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Randy Orton Is RKOing The Entire Internet
Whoever had the idea to insert WWE wrestler Randy Orton into internet clips of random people eating it, thank you. You deserve an award....
This Is What The WWE Has Reduced Itself To
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WVU Football Players' Wrestling Matches Are More Fun Than <em>WWE Raw</em>
A group of West Virginia football players apparently hold WWE-style wrestling matches in their locker room. They're pretty good at selling moves!...
Now This Is How You Terrify Babies
More than a hundred infants were on hand at Tokyo’s Irugi Shrine yesterday, taking part in an ancient ritual designed to ensure babies’ health. The secret? Use sumo wrestlers to get them bawling their eyes out....
Falcons-Buccaneers Highlights, As Called By Wrestling Legend Jim Ross
Atlanta beat Tampa Bay 56-14 tonight in a rout one might charitably call a "slobberknocker." As befitting any time a team gets truly embarrassed on the field of play, we've taken great calls from wrestling legend Jim Ross and applied them to tonight's highlights. Take it away, J.R.!...
Former Germany Keeper Is Buffed Up, Ready For His Pro Wrestling Career
There aren't too many jobs that maximize the attributes of a 6'4", 250 lb. man with a torso drenched in ink and a long, luxurious mane. Tim Wiese milked one of them—goal keeper—for almost 20 years. Now he's trying his hand at another—pro wrestling in the WWE....
How Long Does It Take To Become A Yokozuna Sumo Wrestler?
Yokozuna is the highest rank in sumo, but over the past 250 years, the sumo wrestlers who've reached the title have gotten younger, and in the last few years, less Japanese. ...
Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stone Cold!
Steve Austin dropped by the College GameDay set this morning and did typically Stone Cold things....
Three Case Western Wrestlers Die In Plane Crash
Four people died Monday night when a rented, single-engine Cessna crashed and burned soon after taking off from Cuyahoga County Regional Airport near Cleveland, Ohio. All four, including the pilot, were students at Case Western Reserve University, and the three passengers were on the varsity wrestli...
Olympic Wrestler Charged With Hunting Deer In Lexus Parking Lot
Dremiel Byers, a two-time Olympian and 10-time U.S. Nationals champion in wrestling, was charged with "suspicion of hunting out of season and illegal possession of wildlife" in Colorado Springs Thursday evening. ...
Iranian Wrestler Pulls Off Flip For Crazy-Ass Takedown
Iran's Iman Sadeghikoukandeh executed quite the feat against Russia's Rashidov Gadzhimurad in the semifinals of the FILA Junior World Championships....
Pro Wrestling's Greatest Angle Was Convincing Us It Doesn't Matter
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Scott Steiner Blasts The Current State Of Pro Wrestling
Grotesquely inflated WCW and WWE veteran Scott Steiner was one of the most mush-mouthed rambling interviews this side of the Ultimate Warrior, so it's something of a surprise to see his quotes in the Miami Herald on what he believes is the sorry state of pro wrestling. Whether he's right or not, he'...
WWE's "Russian" Characters Referenced The Malaysian Airlines Crash
On last night's WWE pay-per-view, Lana and Rusev, playing Russians—or at least Russophiles; they're not totally clear on the details— made reference to Americans blaming Russia "for the recent current events." ...
I Can't Stop Watching This Hands-Free Chokeslam
This hands-free chokeslam is sold well by both wrestlers, and even the ref reacts appropriately. Good work all around....
In Which Virgil Tells The Filthiest Andre The Giant Story Of All Time
We haven't run a Virgilbag in quite a while, but some excellent Virgil stories popped up on a Reddit thread earlier today. The best one is a saga involving our Wrestlemania XXX-bound protagonist staying in a hotel with Virgil—and much, much more—but go check out other anecdotes over there. ...