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On the latest episode of the ARN Podcast, Arn Anderson spoke about his son Brock Lunde signing a developmental contract with AEW. Anderson said his son has the ability each and every week to spend time with the coaches in AEW and learn from the best about the business. Brock filed for the trademark of “Brock Anderson” back in February. “[Brock] has been signed to a developmental contract and he’s continuing to train,” Anderson said. “He is at all the TVs and he’s been around the c...

We all know about the most famous undefeated streak in WrestleMania history. The Undertaker won twenty-one straight matches at the Show of Shows before finally losing. Even if records are made to be broken, it’s going to take some doing for a WWE Superstar to break that one. I was curious about undefeated wrestlers at WrestleMania, and thought that might make a magnificent column. As it turns out, I came up with ten entries that had gone at least 2-0 at WrestleMania. (Sure, it’s nice that ...

Molly Holly Is First Inductee Of WWE Hall Of Fame 2021 Two-time Womens Champion Molly Holly is the first name announced for the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame. WWE.com WWE has moved to announce the date and first inductee for the 2021Hall of Fame. This year’s Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on 6 April – the Tuesday before WrestleMania 37 – and will see both the 2020 and 2021 classes inducted. As for the first inductee of the 2021 class, an emotional Shane Helms broke the news on The Bump ...

Paige and current WWE NXT UK Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray recently had a conversation on BT Sport's YouTube channel about winning titles in WWE.

As previously reported, Joe Dombrowski’s Pro Wrestling Library released Wrestling From The Heartland – The Lost Developmental Territory Vol. 1 last May. Now, wrestling fans can enjoy Vol. 2 of the series, which features John Cena, one of Dean Malenko’s final matches, and much more. Here’s the press release on the newest installment in the series: Our journey into pro wrestling’s biggest developmental system continues, as we uncover more hidden gems and rare classics previously thought...

I am not the kind of person who measures a wrestler’s career by the number of major championships they’ve won. I refer to wrestling as a sport so often that this may seem strange, but it’s a sport that intersects with collaborative art and the various apparatuses of capitalism, and a big part of putting up with the last third of that equation is knowing that wrestling will rarely look the way I want it to look. In companies like WWE, that often means remembering things like Shinsuke Nakam...

Former WWE writer and co-executive producer of “Young Rock” Brian Gewirtz was on a recent episode of  The Masked Man Show with David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide. Gewirtz was asked which storyline he wrote he thinks is deserving of an Emmy nomination, and he chose Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels’ feud in 2007 – 2008. “I mean without question, Hornswoggle as the general manager of RAW would have to be the Emmy that would be displayed on the Billboards of Los Angeles everywhere ‘...

By Mike Johnson on 2021-02-19 15:40:00 Took this photo in June 2003 - the night @MLW sold out the War Memorial Auditorium in Ft. Lauderdale headlined by @cozy_lariat vs. Mike Awesome and Funk vs. @StevenCorino. Such a historic place. Sad to hear it was demolished but excited to see the NEW WMA. Long overdue! pic.twitter.com/DhhaJfuQK3 — Court Bauer (@courtbauer) February 19, 2021 The War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, which has housed tons of professional wrestling history dating bac...

Matt Sydal made an appearance on AEW's Unrescted podcast. The following was sent to us: 

Wardlow was a guest on the latest episode of Busted Open Radio and discussed which guys in AEW use psychology over spots, what producers he’s learned from and more. The AEW star discussed how Adam Page and MJF are very thorough in how they think through the mindset of matches as opposed to some other guys who focus on big spots that draw attention. You can check out the highlights below: Wardlow on if psychology is ever discussed in AEW over big spots: “Depends on who you’re working wit...