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Hangman Adam Page: “I Will Erase Swerve Strickland from History”
By Garrett Martin
August 21, 2024 | 10:53am
Will Ospreay Talks Bryan Danielson and AEW Dynasty
By Garrett Martin
April 21, 2024 | 4:40pm
It's Swerve Strickland's Time, but Is the Timing All Wrong for AEW?
By Garrett Martin
March 13, 2024 | 2:36pm
You Couldn't Be Him: Swerve Strickland Talks Wrestling, Hip-hop, and AEW's All In
By Garrett Martin
August 23, 2023 | 5:30pm
"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry Is Ready for His First PPV Main Event
By Garrett Martin
May 24, 2023 | 5:28pm
With Terminus, Jonathan Gresham and Baron Black Aim to Revive Atlanta's Wrestling Legacy
By Garrett Martin
January 15, 2022 | 5:45pm
AEW Premieres Its Second TV Show Tonight, as Rumors Swirl about CM Punk and Daniel Bryan Joining the Company
By Garrett Martin
August 13, 2021 | 5:00pm
Nick Aldis and Marty Scurll Discuss the NWA World Championship and the 2020 Crockett Cup
By Garrett Martin
February 28, 2020 | 12:30pm
CM Punk Discusses His New Horror Film
Girl on the Third Floor
By Garrett Martin
November 5, 2019 | 3:45pm
Everything We Know about All Elite Wrestling's New TV Show
By Garrett Martin
September 24, 2019 | 6:33pm
I Really Don't Want to See Kota Ibushi Die in a Wrestling Ring
By Garrett Martin
June 9, 2019 | 6:43pm
As WWE Returns to Saudi Arabia on a Wave of Bad TV and Declining Ratings, Its Biggest Problem Remains Vince McMahon
By Garrett Martin
June 7, 2019 | 4:00pm
All Elite Wrestling's Fantastic First Show Proves that Wrestling's Future Lies in Its Past
By Garrett Martin
May 28, 2019 | 10:20am
Ring of Honor Faces New Competition in the Wake of its Huge Madison Square Garden Show
By Paul DeBenedetto
April 12, 2019 | 3:38pm
Joe Koff Discusses Ring of Honor's 2019 and the New Wrestling Landscape
By Garrett Martin
February 7, 2019 | 5:00pm
WWE Won't Move Its Saudi Arabia Show, So It's Time to Move On from WWE
By Garrett Martin
October 25, 2018 | 5:00pm
Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff Talks Death Before Dishonor and the Indie Wrestling Explosion
By Garrett Martin
September 28, 2018 | 5:30pm
WWE's "Women's Evolution" Pauses For The Greatest Royal Rumble
By Garrett Martin
April 25, 2018 | 6:30pm
A Phone Call with Paul Heyman: On WrestleMania, His One-Man Show, and Brock Lesnar's Future
By Garrett Martin
April 5, 2018 | 7:36pm
Hangman Page Talks Strong Style Evolved and Bullet Club's Success
By Garrett Martin
March 23, 2018 | 2:10pm
Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi's Relationship Is a Crucial Step for Queer Representation in Wrestling
By Brian Bell
March 22, 2018 | 4:02pm
WWE Finally Lets Matt Hardy Do a Final Deletion-Style Match on
Raw
Tonight
By Garrett Martin
March 19, 2018 | 12:00pm
Moolah No More: WWE Changes Name of WrestleMania Match After Fan and Sponsor Backlash
By Garrett Martin
March 16, 2018 | 4:00pm
The Exotic Stylings of Dalton Castle, Wrestling's Most Flamboyant Champion
By Garrett Martin
March 8, 2018 | 10:30am
WWE's Raw 25 Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Show That Ended Wrestling as We Knew It
By Garrett Martin
January 22, 2018 | 6:00pm
8 Reasons to Watch New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 12
By Garrett Martin
January 3, 2018 | 5:00pm
Wrestle Kingdom 12: Why America Loves Japanese Wrestling
By Garrett Martin
January 3, 2018 | 1:08pm
Kenny Omega Discusses New Japan's US Championship
By Henry Gilbert
July 31, 2017 | 10:00pm
The Revolutionary Potential of Kenny Omega
By Colette Arrand
July 31, 2017 | 10:30am
GLOW
Understands Women’s Wrestling Better Than WWE
By Scarlett Harris
July 27, 2017 | 10:30am
Why Is WWE So Afraid of Intergender Wrestling?
By Scarlett Harris
July 26, 2017 | 10:30am
Paige and the Redemption and Erasure of Wrestling Trainwrecks
By Scarlett Harris
July 25, 2017 | 10:30am
Will the Body Diversity of NXT's Women Make It to the Main Roster?
