Pro Wrestling
Soccer Player Turned Wrestler Named 'Cum Dog' Stars in Most Scottish Video Ever
Madonna is prominently involved, too.
Katsuyori Shibata, Brain Injuries, and Implications of Japanese Strong Style Wrestling
After a brutal headbutt 30 minutes into a New Japan's Sakura Genesis, 37-year-old Katsuyori Shibata collapsed from a severe brain injury. Now his career may be over.
WWE Needs to Lose JBL and the Culture That Created Him
WWE can be the family-friendly company or it can be the seedy carnival. It cannot be both, and the crisis surrounding alleged bullying by the announcer JBL shows why.
Wrestlemania 33 In Review: Packed With WWE Moments to Remember
It was one of the purest expressions of the WrestleMania moment as ideal and Undertaker deserved a memorable match in his last bout.
WrestleMania 33 in Review: Packed with WWE Moments to Remember
WrestleMania 33 was, by most measures, a really enjoyable show, with some truly classic moments. It wasn't much more than those moments, but that's the point.
WrestleMania Weekend Shows We've Hit Peak Pro Wrestling Streaming
It took years of experimenting, but the technology is now here to watch more live sports entertainment than was ever previously possible.
Out of Office: Wrestling
What's it like to combine a demanding sporting passion with regular employment? We spoke to Cieran Donnelly and Danny Duggan – a tag team duo who fight as DND – about balancing a professional life with professional wrestling.
The Spectacle of Excess: Pro Wrestling and the Concept of the "Perfect Bastard"
In 1972, the literary theorist Roland Barthes wrote an essay in which he called wrestling "the pure gesture which separates good from evil" and discussed the concept of "the perfect bastard". How much of that holds true today?
WWE's Rumored Ring of Honor Buyout, and the Value of History
ROH's libraries represent an important part of wrestling history, which remains tantalizingly out of WWE's circle of control.
A Community of Mega Fans Won't Let This Decade-Old Pro Wrestling Game Die
The people of Fire Pro Wrestling Arena bring a whole new meaning to the word "dedication."
The Hardy Boyz' Broken Legal Woes with Impact Wrestling
The Hardy brothers are the latest to run afoul of the push and pull over creative control in pro wrestling, and theirs is shaping up to be a particularly ugly clash.
A Collection of Pro Wrestling Moves That Deserve Serious Analysis
Pro wrestling is magical realism. And, like all good works of magical realism, the strange parts work best when they are guided by a strong sense of internal logic.