WWE Wants to Replace John Cena With Japan's Shinsuke Nakamura, And It Might Actually Work

This Sunday night’s Backlash show marks the beginning of a new era in WWE, one that would have been shocking even two years ago. For the first time in its history, the world’s largest professional wrestling promotion is attempting to turn a Japanese wrestler into one of its top stars—the top star, in fact, of one of…

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Ex-WWE Announcer Emcees Video Game Wrestling League Finale

Wrestling fans might be used to hearing Justin Roberts introduce names like John Cena, Daniel Bryan or The Undertaker. But for the finale of the Video Game Championship Wrestling series, Roberts himself took to the mic to announce the entrance of rejected Street Fighter concept Zubaz and the dark lord of Hyrule…

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Women Wrestlers Had The First Half Hour Of Raw, And It Was Really Fun

A year and a half ago, Stephanie McMahon launched what she called the “WWE women’s revolution.” Several call-ups from NXT—Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch—showed up to challenge for the old Divas Championship. Stables were formed, and WWE’s women wrestlers were supposedly thrust into the spotlight.

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Braun Strowman And Big Show Breaking The Ring Was Predictable And Incredibly Satisfying

For one night, Braun Strowman was the best wrestler in the world. A tremendously entertaining episode of WWE Raw culminated in a spot where he broke the ring with a superplex of the Big Show, sending referee John Cone flying. It was a spot everyone saw coming and made no sense—why didn’t the Andre the Giant Memorial…

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Gronk Got Involved In A WWE Match Again

Of all the celebrity cameos in professional wrestling, football players work the best, not least because they look the part. Their physiques often match up to the guys in the ring, and so when they get involved it doesn’t look quite as silly as, say, Jon Stewart helping Seth Rollins retain the world championship.

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Nia Jax Dropped Her WWE Raw Opponent On Her Head 

Wrestlers are artists who perform dangerous, violent stunts nearly every night, and it is extremely important that these stunts be done with care. If a match features one participant who is not equipped to properly pull off the stunts with his or her opponent, disaster can strike. That’s nearly what happened during…

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