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Bad Bunny flies to the outside at WrestleMania 37

Bad Bunny Should Be The New Template For WWE’s Celebrity Wrestlers

<a href="http://www.ddavisla.com">David Davis </a>is the author of Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans From World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation and Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku. He lives in Los Angeles.
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David Davis

Mil Máscaras finishes Professor Toru Tanaka with a flying body press.

Pro Wrestling’s Finest Down-And-Dirty Chronicle Is Getting Even Better

Lauren Theisen

screencaps from AEW Dynamite and Mavericks-Spurs

NBA Arena Audio Somehow Invaded AEW’s Broadcast And Ruined A Match

AEW Revolution's Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match ended with a whimper of a bang.

Let’s Try To Make Sense Of That Awful, Hilarious AEW Pyro Screwup

Nia Jax yells "my hole!" after landing hard on the ring apron during WWE Monday Night Raw

WWE Doesn’t Think The Public Can Handle Nia Jax Yelling “My Hole!”

Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman struggle with handcuffs at the Royal Rumble

Enough With The Handcuffs

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

A collage of newspaper headlines about George Ringo, the Wrestling Beatle. Overlaid with them is a photo of George Ringo from the Los Angeles Times, and another of a poster from an advertisement that says George Ringo, with Jayne Mansfield, manager, vs. Gary Hart

The Short And Winding Road Of George Ringo, The Wrestling Beatle

Jon Huber Had Just Reached The Pinnacle Of Wrestling

Sting’s Return Proves There’s Nothing Like Wrestling Nostalgia

Serena Deeb pins Thunder Rosa on AEW Dynamite

AEW’s Women Need More Than 20 Minutes A Week

<a href="https://twitter.com/sundownmotel">Bill Hanstock</a> is an Emmy-winning producer, screenwriter, editor and journalist. He has covered and interviewed countless WWE and independent wrestling personalities and events for SB Nation and UPROXX, and been a part of several popular pro wrestling podcasts. He has contributed to Polygon, The Athletic, and Inked magazine. He has also penned nearly a dozen stories for the official WWE comic book published by BOOM! Studios. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, son, and two cats.

Bill Hanstock

Donald Trump and Vince McMahon at some WWE thing or other in 2009. I'm sure it was great.

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

Inside Vince McMahon’s Aspirational, Transactional, Utterly All-American Friendship With Donald Trump

Hikaru Shida holds the AEW Women's World Championship

One Year In, AEW Feels Too Much Like The Wrestling It Wanted To Rebel Against

Jay Lethal and Dalton castle square off for Ring of Honor

Ring Of Honor Rose From The Pandemic Ashes With A Welcome Re-Focus On Sports Realism

Split screen of Eddie Kingston and John Cena. Both are wearing a baseball cap, a black t-shirt, shorts and sneakers. Kingston's jorts are much larger

An Appreciation Of Wrestling Jorts