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For the better part of two years, “Hangman” Adam Page has been in a tailspin of destruction and self-loathing, but All Elite Wrestling’s once-“anxious millennial cowboy” is ready to write a new chapter. As a founding member of the Aew roster and a former World Champion, Page is no stranger to holding gold, but this year his path to victory in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament (culminating in a main-event match at Double or Nothing for a future title shot) is blocked by an opponent he’s never met one-on-one in the ring.

“This is the second year in a row I’ve made the finals. I’m proud of it this year, as I was last year. I’ll be wrestling Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing, and it’s one of those matches I’ve been waiting for. A lot of people would consider Ospreay to be the best wrestler alive,...

John Cena was the face of the WWE for more than a decade, and his image of a ‘goody-two-shoes’ wrestler attracted kids to watch and support him. Cena always had the clean-cut good guy image inside and outside the ring. To many, he was the hero of the WWE.

Hence, he never followed up with having a tattoo. Most WWE stars do have tattoos (whether small or big), but Cena didn’t follow that tradition. He doesn’t have a single drop of ink anywhere on his body part despite once playing a character who was heavily tatted in a movie.

John Cena during last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw (Credits: WWE/Netflix)

It is genuinely surprising that he doesn’t have one, considering who he shared locker rooms with.

John Cena said he was scared of his mom’s reaction to a tattoo

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The Hall of Fame recently featured Booker T and Brad Gilmore in an episode. The six-time world champion started the conversation on a very positive note with good energy. However, as the podcast continues, there is a segment where they watch a clip of the current Aew champion, Swerve Strickland.

It was an intentional part of the whole podcast, as Booker T wanted to address the whole situation as Swerve Strickland made some remarks about WWE that involved him as well.

Booker T doesn’t feel John Cena should compete for another WWE World Title | WWE

In the clip, Swerve Strickland was asked about his opinions on Booker T, saying he was treated fairly in WWE for 20 years. This is one Swerve made negative remarks about Vince McMahon and subtly accused him of racism, as he mentioned a storyline, where Vince McMahon said, N-word to Booker T.

Booker T had...

Vince McMahon does not care who you are, if he wants to remove you from WWE he will chase you out, by hook or by crook. Something similar happened to NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal when he entered WWE’s backstage without a pass.

While Shaq’s WWE appearances in 2009 and 2016 are widely known, his lesser-known 1998 feud with former WWE CEO Vince McMahon stands out. The clash reportedly began when McMahon demanded Shaq to “get the hell out” of the arena as he failed to show a backstage pass during his visit to a WWE match.

Let’s find out what actually happened between these two mammoths of American sports.

Why Vince McMahon didn’t want Shaquille O’Neal inside the WWE arena Shaquille O’Neal | credit- NBA

The story unfolds during a period when Shaq had just earned his sixth NBA All-Star title and decided to attend a wrestling match for some entertainment.

It is no secret that a large part of Fortnite’s success can be attributed to its successful deployment of microtransactions. These microtransactions are offered in the form of multiple cosmetics (such as skins) that can be purchased against a set amount of ‘V-Bucks’, which can be brought with real-world money.

This has been in practice since the early days of Fortnite, and is something the player base has gotten used to over the years. Things have drastically changed in recent times though – with the Item Shop turning out to be downright predatory at times, marking itself as nothing more than a cash grab.

Fortnite community unhappy with the excessive monetization of skins Fortnite has a monetization issue | Image Credit: Epic Games

A recent post on the r/FortNiteBR subreddit has gone viral, seemingly ‘thanking’ Epic Games for not selling skins individually, and instead packing them into a bundle. This...

Fortnite featured a tower defense looter shooter gameplay loop prior to the battle royale mode’s explosive growth in popularity during Chapter 1. Since then, the game has collaborated with hundreds of popular characters, including Rick Sanchez, Captain America, John Wick, and many more. As the current season, Chapter 6 Season 1, has its own offerings, there doesn’t appear to be any indication that these crossover sprees will stop.

