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Long Overdue: Inaugural Class Of Women’s Wrestling Hall Of Fame Announced
They have earned it. There have been all kinds of stars throughout the history of wrestling but only a select group reach legendary status. While several wrestlers will win championships at some point in their career, they will ultimately lose them at some point. That leaves few honors that last forever, but now another group of wrestlers will be receiving such praise. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: He Seems Impressed: Seth Rollins’ High Praise For Famous Becky Lynch Moment The inaugural class of the Women’s Wrestling Hall Of Fame has been announced. The 2023 class will include 18 entries, with 16 individuals, one tag team and one promotion. Inductions will take place at various locations, including at Icons Of Wrestling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17 and at an upcoming World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling event in Ohio. The Women’s Wrestling Hall Of Fame will be associated with the International Wrestling Hall Of Fame in Albany, New York. Here is the 2023 class: * M..
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Seth Rollins And Becky Lynch Reunite With Former WWE Stars
It’s a reunion. There are all kinds of wrestlers who pass through the WWE roster at one point or another. Some of them make a huge impact but the majority are often little more than footnotes in the company’s history. While they may be talented, they might not have gotten the kind of a chance they needed to go somewhere. Now two top WWE stars have reunited with two talented wrestlers who never got much of a shot. Former WWE stars the Bollywood Boyz (better known as Sunil and Samir Singh) recently visited Seth Rollins’ CrossFit and posed for a photo with Rollins and his wife Becky Lynch. The brothers also praised Rollins Deadboys Fitness program while referring to Rollins and Lynch as their “road family”. The Boyz were released from WWE in June 2021 and have worked on the independent circuit since. Just like ol’ times with the “road” family. @deadboysfitness In a business full of adversity & uncertainty, you can only stay inspired & disciplined around individuals who have reached th..
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WWE Issues Statement On Sasha Banks/Naomi Walkout
It has been previously reported that Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of the Raw taping this evening due to their unhappiness with the creative direction of the show’s main event. As a result, the original 6-pack challenge match had to be changed. WWE has released a statement about the incident, which reads as follows: When Sasha Banks and Naomi arrived at the arena this afternoon, they were informed of their participation in the main event of tonight’s Monday Night Raw. During the broadcast, they walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis’ office with their suitcases in hand, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk, and walked out. They claimed they weren’t respected enough as tag team champions. And even though they had eight hours to rehearse and construct their match, they claimed they were uncomfortable in the ring with two of their opponents – even though they’d had matches with those individuals in the past with no consequence. Monday Night Raw i..
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AEW President Tony Khan Claims Twitter Bots Are Targeting AEW
That’s a theory. The rise of AEW has done a lot of great things for the wrestling industry, but it has also brought back some nostalgia. For the first time in a very good while, there is another major wrestling promotion to compete with WWE. This has caused many fans to take sides between the two, but now some of them are being accused of being a bit less than genuine in their fandom. AEW President Tony Khan has sent out a series of tweets, stating that an independent study has found that “much” of the anti-AEW online community is made up of bots rather than actual people. Khan said that someone is running a fleet of accounts which do nothing but retweet negative statements about AEW. Khan did not cite any data or say who conducted the study. An independent study has confirmed that much of the staunch anti-AEW online community aren’t real individuals, it’s a staff running thousands of accounts + an army of bots to signal boost them. Look closely, these aren’t real people. Who’d pay f..
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Donald Trump Gives Major Update on When Sporting Events Will Be Open for the Public
A return to normalcy is slowly but steadily occurring. After a national steady decrease in new cases, White House executive and other COVID-19 commitee members have now presented a phasal plan to reopen the country for gatherings and life the current restrictions. According to a document from NPR, the guideline for all phases is to continue to practice good hygiene, and for all employers to remain stern in the temperature checks, testing, isolating, and contact tracing, sanitation, use of disinfection of common and high-traffic areas, and business travel. As presented by Dr. Deborah Birx, Phase One includes all vulnerable individuals continuing to shelter in place, as well as continuing to practice social distancing from others. Telework is also encouraged during this phase. Large venues are to operate “under strict physical distancing protocols.” Phase Two maintains the guidelines for vulnerable individuals, but social settings of 50 or less will be allowed and non-essential travel c..
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Popular Indie Star Could Be Heading to WWE
The indie scene is alive and well. With the creation of AEW and the contracts available through WWE, Lucha Underground, ROH, NJPW and various other companies, wrestlers are making a mark now, more than ever. Several indie stars have been rumored to be WWE bound over the past few months. One of these individuals, in fact, is former ROH and Impact Wrestling star ACH. Of course, ACH recently made his WWE debut at an NXT live event. The latest indie star to reportedly be WWE bound is Shane Strickland. Strickland has been rumored to be heading to WWE for months. The former MLW World Heavyweight Champion has reportedly finished up with several companies on his way to WWE. You can see Strickland in action through the fantastic video below: [This post contains video, click to play] In the latest update to the story, PWInsider has confirmed that Strickland has said goodbye to DEFY Wrestling last night. In his goodbye speech, it was noted that he would be moving on to “bigger and better th..
