After more than 10 years with WWE, Rob Schamberger resigned his post as the company’s artist in residence. Now, he’s All Elite — kind of. On April 22, Schamberger teased his partnership with ShopAEW and Pro Wrestling Tees, and...
Read MoreFor Trish Adora, it’s all about respect. Growing up with five brothers, Adora “naturally watched wrestling and fought a lot.” But it was Jacqueline Moore – the first Black woman to win a title in then-WWF – who inspired her to...
Read MoreAll Matt Cardona wanted was an opportunity – well, several actually. “It took me a while after WWE to kind of find myself, right? Because who was I? Was I Zack Ryder, just called Matt Cardona? Like what is that? And even I...
Read MoreSteve Johnson was wrapping up an interview with Virginia Wenzel – wife of wrestler Dave Levin – in Oceanside, California, when she asked if he wanted to see a video of Dave wrestling. The VHS tape, which was mailed to her...
Read MoreDespite being sidelined for three months with a torn bicep, 2022 might be an even better year for Matt Cardona than 2021. Four months left to the year, and already he’s wrestled for the Impact World Title; faced Joey Janela in...
Read MoreJacqueline Moore never planned to be the first Black woman to win a women’s championship in WWF. Or to be the first woman to win the Cruiserweight Championship – Or to be one of the first women to compete in a steel cage in TNA....
Read MoreAfter the recent COVID-19 pandemic-induced years without wrestling, Matt Cross’s return to Canada – Smash Wrestling in particular – is the last piece of the puzzle to feel like wrestling is really back. “It’s appropriate on a...
Read MoreSteven Bell was already an established author in the United Kingdom, his biographies on wrestler Douglas Clark and the Chapecoense football club having been well received. So when his publisher asked, “What’s next?” there was...
Read MoreBefore she was a WWE Hall of Famer and women’s champion, Beth Phoenix traveled on Saturdays to make wrestling bookings and was back in Buffalo, New York, to perform as an accompanist at her church on Sunday mornings. “I have a...
Read MoreGrowing up, Ed Wheatley spent Saturday nights with his grandmother, drinking root beer floats and watching Wrestling at the Chase. “You watched it for the nonsense, you watched it for the athleticism,” Wheatley said of the St....
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