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Making a name for yourself in WWE isn’t easy. Many wrestlers start strong but later struggle to stay relevant and fade from the spotlight. Some take advantage of their opportunities, building successful careers and becoming superstars. In contrast, others can’t keep up the momentum and end up being remembered for just one big match.

Over the years, numerous highly talented WWE stars have struggled to leave a lasting impact, despite their generational skills. In many cases, devastating injuries have played a major role in their downfall. Another significant factor that has derailed the careers of countless wrestlers in the promotion is the use of steroids, which has led to irreparable consequences for many.

WWE stars have to be focused and disciplined to make it big in the promotion Roman Reigns is one of the most disciplined stars in WWE | Credits: WWE

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The Undertaker conjured one of the most important pieces of history in WrestleMania, and that is the streak. With Brock Lesnar shattering it at Wm 30, a piece of heart for countless WWE fans was sunk. However, until that exact moment, The Phenom carved something near impossible that will always stay etched in the history books of pro wrestling.

En route to his historic greatness, Taker fought several opponents, including the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels. The match with Michaels in WrestleMania 25 was the start of an epic trilogy where The Dead Man will lock horns not just with Hbk but in the upcoming two Manias he will have to fend of Michaels’ best friend, Triple H which would eventually result in the end of an era and a snap that would remain forever etched in the hearts of the fans.

What mistake did The Undertaker make in his match against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania?...

Shawn Michaels is hailed as one of WWE’s all-time greats, a show-stealer, a trailblazer. But back in the day, he was as chaotic outside the ring as he was talented inside it.

In the ’90s, Michaels wasn’t just known for his in-ring skills, but he was also infamous for his backstage politics, wild behavior, and blatant disrespect, especially toward women. From inappropriate segments on live TV to real-life drama like the Montreal Screwjob, he played by his own rules and rarely faced the consequences for it.

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It’s kind of wild to think about now because if that version of Shawn Michaels showed up in 2025. He’d be called out, canceled, and trending on Twitter all in just mere seconds!

Shawn Michaels’ wildest tricks would get him canceled today!

During the height of WWE’s Attitude Era, Shawn Michaels wasn’t just known for his in-ring performances,...

A cornerstone of episodic TV is to surprise viewers with unexpected turns of events, and WWE has mastered this art over the decades. Perhaps, nothing is more shocking and emotional than a good, old-fashioned betrayal, where friends and comrades turn on each other for profit or due to long-standing grievances.

From the New Day's recent betrayal of Big E to Shawn Michaels kicking Marty Jannetty, these moments have always been used to great effect by the WWE. Not only do they deliver the much-needed shock value every TV show needs, but they also set up storylines and help characters develop in new directions. Here are the most memorable, cold-blooded, and unexpected betrayals in WWE history.

Triple H Turns on Shawn Michaels Monday Night Raw, July 22, 2002

After the WWE Draft, Triple H was one of the few individuals on the roster with the privilege of choosing which brand he would go to.

If you think about it, it's a bit odd that people value happiness so much, elevating it to this almost mythical status — "The pursuit of happiness;" "I just want you to be happy;" "Don't worry, be happy." This is bizarre and paradoxically unhealthy for a variety of reasons. While words are semantically subjective, 'happiness' is an emotion, and emotions are essentially ephemeral. Rooting for one above all the others creates a life out of balance, to somehow reference both Pixar's Inside Out and the film Koyaanisqatsi.

Happiness runs contrary to contemporary society and existence as a whole on this autophagous world. We have hedonic adaptation, meaning that we get used to good things but not to bad things, which is hopelessly depressing when you really think about it. Modern culture has also numbed us to most of the things which have historically brought happiness and meaning to individuals. The...

Vice TV has dropped the first trailer for “Dark Side of the Ring” Season 4.

The trailer (see below) teases several episodes of the upcoming season, including those focusing on Marty Jannetty, Abdullah the Butcher, Magnum T.A. and Junkyard Dog.

The fourth season of the popular pro wrestling docuseries, which will consist of 10 episodes, will debut on May 30 at 10 p.m. Et.

