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There's a happy ending to the story we reported on earlier this month wherein former WWE superstar Sean "X-Pac" Waltman was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, allegedly for possession of methamphetamine pills, causing him to miss a scheduled show in the UK and cause a minor scare as he was reported "missing" on the[...]

Former WCW honcho and guy who successfully ran two wrestling promotions into the ground Eric Bischoff took to his podcast this week to share his thoughts on WWE Champion Jinder Mahal Bischoff thinks that Mahal as WWE champ is great, saying, according to a transcription from Wrestlezone. Bischoff said of the decision to have Mahal beat Randy[...]

Following previous rants against the entire country of India , WWE itself, and WWE Champion Jinder Mahal's straight edge physique,  Ryback has decided that it's independent wrestlers who will be the subject a rant sure to make the rounds on all the dirt sheets. Speaking about the recent kerfluffle stemming from comments made by Rip Rogers and leading into[...]

For months, the battle between pro wrestlers Matt and Reby Hardy and their former employer, Impact Wrestling, has largely played out on Twitter, with Matt and Reby feuding with various TNA bosses like President Ed Nordholm as well as Jeff Jarrett and Dutch Mantell But Nordholm has reportedly just taken things to another level, emailing the wrestling[...]

We still don't know whether we'll be getting a women's Money in the Bank match this year, as is currently rumored, but tonight's episode of Smackdown Live

Pro Wrestling Sheet has the gossip, saying WWE plans to hold two Money in the Bank matches at the Money in the Bank PPV, with the winners of each getting a guaranteed shot at the WWE Championship or Smackdown Live Women's Championship, respectively. Smackdown Live currently has nine women on the Smackdown Live roster: Naomi (the[...]

Some people say Stephanie McMahon started the Women's Revolution. Some people say Roman Reigns started it, and looked strong while doing so. Whatever the

The legal battle over the rights to Matt Hardy's Broken gimmick continued yesterday the wake of statements from Impact Wrestling president Ed Nordhom claiming that Impact owns the full rights to the characters and that WWE is not interested in buying the gimmick from them The news didn't sit well with either Hardy, causing Reby Hardy to[...]

Impact Wrestling president Ed Nordholm appeared on the Live Audio Wrestling podcast recently (transcription via 411 Wrestling), and he opened up about the Broken gimmick, currently the subject of a legal rights dispute between Impact and the Hardys, playing out mainly via twitter feuds involving Matt Hardy, Matt Hardy's wife, Reby Hardy, and TNA official Dutch[...]

The uncensored and often controversial statements of former WWE superstar Ryback are always good for a dirt sheet news story, and The Big Guy's latest podcast (transcription via 411 Wrestling) provided just that when Ryback got to talking about WWE title contenter Jinder Mahal and then got into WWE's plans to expand into India. "I don't[...]

Hollywood superstar and pro wrestling legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is considering a presidential run in 2020 No, seriously Last week, The Rock had a big profile in GQ magazine in which he delved pretty deep into politics, and said that a run was "a real possibility." Even so, while we in the entertainment media[...]

According to pretty much unanimous agreement from the various pro wrestling dirt sheets, Mahal isn't expected to beat Randy Orton for the WWE Championship at Backlash this Sunday, even though his sudden rise to the main event is one of the freshest things to happen on WWE programming in a long time, and he has such[...]

For months, WWE superstar Matt Hardy has been involved in a storied legal feud with Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the new owners of his former employer, TNA Wrestling Hardy claims the trademark rights to his "Broken" storyline and gimmick that both helped to revitalize his career and provided one of the few bright spots during TNA's rough 2016,[...]

New Japan Pro Wrestling will be holding its first show in the United States this Summer in Long Beach, CA The two night G1 Special In USA will take place at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center on Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2 Tickets sold out for the event right away, which means NJPW's first[...]

We've long known that superstar actor and pro wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a Harry Potter fan. The Rock has even revealed which Hogwarts House he