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Full Listings For New Shield DVD Set
By their powers sometimes combined. Back in 2012, the Shield debuted and immediately took the wrestling world by storm, turning into one of the most dominant factions WWE has ever seen. No one could stop them for months and they all became singles stars in just a few short years. At one point, the three of them were all World Champion on the same day. That’s worthy of a look back isn’t it? In case you need a fix now, check out some of their best work. [This post contains video, click to play] This July, WWE is releasing a new DVD based on the Shield. The faction debuted at Survivor Series 2012 and stayed together in its original run until May 2014. The individuals then spent several years wrestling as singles stars before coming back together for a short lived reunion in 2017. The DVD set will revolve around their singles matches, with only one match featuring all three together. Here are the full listings for the set, courtesy of wrestlingdvdnetwork.com: DISC..
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Mustafa Ali Stands Up Against Racist Fan On Twitter
205 Live Superstar Mustafa Ali has been open in the past about racism as he looks to change perceptions around the world. Now he is back at it on social media. Many people throughout the world perceive individuals a certain way based on the color of the skin or where they come from. This, as we know, is wrong, racist and an incorrect judge of character. Ali is a former Chicago police officer, a father and a man who fights for the respect of his peers and the WWE Universe each and every week. WWE tweeted out a clip showing Ali cutting a promo about building up 205 Live: Brick by brick. Night after night. @MustafaAliWWE holds NOTHING back in his quest to build up #205Live! pic.twitter.com/qZDXsCDzWu — WWE (@WWE) May 22, 2018 This prompted a racist fan to tweet at WWE, suggesting that Ali make bombs or shoot up schools since ‘they’re’ good at it: Just make some bombs or shoot some schools. Since y'all good at it — C.Green (@GreenVGC) May 22, 2018 There was a huge amount of back..
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Several Big Names Backstage At Raw, Why Were They There?
Ringside News is reporting that several big names were backstage during Raw this week. We may now know why. A number of former Superstars and an NXT Superstar were backstage at Raw this week. The list of names includes Edge, Christian, Beth Phoenix, Funaki and Kairi Sane. From what we understand, all of these individuals were backstage to work on the upcoming season of Edge & Christian’s WWE Network show. In the photo shared on Instagram below, Sane and Pheonix are shown backstage in costume for their roles on the show: #News A NXT superstar #KairiSane e a hof #BethPhoenix , estão no backstage do Raw gravando um comercial para um novo show da WWE network , ' The EC Show ' . #BR? A post shared by Divas of PW BRASIL (@divasofpwbrasil) on May 21, 2018 at 3:49pm PDT Pheonix would take a photo alongside Funaki: Loved reuniting with one of my favorite people… @shofufu824 ! #Family pic.twitter.com/3fC7l6LZQj — Beth Copeland (@TheBethPhoenix) May 20, 2018 Funaki would take a ph..
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Bray Wyatt Teases Wyatt Family Reunion
<p>Bray Wyatt sent out the following today, teasing a Wyatt Family reunion:</p><p>Wyatt and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/braun-strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a></strong> are on the RAW brand, while <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/luke-harper" title="Luke Harper">Luke Harper</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/erick-rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a></strong> are on the SmackDown brand. WWE decided to split the group up around the time of the brand split. There are currently no plans for the group to get back together. However, it is being rumored that Harper & Rowan are the individuals behind the attacks on The Fashion Police.</p>
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The Ross Report Recap w/ Bruce Mitchell – Battleground Analysis, Fatal 4-Way Sure to Deliver, Are There Too Many PPVs? More!
<p>Ross says that while this past Sunday’s Battleground PPV has been widely criticized by fans and critics alike, he doesn’t believe any of that should be placed at the feet of the talent who he thought worked very hard on Sunday night. He believes we’re living in a society where the glass is always half empty, when in reality it could be half full as well.</p><p>He says that sometimes WWE has the tendency to book themselves into a corner, and that might have been the case this past Sunday. With a Flag Match and a Punjabi Prison match, WWE removed the drama of false finishes and this might have been a negative to the show’s overall presentation.</p><p></p><p>He thought <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/Kevin-Owens" title="Kevin Owens">Kevin Owens</a></strong> and A.J. Styles had a very good match, but there was an intangible missing and that prevented it from being great. He says that if he was booking a territory today two of the first individuals he’d want to sign are Owens and Styles. Ross also thought Cena & <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/rusev" title="Rusev">Rusev</a></strong> worked hard in their match despite the live crowd being somewhat uninterested.</p><p>Ross thought all the women worked hard in their match as well and while <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/natalya" title="Natalya">Natalya</a></strong> winning was a surprise, Ross thinks this was a great booking decision by WWE. Charlotte is obviously the alpha female in WWE right now but she needs opponents, so Ross thinks it’s only a matter of time before this Natalya win results in a positive situation for Charlotte.</p>
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Shane McMahon Survives Helicopter Crash Landing
<p>A small helicopter with two people aboard made a <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/crash/" title="crash">crash</a></strong> landing in the waters off of Gilgo Beach this morning, according to <a href="http://abc7ny.com/news/helicopter-makes-crash-landing-in-waters-off-gilgo-beach/2233003/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ABC7NY.com</a>.</p><p>The Robinson R 44 helicopter landed on its pontoon skids just before 10:30AM ET. The individuals on board were wearing life jackets and were uninjured in the crash. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/shane/" title="Shane">Shane</a></strong> McMahon was revealed as one of the passengers on the helicopter.</p><p>Here are some tweets from readers who caught Shane on the news:</p>
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Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – Commenting on Paige/Del Rio Situation, Mahal’s Championship Run, Fatal 4-Way at SummerSlam? More!
