Pro Wrestling

Gunther has now become the longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental champion, a record that Honky Tonk Man held for a long time.

It's WrestleMania weekend! There are many events around LA areas all weekend long starting on Thursday. Other than WWE/NXT events on Saturday and Sunday, there are also events from Impact, ROH, GCW, NJPW, DDT/TJPW and many other promotions.

Biggest features this years are recently US TV debuted El Hijo del Vikingo and returning Ibushi Kota, who both headline many events throughout the weekend.

Pretty stacked card for WM to be honest.

Tim White is the first ever referee to be posthumously inducted into WWE HOF under Warrior Award category.

Interestingly, White is inducted before Earl Hebner, probably thanks to him breaking WWE's trust after selling WWE merchandises out of his car trunk.

Recent video of BurningHammer at a wrestling Q&A:

[video=youtube_share;Yvd3aEsThbc]https://youtu.be/Yvd3aEsThbc[/video]

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14750359]Recent video of BurningHammer at a wrestling Q&A:

[video=youtube_share;Yvd3aEsThbc]https://youtu.be/Yvd3aEsThbc[/video][/QUOTE]

Hi, Chewy! :cheers:

Wrestlemania 39 cards:

[I]Night 1:[/I]

John Cena VS Austin Theory
Men's Tag Team Showcase Match
Seth Rollins VS Logan Paul
Becky, Lita & Trish VS Damage Ctrl
Rey Mysterio VS Dominik Mysterio
Rhea Ripley VS Charlotte Flair
KO & Sami vs Usos

[I]Night 2:[/I]

Brock Lesnar VS Omos
Women's Tag Team Showcase Match
Drew Mcintyre VS Sheamus VS Gunther
Bianca Belair VS Asuka
Edge VS Finn Balor
Cody Rhodes VS Roman Reigns

Well booked, they seem to be. Night 1 is a bit more loaded, while Night 2 has the big finale, likely the torch-passing match in Cody vs Roman.

[video=youtube;OGmO_kpA1j8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGmO_kpA1j8[/video] Logan Paul is better than 80 percent of the WWE Wrestlers

[URL]https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wwe-ufc-merger-endeavor-buys-1235275244/[/URL]

If the deal is done, Vince McMahon will be the executive chairman of both WWE and UFC while Nick Khan will be the president of wrestling business. Endeavor gives WWE enterprise value $9.3 billion dollars.

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14751738][URL]https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wwe-ufc-merger-endeavor-buys-1235275244/[/URL]

If the deal is done, Vince McMahon will be the executive chairman of both WWE and UFC while Nick Khan will be the president of wrestling business. Endeavor gives WWE enterprise value $9.3 billion dollars.[/QUOTE]
It officially is a done deal.

It looks like Triple H will remain as WWE's chief content executive. We will see if Vince will have any influence in content production in the future.

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14752225]It looks like Triple H will remain as WWE's chief content executive. We will see if Vince will have any influence in content production in the future.[/QUOTE]

Vince back fully in charge lol.

Brock vs Roman at Summerslam incoming.

Logan Paul has officially re-signed with WWE.

AEW All-In at Wembley now has over 45,000 registrants for pre-sale. It could draw over 60k at this rate, something not many pro wrestling promotions that are not WWE have done over 2 decades.

Goldberg is going to have his retirement world tour organized by himself instead of relying of big promotions like WWE or AEW.

WWE made a deal w/ Twitch so wrestlers can stream again.

[QUOTE=Lebron23;14745294]Cena Orton, and Batista[/QUOTE]

Definitely Cena and Batista for me. Also T, Mysterio, Guerrero and Carlito.

Used to watch ton of Stone Cold When I was a 5-6 years old. It just doesnt feel the same anymore for some reason.

I love the design of the New World Heavyweight Championship.

[QUOTE=Lebron23;14767658]I love the design of the New World Heavyweight Championship.[/QUOTE]

Do you have picture? Who is the New World Heavyweight Champion?

