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Former ECW, WWE, and TNA Champion Rob Van Dam has signed a longterm deal with Impact Wrestling, the Van Dam revealed in an interview with Sporting News Wednesday Van Dam is set to team with Sabu to face the Lucha Bros at Impact's iPPV event, United We Stand, in New Jersey on Thursday, but he[...]

In a shocking turn of events nearly as shocking a turn of events as last year, when Rey Mysterio shockingly suffered an injury right before he was rumored to return to WWE for WrestleMania, Rey Mysterio has suffered an injury and may miss his scheduled match with Samoa Joe at the event Sunday. The injury happened[...]

In a bit of good news that must surely have WWE officials sighing with relief, independent contractors Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair have been released from police custody after being arrested on last night's episode of Monday Night Raw All three competitors were caught on camera resisting arrest, assaulting police officers who tried[...]

WWE has issued a statement in response to John Oliver's takedown of the company's treatment of employees… sorry, independent contractors on HBO's Last Week Tonight And the response is: see you at WrestleMania?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8UQ4O7UiDsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: WWE: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8UQ4O7UiDs) Well, the company hasn't exactly challenged Oliver[...]

With WrestleMania a week away, comedian John Oliver showed up on the go-home episode of Last Week Tonight, ran into the ring, and delivered an epic stone cold stunner on WWE's Vince McMahon While fellow parody news anchors, SNL's Michael Che and Colin Jost, will participate in WrestleMania by fighting Braun Strowman in a battle[...]

Finally, after months of speculation and uncertainty after being revealed last year, WWE fans rejoice: Red Rooster is coming The figure will release on Target's Online Store this Thursday, April 4th, just in time to help fans and collectors celebrate Wrestlemania weekend The Elite figure will run you $24.99. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

In a stunning revelation that sent shockwaves throughout the internet wrestling community this weekend, former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho announced on the Jim Norton and Sam Roberts SiriusXM radio show that he's about as welcome in WWE these days as Norton and Roberts' former broadcast partners (and former XFL kickoff hosts) are welcome at SiriusXM[...]

Out of all the complaints about WWE's weekly televised programming — and there are a lot of them — probably the one most people can agree with is that there simply isn't enough of it! With just three hours of Raw, two hours of Smackdown Live, one hour of NXT, one hour of NXT UK,[...]

Pro wrestling moguls Vince and Linda McMahon were amongst the biggest donors to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and when the dust settled and the WWE Hall-of-Famer was elected, Linda McMahon was rewarded with a spot on the Cabinet as the head of the Small Business Administration McMahon will now step down from that role,[...]

WWE has made official what we've all known should happen for months: Becky Lynch will main event WrestleMania The triple threat match for the Raw Women's Championship between Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Ronda Rousey will be the official main event of the biggest wrestling show of the year, WWE announced Monday The occasion will mark[...]

This week we found some of the Emerald City Comic Con Funko Pops, new WWE figures, some new Disney Princess LEGO sets, NECA figures, and more! Let's take a look. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ The Gentle Giant Mini Heores[...]

😶 — Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) March 12, 2019 Though it seemed an obvious joke, since Amell himself has been involved in multiple celebrity wrestling angles in and outside of WWE, Bautista seemed to take the comment seriously, replying: Considering that celebrity could actually fuck someone up, and that celebrity is a former 6x heavyweight champ, and that celebrity[...]

Last night saw the full-fledged return of Dave Bautista to WWE Monday Night Raw in a segment that will live in pro wrestling infamy, as the Guardians of the Galaxy star delivered a promo which consisted of nothing but a nonstop string of future memes, telling rival Triple H, "GIVE ME WHAT I WANT!" and[...]

Somehow, after six weeks of the most convoluted storytelling you could possibly create, Becky Lynch is still getting cheered in the WWE If you ever had a question as to whether or not a storyline makes a character or the character makes the storyline, look no further than the mess WWE has made of one[...]

This week we found new Transformers: War for Cybertron Siege figures, Funko of course, new Marvel Legends, WWE, Harry Potter, and more! Let's take a look. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ First, there is a really cool Star Wars endcap[...]

