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Repo Man is interviewed outside the arena, as an inset shows Macho Man Randy Savage looking angry

Pro Wrestling

30 Years Ago, Repo Man Stole Macho Man’s Hat

Lauren Theisen

Stage of WWE's Crown Jewel event in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia Hasn’t Bought WWE Yet, But Its Wrestlers Should Be Ready

Vince McMahon Is Back And Throwing His Weight Around

A bloodied Eddie Kingston with a can of gasoline

Some Wrestling Matches I Liked In 2022

Defector Up All Night

A Lesson On The Meaning Of “Unpredictable,” With Booker T

Brandi Collins-Dexter

Dusty Rhodes’s “Hard Times” Promo Still Rings The Bell

David Roth

Podcasts

In Search Of The Impossible Trade, With Kazeem Famuyide

Rays Week

Rey Mysterio Was The Absolute Shit In The ’90s

Samer Kalaf

Vince McMahon attends a press conference to announce that WWE Wrestlemania 29 will be held at MetLife Stadium in 2013 at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Vince McMahon Reportedly Paid Millions In Hush Money To Four Women

Patrick Redford

WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 3,200 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees.

WWE Board Reportedly Investigating Vince McMahon Over Secret Misconduct Settlements

This Is So Stupid

Defector Media Destroys WrestleMania 38 In Several Key Metrics

Some Good WrestleMania Weekend Matches That Weren’t At WrestleMania

Jeff Hardy’s Last Stand

Luis Paez-Pumar

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.

Everybody Wins In The AEW-Cody Rhodes Split

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

AEW Picked The Wrong Time To Be Boring

CM Punk’s Arrival Is A Turning Point For AEW

Malakai Black Was A Gift From WWE To AEW

WWE’s Adnan Virk Experiment Is Already Over

Bad Bunny flies to the outside at WrestleMania 37

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

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

Jon Huber Had Just Reached The Pinnacle Of Wrestling