“Dark Side of the Ring” is narrated by wrestling legend Chris Jericho. The official description of the fourth season states that it will “explore stories like the emotional rollercoaster of one of wrestling’s most captivating and controversial couples, Chris Candido and Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, the car accident that derailed the career of future World Champion Magnum T.A., wrestling’s most unhinged monster, Abdullah the Butcher, a focused look on the troubled life of Marty Jannetty, Shawn Michaels’ former tag team partner, and much more.”

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“Dark Side of the Ring” Season 4 has set its premiere date at Vice TV.

The fourth season of the popular pro wrestling docuseries, which will consist of 10 episodes, will debut on May 30 at 10 p.m. Et.

“We’re incredibly grateful to our viewers for giving this show the life that it has had for the past 4 years,” said executive producers Evan Husney and Jason Eisener. “As lifelong fans of professional wrestling, our subjects continue to inspire us. There are so many fascinating and compelling stories left to tell and it’s a privilege to share more of them in our fourth season.”

“Dark Side of the Ring” is narrated by wrestling legend Chris Jericho. The official description of the fourth season states that it will “explore stories like the emotional rollercoaster of one of wrestling’s most captivating and controversial couples, Chris Candido and Tammy “Sunny” Sytch, the car accident...

Rapper and noted wrestling fan Wale has teamed up with Foot Locker and designer Dan “Mache” Gamache for his final WWE-inspired clothing collection.

Tied to SummerSlam 2022 this weekend, Wale’s sixth and final WWE collection features tees and hoodies that honor some of WWE’s biggest stars: Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Big E, and Aj Styles. Each wrestler’s initials are displayed on the front of the shirts and hoodies, as well as their title belts down the arm of the hoodies.

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Former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty has seemingly confessed to killing a man and making him "disappear" in a post on social media that has since been deleted. Jannetty, known as one half of The Rockers alongside WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, was at the peak of his fame in the era some fans would call pro wrestling's Golden Age. He has since made sporadic appearances on wrestling programming in the years since for multiple wrestling organizations, including WWE, WCW, and Ecw.

On Wednesday, Jannetty's name began trending online after the former WWE Tag Team Champion allegedly posted a disturbing message on his personal Facebook account. Although the post is said to have been deleted, screenshots are easy to find on social media. Jannetty doesn't give any names, but appears to confess to killing a man when he was a teenager, though he suggests that it was done in self defense.

WWE has been forced to get creative with their storylines now that they're putting on shows with no audience, leading to some memorable brawls on their programming at some rather bizarre locations. Now, it looks like a recurring theme for WWE's weekly Monday night show will be to present Mma-style wrestling matches as part of a new segment called Raw Underground. Perhaps looking to spice things up with more "realistic" fighting that's more comparable to something like UFC, these matches can best be described as "Fight Club meets WWE."

The reveal came on this week's WWE Raw, which saw the anticipated return of Shane-o-Mac. Previously, he'd has been "fired" from the company after losing a match to Kevin Owens last year, but WWE had been hyping his return on this week's Raw with a special announcement to be made. On the show, Shane McMahon hosted the unveiling of Raw Underground,...

Wrestling fans will be seeing a familiar face returning on tonight's edition of WWE Raw, as the organization has revealed that Shane McMahon will be featured for a special segment. The announcement comes straight from WWE on Twitter, posting a photo of McMahon along with the reveal that Shane-o-Mac is back. "[Shane McMahon] Returns to #WWERaw Tonight. What will he have in store?" the tweet reads. No other information about the return has been given, so wrestling fans will just have to tune in to Raw tonight to see just what's going to happen.

This will be the first time Shane McMahon has been seen on WWE programming since his storyline firing in October 2019. Behind the scenes, McMahon has continued working with WWE in a backstage role, but Shane-o-Mac hasn't been on TV for the past ten months. The ousting happened on the 20th anniversary episode of WWE SmackDown, which saw McMahon...

Every year on the lead up to WrestleMania we get bursts or rumours and announcements about which wrestlers and/or personalities will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania weekend. It’s become a big part of the weekend each April, and many fans enjoy the show, seeing former superstars getting a chance to shine once more as they deliver a speech in front of their peers and adoring fans. It’s bloody lovely, quite frankly.

