WWE

The biggest event in professional wrestling will be returning to the state of Florida this April. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports the WWE will hold their annual spring event, WrestleMania 37, inside Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium during a two-day event on April 10th and 11th. “Florida is excited to welcome back WrestleMania to Tampa in April at Raymond James Stadium,” Gov….

A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 50 former pro wrestlers who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries that led to long-term brain damage

Actress, model and pro wrestler Natalie Eva Marie costars alongside Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe in new film “Hard Kill” and explains how the WWE prepared her for this role in helping maintain an intense workout routine during the pandemic.

Deputies arrested a man this weekend who allegedly told them he drove from South Carolina to a home in Central Florida planning to kidnap a World Wrestling Entertainment star. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports that 24-year-old Phillip Thomas II had been stalking Sonya Deville for several years on social media and drove to her home north of Tampa this weekend, according…

The body former WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard, who disappeared Sunday in rough waters off Venice Beach, has been found near a lifeguard tower near the site where he was last seen swimming with his son. Gaspard, 39, disappeared while swimming when a wave crashed over him about 50 yards from the shore. His 10-year-old son was rescued from the water…

A 39-year-old man, identified by his family as former WWE star Shad Gaspard, is missing after going swimming in rough water in Marina del Rey on Sunday, authorities said.

WWE has started releasing professional wrestlers in budget cuts related to the coronavirus pandemic

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says people are “champing at the bit” for new sports and entertainment amid the coronavirus outbreak, at a news conference on April 14, 2020.

Earlier in April, World Wrestling Entertainment held their annual WrestleMania event inside an empty facility in Florida despite the state restricting what they considered non-essential business during the global coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the mayor of the county where the event took place revealed that Florida’s governor allowed the event to take place because the WWE was classified as...

NBC 6’s Sasha Jones breaks down what’s considered an essential business amid all the emergency orders.

One of the final sporting events still on Florida’s schedule in the coming weeks is no longer taking place as planned. On Monday, World Wrestling Entertainment announced that its annual WrestleMania event scheduled for April 5th inside Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium has been moved over concerns with the growing coronavirus pandemic. All events associated with WrestleMania 36 throughout the...

Dwayne Johnson’s daughter, Simone Johnson, is following in his footsteps.

The WWE community is mourning the loss of one special wrestler.

Wayde Douglas Bowles—between known as Rocky “Soul Man” Johnson—has passed away, the WWE announced on Wednesday afternoon. He was 75.

Nikki and Brie Bella reveal how Nikki ruined the “Game of Thrones” finale for their significant others, explain why they retired from WWE, describe what it’s like getting R-rated on “The Bellas Podcast” and “spoil” the future of “Total Bellas.”

Okay ladies, let’s get in formation! These boss babes from the runway to the wrestling ring get real about motherhood, running an empire, and the pressure that comes with it all. Join Nessa as she interviews these iconic women in the workforce singer/entertainer Christina Milian, America’s Next Top Model’s Tyra Banks, Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie and WWE’s Natalya...

WWE wrestler Roman Reigns says he will step away from the ring because he has leukemia. The 33-year-old Reigns, whose real name is Joe Anoa’i, made the announcement Monday night to open the episode of “Raw.” He was originally diagnosed in 2008 at age 22, though he quickly went into remission. He’s been fighting the disease since.

A former WWE wrestler known as Kane has won a “no-holds-barred, last-man-standing” round, this time in the political ring. Glenn Jacobs went by Kane in the WWE. Now the 6-foot-8, 300-pound Republican has the title of Knox County Mayor. Jacobs runs an insurance and real estate company and was leading Democrat Linda Haney by a large margin with most of...

The MMA star is set to step into the squared circle as a competitor.

Ronda Rousey has ditched UFC for WWE. Once the most dangerous women in MMA, Rousey officially made the anticipated jump to WWE on Sunday night with a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble in Philadelphia. The former UFC bantamweight champion also told ESPN that she’s fully committed to wrestling and not just planning cameos at WWE’s biggest events.

McMahon said the XFL would return in 2020, but offered few other details about the late winter/early spring football league. The XFL will launch with eight teams, 40-man active rosters and a 10-week regular-season schedule. McMahon said the schedule could begin in late January and no cities or TV partners were named.