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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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You DID Hear It From Us: There's Normal Gossip Merch

NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

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Brandi Rhodes, and Cody Rhodes of "All Elite Wrestling" speak during the TNT &amp; TBS segment of the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour 2019 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 24, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.

2019 Summer TCA Press Tour – Day 2

Pro Wrestling

Everybody Wins In The AEW-Cody Rhodes Split

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Lauren Theisen

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Some Wrestling Matches I Liked This Year

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Wrestling Has Jon Moxley’s Back


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Dan McQuade

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Let Wrestlers Freelance

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These Are The Books Wrestling Fans Want Philadelphia Children To Read

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Bryan Danielson And Kenny Omega Gave Their All And Promised More

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For The First Time In Decades, WWE Might Be A Little Scared

Penta El Zero Miedo covered in blood at AEW All Out

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Sometimes The Best Moments In Wrestling Are The Simplest

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AEW Picked The Wrong Time To Be Boring

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I’m Mad About How Badly I Want This Frickin’ Wrestling Cowboy To Win This Frickin’ Made-Up Championship

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AEW’s Crowd Was The Star Of ‘Double Or Nothing’

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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.

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

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Jon Huber Had Just Reached The Pinnacle Of Wrestling

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

Serena Deeb pins Thunder Rosa on AEW Dynamite

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AEW’s Women Need More Than 20 Minutes A Week

Hikaru Shida holds the AEW Women's World Championship

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

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

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An Appreciation Of Wrestling Jorts