By Scarlett Harris
July 24, 2017 | 10:30am
Jim Cornette Doesn’t Matter Anymore, So Here’s Another Article About Jim Cornette
By Colette Arrand
July 20, 2017 | 4:00pm
Roppongi Vice Never Got the Respect They Deserved
By Ashley Leckwold
July 19, 2017 | 4:37pm
The Club Is Over: Finn Balor Doesn't Need a Bullet Club Reunion
By Ashley Leckwold
July 18, 2017 | 10:00am
How "The Progressive Liberal" Dan Richards Became the Media's Favorite Wrestler
By CK Stewart
July 17, 2017 | 12:00pm
John Cena Might Be the Smoothest Man In Wrestling
By Colette Arrand
July 14, 2017 | 2:00pm
Progressive Heels, Regressive Faces: WWE's In-Story Politics Are a Mess
By Scarlett Harris
July 11, 2017 | 5:45pm
Why Is Everything a “Body Slam” to the News Media?
By Trevor Courneen
July 10, 2017 | 2:30pm
Four Wrestling Fans React to Netflix's
GLOW
By Paste Staff
July 7, 2017 | 2:31pm
New Japan Pro-Wrestling's U.S. Debut Delights Hardcore Fans
By Henry Gilbert
July 6, 2017 | 1:30pm
Aleister Black: The Storm Winds Rising
By Tres Dean
July 5, 2017 | 1:00pm
What Wrestling Is Learning from MMA
By Dan Murphy
July 3, 2017 | 1:30pm
New Japan's American Expansion Hinges on Cody Rhodes
By Garrett Martin
June 30, 2017 | 11:25am
Ten Years Later: The Chris Benoit Murder-Suicide
By Scarlett Harris
June 29, 2017 | 11:00am
James Ellsworth Proves WWE Has a Way to Go with Women and LGBT Representation
By Colette Arrand
June 26, 2017 | 1:32pm
War Machine Aims to Prove They're the Best in the World
By Rich Laconi
June 23, 2017 | 12:09pm
Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin and Liz Flahive Talk About Netflix’s
GLOW
By Marine Perot
June 22, 2017 | 1:00pm
Jay Lethal Talks About Being a Teenage Pro Wrestler
By Rich Laconi
June 20, 2017 | 5:00pm
Let's Not Be Angry About the Women's Money in the Bank Match
By Kate Foray
June 19, 2017 | 12:00pm
WWE Still Suffers From the Curse of the Attitude Era
By Steven T. Wright
June 16, 2017 | 11:31am
Seriously, Though: Why
Isn't
Kalisto in the Cruiserweight Division
By Ashley Leckwold
June 14, 2017 | 10:30am
What Pro Wrestling Would Look Like Under Socialism
By Jetta Rae
June 8, 2017 | 3:45pm
I Hate Wrestling Nazis: White Supremacy and Indie Wrestling
By Ed Blair
June 6, 2017 | 4:40pm
Will Ospreay, Randy Orton and Rip Rogers Dive into Wrestling's Newest Meme
By Sam Jackson
June 5, 2017 | 1:30pm
Bray Wyatt Is the Standard Bearer for the WWE in the Trump Era
By Jacob Weindling
June 2, 2017 | 12:30pm
Taya Is the Key to the Top Heel Stable in Lucha Underground
By C.K. Stewart
May 31, 2017 | 1:30pm
The Mack Gets His Title Shot When Lucha Underground Returns
By C.K. Stewart
May 30, 2017 | 2:00pm
Cody Rhodes Dresses For the Job He Wants: World Champion
By Rich Laconi
May 24, 2017 | 3:30pm
The Orb of Jinder: The Inevitable Globalism of the Trump-WWE Axis
By Nate Harris
May 23, 2017 | 10:00am
Hideo Itami's Long NXT Nightmare Could Be Over This Weekend
By Ashley Leckwold
May 19, 2017 | 10:00am
The Young Bucks' YouTube Page Is the Best Storytelling in Wrestling
By Rich Laconi
May 17, 2017 | 5:00pm
The Bullet Club Gets the Boost It Needs From Marty Scurll
By Ashley Leckwold
May 16, 2017 | 10:00am
Ring of Honor Hosts the Stars of New Japan at Tonight's War of the Worlds PPV
By Garrett Martin
May 12, 2017 | 4:30pm
Breezango's Push Proves WWE Can Still Reward Good Work
By Sam Jackson
May 11, 2017 | 11:30am
AJ Lee's Memoir and Wrestling's Handling of Mental Illness
By Scarlett Harris
May 9, 2017 | 7:00pm
The WWE Cruiserweights Have a Monday Night Raw Problem
By Paul DeBenedetto
May 5, 2017 | 10:30am
Alexa Bliss Proves There's More to WWE's Women's Division Than the "Four Horsewomen"
By Ashley Leckwold
May 4, 2017 | 1:00pm
Stop Complaining About the House of Horrors Match
By Kate Foray
May 2, 2017 | 10:15am
205 Live
Continues to Keep It Simple
By Stephen Wilds
April 27, 2017 | 4:25pm
How Keith Lee Turned Limited Opportunity into 'Limitless' Potential
By Paul DeBenedetto
April 27, 2017 | 2:30pm
The Joy of Braun (Strowman), and Why He Has to Beat Roman Reigns
By Jim Vorel
April 26, 2017 | 10:00am
Katsuyori Shibata and the Guilt of Being a Wrestling Fan
By Ed Blair
April 24, 2017 | 12:00pm
Ethan Page Looks to Stand Tall in the Era of Ego
By Rich Laconi
April 20, 2017 | 3:30pm
Jinder Mahal's Sudden Rise: The Right Idea with the Wrong Guy
By Sam Jackson
April 20, 2017 | 1:45pm
One Year After Chyna's Death, What's Changed for Women in WWE?
