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Gronk "Fights Off Security" To Invade Ring And Beat Up <i>Wrestlemania</i> Battle Royal Opponent
Rob Gronkowski turned up at tonight’s Wrestlemania in Orlando in support of buddy Mojo Rawley to help bust up some bad guys en route to Rawley’s win in the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal....
The Best Thing About This Year's WrestleMania Is A Brutally Personal Reality-TV Feud
This Sunday’s WrestleMania is not your father’s, which is both the sort of thing World Wrestling Entertainment would say to promote it and true—if not quite in the way they would like you to think....
WWE's Big Show: Shaq Won't Do Wrestlemania Because He Looks Like Jabba The Hutt And Is Scared To Wear Spandex
While Shaquille O’Neal and Paul “Big Show” Wight were rumored to compete against one another in next month’s Wrestlemania, it now sounds like it’s not going to happen. On his most recent podcast episode, Shaq blamed WWE for the match not taking place and said it wasn’t his fault. Big Show had a very...
Mike Francesa Forced To Order Wrestlemania For His Sons, Remains Crestfallen
Mike Francesa has two sons: Jack and the dreaded Harrison. This is the story of how they manipulated him into ordering last night’s Wrestlemania on pay-per-view:...
The Rock Showed Up With A Flamethrower And, Holy Shit, John Cena Came Back
This was supposed to just be a goofy post about how The Rock showed up on Wrestlemania again with a silly prop (this time, a flamethrower) but then he did this:...
Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, & "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Return To Wrestlemania
“Attitude Era” WWE stars Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin returned to the ring tonight at Wrestlemania to defend New Day’s honor against the League of Nations, with the, uh, veteran wrestlers performing their famous finishing moves of Sweet Chin Music, the Mandible Claw (wit...
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Wrestlemania Kicks Off In Front Of Half-Empty Jerry World After Ticketing Mishap [UPDATE]
Irate fans chanted “LET US IN! LET US IN!” as a stadium ticketing issue kept tens of thousands of pro wrestling fans from entering the stadium in Dallas before tonight’s Wrestlemania kicked off at 6 p.m. local time....
WrestleMania Was Ridiculous And Amazing
Welcome to Deadspin’s irregular pro wrestling column, in which Tom Breihan and Ernest Wilkins will comb through the past month of superkicks, lariats, and 450 splashes in search of the greatest things that this most American of artforms has given us. ...
Ronda Rousey, The Rock Team Up To Crush Triple H & Stephanie McMahon
If you thought Brock Lesnar's main event appearance would be the only UFC in your WWE at Wrestlemania tonight, you'd be wrong. Reigning bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey showed up to join forces with The Rock in kicking the asses of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. It was, as The Rock stated himself, t...
Brock Lesnar Admits He's Done With The UFC, Will Remain A Pro Wrestler
Brock Lesnar, who is scheduled to defend his WWE heavyweight champion title against Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 31 this weekend, went on SportsCenter today for an interview with Michelle Beadle. Once there, he announced that he had re-signed with WWE, and will not be returning to UFC....
Jon Gruden Breaks Down The Battle Royal Field In His Own Special Way
Bill Simmons's appearance on WWE Raw may have been a dud, but Jon Gruden taking a break from taping his QB Camp segments to gush about a man in a rabbit suit's flexibility and the fact that you can "watch a movie" on Ryback's back more than makes up for it. He seems to be legitimately amazed by the ...
Nude Woman Beats Fans With A Whip After Wrestlemania In New Orleans
Nudity, S & M and tourists chanting on Bourbon Street are far from newsworthy events in New Orleans. But when they're part of the festivities following Wrestlemania 30, it all becomes a bit more fun (?)....
Wrestlemania XXX Box Score: Every Suplex, Chair Hit, And Top Rope Dive
In the depths of kayfabe, there's really no difference between a suplex, a top-rop dive, or a steel chair—every move, hold, and stunt is just a means to the dramatic end. You can't quantify a comeback or a domination when the comeback is part of the script. But: Who really cares? Here's your Wrestle...
A Lot Of People Made Money Betting Against Undertaker At WrestleMania
The Undertaker's 21-match unbeaten streak at WrestleMania is no more, after a surprise loss to Brock Lesnar last night. Fans were in shock, but no one was happier than those bettors who put money on Lesnar when he was a huge underdog....
WrestleMania Gets New Orleans Newspaper's Front Page
Today's New Orleans Times-Picayune features five pages of coverage of last night's WrestleMania at the Superdome—an event which managed to bleed over into the public consciousness more than usual, thanks in large part to the end of the Undertaker's streak. Still, it's odd to see wrestling get the fr...
Your Field Guide To WrestleMania XXX
WrestleMania is the kind of thing you can really only discuss in superlatives: it's the biggest, the loudest, the most-hyped, the most outrageous, the most ridiculous, and the most fun. Yes, pro wrestling is a totally unique performance art, one of the last direct links to an old, weird America, etc...
The Meaning Of Convicted Rapist Mike Tyson's New Cartoon
Twenty years ago The Ring magazine asked the question, after Mike Tyson's rape conviction, "What If Mike Tyson Had Never Gone To Jail?" The cover story posed a counterfactual in which Tyson did not receive a guilty verdict on his 1991 indictment for rape, confinement and criminal deviant conduct....
14-Year-Old Accidentally Kills Man Twice His Size With Wrestling Move
Our first WrestleMania-related death is here, and it's neither Ohio nor Florida. It's Louisiana, where a bunch of people got together to watch the pay-per-view, and hold their own mini-matches on an inflatable mattress. At one point a 14-year-old, 5-foot-6, 110-pound boy put his 24-year-old, 5-foot-...
Here's A Bunch Of Bros Going Nuts Over The End Of WrestleMania
WrestleMania XXVIII was last night, and The Rock won, and some people were chair-throwingly excited....