“Stone Cold” Steve Austin won his third Royal Rumble in 2001, kicking off a monumental year in pro wrestling history. Austin’s record of three Rumble wins still stands today. Comedian Drew Carey entered the Rumble at No. 5 and ran away when Kane showed up. That appearance earned Carey a spot in the WWE Hall… read more

Minutes after claiming he would never help Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega chose him as a partner against the Don Callis Family. Omega opened last night’s Dynamite from Knoxville, Tenn., with a face-to-face confrontation with Ospreay. The “Aerial Assassin” had stabbed Omega in the head with a screwdriver during their match at Forbidden Door last year…. read more

Wrestling fans used to gather around the television on Saturdays at 6:05 p.m. to watch World Championship Wrestling. Those shows from the 1980s and ‘90s often took place at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta. NXT will honor wrestling history by presenting next week’s show from that location. Bayley appeared on last night’s NXT show… read more

Sami Zayn declared his intentions to win the Royal Rumble last night on Raw, adding to a stacked lineup of participants. Kevin Owens came out, and everyone expected him to attack Zayn due to his partnership with Roman Reigns. Instead, Owens explained that Sami was a good man who had forgiven Reigns and Owens himself… read more

When I wrote my history books about the WWF, WCW, and ECW, I called 1999 “The Year of Nonsense.” The Monday Night Wars had been raging for a few years, and the WWF and WCW threw out all sorts of crazy matches and scenarios in 1999 to knock each other out. One of those bizarre… read more

Sabu appeared at last night’s Game Changer Wrestling show in New York City, and now we know when his legendary career will end. Joey Janela defeated former ECW champion Masato Tanaka last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom, and then the lights went out. Sabu appeared when the lights came up, and Janela announced he would… read more

If that was Christopher Daniels’ last match, then he couldn’t have given anything more to professional wrestling. “Hangman” Adam Page defeated Daniels last night in a Texas Death match on AEW Collision. This seems to be the final bout in the 33-year career of “The Fallen Angel.” Both opponents used barbed wire in this bloody… read more

Game Changer Wrestling admits that its last attempt to run a big show at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom didn’t go so well. Tonight, the company will attempt to redeem itself with “The People vs. GCW” at 8 p.m. on Triller+ TV. A free kickoff show will start at 6:30 on YouTube. GCW wrestler Parrow summed up… read more

San Diego fans welcomed their favorite son, Rey Mysterio, last night on WWE Smackdown. Mysterio talked about winning the 2006 Royal Rumble in a wire-to-wire performance. Nineteen years later, he will enter the Rumble again. Kevin Owens came out to say that he would beat Cody Rhodes at the Rumble for the WWE title, so… read more

After 23 years of switching networks and searching for an identity, TNA Wrestling has formed an official partnership with WWE. Jeff Jarrett and his father, Jerry, launched the brand in 2002 in the aftermath of Vince McMahon putting WCW and ECW out of business. TNA started with a series of weekly, discount pay-per-views before bouncing… read more