I first met Nigel McGuinness in 2001 at Les Thatcher\'s Main Event Wrestling Camp. He was kind enough to give me an interview shortly before a weekday Heartland Wrestling Association show. I was one of maybe 10 people in the crowd. The camp recently changed locations and Nigel recently returned to the United States. When […]
Attorneys for Dr. Carlon Colker and Peak Wellness filed a motion to dismiss on Thursday, asking the court to reject a bill of discovery complaint filed by Janel Grant and her counsel in July. Grant filed the bill of discovery complaint in Connecticut court in July. Her counsel claimed Colker and Peak Wellness had refused […]
Counsel for Janel Grant filed a motion to strike the bill of discovery complaint made against her by Carlon Colker last week in Connecticut Supreme Court. Colker filed a bill of discovery complaint against Grant last week, asking her to provide social media and phone call information and submit to a deposition by Colker\'s counsel […]
McMahon\'s lawyers say Grant violated a feeral stay in her civil suit by asking for discovery from Peak Wellness.
AEW and WBD have come to an agreement on paper for an extension of their TV deal.
This story was updated with responses from representatives and counsel for Vince McMahon and Janel Grant. Counsel for Janel Grant, who filed a federal civil suit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE in January, filed a bill of discovery complaint against Peak Wellness and Dr. Carlon Colker on July 1, according to a recent […]
Vince McMahon\'s blunt force return to the executive chair of World Wrestling Entertainment\'s board was inevitable. Outside a criminal conviction and Vince being put in prison, he was always coming back from the hush fund scandal. The bump in the stock price over the last two working days shouldn\'t fool anyone – McMahon doesn\'t care […]
All Elite Wrestling and its roster\'s attitude toward coaching has been a hotly debated subject since the All Out \"Press Conference From Hell,\" when CM Punk vented frustrations – among a number of subjects – at Hangman Adam Page for not being open to coaching from the former AEW, WWE, and ROH champ. The latest […]
The Montreal Screwjob was 25 years ago last month. Looking back on the event, after reading and hearing about it for over two decades, I can say the biggest victim was pro wrestling fans. That\'s a rough roll considering all that happened to Bret Hart following Survivor Series 1997. But the Screwjob cemented the idea […]
Controversy was the story after Smash Wrestling star Psycho Mike was the victim of a shoot and got big-timed by an Australian Shepherd named \"Very Good Boy\" in a recent pro wrestling match. Footage of the match went viral on Twitter over the last 24 hours: In an interview with SEScoops.com, Psycho Mike – despite […]
Renee Paquette – a popular and critically acclaimed interviewer and commentator with World Wrestling Entertainment for nearly a decade – is expected to sign with All-Elite Wrestling.
The Daily Mail was one of the first online publications to post a story about the Sept.30 death of Antonio Inoki, the founder of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Desperately seeking a sports figure to compare Inoki, the Mail called him \"Japan\'s Dennis Rodman.\" Other than using their respective sports for ill-advised diplomacy to North Korea, […]
Matt Jackson, All-Elite Wrestling Executive Vice President and member of the Young Bucks, posted a video story on Instagram on Tuesday promoting the release of the team\'s new basketball shoes. It was the first public comment from either member of the Young Bucks since they were suspended following the All Out pay-per-view on Sept. 4. […]
Two weeks after the attacks on Sept. 11, a then 12-year-old Jacob Grondy was on his way to the airport – and he was scared. Not only was this his first flight, but he was dealing with what many in the country were feeling – fear of flying due to the recent attacks. But a […]
The \"Press Conference from Hell,\" as one witty Twitter fan called it, following All-Elite Wrestling\'s All-Out pay-per-view on Sept. 4 – and the backstage fight that followed – was the end result of growing tensions in the AEW locker room and a star who felt he had been wronged, scapegoated and wasn\'t appreciated by younger […]
“This is Bull****” – A non-WWE fan watches Raw for the first time in five years. He survived to write this By B.J. Bethel I was assured by other wrestling fans that the episode of Raw that aired on Monday, March 21, was a better than average episode. I will give them the benefit of […]
Scott Hall, whose 20-year career transformed pro wrestling in the 1990s, died on Monday following complications from surgery. According to Hall’s longtime friend and tag team partner Kevin Nash, Hall had suffered three cardiac arrests while having hip surgery, due to complications from blood clots. Hall, who was 63 years old, was on life support […]
All-Elite Wrestling Dynamite at Fifth-Third Arena in Cincinnati has sold around 8,000 tickets three weeks prior to the Wednesday Sept. 8, 2021 event, according to a staff member at UC\'s ticket office this morning. The arena\'s capacity for the show will be near 10,000 It will be AEW\'s first TV after the All Out PPV […]
Bobby Eaton’s most endearing trait was his giving nature. Friends of the former NWA and WCW Tag Team Champion, and NWA/WCW TV Champion, Eaton was known for carrying bags of extras on the road in case he or any of his fellow wrestlers needed them. He would donate gas money and groceries while on the […]