[QUOTE=Haaland;14767792]Do you have picture? Who is the New World Heavyweight Champion?[/QUOTE]

[IMG]https://staticc.sportskeeda.com/editor/2023/04/90c3e-16824367760137-1920.jpg[/IMG]

It will be brand-specific, pretty much splitting the top belt once again.

WWE is trying to keep Roman the champ until he breaks Bruno's record.

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14756584]AEW All-In at Wembley now has over 45,000 registrants for pre-sale. It could draw over 60k at this rate, something not many pro wrestling promotions that are not WWE have done over 2 decades.[/QUOTE]

About 60,000 seats have been sold. There were 6,000 left and now they are opening up more seats. It may reach 80k at this point.

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14770550]About 60,000 seats have been sold. There were 6,000 left and now they are opening up more seats. It may reach 80k at this point.[/QUOTE]

Tell us more!

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14772970]Tell us more![/QUOTE]

:roll: :roll:

[QUOTE]RUMOR: AEW and WBD have come to a new 5 year long ONE BILLION DOLLAR agreement.
The entire AEW package, including PPVs and weekly TV, would be exclusive to Warner Bros and subject to streaming on WBD platforms.
An announcement is expected at the WBD Upfronts next week.[/QUOTE]

Huge if true. It is still a tiny deal compare to Fox getting WWE Smackdown, 5 years for 1 billion. Same value but WBD gets the whole package while Fox only gets one show.

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14773452]Huge if true. It is still a tiny deal compare to Fox getting WWE Smackdown, 5 years for 1 billion. Same value but WBD gets the whole package while Fox only gets one show.[/QUOTE]

Tell us more!

RIP Superstar Billy Graham

One of the most influential pro wrestlers of all time. Without him, there would be no Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Scott Steiner, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ric Flair, etc.

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RIP Iron Sheik


Loved how he kept his feud with Hogan and carried it over to social media for all these years.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14795890]RIP Iron Sheik


Loved how he kept his feud with Hogan and carried it over to social media for all these years.[/QUOTE]


Iron Sheik makes Hogan Humble

[video=youtube;B8sPIeLZ6eE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8sPIeLZ6eE[/video]

Back from Forbidden Door 2. Now I know what 6+ stars match feels like.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C34Unu-HOAU[/video]

All In at Wembley Stadium is now set up for up to more than 85,000 seats. Almost 75,000 tickets have been sold. It is on pace to be one of the biggest non-WWE, non-North-Korea pro wrestling events ever.

[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0OJk4mXoAAetRU.jpg[/IMG]

[URL]https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/the-elite-renew-contracts-with-aew[/URL]

The Elite; Young Bucks, Kenny Omega and Adam "Hangman" Page, will stay with AEW for a long while.

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14817371][URL]https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/the-elite-renew-contracts-with-aew[/URL]

The Elite; Young Bucks, Kenny Omega and Adam "Hangman" Page, will stay with AEW for a long while.[/QUOTE]

No way!

AEW All In at Wembley has sold over 80k tickets.

WWE WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia next year has sold over 90k tickets for 2 days event.

The business has been doing great. :rockon:

RIP Terry Funk, one of GOATs. :(

[video=youtube;GHBhVJbY994]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBhVJbY994[/video]

[video=youtube;1Fq0Dtf6cJQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fq0Dtf6cJQ[/video]

[video=youtube;qpzZYIzkx50]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpzZYIzkx50[/video]

Terry Funk's career spanned over 5 decades since territory days in Texas and Florida. He also worked in AJPW, ECW, WWE and many other promotions. He influences AJPW's King's Road and hardcore/deathmatch wrestling in general. He also memetically retired then un-retired many times.

[video=youtube;V5NbbOoFP3A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NbbOoFP3A[/video]

[video=youtube;HitHAHRTmcU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HitHAHRTmcU[/video]

[video=youtube;sL_mm7_D1wM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_mm7_D1wM[/video]

[video=youtube;erdZ0NcYAzs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erdZ0NcYAzs[/video]

[video=youtube;TFI3gG_POCk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFI3gG_POCk[/video]

Rip

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