Fortnite has become the home of collaborations. | Credit: Epic Games.

In light of Epic Games’ ongoing addition of well-known IPs to its game, a number of fans have expressed their preferences for future characters. , According to a recent leak, the addition of James Bond 007 to Fortnite in a future season may be the result of popular demand. Not only that, fans might be surprised with the theme of the new season as well.

Fortnite‘s Chapter 6 Season 2 theme might be “Wrestlers & Gear,” which...

In what will be one of the biggest moments in professional wrestling history, January 2025 will see the WWE moving Monday Night Raw to Netflix as part of what appears to be a full migration to the world's biggest streaming service. The company's flagship show will become entirely global as of January 6th and looks set to start an entirely new era. This media partnership will be integral to WWE as they do their best to maximize their global reputation while the company keeps distancing itself from the previous owner Vince McMahon, whose recents trials have been a (small) subject of Netflix's recent WWE documentary, Mr. McMahon.

The move to Netflix is an exciting prospect for fans, as WWE has hit a creative zenith not seen in decades. Through long-term stories such as The Bloodline and Cm Punk's life-long quest to headline WrestleMania, a women's division that is boosted by...

Once an indie underdog, Kevin Smith has, in middle age, devoted himself to making what critics and fans alike might characterize as glorified, self-referential home movies, cast with friends and family members and filled with callbacks, in-jokes, and the same familiar anxieties about friendship, romance, and growing up. This is not an original observation.

Stars: Ayisha Issa, Steven Ogg, Chris Jericho, Sara Canning, Michael Eklund, Jonathan Cherry, Leo Fafard, Skene Kittle, Damian Chao, Stephanie Wolfe | Written and Directed by Lowell Dean

There’s actually been a few wrestling-themed horror movies but the quality has been somewhat lacking. From Wrestlers vs Zombies to Wrestlemaniac to Parts Unknown to Wrestlemassacre. At best, these have been somewhat average, so could Dark Match buck the trend and actually blend horror and wrestling and still be entertaining?!

In Dark Match, a small-time wrestling company in the eighties accept a well-paid booking in a backwoods town, only to realise too late that it is run by a cult leader with devious plans. On the face of things, that doesn’t sound like the story for a great movie but Dark Match might just surprise you.

Right off the bat, we are introduced to the wrestling companies show. If you have...

Exclusive: BBC Studios Productions, which is behind series such as ABC’s Dancing With The Stars and CBS’ Ghosts, is bringing together its U.S. and UK production teams in a restructure that will see the departure of Valerie Bruce.

The company, which is the commercial production division of the British public broadcaster, is aligning its U.S. unscripted entertainment and scripted teams, largely based out of LA, with their UK counterparts.

As such, Bruce, who is General Manager of its LA Productions unit, is leaving after 13 years.

The move will see Ryan O’Dowd, EVP, Entertainment & Music, reporting directly to Matt Forde, BBC Studios Productions’ MD, Global Entertainment, who is based in London. O’Dowd, who is understood to have renewed his deal with BBC Studios, will now work closer with the company’s UK development team as it looks to develop more formats that can travel into the U.

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The perfectly coiffed hair. The skimpy uniforms. The pom-poms. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders make it look easy. But the Netflix docuseries America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders proves that the women putting everything on the line so they can be part of the squad are much more than pretty faces and hot bodies. In fact, they're athletes whose blood, sweat, and tears all go into making their cheerleading team the best in all of sports.

That's what America's Sweethearts is all about. The show talks about the joys of being part of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (or Dcc), including the sisterhood that comes with it. But it also touches on the lows of being part of the squad, including hard work for low pay,...

Are you optimistic about the Dallas Cowboys 2024 NFL season? Well, recent history suggests you probably shouldn’t be. (Giants fan over here.) But there is something exciting leading in to the summer’s training camp: a new cheerleading docuseries from director Greg Whiteley, the man behind Netflix’s “Cheer” and “Last Chance U.”

