John Cena announces retirement tour
You won’t be seeing John Cena competing in a ring ever again when 2025 is over. Cena announced his...
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Tag: retirement
Wrestlers’ Court: Retirement and other false finishes
Recently, I wrote about wrote about Adam ‘Edge’ Copeland, and the distinct possibility that his...
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Wrestlers’ Court: Retirement rumors keep me on Edge
It’s been a busy and emotionally heavy few weeks to be a pro wrestling fan. Plenty of developments...
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Mat Matters: Flair’s retirement elicits emotions one more time
I shed tears when Ric Flair retired at WrestleMania 24. Seeing the iconic “I love you,...
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Ric Flair’s last match opponents revealed
‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair will team up with his son-in-law Andrade to face Jay Lethal...
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Wrestling legend Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger officially retires
Although his final match was last night at Wrestle Kingdom, Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger...
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Bobby Fulton hangs up his boots
CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO — The wrestling boots had served Bobby Fulton well. In the last 41 years,...
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Neck injury forces Portia Perez to retire
Portia Perez is done wrestling, but she left the way she wanted to — with a heel promo. On...
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Guest column: Josh Alexander – ‘Why I am walking away from wrestling’
By JOSH ALEXANDER – For SLAM! Wrestling For the better part of 10 years, I’ve been...
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Cena, Y2J return to Toronto; Santino retires
With the help of The Usos, John Cena has once again plucked the vultures. At the SummerSlam...
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Mania Moments: No. 26 – Savage, Elizabeth reunite
Matt Bishop’s Mania Moments will take a look at the top 28 moments in WrestleMania history...
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Colleagues quickly send out tributes to Edge
The wrestling world was shocked by the sudden retirement of 11-time world champion Edge (Adam...
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Jacques Rougeau Jr. starts retirement tour
MONTREAL – After a tremendous 33-year career, Jacques Rougeau Jr. has decided to step out of...
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Diamond Tim Flowers reflects on a finished career
If there is one thing that separates Tim Flowers from all the other wrestlers that toil away night...
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Zbyszko moves from wrestling to golf
If you tune into a Senior PGA golf tournament, only to find Fuzzy Zoeller lodged headfirst in a...
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Stan Hansen enjoying retirement
Having to walk away from wrestling was one the most difficult decisions Stan Hansen ever had to...
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Sid Vicious considering retirement
By JEFF “The Ref” KOHL As a result of an injury sustained during the main event of a...
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Mat Matters: Stan Hansen’s fight will continue
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage,...
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Stan Hansen announces retirement
One of the most celebrated careers in wrestling is about to come to an end. Stan Hansen, the most...
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Bret Hart retires
Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart retired from wrestling today. He made the announcement on his...
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Hollywood Hogan retires
It wasn’t Bobby “The Brain” Heenan or King Kong Bundy or “Nature...
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A world without Hollywood Hulk Hogan One WWF World Heavyweight title match on January 23rd, 1984, in Madison Square Garden forever changed the course of wrestling history. Terry Bollea, now known as Hulk Hogan, soundly defeated...
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