Ric Flair’s New Ewing Athletics Sneaker Drops September 5th
Ric Flair and Ewing Athletics unveiled the robe-inspired 33 HI x Ric Flair, dropping September 5th in Miami with Flair meeting fans in person.
Rock & Wrestling
The Stunner — Pro Wrestling News, Interviews & Pop Culture
WWE
Lil Yachty Is Making His WWE In-Ring Debut Against Baron Corbin
Lil Yachty will wrestle Baron Corbin at Sunday Night’s Main Event in Atlanta, with Trick Williams’ title hopes riding on the result.
TNA Wrestling, WWE
AJ Styles’ Son Avery Is Headed to TNA Lockdown, Right as the “Paying His Dues” Drama Fizzles Out
Avery Styles is heading to TNA Lockdown, right as the GCW “paying his dues” pile-on around him quietly fizzles out.
WWE
Jerry Lawler Just Got His Own Street in Memphis, and He Picked the Exact Spot Himself
Memphis renamed a stretch of Homer Street in Jerry Lawler’s honor today, the same route “The King” walked to school as a kid.
WWE
JBL Says Eddie Guerrero Used to Call Him at 2 A.M. with Wild Ideas
JBL opened up about Eddie Guerrero on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, from 2 a.m. phone calls to being a groomsman at his wedding.
Rock & Wrestling, WWE
Andy Kaufman’s Wrestling Title Belt Has a Permanent Home in a Comedy Museum
The National Comedy Center’s Andy Kaufman exhibit features his wrestling title belt, Elvis jacket, and a replay of the infamous Jerry Lawler slap.
NXT, WWE
Ilja Dragunov Is Leaving WWE
WWE moved Ilja Dragunov to its alumni page. PWInsider reports his contract expired, and he chose not to re-sign.
Movies, WWE
Netflix Is Telling Mr. T’s Origin Story
Netflix’s Untold series returns Sept. 8 with a Mr. T documentary tracing the WWE Hall of Famer’s path to WrestleMania I.
AEW
Darby Allin Is Running the New York City Marathon, and He’s Still Refusing to Train for It
Darby Allin confirms he’s running the NYC Marathon in November for KultureCity, and true to form, he’s refusing to train for it.
AEW, Hell Yeah
Nigel McGuinness Won’t Let a Walking Boot Stop His Run Back to Wembley
Nigel McGuinness is pushing through a foot injury in AEW’s Continental Challenge Cup because a shot at Wembley Stadium might not come around again.
Indie Wrestling, Music, Rock & Wrestling
Billy Corgan’s NWA Is Casting a Wrestling Reality Show, No Experience Needed
Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan is casting NWA’s new reality series Into the Fire, with in-person tryouts landing in Tampa this week.
Lucha Libre, WWE
Chad Gable Reveals El Grande Americano Was His Own Idea All Along
Chad Gable says the El Grande Americano mask was his own idea, and his shoulder injury accidentally wrote the rest of the story.
Hell Yeah, WWE
Bronson Reed Just Showed Off a Massive Transformation, and He’s Calling Himself “The Problem” Again
Bronson Reed posted a leaner, more chiseled new photo while rehabbing his torn bicep, and the caption says it all: “I’m a problem.”
WWE
AJ Styles Says He’d Come Out of Retirement for One More Match, With His Sons by His Side
AJ Styles says he’d come out of retirement for one more match, but only if it means tagging with his sons on a big stage.
AEW
Darby Allin Reveals He Nearly Drowned Doing a Kickflip at the Bottom of the Ocean, Surrounded by 15 Sharks
Darby Allin reveals he ran out of oxygen and nearly drowned attempting an underwater kickflip surrounded by 15 sharks for Discovery’s Shark Week.
WWE
Rey Mysterio’s Daughter, AALYAH, Just Officially Began Her WWE Journey
Aalyah Mysterio has reportedly started training at the WWE Performance Center and joined the internal roster, following her father and brother into the family business.
WWE
Cody Rhodes Calls His Neck Tattoo the “Greatest Regret” of His Life
Cody Rhodes calls his iconic neck tattoo the “greatest regret” of his life, and revisits Brandi Rhodes’ old verdict on it too.
Did You Know?
Archaeologists May Have Found a 2,400-Year-Old pro Wrestler’s Tomb
Turkish archaeologists uncovered a 2,400-year-old tomb containing coins depicting wrestlers, and they think it may belong to an actual wrestler.
Movies, Music
The Rock Is Seriously Exploring a Music Career; It All Traces Back to a Guitar Willie Nelson Gave Him
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tells Rolling Stone he’s seriously exploring a music career, starting with a song he wrote for his daughters.
Lucha Libre, WWE
The Undertaker Is Personally Training Evander Holyfield’s Son in AAA
WWE is sending Evander Holyfield’s son to AAA to train under The Undertaker, the mentor who called him a prodigy on WWE LFG.