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This year, ‘Extra’ host Maria Menounos will be appearing at ‘WrestleMania’ to most likely make Beth Phoenix and/or Eve Torres look terrible by showing that either one of them can be beaten on wrestling’s grandest stage by a person who spends most of the year talking about celebrity gossip. But, strange as it might sou...

Truth be told, of the four (!!!) main events at ‘WrestleMania XXVIII,” the World Heavyweight Championship Match between Daniel Bryan and Sheamus holds the least interest to me. Don’t get me wrong, Bryan’s slow and steady heel turn has been one of the most entertaining and fascinating ones in ages – I wrote a whole article comparing him to Ulysses/Odysseus for crying out loud – but unfortunately, S

Welcome to ‘The BeatDown,’ a weekly battle of wrestling topics to discuss, debate and get in actual fights about. This week, we discuss the two of the most influential factions in wrestling history. It’s always safer to travel in groups, especially in the world of wrestling. These groups, mo...

A look back at the numbers in WrestleMania history can be quite surprising, especially when it comes to won-loss records.

Welcome to ‘The BeatDown,’ a weekly battle of wrestling topics to discuss, debate and get in actual fights about. This week, we discuss the microphone skills of two huge WWE talents. Being able to talk on the mic is incredibly important to a professional wrestler. If a guy i ...

Vincent Kennedy McMahon is the eccentric chairman and CEO of the WWE. Plenty has been said about him over the years, much of by Vince himself, and repeatedly on television.

Welcome to ‘The BeatDown,’ a weekly battle of wrestling topics to discuss, debate and get in actual fights about.

Have you ever wanted to watch ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan, ‘Mean’ Gene Oakerlund and other 80s wrestling greats awkwardly strut their stuff during a Zumba class? Of course you haven’t, but chances are, you’ll want to watch them do it anyway.

The heavyweight championship is the greatest prize in wrestling. Many have worn the coveted strap, plenty of whom deserved it and some, well… not so much, but there were a few classic grapplers that never got the chance. Here are the top 10 wrestlers that never got to hold the WWE Heavyweight Championship, but probably should have. Arn ...

Welcome to ‘The BeatDown,’ a weekly battle of wrestling topics to discuss, debate and get in actual fights about. This week, we discuss the body ink on two of the WWE’s biggest superstars. Randy Orton Son of “Cowboy” Bob, Randy Orton has equal amounts of tatted and un-tatted landscape on his upper body. From tribal designs and skul...

Singer Chris Brown is a perfect villain for the world of wrestling. Current and former WWE champs CM Punk and the Iron Sheik are using Twitter to call out the Grammy-winning R&B performer, who is most infamous for assaulting fellow singer and former girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.

The WWE pay-per-view spectacle known as the Elimination Chamber takes place tonight. The event includes wrestlers fighting inside a 16-ton structure that gives the spectacle its name. During the past few years, the Elimination Chamber match has become a true highlight of the year, as wrestlers put their careers on the line for a chance to become a world champion. Many have entered, but few have le

The Elimination Chamber, quite possibly the most brutal and vicious match ever created by the WWE, is a massive structure standing at 16ft high and weighing just under 10 tons. It is a true highlight of the PPV year for wrestling fans. Many wrestlers have entered and few have been the same after the match. With 13 total chamber matches taking place since it’s inception, it’s safe to say there have

The 2012 Royal Rumble is almost upon us. Of course, part of the fun of the Rumble every year is the dramatic entrances from grapplers who weren’t expected to participate. What better way to get excited for this year’s event than to check out the wrestlers who we most want to crash the party? We’ll i...

The Royal Rumble is usually one of the highlights of the WWE calendar, with 30 superstars entering the same match, one at a time, and battling to throw the others over the top rope. The winner gets a guaranteed title shot at the biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania.

We’re sure the first time you turned on WWE wrestling, and saw two men in little tights and knee pads dancing around the ring like ballerinas, you thought to yourself, “What a bunch of idiots.” However, a deeper look into the resumes of today’s WWE superstars reveals a roster of grapplers that are not only bigger than you, but probably a lot smarter. Where do the supers...

The perks of being America’s principal are many, and apparently include getting front row seats at ‘WWE Raw.’ Yup, that’s Dennis Haskins, aka Mr. Belding from ‘Saved by the Bell,’ sitting behind the announcers during Monday night’s televised event.

Wrestling video games have always been fun enough, but usually because of the imagination wrestling fans brought to them, rather than what was actually available in gameplay. ‘WWE ‘12′ is out to change all that.

Hugh Jackman appeared on WWE Raw earlier this week to promote his robot boxing film, ‘Real Steel.’ As is tradition when celebrities find themselves in the wrestler-verse, Jackman mixed it up with the grapples, and ended up hitting Dolph Ziggler with a sneak attack punch. While the punch was obviously staged, Jackman may have put a bit too much of his real steel behind it because the next day Ziggl

This is a song that should've been banned in all 50 states! It's the tile song from the World Wrestling Federation's  (WWE now) "Piledriver" album, from 1987. The song is sung by Koko B. Ware, and features appearances by the likes of Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, the Honky Tonk Man, and Jimmy Hart. ...