ABC News Remember earlier this month when we shared the story of 18-year old Florida high school student Gianny Sosa, who was arrested after pretending to hit an RKO from outta nowhere on his principal? Remember the, “he didn’t really do anything wrong and everyone’s being stupid” tone we took? Apparently that tone happened enough […]
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WWE Network Previously on the Best and Worst of WCW Great American Bash: The Blood Runs Cold guys stole the show, Chris Jericho and the Ultimo Dragon tried to kill each other for real, and Hulk Hogan celebrated the one year anniversary of his industry-changing heel turn by losing a tag team match with a […]
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Twitter 18-year old Gianny Sosa was arrested on Wednesday for trying to hit an RKO, the signature finishing move of WWE Superstar Randy Orton, on his high school principal. It’s a strong message to anyone who hears voices in their head and then act on what they say. Per The Miami Herald, Sosa’s lawyers too […]
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AEW Last week, Jim Ross claimed that All Elite Wrestling will make its national TV debut in October 2019 on “a major cable network.” Today, The Wrap reported what that network is likely to be and provided statements from an insider on how AEW’s TV deal is coming along. According to The Wrap‘s source, AEW […]
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[embedded content] Here’s my final thoughts on Raw and SmackDown Live’s WWE WrestleMania 35! Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Tony Nese (WWE Cruiserweight Championship) [embedded content] Reactions: Although this was a Kickoff Match, it truly started WrestleMania 35 on a high note. As a fellow New Yorker, it was awesome getting to witness a Long Islander […]
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YouTube John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ has tackled pro wrestling and the WWE before — most notably for its relationship with Saudi Arabia, in not one but two segments — but Sunday night’s episode made the company its top story, dealing with issues that are familiar to fans but probably shocking to most. You know, […]
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WWE Just like the men, the women of WWE are ready to throw their name into the battle royal hat. WrestleMania 35 has officially added the Women’s Battle Royal matchup to its lengthy match card. Several female competitors from the Raw, SmackDown Live, and NXT brands will make a play for the women’s battle royal […]
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WWE WWE is back with another round of battle royal action at this year’s WrestleMania! WrestleMania 35, which will be emanating from the MetLife Stadium, will host the next installment of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. And just like year’s past, a multitude of Superstars from Raw, SmackDown Live!, and NXT will do […]
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For reasons we may never fully understand, Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che showed up to the WWE’s Monday Night Raw earlier this month to do a few sketches, including one choice bit in which Jost almost got choked out by pro wrestler Braun Strowman. They also teased that they’d be “special correspondents” […]
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WWE Network Previously on the Best and Worst of WCW Monday Nitro: The Great American Bash gave us a new Cruiserweight Champion, a new Television Champion, and a new WCW Tag Team Champion (singular). Also, Mongo’s back, The Giant’s smoking cigarettes, and Bob Costas ruined WCW’s big announcement about how Karl Malone’s going to wrestle. […]
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[embedded content] Here’s my final thoughts on Raw and SmackDown Live’s WWE Fastlane 2019! The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev [embedded content] Reactions: You can always rely on any combination of The New Day to put on a watchable match. Even when that match looks like it won’t […]
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WWE Network Yusuke ‘Wally’ Yamaguchi — best known to pro wrestling fans for his time in WWE’s Attitude Era as ‘Yamaguchi-San,’ the flag (and sometimes sword) wielding manager of Japanese faction Kaientai — has died at the age of 60. Tokyo Championship Wrestling President Jimmy Suzuki shared the news on Twitter, along with the announcement […]
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YouTube More sad news from a pro wrestling world that’s already lost Mean Gene Okerlund, Pedro Morales, and King Kong Bundy this year as Buffalo’s iconic masked wrestler Dick Beyer, better known as The Destroyer, has died. He was 88 years old. Beyer competed in over 8,000 matches in the United States and Japan over […]
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YouTube According to Ric Flair, Harley Race, one of the greatest pro wrestling champions of all time, has been diagnosed with terminal lunger cancer. Flair mentioned the diagnosis during a Q&A session moderated by Jimmy Hart at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, this week, per a live-blogging of the […]
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[embedded content] Now that the Elimination Chamber event has come to a close, there’s one last stop on the Road to WrestleMania 35. On March 10, the Superstars of Raw and SmackDown Live will settle their differences before the big show at Fastlane. This final pit stop is known for featuring big title matches that’ll […]
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WWE Every year, wrestling fans get the chance to watch their favorites make their way into the WWE Hall of Fame. Last year, we revisited our childhoods as legends such as Goldberg, The Dudley Boyz, and Mark Henry finally got inducted. The speeches provided by each Hall of Fame inductee evoked warm memories of some […]
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[embedded content] Here’s my final thoughts on Raw and SmackDown Live’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2019! Buddy Murphy (c) vs Akira Tozawa (WWE Cruiserweight Championship) [embedded content] Reactions: This match will forever be remembered as featuring the best Frankensteiner’s of the year! At this point, everyone knows they’re going to get a quality matchup whenever the […]
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WWE Network The WWE Universe has lost another icon today as Pedro Morales, former WWE (then-WWWF) Champion, has died. Morales did everything you could in professional wrestling, holding WWE’s Tag Team, Intercontinental, and U.S. Heavyweight, and Heavyweight Championships. That made him the first Latino man to hold pro wrestling’s world championship, made him WWE’s first […]
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All Elite Wrestling 2019 may end up being one of the most exciting years in all of wrestling history. That’s because an unexpected wrestling federation has been birthed by a former member of the WWE roster and a world-renowned tag team. Cody (Rhodes) and Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks have partnered up […]
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NJPW World The “knife pervert” is now into belts. The show was called The New Beginning in Osaka, did you expect there to not be a new beginning? In what some (most?) are considering a shocker, Bullet Club’s ‘Switchblade’ Jay White defeated IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi at today’s NJPW The New Beginning event in […]
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