• WWE’s coronavirus chaos now includes wrestler releases, furloughs

    WWE’s coronavirus chaos now includes wrestler releases, furloughs

    First WWE moved all of its programming to its training center in Orlando without fans, determined to continue producing television amid the coronavirus outbreak. They even held WrestleMania, it’s annual signature event usually held in a football stadium, instead of postponing it. Then it got a reprieve as Florida, for some reason, deemed professional wrestling …
  • WWE employee tests positive for coronavirus, live shows resuming

    WWE employee tests positive for coronavirus, live shows resuming

    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 …
  • 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 …
  • Trump says NFL season should start on time amid coronavirus crisis

    Trump says NFL season should start on time amid coronavirus crisis

    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 …
  • 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” …
  • Jim Ross opens up about WWE roller-coaster in emotional new book

    Jim Ross opens up about WWE roller-coaster in emotional new book

    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 …