Wrestling legend and former ECW star New Jack has died from a heart attack, aged 58. New Jack – real name Jerome Young – passed away on Friday after a long and controversial career in the business. Working for Paul Heyman in the upstart Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in the 1990s, New Jack was a pioneer of the hardcore, violent […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeals of several former pro wrestlers who claimed in lawsuits that World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries that led to long-term brain damage. The former wrestlers asked the high court to review lower court rulings that dismissed the lawsuits because they were filed too late. […]

Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka at WrestleMania to follow Bianca Belair in making history at the 37th edition of WWE’s extravaganza. Less than 24 hours after Belair had won a stellar main event match against Banks to become Smackdown Women’s Champion, Ripley followed by suit by snaring the Raw title from Asuka. The two victories would appear to usher in a […]

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Final stand for NXT on Wednesday nights. It’s a first and final for the WWE sub-brand on April 6: It’s the first NXT TakeOver scheduled to air on network TV, and it’s the last Wednesday that NXT will air before moving to Tuesday nights on April 13. NXT is taking a page out of the main brand’s book and stretching […]

Former WWE champion Drew McIntyre has seemingly gone cold on the idea of fighting Conor McGregor after mocking the UFC star's size. McIntyre has continually discussed a potential switch to WWE for McGregor in the future, previously claiming he would feature 'when the time is right'. But despite the 6ft 5in Scot trolling McGregor on social media as recently as […]

The Road to WrestleMania continued Sunday with Elimination Chamber setting up a WrestleMania showdown and giving fans a shocking ending.  That doesn’t mean the show was very good, however. Instead, it was relatively useless with only two moments worth mentioning. And one of them was a feeble attempt at shock value while the other produced the obvious. Roman Reigns squashed Daniel Bryan […]

WWE's ThunderDome in St Petersburg, Florida hosted this year's Royal Rumble. The annual big show curtain-raiser featured four title matches alongside the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches. And there were plenty of big talking points, from the positioning of the legendary Goldberg in a world title match-up, to the return of wrestling superstars of yesteryear from Christian to Victoria. […]

One new WWE Superstar will get her chance to shine for the first time at WrestleMania, while a familiar face will look to recapture past glory.  A year after Bianca Belair put together an eye-opening performance at Royal Rumble, “The EST of WWE” outdid herself by outlasting 29 other women to win the 2021 Women’s Rumble on Sunday night. On the men’s side, […]