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WWE moving to Las Vegas?

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 28, 2024 | News

Are they or aren’t they? That is the question for anyone and everyone who works at NXT,...

Rousey’s ‘Our Fight’ might be best book on WWE’s machinations yet

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 15, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

By now, a lot of the more salacious and condemning aspects of Ronda Rousey’s second...

TKO combines UFC and WWE Live Event teams

Posted by Slam Wrestling | May 23, 2024 | News

TKO has announced today that it has integrated the UFC and WWE Live Events teams into one unit....

UFC’s Dana White makes announcement about WWE events, slams McMahon

Posted by John Powell | May 12, 2024 | News

Big changes could be coming to WWE events. Speaking after last night’s Lewis versus...

Jimmy Smith rips into Ronda Rousey

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 30, 2024 | News

Former UFC and WWE commentator Jimmy Smith has lashed out at former WWE superstar Ronda Rousey....

Johnson joins TKO board, gets a piece of ‘The Rock’

Posted by Arin De Castro | Jan 23, 2024 | News

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson can add another title to his resume, not an Oscar, but...

WWE and UFC merger official

Posted by John Powell | Sep 12, 2023 | News

The WWE and the UFC are officially tag team partners. Endeavor’s new company is named The TKO...

SEC filings shed more light on WWE-Endeavor deal

Posted by Bob Kapur | May 13, 2023 | News

On Friday, WWE filed a lengthy SEC document outlining the terms and conditions of its merger with...

More on WWE/Endeavor deal: McMahon, White and McGregor comment

Posted by John Powell | Apr 3, 2023 | News

There is more reaction and more fallout to the WWE’s announcement that they have been sold...

CNBC : Endeavor to buy WWE

Posted by John Powell | Apr 2, 2023 | News

CNBC is reporting that the WWE is very close to closing a deal to sell the company to Endeavor,...

Cain Velasquez charged with attempted murder

Posted by John Powell | Mar 1, 2022 | News

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and WWE, AAA superstar Cain Velasquez has charged with shooting a...

Celebrity Big Brother winner, former UFC champ to WWE: ‘Give me a call’

Posted by John Powell | Feb 24, 2022 | News, The Sporting Connection

She has conquered the Octagon. She conquered Celebrity Big Brother last night. Could a...

MMA star slams wrestling as ‘gay’, mocks Punk and Lesnar

Posted by John Powell | Aug 24, 2021 | News, The Sporting Connection

MMA star Alistair Overeem is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. In an interview with The...

Snowden fearless in intense new Shamrock bio

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Jul 24, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

So, first things first: the cover! We must talk about the cover of Jonathan Snowden’s biography...

Tom Lawlor means business in MLW

Posted by Mark Chetcuti | Oct 18, 2019 | Interviews

“Filthy” Tom Lawlor is one tough son-of-a-gun. He is a legitimate, multi-sport...

Honours keep coming for Dan Severn

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jul 28, 2018 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

In the cacophony noise at a weightlifting competition – the grunts, groans, clanking...

Spoken word tour latest challenge for Ken Shamrock

Posted by Kari Williams | May 28, 2018 | Interviews

A doctor told UFC fighter Ken Shamrock that, as a teenager, a broken neck would prevent him from...

Chael Sonnen perfect for George Tragos Award – just ask him

Posted by Kari Williams | Feb 8, 2016 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

He’s brash, he’s bad and he’s the latest recipient of the National Wrestling...

New UFC book has enough overlap to please wrestling fans too

Posted by Pat Laprade | Dec 9, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

What do Brock Lesnar, Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn have in common? They are all former UFC champion...

CM Punk slams WWE politics, superstars

Posted by John Powell | Apr 14, 2015 | Interviews

Former WWE superstar turned UFC fighter, CM Punk, isn’t done putting the boots to the pro...

Severn never planned on career in pro wrestling

Posted by Caleb Smith | Feb 9, 2015 | Interviews

Dan Severn never set out to be a shoot fighter, UFC fighter or professional wrestler, but he ended...

‘Beast’ Severn reflects on brief WWF run

Posted by Caleb Smith | Dec 20, 2014 | Interviews

An invasion is often thought of in terms of armies or gangs. Rarely is an invasion thought of as a...

Mat Matters: Scorecards are in favor of Punk and UFC

Posted by Nolan Howell | Dec 10, 2014 | Opinion

Saturday night marked a major announcement in the world of mixed martial arts. Phil “CM...

CM Punk finds new cage to call home in UFC

Posted by Nolan Howell | Dec 7, 2014 | Interviews, News

The long and winding road that CM Punk has travelled since leaving the WWE in the early part of...

Throwback Severn continues to live by the golden rule

Posted by Caleb Smith | Dec 4, 2014 | Interviews

Dan Severn has done it all. He is a two-time Olympian, 13 AAU wrestling titles, two-time...

Dream coming true for Rampage Jackson

Posted by Matt Bishop | Jun 5, 2013 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

For Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, the opportunity presented to him by Spike TV, TNA...

Award honours Dan Severn’s MMA successes

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jul 11, 2012 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Dan Severn had an amazing career as an amateur wrestler, a pro wrestler and an MMA fighter. He was...

Severn was MMA/pro wrestling pioneer

Posted by Marshall Ward | May 11, 2009 | Interviews

From the moment Brock Lesnar made his debut on WWE television back in February 2002, it was...

Big expectations for Lesnar-Couture

Posted by Hotshot Johnny Devine | Nov 10, 2008 | Johnny Devine

For those of you who have had the pleasure of meeting me and talking with me for a bit, you know I...

UFC’s Marcus Davis enjoyed dalliance with TNA

Posted by Brian Elliott | Oct 14, 2008 | Interviews

Wrestling of the amateur kind is one of the skills that UFC competitor Marcus Davis will bring to...

Shocked by Couture’s UFC departure

Posted by Hotshot Johnny Devine | Oct 13, 2007 | Johnny Devine

The MMA world, fans and foes alike, were shocked this week at the retirement of “The...

Mat Matters: The MMA snowball

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Sep 11, 2006 | Opinion

Conventional wisdom can be a funny thing. Once it gets going, it has a snowball effect that makes...

Just a mark for MMA

Posted by Hotshot Johnny Devine | Jul 8, 2006 | Johnny Devine

I have been asked a bunch of times, what with my penchant for the odd altercation now and then,...

Mat Matters: Professional wrestling isn’t cool

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Oct 3, 2005 | Opinion

There’s really no other way to explain the fact that as we sit on the verge of the Raw...

Big Dawg Geza Kalman’s a UFC graduate

Posted by Bob Kapur | Nov 22, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, The Sporting Connection

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has sometimes been referred to as the ugly cousin to...

Severn a master multi-tasker

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 5, 1998 | Classics, Interviews

CHERRY HILL, NJ — On one hand, Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn is completely out of place...

Shamrock aims for World title

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 6, 1998 | Classics, Interviews

These days, Ken Shamrock has one thing on his mind — the WWF World Title. “Whether it...

Dan ‘The Beast’ Severn story archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 16, 1900 | Story Archives

One of the toughest men in the history of the world, Dan “The Beast” Severn is also an...

Ronda Rousey story archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 5, 1900 | Story Archives

Ronda Rousey’s transition into professional wrestling after success in judo and mixed...

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