In All Elite Wrestling’s early days, “Hangman” Adam Page quickly emerged as a future main event act. The former Bullet Club member headlined the first All Out opposite Chris Jericho in the match that determined the company’s first world champion. To crown him there would have been too early. Not because he was bad. Far …
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WWE has released Matt Riddle. Riddle took to Instagram earlier today to confirm the news himself, thanking his fans for the continued support. Riddle entered WWE with much fanfare, building a name for himself as a talented mixed martial artist who derailed his career in the UFC after failing two drug tests in one year. …
Another pay-per-view could be added to All Elite Wrestling’s growing schedule. Over the last few years, AEW have added more pay-per-views to their yearly calendar, and it appears that even more may be on the way. Andrew Zarian of the Mat Men Podcast recently reported that AEW plans to expand to 12 pay-per-views per year …
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WWE may be on the verge of another major legal battle. In 2021, Panini became the WWE’s exclusive partner for trading cards and collectible items, reaching a deal that would have kept them in collaboration until some time in 2026. However, Darren Rovell of The Action Network is now reporting that WWE terminated their working …
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A few months ago, I started watching NXT from the first episode they taped at Full Sail University. It was a fun trip down memory lane, seeing some of the brightest stars of WWE’s last decade in their formative years, before the championship glory and WrestleMania main events. But one act caught my attention, just …
August 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc, a young Jamaican man who moved to the United States when he was 12, hosted a back to school party in the recreation room in his apartment building in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx, New York. There, Kool Herc laid the foundation of hip-hop. With disco being …
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Roderick Strong was very excited to become All Elite. On the April 26 episode of AEW Dynamite, Roderick Strong made his AEW debut by saving long-time friend and occasional rival Adam Cole from being attacked by the Jericho Appreciation Society. Strong had been absent from WWE television since October 2022, and his contract reportedly expired …
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WWE are no strangers to shaking up their commentary teams, and Variety has learned that new changes are coming. Joe Otterson of Variety reported that beginning on August 7, the first Monday Night Raw after tonight’s SummerSlam, Michael Cole and Wade Barrett will begin working as the commentary duo for WWE’s flagship show. This will …
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When retelling the story of how WrestleMania came to be, WWE always presents themselves as the underdog. “The World Wrestling Federation struggled to get to where Vince McMahon wanted to be, but then he had a genius idea and saved wrestling.” There, I just saved you the two hours it would’ve taken for you to …
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WWE’s Drew McIntyre doesn’t see a heel turn in his future unless it makes perfect sense for him. McIntyre is set to face Gunther at August 5’s SummerSlam for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, becoming the latest man with the goal of ending Gunther’s reign before he can break the record for the longest reign with …
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