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Violence, Cardona rule the day at GCW in Detroit
Heading into Game Changer Wrestling’s (GCW) loaded event in Detroit, Michigan, the promotion’s top heel Matt Cardona took...
AEW RAMPAGE: Jurassic Express takes a bite out of the Dark Order
It's Friday night and you know what that means, well maybe you don't, but tonight it means I'm stepping in to recap...
Card Exam: Thesz loomed big in 1951
Every so often, digging through newspaper archives, you run across an advertisement for a card that stops you cold. In this...
Rockett’s upset surprise of second NWA USA show
The show has a cold open with May Valentine asking Homicide about his plans and the NWA Junior Heavyweight title history....
WWE Studios finds winning formula for animated film ‘Rumble’
WWE's moviemaking arm has long sought to create a crossover project featuring wrestling for movie audiences, specifically...
Mat Matters: When will the WWE superstars stand up for themselves?
At first, it was shocking. Then, it was just sad. Now, it is just pissing people off. The WWE has laid off close to 100...
SmackDown ups its game ahead of Royal Rumble
There was a time when you'd tune into SmackDown as the "wrestling" show of the WWE, and tonight felt more like that than it...
MLW Azteca: Total Tijuana Tedium
The fights never stops for Major League Wrestling, from the courtroom to the squared circle. We’ve already covered a lot...
Rockett’s upset surprise of second NWA USA show
The show has a cold open with May Valentine asking Homicide about his plans and the NWA Junior Heavyweight title history. Next, Joe Galli welcomes us and introduces co-hosts Austin Idol and Velvet Sky. Galli talks about the continuation of the Junior Heavyweight...
MLW Azteca: Total Tijuana Tedium
The fights never stops for Major League Wrestling, from the courtroom to the squared circle. We’ve already covered a lot of the courtroom fun, with more to come, so let’s get to the ringside action. We go to a cold open with Cesar Duran with his Aztec Stooges ™...
SmackDown ups its game ahead of Royal Rumble
There was a time when you'd tune into SmackDown as the "wrestling" show of the WWE, and tonight felt more like that than it has for a while. Plenty of good matches and a fine (if predictable) build between Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins round out the Friday night...
Impact: Deonna earns the ‘Honor’ of being a double champion
Just call her Dos Belts Deonna. On Thursday night's episode of Impact Wrestling, Deonna Purrazzo beat Ring of Honor Women's Champion Rok-C to add that title to her AAA Reina de Reinas championship. But, judging from the last image of the episode, Deonna's championship...
AEW RAMPAGE: Jurassic Express takes a bite out of the Dark Order
It's Friday night and you know what that means, well maybe you don't, but tonight it means I'm stepping in to recap Rampage. AEW doesn't mess around getting to the action and neither will I. Onto the show. Adam Cole w/The Elite vs. Trent Baretta w/The Best Friends...
AEW Dynamite: A King in the House of Black, plus an interim belt up for grabs
Jacksonville might be the home of AEW, but North Carolina is one of the homes of pro wrestling, full stop. That's relevant because AEW Dynamite is airing tonight from Raleigh, and while I wouldn't expect Ric Flair to appear or anything, who knows? The Forbidden Door,...
Terminus: All Roads Lead to a great PPV
Terminus Pro Wrestling has its debut show from Atlanta, Georgia at the KROC Center. The event...
Card Exam: Thesz loomed big in 1951
Every so often, digging through newspaper archives, you run across an advertisement for a card...
Violence, Cardona rule the day at GCW in Detroit
Heading into Game Changer Wrestling’s (GCW) loaded event in Detroit, Michigan, the promotion’s top...
Violence, Cardona rule the day at GCW in Detroit
Heading into Game Changer Wrestling’s (GCW) loaded event in Detroit, Michigan, the promotion’s top heel Matt Cardona took to Twitter in disparagement of the city: a “B town,” he negatively asserted. Cardona’s maligning continued on the microphone, but instead of...
George Tahinos’ AEW Dynamite Newark photo gallery
SlamWrestling.net's George Tahinos was in the house at his home away from home (Go Devils!), the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, as AEW presented Dynamite. Here's his photo gallery from the event. For more of George's photos, visit his...
George Tahinos’ Icons of Wrestling Convention & Fanfest photo gallery
SlamWrestling.net's George Tahinos headed out to the Icons of Wrestling Convention & Fanfest on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the 2300 Arena, in Philadelphia, PA. Check out his gallery below, and for more about Icons of Wrestling, including future events, visit...
George Tahinos’ Ring of Honor Memory Gallery
Ring of Honor announced that it is going on hiatus after the Final Battle pay-per-view, on December 11, 2021, available on Fite.TV and through ROH's website. The news has ace George Tahinos feeling nostalgic. He dug through his massive archive of photos for a select...
George Tahinos’ AEW Dynamite Long Island Photo Gallery
SlamWrestling.net's George Tahinos was in the house at the brand-spanking new UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY, on Long Island, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, as AEW presented Dynamite. Here's his photo gallery from the event. For more of George's photos, visit his...
Massive WrestleCade finds right balance
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Quantity vs Quality which is better? There are many wrestling fan fests, some small and intimate, and some massive and crowded. It comes down to, what works best for you? In the ninth version of WrestleCade, held November 26-28, 2021, at the Benton...
Mat Matters: When will the WWE superstars stand up for themselves?
At first, it was shocking. Then, it was just sad. Now, it is just pissing people off. The WWE has laid off close to 100 employees since last year with some important NXT cuts made last week. Although many fan favorites have been sent packing in that time it seems the...
Mat Matters: NWA has All Access to fans and the future in 2022
What is old becomes new again. That’s the feeling I get when I think of the National Wrestling Alliance in the modern era. But yet, I’m old enough to remember a time when the NWA was on its last legs. The image of “The Franchise” Shane Douglas is still fresh in my...
Mat Matters: NXT live now checked off my bucket list
Winter here in Detroit, Michigan is one cold and depressing affair, which customarily causes us Michiganders to migrate south to Florida during the holiday season. Now, any sane person chooses Disney World or Universal Studios as their Orlando, Florida destination...
Thesz wanted Gordienko, not Watson, to win NWA title in 1956
Though extremely well respected by his peers in the wrestling business and widely acknowledged as one of the top shooters...
Behind the Gimmick Table: Sharp goes from gamer to promoter
In the era of COVID-19 bureaucracy, drawing a live event attendance is a double-edged sword. On the one hand many are...
‘Peacemaker’ meanders through second and third episodes
John Cena's ultra anti-hero, action-comedy series on HBO Max (and on Crave TV in Canada) launched with three episodes on...
