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The Final Play Of Tonight's NFL Game, As Called By Wrestling Legend "J.R." Jim Ross
Tonight’s Thursday Night Football game between the Texans and Bengals was, with a few exceptions, your typical awful weeknight NFL action. The Aussie rules-style final play, and its equally down-under level game-ending tackle by J.J. Watt, though, deserved our closer attention....

Kevin Owens Busted 72-Year-Old Vince McMahon’s Head Open
Vince McMahon is 72 years old. Back when he was a spry 50-something, McMahon took constant beatings from wrestlers. But in the last six years, he’s only made sporadic appearances on WWE television....

John Cena And Roman Reigns Broke The Fourth Wall, Cut A Great Promo
There’s so much talking on WWE Raw. It always opens with a promo and sometimes they just talk talk talk. For every great Paul Heyman promo there are two segments that just drone on and on and on. It happens. The show’s three hours! What else are you going to fill time with, wrestling?...

John Cena Gets Dropped On Head, Tells Shinsuke Nakamura “Don’t Be Sorry”
The first reaction a lot of people had to the news that Shinsuke Nakamura would face John Cena in a number one contenders match on WWE SmackDown was anger. “Why are they fighting on free TV?” people asked....

How WWE Botched The Cruiserweight Division They Don't Need, Again<em></em>
When you’re around pro wrestling fandom for a long time, you become familiar with various talking points that have, over the years, become groupthink. One, specifically, has bordered on self-parody at times: “Push the cruiserweights.”...

The Proposed Brock Lesnar-Jon Jones Superfight Is Now Part Of A WWE Storyline
Jon Jones was still in the octagon when he identified and challenged his next preferred opponent....

Bah Gawd, It's The Rattlesnake!
Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stone Cold!...

No One Could See WWE’s Main Event Last Night
Last night, WWE champion Jinder Mahal faced Randy Orton in the third-ever Punjabi Prison match. It did not go over well with the crowd in South Philadelphia. Fans chanted for CM Punk. Fans chanted “delete” for Matt Hardy. Fans chanted “Trust the Process.”...

Ronda Rousey Appears To Be Ready To Fuck People Up In WWE
Last week, WWE recorded the opening rounds of their inaugural Mae Young Classic—an all-women’s tournament that will air on WWE Network next month—in Winter Park, Fla. The shows, which featured a mix of talent from the WWE developmental system and the independent and international scenes, were well-r...

Wrestler Alberto Del Rio Part Of Police Investigation Into Possible Domestic Violence
Professional wrestler Jose Alberto Rodriguez, better known as current Global Force Wrestling Champion Alberto El Patron and formerly Alberto Del Rio in WWE, is being investigated for possible domestic violence Sunday at the Orlando International Airport. Citing witnesses who said they saw an argumen...

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Samoa Joe Can't Be Stopped
Eight years ago and counting, Samoa Joe was done—or at least it seemed that way....

Women In Wrestling Have Taken A Hard Road To Get To Where They Are Now
Recently, Netflix released the first season of GLOW, a dramedy based on the production of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, the comedic late ’80s women’s wrestling promotion that was, ever so briefly, a smash hit in syndication. Many reviews have focused on how a gifted, majority-female cast and creativ...

LaVar Ball Takes Off His Shirt; Lonzo Ball Gets Booed On <i>WWE Raw</i>
Has LaVar Ball’s heel act made his son a heel even in Los Angeles, or do wrestling fans in LA not know Lonzo Ball is member of the Lakers? Either way, Lonzo and LaVar Ball were both booed when they appeared on WWE Raw tonight....

10 Years After The Chris Benoit Killings, Pro Wrestling Still Can't Fix Itself
When I take my mind back 10 years to the days and weeks right before and right after Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son, one thing in particular always jumps to the forefront of my thoughts....

Enzo And Cass Are No Longer A Team
Enzo and Cass were mostly a shtick, but that shtick was pretty good....

Man Grabs Briefcase In First-Ever Women’s Money In The Bank Match
The Money in the Bank ladder match was, both in storyline and in real life, created by Chris Jericho. It’s a simple take on the ladder match. But instead of a championship dangling from the rafters, wrestlers instead fight to grab a contract in a Halliburton-style briefcase. That briefcase can then ...

10 Years Ago, WWE Killed Vince McMahon In Its Most Ridiculous Storyline Ever
When you watch WWE programming for a long time, certain patterns emerge, ranging from production quirks to how matches are laid out to certain tropes that consistently recur in the storytelling. One of these is the way WWE lets show its utter contempt for its audience. Hell, it showed up recently wh...

Study: The Median Age Of TV Wrestling Viewers Has Nearly Doubled Since 2000
Pro wrestling isn’t kids’ stuff. In fact, it’s viewed on television by an audience that’s much older than you might think....

Brock Lesnar Finally Has A Challenger
Part-timers have held a WWE championship a few times in recent years, and they necessarily haven’t defended their belts very much. The Rock ended CM Punk’s 434-day reign in January 2013, beat Punk in a rematch the next month, then lost it to John Cena at WrestleMania. That was a barnstorming tour co...