Jonathan Gresham, the current ROH World Champion will be defending his title this Weekend at ROH’s Death Before Dishonor PPV vs recent Tony Khan signing, Claudio Castagnoli. Ahead of Jonathan Gresham’s huge match this weekend, @BackupHangman & @MontelWP spoke with him about a variety of topics including, wrestling styles and how they have changed over […]
Jaychele Nicole‘s first documentary, ‘Wrestling With Whiteness‘ is set to drop today, May 28, at 3 p.m. ET. The film focuses on Black wrestlers and personalities sharing their experiences in the wrestling community. Some of the names set to appear include Ricky Starks, Tasha Steelz, Shane Taylor, Big Swole, Willow Nightingale and many more. An
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Headlines were made when Ric Flair announced his in-ring return for the July 31st Jim Crockett Promotions event, Starrcast. It will be the Nature Boy’s first bout since 2011, and as of writing, no opponent has been announced for the 73 year old’s return match. Various names have been rumoured, such as WWE Hall of
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Ric Flair has had many ups and downs with his health over the years, notably being scarily close to death in 2017. The 16-time world champion, Ric Flair showed a vulnerable side of The Nature Boy during an interview with The Pivot podcast. Flair spoke frankly about waking up from a coma in 2017. “31
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All match ratings taken from the April 25 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter AEW Rampage Apr 15 – Hangman Adam Page (c) vs Adam Cole (Texas Death Match, AEW World Championship): ****.5 AEW Battle Of The Belts Apr 16: – Sammy Guevara vs Scorpio Sky (c) (TNT Championship): ***.5 NJPW Windy City Riot Apr
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Former ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes have made a number of headlines in recent weeks regarding their contract status. Many believed The Briscoes to next on the list of free agent signings heading to AEW, although reports began to circulate that WarnerMedia were against the signing of the duo, and thus any plans regarding
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Black women are something truly incredible. We live in a day and age when so many Black women are flourishing beyond the ceiling that society tried to build over them. From business to entertainment to fashion to technology advances, we are merely playing catch up to the impact and influences that they left in the
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Johnny Gargano decided to let his WWE contract expire back in December of 2021. This became big news in the wrestling world and was echoed during NXT War Games with an emotional entrance hints of a goodbye throughout the night. Gargano was a mainstay of the NXT brand particularly during the black and gold era
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All Match Ratings were taken from the April 11th, 2022 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. WrestleMania 38 Night 1: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kevin Owens, No Holds Barred – ***.5 Cody Rhodes vs Seth Rollins – ****.5 Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair, RAW Womens Championship – ****.5 Charlotte Flair vs Ronda Rousey, Smackdown
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I probably know what you’re thinking right now. Why am I writing about Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe? Well, while there’s no anniversary coming up or anything like that, Ring of Honor is back in the news as of late. Better yet, for the first time in a long time, a sense of hope has
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