“America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” a collection of seven 45-minute episodes, will follow the 2023-24 squad (last season’s team) from start to finish — meaning from their auditions to the team’s inevitable late-regular-season or early-post-season collapse. The cheerleaders are led by their longtime director Kelli Finglass.

The docuseries, which is definitely not “Cheer” Season 3 (except it definitely should be), premieres on June 20 on Netflix.

Whiteley executive produces alongside Adam Leibowitz for One Potato Productions; Andrew Fried and Dane Lillegard of Boardwalk Pictures and Ross M. Dinerstein and Rebecca Evans of Campfire Studios also executive produce for their respective companies.

The pro wrestling series Heels is making its way to Netflix this summer following a two-season run on Starz. A Netflix premiere date has been revealed for the series, and if it finds a big enough audience on the streaming platform, then Season 3 is a very real possibility.

Per PWInsider, Heels will start streaming on Netflix on July 29, 2024, though this date hasn't been officially announced by the streamer at this time. Both seasons of the series will be streaming together, allowing fans and newcomers to the show to binge-watch every episode. In April, it was reported that Netflix had acquired non-exclusive rights to stream the show, and that the company was open to reviving Heels with a potential third season. Of course, that will depend upon Heels drawing in high enough viewership to justify the revival.

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The BBC leads all producers among nominees with 22 at this year’s 2024 Rockie Awards International Program Competition, as announced Thursday by the Banff World Media Festival. The United States is tops among all countries, with 51 total, followed closely by the UK with 50.

Among U.S. production companies, 20th TV was tops with 8 — helped by its sweep of the scripted animated series field. Nominees in the English-language comedy field include “Abbott Elementary,” “Poker Face,” “The Great” and “The Wonder Years,” while drama nominees include “Gen V,” “Succession,” “Happy Valley” and “The Last of Us.”

The 2024 Rockie Awards ceremony takes place during this year’s Banff festival on Tuesday, June 11. Also during the event, the Rockie Awards Grand Jury will reveal its Grand Jury Prize, selected from the top-scoring programs across the entire field of nominees.

This year’s Grand Jury includes Javiera Balmaceda, Head of Originals, Latin America, CA & Au at Amazon MGM Studios; Julie Chang,...

The perks of adulation and superstardom that are expected by-products of being a Hollywood celebrity can also sometimes boomerang back to bite one in the face. Wrestling champion-turned-actor John Cena has been on the receiving end of both extremes. As a bonafide action star with commercial blockbusters to his name, Cena has a massive fan base of sports and movie fans.

John Cena in Peacemaker

On the other hand, the Peacemaker actor has also courted controversy through his comments that have attracted some negative publicity. A few years ago during the promotions of F9, Cena got into a politically sticky situation with China following his references to Taiwan, and ended up having to rectify this error.

John Cena Apologized For His Politically Charged Comment

Being a celebrity in Hollywood means that everything one does or says comes under extreme scrutiny. John Cena, who once found himself in a delicate position,...

The critics are loving The Iron Claw, even if it's leaving them as a blithering mess by the end of it.

Written and directed by Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw explores the tragic, real-life story of pro wrestling's famous Von Erich family. Zac Efron leads the cast as wrestling legend Kevin Von Erich, supported by Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson playing his brothers and fellow pro wrestlers. It's not opening wide until Dec. 22, but with its early reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, the film has debuted with an approval rating of 91%. The overwhelming majority of the critics are giving very high praise to the film, giving credit to the entire cast along with Durkin's presentation of the "gripping" story.

Related Netflix's Wrestlers Docuseries Pulls Back the Curtain on Indie Pro Wrestling In a new trailer, Netflix goes behind the scenes of Ohio Valley Wrestling with Al Snow for the new docuseries Wrestlers.

