“Nature Boy” Ric Flair, the 73-year-old professional legend who, in 2021, was one of the focal points of the docuseries Dark Side of the Ring‘s episode on the infamous WWE “Plane Ride From Hell,” most notably for allegedly sexually assaulting flight attendant Heidi Doyle, will be coming out of retirement for one more match on…
May 1, 2011 was a day like any other in WWE history, a pay-per-view in Tampa Bay, Florida whose content, unless you’re a true weirdo, I can’t imagine you’d remember. Highlights from Extreme Rules 2011 include Randy Orton defeating CM Punk in a Last Man Standing Match, Jack Swagger and Michael Cole beating Jerry…
Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported earlier today that Malcolm Bivens and Dakota Kai have been released from WWE. Both having been fixtures of NXT 2.0 (and NXT beforehand, as far as Kai is concerned), the releases are reverberating through the wrestling community as something of a dull shock — it’s never a question of…
On Wednesday, All Elite Wrestling announced a collaborative supershow with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Forbidden Door. Immediately, this poured gasoline on one of this era of wrestling’s favorite topics, whether or not AEW is alienating the Casual Wrestling Fan. Why? When I watch wrestling, I don’t concern myself with what other people think of…
WWE is selling a $100 Vince McMahon shirt. That’s, uh, bad. But it’s also pretty funny because people will buy it, dazzled by the premium price, which will somehow create the illusion of scarcity that drives collectables buyers despite the fact that this is a direct to garment t-shirt and not a Funko Pop…
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They are the seven sweetest words in professional wrestling: “Tony Khan will make a huge announcement.” Every time AEW posts a match graphic about Tony Khan and his huge announcements, Twitter goes buckwild, as if the very soul of professional wrestling is at stake. Tony Khan will be making a huge announcement tonight, and theories…
Minoru Suzuki and Samoa Joe wrestled for the Ring of Honor Television Championship in the main event of Dynamite last week. It was fine. When I say “it was fine,” I don’t mean it dismissively. Both Joe and Suzuki are presence guys at this point, and that meant that the high points of the…
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I barely know who Logan Paul is. I will admit to watching a couple of boxing matches hoping to see him or his brother get knocked out by reputation alone, only to find myself disappointed in the ability of people who are good with their fists to deliver the kind of justice the brothers…