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The WWE has confirmed the first-known COVID-19 case among its employees. According to a statement provided to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the unnamed individual had contracted the disease on March 26, after the WWE had wrapped up production for its pre-recorded events, like Night 1 and Night 2 of WrestleMania 36. The company emphasized that the infected employee had no contact with any other WWE staff […]
Ronda Rousey has shared that one of the reasons she exited WWE is because of her shaky relationship with the fans. In a new interview with Wild Ride! w/ Steve-O, she said she didn’t think fans were grateful enough for her presence. “What am I doing it for if I’m not being able to spend […]
After Night One of WWE’s WrestleMania 36 ended with The Undertaker defeating AJ Styles in a “Boneyard Match,” it was hard to tell what we’d be in for during Night Two. The WWE has successfully pulled off an empty arena (and other offsite locations) WrestleMania, mostly with the help of these movie-esque matches they weaved […]
Wrestlemania 36 is shaping up to be historic, but not for any of the reasons that WWE might have hoped. Thanks to COVID-19 and the crucial need for social distancing, Wrestlemania 36 will not take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It will not be broadcast live to the world in front […]
As the debate over who deserves to be on wrestling’s Mount Rushmore heats up once again, Dwayne Johnson explored the thought process behind his 2019 choices on Instagram Live. While Johnson remains committed to carving out the faces of Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and Stone Cold Steve Austin into his own Rushmore, that definitive fourth wrestler continues […]
After kicking off Season 2 of Dark Side of the Ring with a full preview of Part 1 of the Chris Benoit, Vice’s series on the seedy underbelly of the world of professional wrestling returns with the full two-hour premiere episode, featuring the second part of the tragic Benoit murder-suicide saga. Narrated by Chris Jericho and featuring a […]
While it was originally announced that the Season 2 premiere of VICE TV’s Dark Side of the Ring—which is a two-hour episode on the Chris Benoit murder-suicide tragedy that rocked the world of professional wrestling—would air at 10PM on Tuesday, March 24, VICE actually dropped the first part of this episode earlier today on YouTube (you […]
It’s official: former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is the latest veteran professional athlete to sign with WWE. A source for The Wrap says that Gronk will debut on the March 20 episode of WWE Smackdown, and he will also make an appearance at WrestleMania 36. He will not be leaving his analyst gig with Fox […]
Fox Sports football analyst and former NFL player Rob Gronkowski is reportedly close to reaching a deal with the WWE, according to Wrestling Sheet’s editor-in-chief Ryan Satin. Though there aren’t many details currently available on the WWE’s deal with the former New England Patriots player, Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Gronkowski could be in the fold as soon as Friday, […]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson lost his father earlier this month. During a conversation with Oprah, the entertainer got personal about his relationship with the late professional wrestler. The Rock admits to Oprah that he and his father had a “complicated” relationship. He describes the former professional wrestler as not “an ‘I love you guy” who […]
