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All holds barred. There’s little hope for top ropes anytime soon, so these wrestling fans are trading leg drops for laptops while in quarantine. Unemployed bandmates Jimi Riddle and Casey Hopkins have been filling their time in coronavirus lockdown by running their Instagram-based Isolation Wrestling Federation, which bills itself as “the first ‘NO CONTACT’ wrestling …

Mike Tyson is getting closer to a return to fighting — and it may not just be boxing. The former heavyweight champion is expected to be offered a contract by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship that will exceed the $20 million pact the company extended to Tyson earlier this month and include charitable donations, the organization’s …

Someone’s on the other line. Rulon Gardner will call right back. It has been nearly 20 years since you first met the legend, who outmuscled logic and outlasted an immortal. It was in Sydney where the first line of a 29-year-old’s obituary was written, where Gardner pulled “The Miracle on the Mat” by handing Aleksandr …

One of the NXT wrestlers recently released by WWE revealed he was in a car crash that led to him flying through the windshield and with a hole in the back of his head prior to being let go by the company last week. Dan Matha, who wrestled under the name Dorian Mak with NXT, …

WWE has its first case of coronavirus. The company confirmed that a WWE employee “has tested positive for COVID-19.” According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the person is an on-screen talent, but not a member of the WWE roster. “We believe this matter is low risk to WWE talent and staff, as the individual and a …

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 …

President Trump believes the NFL season should start on time in September. Trump said as much in a conference call with the commissioners of the major sports leagues on Saturday, and also said he hoped to have fans back in stadiums by August and September, according to ESPN, citing sources familiar with the call. The NFL …

It was a struggle for Jim Ross to read his own words. The legendary wrestling announcer’s new book, “Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond,” provides a detailed and emotional look inside the latter portion of his time with World Wrestling Entertainment. It picks up where his previous book, “Slobberknocker: My …