Photo of Joey Ryan working at Disneyland goes viral, company says he is no longer working there

Joey Ryan is no longer working at Disneyland after a photo of him working at the Jungle Cruise attraction went viral on social media. Ryan, real name Joseph Meehan, worked at the theme park for three months in a probationary status, according to the Los Angeles Times. Disneyland reportedly declined to hire him as a […]

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WWE NXT 2.0 (6/28/22) ratings drop from last week

The ratings for the latest edition of WWE NXT 2.0 are in. The show drew 570,000 live viewers on the USA Network, which is down from the 637,000 viewers the show previously drew a week ago, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics. This was the lowest total viewership since late May. It did a 0.11 […]

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Wrestling legend reveals John Cena asked permission to use his finisher during Cena’s early career

On this week’s “Busted Open” Tommy Dreamer said John Cena asked him if it was okay to use the Dreamer’s finisher when he first started getting pushed in WWE. “I was blessed to work with John. It kind of was my deal when I worked with WWE. I worked with everyone when they first started […]

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Bellator MMA fighter Valerie Loureda signs multi-year deal with WWE

Bellator MMA star Valerie Loureda is the fighter to make the jump from fighting to pro wrestling. While speaking with ESPN today, Loureda confirmed she has signed a multi-year contract with WWE. She is slated to move to Orlando from Miami and report to the WWE Performance Center on July 19. Although Loureda will be […]

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Ronda Rousey comments on the end of her MMA career and decision to retire

Ronda Rousey put women’s MMA on the map after making a name for herself in Strikeforce and becoming a superstar in the UFC. From her debut fight in the UFC, she was one of the biggest box office draws in the history of the sport. After a dominant run as the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion, […]

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Sting names his Mount Rushmore of pro wrestling

Some fans might consider Sting among the names of wrestlers on their Mount Rushmore pro wrestling list. While speaking with The Schmo, the current AEW gave his own list of wrestlers he would put on Mount Rushmore. This is an opinionated question as people have different answers to the Mount Rushmore question of listing their […]

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Brock Lesnar advertised for upcoming WWE Raw event

Brock Lesnar continues to be added to upcoming WWE events now that he’s back on television when he took out Roman Reigns two weeks ago on SmackDown. The company has confirmed they will meet  for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in a Last Man Standing match at SummerSlam As previously reported, Lesnar is scheduled to […]

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AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door a huge success with a $1 million gate, over $5 million PPV revenue

Tony Khan announced on Twitter that Sunday’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view generated over $1 million in ticket sales and $5 million on pay-per-view. The final numbers are not in yet but Khan indicated on Sunday that they were on track for over 100,000 pay-per-view buys, which is beyond impressive especially with a card that was filled […]

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Ex-WWE wrestler corroborates Rita Chatterton rape allegation against Vince McMahon

Former WWE referee Rita Chatterton was interviewed for the first time in decades in New York Magazine by Abraham Riesman, the author of the upcoming unauthorized Vince McMahon autobiography. Chatterton did not want to go into details on what allegdly happened in 1986 in a limousine but her story was corroborated by ex-wrestler Mario Mancini […]

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Shayna Baszler believes NXT once had “the best women’s locker room there has ever been in women’s wrestling”

This week on “Out of Character with Ryan Satin,” Shayna Baszler discussed her time in NXT and being portrayed as a bully. Shayna Baszler was asked to talk about her time in NXT: “I will go to my deathbed and say that the women’s locker room at the time that we had, like around the […]

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AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door: FTR win IWGP World Tag Team Titles

At AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, there was a Winner Take All match between ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions United Empire (Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb) vs. Roppongi Vice (Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero) to unify both sets of titles. Dax Harwood was taken to the back in the early […]

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AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door results: Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Minoru Suzuki vs. Eddie Kingston, Shota Umino, Wheeler Yuta

AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door kicked off with Le Sex Gods (Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara) and Minoru Suzuki against Eddie Kingston, Shota Umino, and Wheeler Uta. The crowd was super hot for everything, including a massive pop for when Suzuki and Kingston faced off and traded chops to the chest. A lot happened and […]

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Former WWE star has apparently signed with AEW, potential spoiler for Forbidden Door PPV

It looks like a former WWE star has signed with AEW and is likely to debut tonight at the Forbidden Door pay-per-view. Fightful is reporting that AEW has filmed Blood and Guts promotional material with Claudio Castagnoli (former WWE star Cesaro). This also pours a ton of fuel on the rumors that he will be […]

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AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door Results: Live Coverage

AEW x NJPW: The Forbidden Door June 26, 2022 United Center Chicago, Illinois We are live with our ongoing coverage of AEW x NJPW: The Forbidden Door. The Buy In: The Factory (QT Marshall and Aaron Solo vs Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) – The match starts off with The Gunn Club (Billy, Colten, and […]

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WrestleMania celebrity teases return to the ring, potential WWE SummerSlam match

WWE fans haven’t heard much from Logan Paul ever since The Miz turned on him at WrestleMania but it looks like his return to the ring is coming soon. Paul tweeted out photos of himself training in a wrestling ring. The photos appear to have been taken at the Performance Center in Orlando and WWE […]

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Orange Cassidy set to get a new licensed entrance theme song

Orange Cassidy will be getting a new theme song soon after the AEW star teased on Twitter that he was “getting something new.” Fightful Select reported that  the working plan is for him to get a new, but familiar theme song in the form of Jefferson’s Starship’s “Jane.” It was said the promotion secured licensing […]

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Final betting odds for tonight’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door

The final betting odds for tonight’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door event has been released. There are 12 total matches with 6 title bouts featured. Jon Moxley remains a heavy favorite to win the Interim AEW World Championship while Miro is still favored to win the Vacant AEW All-Atlantic Championship. ROH Tag Team Champions FTR […]

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PHOTO: AEW’s Taz shows off incredible weight loss

Taz has been working on getting into better shape and that has paid off in a big way. The AEW commentator took to Twitter to share a photo of himself from AEW’s Road to Forbidden Door special that shows him looking in fantastic shape. He captioned the photo: “If anyone give a sh**…I’m down 37LBS….I […]

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Former WWE star debuting at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door PPV?

There’s a lot of speculation on who will be Zack Sabre Jr’s opponent tomorrow night at the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view and all signs point to a former WWE star making his debut. As many of you saw on AEW Dynamite, Bryan Danielson had to pull out of the match with Sabre Jr […]

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WWE’s Randy Orton shows off clean shaven look in recent photos

Randy Orton seems to be doing well, despite his reported back issues. A Randy Orton fan account on Twitter posted some photos of Orton at a swimming pool in Missouri and he seems to be in good spirits. He has also slightly changed his look by shaving his face and mustache. Also, as you can […]

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