The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations — see the full list below — were unveiled on Tuesday, December 5, crowning the past year’s achievements in indie film. The actual awards ceremony, taking place on February 24, 2024 in the usual tent on the beach in Santa Monica, is a little less than three months away, but the films nominated today will carry new momentum into the rest of awards season, including the Oscar race. Joel Kim Booster (“Fire Island”) and Natalie Morales (“No Hard Feelings”) were the presenters of the nominees.

“American Fiction,” “May December,” and “Past Lives” led the Indie Spirits noms with five each, including each of them getting a nod for Best Feature. Todd Haynes for “May December” and Celine Song for “Past Lives” also received Best Director nods. Natalie Portman for “May December,” Greta Lee for “Past Lives,” and Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction” also received Best Lead Performance nods.

Nominees for the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the premiere awards event for the independent film and television community — were announced on Tuesday morning by actor/director/writer Natalie Morales and actor/producer/writer Joel Kim Booster, and HBO’s The Last of Us and Prime Video’s I’m a Virgo the TV pack with four nods each.

Netflix’s Beef followed closely with three noms.

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Netflix recently promised more data transparency for creators — which, according to Netflix, is also the community it previously shielded from the numbers.

“Part of our reason for not publishing (viewership data) early was part of our promise with creators,” Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos said during its October 18 earnings call. “At the time we started creating original programs, our creators felt like they were pretty trapped in this kind of overnight ratings world and weekend box-office world defining their success and failures. And as we all know, a show might have enormous success down the road and it wasn’t captured in that opening box office.”

For years, Netflix famously did not share viewership metrics. Executives like Sarandos would also diss TV-ratings currency company Nielsen’s ability to measure programming, including Netflix’s. The two companies are now measurement partners on certain initiatives.

In early Summer 2021, Netflix began posting its own...

Perhaps Max should have stayed HBO Max after all.

Amid a pretty lukewarm summer for streaming, one popular service stood out for all the wrong reasons. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max disproportionally declined in terms of penetration and usage, a new study has found. And oh yeah, the platform had no new hit series — or even new hit season — during the third quarter of 2023.

Max was the only platform of the eight major streamers to see its percentage of daily users decline from Q2 to Q3, data analytics firm HarrisX found. Max usage slowed down across every age group, including a pretty big drop among 18 to 24-year-olds. Uh-oh, they’re the future.

AT&T dropping the inclusion of Max from some of its legacy broadband plans certainly did not help. Nor are continued macroeconomic pressures — those, of course, are not unique to Max. And soon, the clogging of development pipelines due...

Documentaries cover such a vast array of topics these days, from human interest and history to criminal investigations and science. Netflix's strong catalog of documentaries has numerous titles that strike the perfect balance between educational doses of reality and genuine entertainment. One of the great things about Netflix documentaries is that they cater to the interest of just about everyone, and host a wide variety of some of the most intriguing must-watch documentaries.

Whether looking to find out whatever happened to Pamela Anderson, curious about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard or simply intrigued by medical professionals who have gotten away with murder, Netflix has some of the best documentaries streaming now. No matter what type of realism and no matter how much of a time commitment viewers want to invest, Netflix has some of the best new documentaries to enjoy.

Updated on October 10, 2023 by Michael Colwander: Netflix continues to...

Wrestlers documentary series on Netflix focuses on Ohio Valley Wrestling (Ovw) and the behind-the-scenes struggles faced by CEO Al Snow and his team. Ovw hopes that the show will bring attention and turn their fortunes around, and the response so far has been overwhelmingly positive from both wrestling and non-wrestling fans. Leila Grey, a member of Aew and Ovw, discusses her experience on the show, working with Aew superstar Jade Cargill, and her goals in Aew as a standalone character.

Leila Grey is a member of the All Elite Wrestling roster, but she's also part of Ohio Valley Wrestling, which is the focus of the new Netflix documentary series, Wrestlers.