Back in January, rumors surfaced on pro wrestling dirt sheets claiming that WWE superstar Dean Ambrose would leave the company after his contract ends in April Shortly afterward, WWE confirmed Ambrose's departure, leading many to speculate whether or not the whole thing is work, like Roman Reigns' Leukemia Confusion continued as Ambrose was seen to[...]

King Kong Bundy, who wrestled for WWE during its wildly popular 1980s era, died at the age of 61 yesterday WWE confirmed the news in a post on their website. Bundy never held a championship in WWE, though he did hold the AWA World Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Tag Team Championship, amongst various territorial titles[...]

In a shocking turn of events, investigators from ESPN have uncovered WWE's secret plans to induct Torrie Wilson into the Hall of Fame class of 2019 Just kidding! WWE gave the information to ESPN as an exclusive, but they like to act like ESPN broke the story, as if who WWE is inducts into their[...]

"Live! From New York! It's…" It Doesn't Matter Who You Are Or Where You're From! Yup, that's right: the worlds of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and NBC's Saturday Night Live are ready to collide once again with news that SNL's "Weekend Update" anchors Michael Che & Colin Jost are joining the superstars of WWE Raw this Monday night[...]

This week we found plenty of new Funko Pops, WWE displays, Marvel Legends exclusives, NECA figures, and more! Let's take a look! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ NECA has awesome offerings hitting Targets right now[...]

While we're used to seeing WWE escalate in the ring, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey intensified their rivalry over Twitter. Ronda Rousey and Becky LynchCredit: WWE WWE gave Lynch the role of unruly employee who became the unexpected star only for the company to "try" to keep her down If that sounds familiar, they did it with[...]

Read it, read it, read it. Dave BautistaPhoto by Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com You've probably seen the choicest tidbits being run by other sites- namely the James Gunn comments- but the entire interview is one that may make you change your mind on the man behind Guardians of the Galaxy character Drax. The description of Bautista from author Christopher Spata is almost elegant[...]

The Honky Tonk Man is the next wrestling legend to join WWE's 2019 Hall of Fame Class WWE announced the news on their website, claiming that CBS Sports "reported" it first, but as all of the reveals of Hall of Fame members on mainstream media outlets are arranged PR EX-X-XCLUSIVES so that WWE can act like[...]

WWE Monday Night Raw started on a high note, with Roman Reigns returning to the show after relinquishing his championship last October to announce that he was in complete remission from Leukemia and would be returning to the ring Later in the night, Reigns even came out to the ring with Seth Rollins to save[...]

Back in October, WWE Superstar Roman Reigns announced that his Leukemia had returned and he would take a leave of absence from WWE to fight it, relinquishing his hard-won WWE Universal Championship in the process Tonight, Reigns returned to WWE Monday Night Raw to give fans his first update since departing back in October. Was it[...]

As WWE ratings continue to sink year over year and the company faces the competition of AEW and Tony Khan's checkbook, Vince McMahon is pulling out all the stops to turn things around That includes calling up a bunch of superstars from NXT, shaking up the creative team, hiring new producers, and, if things work[...]

This week we return after a week off to attend New York Toy Fair! We had a blast there, here are our ten favorite things we saw there we can't wait to find on the pegs! Rest assured, we spent the whole trip there and back hunting for toys, and we found new WWE figures,[...]

Fighting With My Family, the new origin-story chronicling the real-life rise of Saraya-Jade Bevis to become WWE superstar Paige, is something entirely unexpected – a wonderful, well-performed, self-assured, success Drawing a direct parallel to the film from professional wrestling isn't entirely off-base: it tells a story that's not entirely true (things are embellished and over-emphasized for[...]

Keep an eye out tonight as well for our Ten Favorite Things Bleeding Cool Saw at New York Toy Fair list as well! NYTF: Hasbro's New Overwatch Figures Look Fantastic NYTF: 170+ Pics From the Diamond Select Toys Booth NYTF: Jakks Pacific Show Off Godzilla, Sonic, Mario, and More! NYTF: McFarlane Toys Spotlights Harry Potter, Fortnite, Game of Thrones,[...]

One cool announcement is that they have partnered with WWE for blind box vinyl figures that will ship in the summer Featuring a mix of classic Superstars both male and female, only prototypes were on display Other fun licenses getting waves of figures include Fraggle Rock and a new blind box keychain set, a Doozer[...]