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As a gay Black man living in a conservative small town, wrestling and drag helped me find the courage to be myself
Princey (a.k.a. Totally Plastic Pha'Nesse) is a pro wrestler. But he found new confidence after doi…
Palmer Haasch
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So, can we stop calling pro wrestling 'sports entertainment' now?
World Wrestling Entertainment looks like it's no longer insisting on using the term "sports enterta…
Katie Notopoulos
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Netflix said it didn't want to be in sports. Now it could be streaming two NFL games on Christmas.
Netflix has always said it didn't want to have sports on the service. Now, it could stream NFL game…
Peter Kafka
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Welcome to the Masters, a staple of the billionaire's social calendar
The Masters Tournament, the first of four men's major golf tournaments, kicks off today. But this i…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Why Netflix just made a $5 billion pro wrestling deal
The deal to bring the WWE to Netflix is a major marker for the streamer. And it looks like a deal t…
Peter Kafka
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Not ‘just cricket’, football and kabbadi getting eyeballs too
India is known for cricket and cricket is known to almost the entirety of the Indian audience. And,…
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How AEW owner Tony Khan turned his passion for pro wrestling into a TV ratings hit, and dealt with the aftermath of firing CM Punk
In a candid interview, Tony Khan tells Insider about the company's recent success and his heartfelt…
Jason Guerrasio
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The Iron Sheik, wrestling legend and Hulk Hogan's rival, dead at 81
Wrestling legend The Iron Sheik, whose real name was Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, was a well-known h…
Kelly McLaughlin
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AEW's Saraya teases follow-up to the Florence Pugh movie about her life, and reveals why she chose AEW over WWE for her wrestling comeback
Florence Pugh played a young Saraya "Paige" Bevis in the hit 2019 movie produced by Dwayne Johnson.…
Tufayel Ahmed
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WWE wants betting to become legalized as the wrestling organization lobbies state regulators
WWE betting pushed as the wrestling conglomerate has reportedly spoken to state regulators, lobbyin…
Aaron McDade
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Russia is wrestling with a labor crisis — and is making it even worse by sending highly-skilled workers to war
Around 900,000 Russians have fled the country since the Ukraine invasion, causing a workforce crisi…
Tom Porter
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American wrestling manager Stokely Hathaway says he's working to blend Black culture into All Elite Wrestling
Stokely Hathaway's comments about incorporating more Black cultural references into AEW follow form…
Alan Dawson
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How 'The Iron Claw' director Sean Durkin made the Von Erich curse into a pro-wrestling Greek tragedy
"The Iron Claw" looks at one of wrestling's greatest families, which were believed to be cursed.
Jason Guerrasio
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Mary Kom to head Oversight Committee for wrestling federation; Yogeshwar, Murgunde named members
World champion woman boxer and Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom will head the government-appoin…
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Pro wrestling icon and reality TV star Bryan Danielson hints at retirement after grueling, blood-soaked Iron Man match
Total Bellas regular Bryan Danielson, formerly Daniel Bryan of WWE, dropped a retirement hint just …
Alan Dawson
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World champion arm wrestler Margaret Pathaw gets Rs 5 lakh award from Meghalaya govt
The Meghalaya government handed over Rs five lakh as a cash award to Margaret Pathaw, who won gold …
PTI
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Elon Musk arm-wrestled his business partner to settle PayPal software dispute: book
Elon Musk challenged Max Levchin to an arm-wrestle to settle a disagreement when the two worked tog…
Polly Thompson,Grace Dean
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Dhols, garlands and bouquets for Commonwealth Games winners coming home
Indian athletes, following their scintillating performance at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, ha…
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Jeremy Allen White's character in 'The Iron Claw,' Kerry Von Erich, really wrestled his entire WWE career with only one foot, and never told anyone about it
Kerry Von Erich, portrayed by Jeremy Allen White in "The Iron Claw," had his foot amputated followi…
Jason Guerrasio
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Ex-WWE star recalled the time Vince McMahon broke into Ric Flair's hotel room and left blood splattered everywhere
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts reminisced about his time at WWE and spoke about a wild story regarding Vi…