In Wrestlers, CEO and head of creative Al Snow copes with the pressures of booking his local Kentucky pro wrestling promotion, Ovw, which has a live weekly television show. Along with a rowdy locker room of wrestlers including Ovw Champion Mahabali Shera,...

Nestled away in what looks to be a warehouse district in Louisville, Ky is the Davis Arena. It might not look like much, but the sign outside of the door suggests otherwise:

“Tomorrow’s Superstars, Today!”

This is the home of Ohio Valley Wrestling, what I affectionately like to call the “little promotion that could.” It is also the subject of the powerful, hard-hitting new Netflix docu-series, Wrestlers, which follows the men and women in this struggling developmental territory. They are the future stars of professional wrestling, many of them. All of them have that dream. But to accomplish it, they must first make their name and prove themselves. And that happens in places like Ovw. Unfortunately, times are tough for the company. No longer a breeding ground for the main roster stars of WWE, Ovw is going through a turbulent stretch with new owner Matt Jones, who often conflicts with 60-year-old wrestling legend,...

Plot: A group of underdog wrestlers try to make the big time.

Review: When people think of professional wrestling, they imagine the glitz and polish of the WWE, which has dominated the landscape for decades. Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler put a spotlight on what is the reality for most wrestlers out there, and that is the struggle they face to remain part of this business, to make money in it, to reconcile this grueling profession with their personal lives and individual demons. Netflix’s Wrestlers, a new docu-series from Emmy-winning filmmaker Greg Whiteley, has captured the everyday drama and struggle of professional wrestling in a way that has never been done before.

The series centers on Ohio Valley Wrestling. Chances are you’ve never heard of it. As someone who has grown up with professional wrestling, been in the ring a bit, and basically loves it with every fiber of my being,...

Sports drama documentaries have had a resurgence in recent times. Netflix has released countless documentary series and movies in this genre to help people understand the amount of training, time, and investment that goes into making this one athlete or team world-famous. Wrestlers, directed by Greg Whiteley, is about a bunch of wrestlers from an organization who make sacrifices for the sake of their passion and entertainment.

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Wrestlers is a seven-part documentary series that talks primarily about Ohio Valley Wrestling Gym, which is the starting point for many wrestlers who want to make their passion a serious profession. The Ohio Valley Wrestling Gym, also known as Ovw, is run by ex-WWE fighter Al Snow, whose real name is Allen Ray Sarven. He talks about the amount of work that he and his team put in to entertain the audience, which loves watching their favorite wrestlers fight. Ovw is...

Everyone loves an underdog, but it’s possible nobody loves one more than Greg Whiteley. With Netflix hits “Cheer” and “Last Chance U,” the documentarian trained his eye on undergraduate athletes whose programs lack the resources or respect of a Big Ten institution. Each show made a compelling case for its subjects’ skill, tenacity and right to a bigger spotlight; “Cheer,” in particular, made stars of its protagonists, a charismatic squad of Texas students who performed death-defying stunts with a smile.

The second season of “Cheer” was forced to reckon with the fallout of its own success, taking some focus away from its namesake sport to address squad member Jerry Harris’ being sentenced to prison for soliciting sex from minors, as well as coach Monica Aldama’s stint on “Dancing With the Stars” and the uncomfortable transition from challenger to heavy favorite. Thankfully, Whiteley’s latest effort offers a fresh start.

Netflix have offered up a detailed update of all the shows and movies that are planned for the service this September, and we’re here to fill you in on everything you can expect to be added in the coming month!

The Matt Groening-created animated comedy series Disenchantment will return with its final run of ten episodes at the start of the month, and Netflix is adding a long list of library movies to release alongside it, including Jaws 1-3, Superbad, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Later in the month, we’ll also be treated to a fourth season of Sex Education and a fifth season of Love is Blind. For all you nostalgic Spy Kids fans out there, a brand-new movie in the franchise is heading to Netflix in September called Spy Kids: Armageddon, helmed by original director Robert Rodriguez!

Here’s everything else coming to Netflix this month.