Tag Archives: pro wrestling
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Fan Fight in the Stands During ‘Monday Night Raw’ Steals Attention from Main Event in the Ring (Video)
It’s easy to understand why a fan fight at a baseball or football game would get everyone’s attention. There, fights are out of the ordinary. But you would think at a professional wrestling event people would be like, “meh,” and shrug their shoulders. This is not the case, however. Apparently, pro wrestling fans are just [...]
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Has Emergency Hernia Surgery, Tweets Awesome Photo from Hospital Bed (Pic)
The outcomes of WWE wrestling matches may be predetermined, but the athletic skill required to make the matches entertaining is very real—and so are the injuries. During his WrestleMania 29 title match against John Cena on April 7, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson suffered a pretty serious injury that no one really noticed at the time. [...]
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The WWE Waited a Whole Week After Paul Bearer’s Death to Start Exploiting It (Video)
A couple weeks ago, the WWE’s Paul Bearer, legendary manager of The Undertaker, passed away at the age of 58. And I don’t mean the WWE killed off the character or anything like that. I mean the actual guy, William Moody, died. For real. So what is the appropriate waiting period before the WWE starts [...]
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Crazy Lady Attacks a Pro Wrestler at an Event in South Africa (Video)
Everybody over the age of 12 knows that pro wrestling is fake. When you were a kid the issue was debated, of course, and every group of friends had at least one dude that just couldn’t accept reality. But eventually he did, and you all moved on. Some of you even found a new appreciation [...]
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Here’s What a Muay Thai Version of the WWE Would Look Like (Video)
I’ve got to be honest with you: I don’t quite know what to make of the video you’re about to see. It is either the worst Muay Thai fight of all time, or somebody over in Thailand has started the Muay Thai version of the WWE. Don’t get me wrong, it looks like a real [...]
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The Rock Revived His “Rock Concert” Gimmick on Monday Night Raw (Video)
Remember when The Rock switched his name to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson—and then to just Dwayne Johnson—in an effort to leave behind his WWE past and make himself a legit Hollywood movie star? Well, I guess his movie career wasn’t going quite as well as he’d hoped, because now Dwayne is just “The Rock” again, [...]
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Wrestler Bully Ray Getting Hitched to Brooke Hogan, Having Bachelor Party at Rick’s Cabaret NYC (Video)
Well here’s a match made in pro wrestling heaven. Pro wrestler Bully Ray proposed to Brooke Hogan, daughter of the Hulk Hogan, live on Spike TV’s “TNA Impact Wrestling” last Thursday night. And despite daddy Hulkster’s unequivocal disapproval, Brooke said yes. So now they’re getting married. On television. This Thursday night. And apparently, this Wednesday [...]
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Ever Wonder What a WWE Ladder Match Between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama Would Look Like? (Video)
Just last Tuesday, THQ released WWE ’13 for PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360. And, just like last year’s WWE ’12, one of the coolest features of the game is the ability to create your own customized wrestlers and divas. In fact, you can even design your own custom finishing move. Of course, unlike last [...]
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Pro Wrestler Shawn Daivari Uses His Wrestling Skills To Throw An Unruly Drunk Passenger Off A Commuter Train (Video)
Professional wrestling may be “fake,” but apparently it can provide you with skills that are very useful in real life. Just ask Shawn Daivari. Though this pro wrestler has made a living in WWE, TNA, and a variety of independent promotions playing Middle Eastern bad guys who hate America, in actuality, he’s just a nice [...]
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Jerry “The King” Lawler Suffered A Heart Attack While Providing Commentary For ‘Monday Night Raw’ Last Night (Videos)
The WWE is famous for blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, sometimes making it difficult to know exactly what is real and what is fake. So it’s understandable if the fans in attendance at the Monday Night Raw event in Montreal last night thought Jerry Lawler‘s collapse at the commentators’ table was all [...]
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Pro Wrestling Legend George “The Animal” Steele Tells Fan At Autograph Session to Shut Up (Video)
If you are under the age of 35, you probably won’t remember George “The Animal” Steele unless you’re a major pro wrestling buff. But during a career that spanned from the 1960s to the 1990s, “The Animal” was one of the most popular pro wrestlers around. His greatest fame came in the mid-1980s. Despite being [...]
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11 Pro Athletes Who Tagged In To Pro Wrestling
A few weeks back it was announced that Wrestlemania 28 will be held at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, April 1. Only 4 matches officially scheduled so far (the main event being John Cena vs. The Rock) but this is the WWE, so you know there will be tons of surprises. One of the [...]
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30 Badass Pro Wrestling Finishers (GIFs)
I love pro wrestling. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. But I’m a busy person, and there’s only so much time I can spend watching TV on any given day. So sometimes I get tired of all the talking and evil-glaring and backstage intrigue and paternity testing, and I just wish they could condense the [...]
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9 Greatest Female Pro Wrestlers
Most of the time, as with most sports, the world of pro wrestling is dominated by men. However, every once in a while, a female wrestler comes along who is so captivating that she takes the wrestling world by storm—I’m talking women who not only dominate other women in the ring, but who quite often [...]
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9 Greatest Pro Wrestling Villains
If I were going to make a list of the greatest fake sports in the world, professional wrestling would be #1. Now, just settle down wrestling fans, I’m not knocking it. Pro wrestlers really are great athletes, and what they do really takes skill. I’ve heard it all before, and I’m sold. All I mean [...]