<p>Russo opens today’s show by commentating on the recent drama in the relationship between <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/paige" title="Paige">Paige</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/alberto-del-rio" title="Alberto Del Rio">Alberto Del Rio</a></strong>. He says that he met Paige and her family before, and they’re all very nice people. He has also met Del Rio in the past and he was very nice as well. In other words, he likes both of these individuals and he really just wants both of them to be okay.</p><p>He says that he doesn’t put any weight into the headlines written by wrestling ‘journalists’, but the tweets that were sent out by Paige’s brother really caught his attention. Some people forget that Paige is still just a kid, and her family are obviously very concerned about her. He believes that there is love in that relationship and he thinks they’re both good people, so he hopes they can figure this out.</p><p></p><p>Lane mentions that there has been some criticism from dirt sheet writers, Bryan Alvarez in particular, over the fact that Billy Gunn worked the recent NJPW show from the United States. Russo says he’s glad that Gunn wrestled on that show, and he’s glad that he’ll continue to wrestle for the foreseeable future because he’s able to make money doing that. This is a business, and each time Gunn wrestles he gets paid, so what’s the problem here?</p><p>Russo says that Gunn is still a machine at his age. He adds that in a shoot fight, Gunn would give Brock Lesnar a tougher bout than <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/samoa-joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a></strong> or most other performers on WWE’s roster.</p>
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Impact Wrestling Loses Three More Employees
<p>Well, this was <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/bound/" title="bound">bound</a></strong> to happen but it looks like three more individuals are done with Impact Wrestling.</p><p>Shane Helms indicated on Twitter that he’s done with the company and moving on in life. He indicated in one of his tweets that he wasn’t <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/going/" title="going">going</a></strong> to “kiss ass” to anthem. This would suggest that there may have been differences between the two.</p><p>Helms had been working in a backstage capacity since joining the company in 2015. He also had a role on TV as the manager/mouthpiece for Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett.</p><p>In addition to Helms leaving the company, PWInsider reports that long-time producers/agents Al Snow and Pat Kenney are on their way out the door. The reason that they are leaving the company was a financial decision.</p>
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WrestleMania Possibly Heading to London?
<p>The Independent <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/wwe-mma-wrestling/wwe-wrestlemania-london-pay-per-view-brock-lesnar-roman-reigns-a7789331.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">published an article</a> about the possibility of <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/go/wrestlemania" target="_blank" title="WrestleMania">WrestleMania</a></strong> coming to London.</p><p>In the piece, they reference a survey that WWE sent out this week to individuals that attended <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/event/wwe-wrestlemania-33/" title="WrestleMania 33">WrestleMania 33</a></strong>, asking for their interest in future venues. It listed locations like New York City and Toronto.</p><p>The article points out that the last <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/major/" title="major">major</a></strong> show held in England was SumerSlam in 1992 and it drew over 80,000 fans at the Wembley Stadium. The event headliner saw the British Bulldog defeat Bret “The Hitman” Hart for the Intercontinental Championship.</p>
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Conversation with the Big Guy Recap – Jinder Mahal’s Run, Wrestling in India, Top 10 Fat Men of all Time, More!
<p>Ryback is joined on today’s show by his co-host Pat Buck.</p><p>Ryback informs that he spoke with his good friend Wade Barrett recently, and Barrett believes he still has some gas left in the tank for an in-ring return. Barrett is currently during commentary work right now, but Ryback feels it’s only a matter of time before Barrett returns to in-ring action.</p><p>Buck informs that on occasion he receives emails from people wanting to attend his wrestling school who suffer from physical disabilities. He then has to break the bad news to them that they probably don’t have a chance at having an in-ring career. Ryback says that if you’re in that situation and you love the business that much, you can try to get into the business another way.</p><p></p><p>He says that these individuals can also benefit from attending wrestling school regardless of whether they can actually compete in the ring or not. For example, if they have aspirations of becoming a Manager or a commentator in the business, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/going/" title="going">going</a></strong> through the motions in a wrestling school will help them earn respect from their peers and they will gain a better understanding of the business.</p>