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Filmmaker Jon Bravo finally released the "evidence" that was supposed to implicate current and former WWE Superstars including Roman Reigns, as well as movie stars like Mark Wahlberg, in a massive steroid scandal involving imprisoned steroid dealer Richard Rodriguez. The video offered no such evidence.

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. THIS WEEK: Buffy, C.M. Punk, Dr. Who, inclusion riders and Black-ish.

Great news for fans of overcrowding, diners, @#$%head cops, and heroin epidemics! WrestleMania is returning to great state of New Jersey in 2019! WWE announced the news this week that WrestleMania 35 will be held at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford next April, a sports complex formerly known as The Meadowlands before banks and[...]

As the dust settles on WWE's ill-fated attempt to name a memorial battle royal after The Fabulous Moolah, it's becoming clear that it may have been candy bar manufacturer Snickers, not the WWE Universe, that ultimately convinced the pro wrestling company to drop the controversial Hall-of-Famer from the title and rename it The WrestleMania Women's[...]

WWE announced the Fabulous Moolah Memorial Battle Royal this week via a video featuring various WWE Superstars praising Moolah as a pioneer of women's wrestling However, Moolah's history, which involves allegations of financial and sexual exploitation of wrestlers she trained, fueled backlash on social media and article on mainstream media sites calling attention to those[...]

Global entertainment superstar John Cena is not known for backing down from a challenge, but we can't see any other way to explain the most recent turn of events in Cena's quest to dominate the world of children's entertainment the same way he dominated the world of professional wrestling for over a decade. As we reported[...]

However, the announcement has been met with backlash as wrestling fans and media familiar with Moolah's history call out the company for whitewashing unsavory aspects of her real-life character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4upD8cJtsZ8 Though the Fabulous Moolah, who died in 2007, is remembered in WWE cannon as a pioneer of women's wrestling, many who worked with her in her heydey[...]

Then, the very next week, on Monday's episode of WWE Raw, Rousey… didn't appear. But according to a report from Pro Wrestling Sheet, it wasn't lack of commitment to her totally full-time status Instead, Rousey was scheduled for medical testing in Philadelphia on Monday and was never expected to appear on the show The WWE.com article[...]

"To compound it with both trapezius and rhomboid strains is even more dangerous, and Shane McMahon will have a long road to recovery ahead of him." Thankfully, Puffinbottoms noted that McMahon avoided potentially even more serious injuries at the hands of Zayn and Owens, such as "gastroesophageal reflux," "testicular lacerations," or "jargon aphasia." "One pro wrestling announcer,[...]

In wrestling, what often works best is for a wrestler's character to be close to their real-life character, but exaggerated to be larger than life Roman Reigns posing as an anti-authority figure fighting against corporate oppression will never work as long as Roman Reigns is the company golden boy, the personified avatar of corporate oppression[...]

We are investigating the matter and awaiting information from local law enforcement officials." Wrestling Inc has the mug shot, which you can see below: WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy is reportedly ready to return from injury, just in time for WrestleMania and the Ultimate Deletion match between Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt However, that plan may[...]

The former WWE Champion left the wrestling business in 2014 after losing his smile, but returned to combat sports to fight Mickey Gall in the UFC in September of 2016 Unfortunately, Punk's pro grappling skills didn't translate well to MMA, as Punk lost the fight in the first round, submitting to a rear naked choke. But[...]

The long-awaited arrival of WCW Thunder on the WWE Network is finally almost here! The B-Show during the latter part of WCW's Nitro era, Thunder has long been required for completionists hoping to binge-watch wrestling like it's 1999 (though we're still waiting on WCW Saturday Night as well WWE Shotgun Saturday Night and Sunday Night[...]

Wrestling superstar "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes was the victim of a brutal bear attack at Friday's Ring of Honor 16th Anniversary PPV The attack occurred following Rhodes' match with Matt Taven, in which Rhodes emerged victorious and back in possession of his stolen Ring of Honor (the jewelry kind, not the wrestling promotion) Just[...]

Ahead of Ultimate Deletion, WWE's upcoming sequel to past Hardy Compound matches from rival Impact Wrestling, WWE.com has posted a poll asking fans "which member of Matt Hardy's trusted platoon" they most want to see in WWE Filming has reportedly already begun on Ultimate Deletion, which will presumably act as the culmination of the feud[...]