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JBL says he retired because his back and neck left him no choice, and that he picked Rey Mysterio for his last match out of affection for Mysterio and for Eddie Guerrero. The match took place at WrestleMania 25 in Houston in April 2009. JBL lost in 21 seconds, then took a microphone and quit […] The post JBL Says He Retired Because He Had To Rather Than Because He Wanted To appeared first on…
JBL has been in hospital twice this year, and says neither stay had anything to do with wrestling. He gave the update on Something To Wrestle, the show he co-hosts with Conrad Thompson, while discussing whether the back problem that ended his career might ever need surgery. “I had some health issues this year. Probably […] The post JBL Says He Has Been In Hospital Twice This Year appeared first on…
Matt Hardy had a plan for the Wyatt Compound match that involved him leaping out of a tree through two stacked tables. Vince McMahon killed it at two in the morning and asked for a live fish instead. The match, against Bray Wyatt in 2018, was WWE’s follow-up to the Ultimate Deletion. Hardy explained on […] The post Vince McMahon Cut The Wrestling From Matt Hardy’s Wyatt Compound Match At 2am…
Kevin Nash says the most over person he ever saw in wrestling was Steve Austin, and he arrived at it by watching a Billie Eilish documentary on a plane. Nash explained on Kliq This that he had watched it twice on his last set of flights, at his son’s recommendation, and that the second time […] The post Kevin Nash Says Steve Austin Was The Most Over Person He Saw In His Career appeared first on…
Ilja Dragunov is leaving WWE, according to PWInsider, which reports that his contract has expired. WWE has not announced anything, Dragunov has not commented publicly. His profile has also been moved to the alumni section on WWE.com. Dragunov has not been on television since April. His last match was the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle […] The post REPORT: Ilja Dragunov Is Leaving WWE appeared…
Awesome Kong says WWE signed her because every other woman auditioning was submitting matches against her, and that she was released two weeks after telling someone backstage what she thought of them. Kong, who worked in WWE as Kharma, was on the No Contest Wrestling podcast. She had been planning to call WWE herself once […] The post Awesome Kong Says She Was Released By WWE Two Weeks After…
Nikki Bella says she is preparing for more of her Paige segments to be cut from television, and thinks the story might work better online anyway. Paige had been scheduled for the August 14 SmackDown to answer Bella, but the segment did not air. WWE released the footage on social media and YouTube afterward as […] The post Nikki Bella Is Preparing For More Segments From Her Feud With Paige To Be…
Awesome Kong has told a story about Dixie Carter that she says she had been saving for a book, and it involves Carter walking past her partner in a hotel lobby to shake the hand of an elderly Black porter. Kong was speaking on No Contest Wrestling, the podcast hosted by O’Shea Jackson Jr. and […] The post Awesome Kong Tells A Dixie Carter Story She Says She Had Been Saving For A Book appeared…
JBL says the promo that got him the WWE Championship was the one he cut in Chicago after being fired from CNBC, and that The Undertaker was standing next to Vince McMahon when the decision was made. JBL appeared on Insight with Chris Van Vliet alongside Ron Simmons, his APA partner. He won the WWE […] The post JBL Says The Chicago Promo After His CNBC Firing Won Him The WWE Championship appeared…
Ron Simmons and JBL both think the biggest change in wrestling is that audiences know too much before the bell, and that the roster no longer has only itself for company. The two were asked on Insight with Chris Van Vliet what has changed most since their era. Simmons answered first, and his focus was […] The post Ron Simmons And JBL Say Audiences Knowing Everything In Advance Is The Biggest…
Leo Sparrow had a full-time job offer from WWE and turned it down to keep training as a wrestler. Sparrow told the story on Busted Open After Dark, where he appeared as the first guest of Tommy Dreamer’s revived Indie Spotlight segment. Dreamer said he picks the wrestlers himself and only features talent he considers […] The post Leo Sparrow Turned Down A Full-Time WWE Office Job To Chase…
Paul Wight thinks people comparing AEW to WWE are comparing seven years to forty, and that some of the gap has nothing to do with either company’s talent. Wight spent more than two decades with WWE before joining AEW in 2021. He told TMZ’s Inside The Ring that he sees the same potential in AEW […] The post Paul Wight Says AEW Was Locked Out Of Arenas It Could Have Filled By WWE Exclusivity Deals…
Paul Heyman told Vince McMahon that Roman Reigns could not be the big dog, and that he himself could not be an advocate, because both of those things already belonged to Brock Lesnar. Heyman explained the conversation on Six Feet Under with The Undertaker. The pairing came together in 2020, after Lesnar’s contract expired as […] The post Paul Heyman Says He Told Vince McMahon That Roman Reigns…