So, I thought, as seen as WrestleMania is a good few months off, it would be a good time to make some half-predictions, as well as talk about who I think Should be in the Hall of Fame. There are, after all, some huge names missing from that place, and it’s always fun to discuss this stuff. I will likely talk about Way too many people for one single class,...

With the WWE recently celebrating the Intercontinental Title on a WWE network special, Chris takes a look at the Ten Best WWE Intercontinental Champions Of All Time…

The Intercontinental Title in WWE has been, for most of its existence, a title that has helped take a mid-card talent and show them off in a bigger way, often transitioning them from the mid-card to the main event. It has been called “The Workhorse Title” by many, often being pointed to as the belt held and fought over by some of the more gifted technical wrestlers in the company. Growing up, it was always the Intercontinental strap that I looked forward to seeing defended on shows, whether it was “Macho Man” Randy Savage holding it, Bret “Hitman” Hart, Mr. Perfect or “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, it was usually a match that stole the show and was often held by a great worker.

As time as gone by,...

You know… I don’t think many of today’s wrestling fans, the casual viewers anyway, realise just how f@cking good tag team wrestling can be.

It isn’t hard to find a good tag team match nowadays. I mean, all you have to do is watch an Nxt TakeOver Special and it’s likely you’ll see a blinding tag team encounter. If you popped over to Aew for their Double or Nothing event then you will have seen a couple of top notch ones too. New Japan presents them regularly, Nxt UK has shown us some great ones… they’re out there, if you look for them.

My early memories of tag team wrestling saw the likes of The Hart Foundation, Demolition, The Road Warriors, The Rockers and The Orient Express putting on short but sweet tag team clinics in WWF. I have fond memories of seeing...

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Every Royal Rumble has to start with someone and these pairs of competitors tend to have some meaning behind their appearances.

One of the things that makes the Royal Rumble so great is the illusion that everything is random. When the countdown ends, we don’t truly know who is going to run out most of the time. The full roster is a mystery, as is its order. But only in storyline. After all, wrestling is predetermined, so all of this is planned and written. That’s why the last five or six spots are usually the heavy hitters.

The #30 spot tends to be pretty straightforward. Outside of the three times when it’s gone to the winner, the final entrant is usually a specific kind of wrestler who is supposed to come off as high-level and threatening, but one that we know has zero real chance winning the match.

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Pro wrestling has never been reticent to hop on a bandwagon, which makes it something of a cultural barometer, capturing the wider trends and happenings of any given era. At the height of the Gulf War, Sergeant Slaughter teamed up with General Adnan and Colonel Mustafa only to be defeated by Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and a wave of fervent patriotism from the stands; The Hardy Boyz’ ascent coincided with the mainstreaming of alternative culture, all finger gestures, cargo pants and moody expressions; and in a particularly memorable 1998 episode of Monday Night Raw, Val Venis almost suffered the same fate as John Wayne Bobbit (though, in fairness, Bobbit’s ordeal was five years beforehand).

But the haircuts… Nothing encapsulates a time and place like a bowl cut, a faux hawk or frosted tips. Pro wrestling is no exception, especially the Attitude Era. Beyond the headlines and storylines, there...

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The 1993 Royal Rumble was a bit of a transitional event for WWE. The roster was very different from a year earlier because some of those guys were on short term deals while others were gone because WWE had to clean house due to the steroid investigation trial they were involved in.

It was a year where Bret Hart walked into the show as the WWE Champion. A year earlier he was in the Ic Title picture. He won the WWE Title for the first time in September 1992 and the company was ready to build around him as the new WWE Champion.

Yokozuna went into the Royal Rumble match as a heavy favourite. He only debuted in WWE a few months earlier and had one PPV match before the Rumble. Just based on his size, people just knew he was going to be a big deal in WWE.

