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For wrestling fans, it goes without saying that WrestleMania season is one of the biggest times of the year for the industry. WWE is on the march to its tentpole annual event while plenty of other big events take places in the weeks and month before and after WrestleMania. AEW has their pay-per-views Revolution and…
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Across the long history of professional wrestling, there is no shortage of great shows and great matches to go back and watch. Fans can find some of the best from WWE, WCW, AEW, NWA, AWA, ECW, and so many more online fairly easily nowadays. There is no shortage of bad wrestling shows, either, for a…
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With two major national wrestling promotions again, it can’t help but conjure up old memories of WCW and WWF in the mid- to late 90s. AEW and WWE don’t go head-to-head on weekly TV anymore, but it has not made the perceived rivalry any less tense for fans and leadership in both companies. It all…
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The year 1999 was an interesting year for the professional wrestling industry. At the national level, WWF and WCW were still doing huge business, though that wasn’t to say there were very obvious cracks. WWF would spend roughly half of the year with Vince Russo being the lead voice in creative under Vince McMahon, with…
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Let’s turn the calendars back. It’s 2016 at the American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, California. There are between 300 and 400 people packed shoulder-to-shoulder in this cramped, hot legion hall with little-to-no air conditioning at the end of the summer to witness one of the biggest annual tournaments on the independent wrestling scene –…
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Coming out of April 2018, the then-Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas dropped the NXT Title to Aleister Black to close out a very strong in-ring reign and was main roster bound in WWE. He would be moved to SmackDown, have his name shortened to just Andrade, and remained fairly stagnant in WWE’s midcard. The following years saw…
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To say WrestleMania 13 isn’t particularly memorable, on the whole, is a pretty fair statement. It is not on the lows of WreslteMania 9, 11, or 27, but there isn’t much that stands out either. This is due to WrestleMania 13 being smack in the middle of the WWF’s most important transitional periods as WrestleMania…
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Since AEW President Tony Khan acquired Ring of Honor in March 2022, it hasn’t always been clear what RoH means in the All Elite Wrestling ecosystem. It wasn’t known if RoH could get back on TV after struggling in its final few years due to multiple talent raids, shrinking crowds, and COVID-19, all things which…
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Barely a month into 2026 and already professional wrestling has delivered some standout highlights. One of the most memorable Wrestle Kingdoms in history headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement, AJ Styles teasing retirement, Bandido and MJF tearing the house down in what will be in discussion for TV match of the year, and so much more.…
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The first days of January brings with it the first major wrestling show of the year, courtesy of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, with Wrestle Kingdom emanating out of the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. 2025 marked the twentieth entry in the show’s history, but more importantly it was the final show for New Japan icon and…
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