By Scarlett Harris
April 17, 2017 | 12:41pm
NXT and Shinsuke Nakamura Needed Each Other
By Ashley Leckwold
April 17, 2017 | 11:00am
The YouTube Policy Hurting Indie Wrestling’s Bottom Line
By Colette Arrand
April 14, 2017 | 4:30pm
Do Valets Still Have a Place in Pro Wrestling?
By Steph Maxwell-Kavanagh
April 13, 2017 | 12:00pm
The Forgotten Legacy of Lucha Legend Fishman
By JR Goldberg
April 12, 2017 | 11:41am
It's Well Past Time for WWE to Deal With its Bullying Problem
By Paul DeBenedetto
April 10, 2017 | 3:00pm
John Cena's On-Screen Proposal Does a Disservice to Nikki Bella
By Scarlett Harris
April 5, 2017 | 11:20am
Asuka Went from Force of Nature to Typical Heel at Takeover
By Stephen Wilds
April 4, 2017 | 12:48pm
Goldberg and Brock Lesnar Had the Best Match at WrestleMania 33
By Garrett Martin
April 3, 2017 | 1:39pm
Why Roman Reigns Should Beat the Undertaker at WrestleMania 33
By Steph Maxwell-Kavanagh
April 2, 2017 | 10:00am
The Black Friday of Wrestling: Gabe Sapolsky on WrestleMania’s Impact on the Indies
By Garrett Martin
March 30, 2017 | 1:30pm
The Champ Can't Rest: Christopher Daniels Prepares For Dalton Castle
By Garrett Martin
March 30, 2017 | 10:30am
No, WrestleMania isn't the "Super Bowl of Wrestling"
By Paul DeBenedetto
March 28, 2017 | 1:00pm
Chris Jericho: The Real "Mr. WrestleMania"
By AJ Tigner
March 27, 2017 | 1:00pm
WWE's Slog to WrestleMania
By Paul DeBenedetto
March 24, 2017 | 10:30am
WWE's Revisionist History Doesn't Take a Break During Women's History Month
By David Bixenspan
March 23, 2017 | 3:30pm
The Carelessness of WWE's "Breezy Bella" Segment
By C.K. Stewart
March 22, 2017 | 11:01am
Vince McMahon Avoids Injury in Minor Car Crash in Connecticut
By Paste Staff
March 21, 2017 | 2:00pm
LA Park and Rush Bring an Old School Feud to Modern Lucha Libre
By JR Goldberg
March 20, 2017 | 2:30pm
WWE's Old-School Wrestling Parody Is More Entertaining Than WWE
By Garrett Martin
March 17, 2017 | 5:34pm
Smackdown's Tag Team Division: The Forgotten Men of Wrestling
By Ashley Leckwold
March 16, 2017 | 1:31pm
How Reddit's Wrestling Community Just Won a Wrestling Title
By Sam Jackson
March 15, 2017 | 2:00pm
WWE Finally Portrayed Seth Rollins the Right Way Last Night—and then Immediately Undercut Him
By Garrett Martin
March 14, 2017 | 6:00pm
The World Cries "Beso" For Lucha Star Maximo Sexy
By JR Goldberg
March 13, 2017 | 4:30pm
A Woman's Place Is at the Commentary Desk (And Anywhere Else)
By Ashley Leckwold
March 13, 2017 | 12:30pm
The Glam World of Dalton Castle
By Paul DeBenedetto
March 10, 2017 | 11:30am
Boys Do Cry: Christopher Daniels Expands Wrestling's Emotional Maturity
By Chris Coplan
March 9, 2017 | 2:30pm
But What If You're Not a "Hugger"?
By Scarlett Harris
March 8, 2017 | 12:00pm
Then, Now, Whenever: WWE’s Slow Progress on LGBTQ Storylines
By C.K. Stewart
March 7, 2017 | 4:00pm
Zack Sabre Jr.'s Evolve Title Win Is a Victory for Everyone
By Rich Laconi
March 2, 2017 | 10:00am
Bow Down to Your Queen: WWE’s Template for the Modern Woman
By Theresa J. Beckhusen
February 28, 2017 | 1:00pm
WWE: Donald Trump is Not Your Friend
By Barry Thompson
February 23, 2017 | 11:45am
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