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There was no obvious, unanimous choice for 2014's WWE Wrestler of the Year. Daniel Bryan was unable to follow through on the tremendous momentum he carried into – and out of – WrestleMania 30, thanks to a succession of nagging injuries. Cm Punk bowed out of the business altogether. Babyface heir-apparent Roman Reigns hit the shelf with a hernia, although he was still months from maturing into the marquee guy.

Fellow former Shield brothers Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins both benefitted from massive pushes, but neither has found a feud that fully exploits their magnetism and talent.

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Our favorite moments from the greatest fantasy film saga of all, The Lord of the Rings trilogy (and we even included The Hobbit films).

Regardless of your feelings about The Hobbit trilogy, the sheer scope of Peter Jackson's six film exploration of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth mythos is the kind of thing we're unlikely to ever see attempted again. Unlike the open-ended narratives of superhero films, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies have definite resolutions. There's even a Lord of the Rings TV series in the works over at Amazon right now, although that will deal primarily with characters we didn't meet in these films.

So, in celebration of fourteen years of Peter Jackson bringing the most seminal works of fantasy fiction to life, we look at our (many) favorite moments from the two trilogies.

The Fellowship of the Ring Battle of Mt.

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Professional wrestling is like a movie in a lot of ways. It’s performance art that is designed to get the audience to cheer the heroes and boo the villains. That’s the gist of it without getting too complicated.

The cool thing about wrestling is that we can watch a guy in the role of a villain for many years, then all of a sudden they change the way they behave. Once that happens, the same people that boo them all the time start cheering. It doesn’t always make sense, but when it does it’s a really special moment.

When it comes to turns, it’s the heel turns that fans remember easier. It’s more fun to be a heel, so we remember the times when somebody turns on a friend. Whether it was Shawn Michaels throwing Marty Jannetty through the Barber Shop set...

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A lot of people have been talking about Benjamin Morris’ 538 piece, “Are Pro Wrestlers Dying at an Unusual Rate?”

Like Morris, I am neither an actuarial scientist nor a demographer. So, our interpretations of the data should be taken with a grain of salt. My results were somewhat different from Morris’ due to a difference data set and changes in how we calculated actuarial predictions.

Differences in methodology from Morris

I also used Social Security Actuarial Life Tables, but my “expected mortality rates” for the age groups were not the same as Morris’. For each wrestler, I calculated what their age would have been as of today. Then, based on gender, I looked up the number of lives (out of 100,000) that were expected to still be alive and converted that to a percentage. His analysis looked at wrestlers who were on 20+ WWF PPVs through 2002. I went with a...

Mr Wrestlemania. That‘s a very bold claim for anybody to make, but if there’s one wrestler who can legitimately lay claim to this lofty title then it’s Shawn Michaels. Not only is he possibly the most consistently entertaining performer that the WWE has ever had, but he’s also the closest thing that the wrestling industry has had to a true rock star.

Never one to toe the line, Michaels has lived his bad boy persona in and out of the ring for the better part of three decades, a story that has been well documented in his 2006 autobiography Heartbreak and Triumph and the 2008 WWE DVD release of the same name. His in ring exploits have been similarly well documented in a number of retrospective collections over the last few years, but far from Shawn Michaels - Mr Wrestlemania being surplus to requirements, this is perhaps the...

We are fast approaching the 30th annual WrestleMania event and it is the time of year when many wrestling fans look back on the famous event and revisit the moments that, for whatever reason, were memorable to them. Through the years there have been plenty of memorable moments at WrestleMania and dozens of wrestlers have carved themselves into the tree-bark of history with their performance on the grandest stage in professional wrestling. One of those wrestlers, of course, is the man who called himself “The Heartbreak Kid” and was labelled by fans and critics alike as “Mr WrestleMania”. That man is Shawn Michaels, and this DVD/Blu-ray package is about his legacy on WWE’s main stage.

Shawn Michaels made his WrestleMania debut as part of The Rockers tag team with Marty Jannetty to take on The Twin Towers in 1989 at the fifth annual show, and his last wrestling appearance...

It's the last big stop on the road to "Wrestlemania XXX," but who will leave "WWE Elimination Chamber" victorious? With thee title fights on the card, it should go a long way in determining what fans will see during WWE's biggest annual event.

