So, Matt Hardy is a longtime professional wrestler with the WWE whose career and popularity have been on the decline lately. Although the exact details aren't clear he has been sent home from a house show (there are non-televised wrestling events from companies that also show a product on TV) once. He's said on his twitter account that he's hoping ( Read more... )

So, according to wrestling website I frequent...

TMZ has a story up about Chris Jericho using slurs during a Q&A session at the Sacramento Film Festival two weeks ago. During the Q&A, he referred to the moderator as "Hadji" several times. That word is often used as a slur against Middle Easterners. He also called one of the hosts a "fag."
 So, ( Read more... )

I will admit I've never really been a huge fan of WWE wrestler Triple H, but he did something really classy for a fan recently that brought a huge smile to my face ( Read more... )

I make no bones about it: I love pro wrestling. I've loved it since I was a little kid, cheering for Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and Hulk Hogan and Bruno Samartino. I remember when Hulk Hogan body-slammed the 7-foot, 500-pound Andre The Giant and it was all classmates talked about in my 5th grade class for days. Ot's been everything from a sit-down-and- ( Read more... )

Okay, normally, I'd say that a pro wrestling fan who jumps the barrier during a show, or hops into the ring, or charges onto the stage is a stupid moron who's only endangering the wrestler he or she likes so much by introducing an uncontrolled element into a match or stage setup and endamgering performers, and then he or she deserves every moment ( Read more... )

It's been a day of surprises for me in the world of professional wrestling personalities.

Apparently, Joey Styles is a neo-conservative talking-points guy that can call the President a Marxist with a straight face...

...and Jim Cornette is a firebrand liberal, gay-rights supporting, free health care promoting liberal and loves the hell out of ( Read more... )