Author: M. Swift

Swift is a fan of old school wrestling, lucha libre, and puroresu. When he's not writing about wrestling he's usually writing about gaming and metal music. His favorite wrestlers includes Jun Kasai, Bobby Eaton, and Dr. Wagner Jr.

Bronson Reed is a massive force on WWE Monday Night Raw. Even though he is currently undefeated, he is confident that nobody can beat him any time in the near future. New WWE Monday Night Raw Superstar Bronson Reed Don’t See Anyone Who Can Defeat Him Any Time Soon Reed returned to WWE late last year as hired muscle for The Miz in his fight against Dexter Lumis and Johnny Gargano. While Reed took the route of not being allied with The Miz, he has been doing good on his own. In a recent interview with podcast, Overnight Crowd, Bronson…

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Do you know who doesn’t care for leg slaps in wrestling? No, not Jim Ross or Jim Cornette, we know they aren’t fans of the practice at all. WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has recently voiced his opinions on leg slapping and his solution to the practice. WWE Hall of Famer and NXT Commentator Booker T Has a Hot Take and Extreme Solution for Leg Slapping For those unfamiliar, leg slapping is something of a theatrical practice where the leg is slapped upon the execution of a kick or knee strike. The sound from the slap gives the strike…

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FITE TV executive Mark Weber believes that a strong buyer for WWE is Endeavor, the parent company of Zuffa. Weber said he’s been in touch with people inside WWE who aim to slim down the company before selling it—which matches up with rumors that the company is dialing back its use of foreign workers as the sale looms. FITE TV CEO Believes UFC Owner Endeavor Should Purchase WWE Endeavor holds UFC, the ELeague, Euroleague Basketball, and the Professional Bull Riders. It’s these sports holdings that Weber points to as the best case for Endeavor to pick up WWE. Of course,…

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In an interesting trip down memory lane, Gene Snitsky reminisced about the time he sucked on late WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young’s toes. Nothing more really needs to be said since that’s the meat of this story but Snitsky touched on it a bit. ‘Professional Foot Connoisseur’ Gene Snitsky Reminisced About Sucking Mae Young’s Toes Backstage at WrestleMania 22 Claims the Late WWE Hall of Famer ‘Wanted More’ The angle was shown before the Booker T versus The Boogeyman match at WrestleMania 22. It was an added element to Snitsky’s psychotic hired goon character that really didn’t add much…

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One of the stories at the moment is how little WWE has done with the Bobby Lashley-Bray Wyatt storyline heading into WrestleMania 39. Bray’s dealing with an unknown health issue which is keeping him out of the ring and arenas as a whole. Despite Bray being out, Bobby Lashley is still saying he’ll have a match at the WrestleMania regardless! Bobby Lashley Claims He’ll Be in Action at WrestleMania 39 Even If the Match is In Doubt Since Bray Wyatt hasn’t been on WWE television, there hasn’t been a reason to have Lashley on screen and he’s been kept off as…

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Perhaps in no surprise to anyone, former WWE Women’s Tag Team champion Naomi is no longer with WWE. If you remember, she walked out of the company with Mercedes Moné (Sasha Banks) on May 2022. Naomi is No Longer with WWE Following Months of Uncertainty About Her Return to the Company During that period, WWE spun things to present Moné and Naomi as unprofessional and not team players after the duo left as a result of irreconcilable creative differences. After the buzz died down around them walking out, there was nothing of note until Mercedes Moné announced her name change…

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Here’s something random about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that you might not know: the flowers he’s given as gifts at different events and functions? He throws them right in the garbage. Ol You Might Smell What The Rock Is Cooking but He Ain’t Trying to Smell Your Flowers as Gifts – Chucks Them Right in the Trash It’s not unusual for actors, athletes, and artists to get gifts when meeting the public and flowers are a common one to give. However, in speaking with Essentially Sports, The Rock mentioned that he throws them in the garbage but not before taking…

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Texas might become a hotbed for wrestling school-promotions as Dustin Rhodes has his eyes on Austin as a home for a promotion based around his Rhodes Wrestling Academy. Former tag partner and WWE Tag Team title holder Booker T who founded and operates the popular Houston-area promotion Reality of Wrestling which is fed by his own wrestling school. Retiring AEW Star Dustin Rhodes Announces Rhodes Wrestling Association for Later in 2023 For our puroresu fans and historians, the approach is like Ultimo Dragon’s Toryumon Mexico dojo which trained future wrestlers in Mexico before sending them to Japan for Toryumon Japan,…

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The competition watches each other’s product whether it’s to bite something, scout some talent, or just to know what not to do. AEW commentator/coach and WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry gave his take on heated frenemies Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn reconciling—and he loved it. WWE Hall of Famer and AEW Commentator-Coach Mark Henry Loved Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn Burying the Hatchet and Reuniting Owens and Zayn burying the hatchet was initiated by Cody Rhodes but was the latest chapter in The Bloodline storyline. In that lengthy story, we’ve seen Kevin Owens fall prey to both the Roman…

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While WWE’s battle with Major League Wrestling might go more favorably for them, a case that didn’t go that way is the Florida traffic incident from 2019. A Tampa jury found that WWE was responsible for the accident and was ordered the pay $331,800. WWE Loses Traffic Accident Trial and Most Pay Over $331K to Man Hit by Van While Riding a Bike The victim in this 2019 accident was Jackson Parsons who had been hit by WWE prop expert Gaitan Thomas. According to the recollection of that day, Thomas was driving a van rented by WWE on company time…

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