Most of the results shouldn't be too much of a surprise, given the rumored "Wrestlemania" matches that have been floating around the internet. Let's take a look at the most likely winners.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship 'Elimination Chamber' Match

If Randy Orton doesn't walk out of "Elimination Chamber" it'll be a surprise, albeit a pleasant one. For months, Orton has been destined to face "Royal Rumble" winner Batista at "Wrestlemania," though fans have been clear about who they'd like to see as champion at the show. If Orton doesn't win, which he absolutely will, then WWE will bend to the will of the fans and...

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“Be not afraid of greatness,” the Bard tells us. “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.” It’s a maxim as true in professional wrestling as it was on Shakespeare’s stage. Not everyone gets to be the main attraction, though.

Sung or unsung, the wrestlers on this list had just as much charisma and in-ring ability as their more well-known counterparts, and often put many main eventers to shame. Some were held back by the tastes of fans and promoters. Others caved to their own excesses. All played a critical role in making wrestling the modern spectacle it is today.

15. Marty Jannetty

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As the Midnight Rockers, Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels were a two-man wrestling machine. By the time they hit the WWF in 1988, the team,...

I’ve followed WWE off and on since around 1991, when I was but an 8 year old. The business now, nearly 22 years later, is totally different, and yet exactly the same as it always was. Whilst the look and feel of the product has evolved over time, WWE has always had the ability to enthral, captivate and frustrate in equal measure, and in that regard some things never change.

A good example of this is the way in which matches and storylines are booked. Every once in a while an event transpires that genuinely surprises – like Edge cashing in his Money In The Bank contract in 2006 against a broken John Cena, who had seemingly once again demonstrated his invulnerability – until Mr. Copeland cashed in with ruthlessness and opportunistic timing. Likewise, Eddie Guerrero snatching the WWE title at No Way Out 2004 took me by surprise. Marty Jannetty answering Shawn Michaels’ challenge to...

Welcome to this week’s roundup of news from the wrestling biz for those that like their wrestling independent. It’s been a quiet week on the whole but we’ve picked up on the biggest news from outside of WWE and Tna.

$5 Wrestling iPPV Results Are In

In what was described as a PPV worth every cent of the $5 entry price, Rcw World Champion Raider Rock defeated The American Idiot with a variation of the crippler cross-face, Little Donnie destroyed The Exterminator in a brutal no Dq match, Dr Blue lost a 2 out of 3 falls match against Charming Chaz, Dynamite successfully defended his Ecw championship against Jeff Hart and Jesse the Jackhammer, Wolfman and $5 Shiek went to a no contest after interference from fake Kamala and in the main event Freight Train defended his $5 championship against U-Gene. The event was said to contain hilarious commentary which was the only real highlight of the night,...

Impact wrestling is currently advertising the return of its most exciting tag team the Motorcity Machine Guns. But who are they actually going to wrestle when they return? Team 3D are long gone. Beer Money are feuding with each other. Morgan and Crimson have gone kaput. Ok, there’s the obvious choice of tag team champions Samoa Joe and Magnus but should they really be entered into a top feud right off the bat? This only goes to highlight the distinct lack of depth in tag team wrestling as a whole. Tna once had an amazing tag division that helped set it apart from the new champs every week approach of the WWE, but these days they too have seemingly given up the ghost.

It hasn’t always been like this though. Tag teams were once held with great esteem in the business we love, and the tag titles were...

We are less than a month away from WrestleMania 28, and as always there is huge hype surrounding the top few matches on the card. But spare a thought for the match that takes place first on the card, whose job is to get the show off to a good start and psyche up the crowd.

What follows is a collection of the best of those opening matches, and what’s interesting is how many participants went on from opening the show, to main eventing it a few years later.

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Hardcore Title Match: Billy Gunn vs. Al Snow vs. Hardcore Holly

This match marked the first time that the Hardcore Title was defended at a Wrestlemania event. Prior to this match, Gunn was part of the Intercontinental Title programme, while his partner Road Dogg was the one known for Hardcore. For some reason, they switched divisions and Gunn defended here.