Live as transcribed by Wrestling Inc., Moxley weighed in on yesterday's WWE layoffs, which saw 38 people and counting fired by Moxley's former employer The layoffs came just days after news that a[...]