• Howard Finkel, legendary WWE ring announcer, dead at 69

    Howard Finkel, legendary WWE ring announcer, dead at 69

    The WWE announced Thursday that legendary ring announcer Howard Finkel died at the age of 69. The cause of death was not disclosed. “The Fink,” a Newark native whose career began with the company (then, the WWWF) in 1975, became its longest-tenured employee, serving as the full-time ring announcer for more than two decades, before …
  • WWE WrestleMania 36: Undertaker, title change, Becky Lynch highlight Day 1

    WWE WrestleMania 36: Undertaker, title change, Becky Lynch highlight Day 1

    Now that was badass. The Undertaker – using a twist on his American Badass persona – put on a horror-movie-meets-old-western boneyard match that was the highlight a supremely entertaining Day 1 of WrestleMania 36 on Saturday night. The Undertaker showed up to a graveyard in a top and pants similar to the traditional character, but …
  • The pain and doubt WWE’s Rhea Ripley conquered to reach WrestleMania 36

    The pain and doubt WWE’s Rhea Ripley conquered to reach WrestleMania 36

    Rhea Ripley draws strength from her scars. When the NXT women’s champion was younger she used to cut herself. She said it was a means to cope with being bullied and dealing with those around her mocking her intelligence, body and dream to be a wrestler. Some of those small scars from a “very dark” …