Live in the present
[ad_1] Logan Paul has claimed he’d “rather be in the middle of the ocean” than in Perth after being booed the WWE media day ahead of the Elimination Chamber at Optus Stadium. The YouTuber turned exhibition boxer and now wrestler is the reigning WWE United States champion and will fight Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Bobby … Read more
[ad_1] The biggest pro wrestling show in Australian history has arrived, with WWE to take a major step on the road to WrestleMania 40 via Elimination Chamber at Perth’s Optus Stadium. Live from 8pm AEDT! But while a main event of Aussie women’s world champion Rhea Ripley defending her crown, and two Chamber matches to … Read more
[ad_1] Grayson Waller is both an inspiration, and a warning. And he has to be both, because Australian wrestling is nothing if not complicated. An inspiration, because he did what few in the local scene have been able to do – get signed by one of the big boys in the United States, in his … Read more
[ad_1] While you can’t exactly call it a press conference, because they didn’t take a single question, WWE’s pre-Elimination Chamber event in Perth was a chaotic mess that showcased the intense Aussie fan reaction that many hope will spur the company to return sooner rather than later. Thousands of diehard fans packed out Southern Oval, … Read more
[ad_1] In the carnie-fuelled language of pro wrestling, it’s called getting ‘worked’. Traditionally wrestling’s attempt to fool the audience saw two possibilities – a work, when something is fake, and a shoot, when something is real. As fans smartened up to the realities of the quasi-sport in the 80s and 90s, worked shoots (fake things … Read more
[ad_1] Australia’s women’s world champion Rhea Ripley will be the centre of attention at Perth’s Elimination Chamber event on February 24 – and we finally know who she’ll be wrestling. On the February 6 (AEDT) edition of Monday Night Raw, Ripley was booked to defend her title against Nia Jax, providing an all-Aussie twist to … Read more
[ad_1] WWE fans are in uproar after a backflip saw the planned main event of WrestleMania change out of nowhere – leaving out the most popular wrestler in the company. On Saturday (AEDT)’s edition of Smackdown, Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes stood face-to-face with Universal Champion Roman Reigns; the man he was cheated out of … Read more