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The Iron Claw features real-life wrestlers like Mjf and Ryan Nemeth portraying iconic figures in the Von Erich family story. Pro wrestlers like Chavo Guerrero Jr. bring authenticity to the film as they play key roles in the wrestling world depicted. The movie pays homage to wrestling history by including real wrestlers in memorable scenes, adding depth to the storytelling.

There are several real-life wrestlers that appear in the critically acclaimed new A24 film The Iron Claw. Directed by Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw is the first true biographical drama about the famous Von Erich family of wrestlers, made up of a group of tightly-knit brothers and an overbearing and demanding father who used to be a professional himself. An outstanding Zac Efron leads a star-studded cast as the oldest living Von Erich brother named Kevin alongside Kerry (Jeremy Allen White), David (Harris Dickinson), and Mike (Stanley Simons).

While Efron...

Mjf's role as Lance Von Erich in The Iron Claw was reduced due to not adding substantial weight to the main storyline. While Lance Von Erich's part was smaller than anticipated, Mjf's performance in the film was still commendable. The Iron Claw delves into the tragic story of the Von Erich family, receiving high praise for its portrayal of wrestling legends.

Maxwell Jacob Friedman has a limited role in The Iron Claw as Lance Von Erich, raising questions about whether his part in the movie's final cut was reduced. Based on the true story of the Von Erich wrestling family, The Iron Claw received immense acclaim after its release and now ranks among the best biographical sports dramas of all time. The film stars Zac Efron as its lead, Kevin Ross Adkisson, and also features other renowned actors like Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany,...

Get your tissues ready: “The Iron Claw” will be available to stream on Max on May 10.

The A24 biographical sports drama debuted in theaters on Dec. 22 and received critical acclaim. Starring Zac Efron, Sean Durkin’s latest feature is based on the Von Erich wrestling dynasty, who suffered a series of tragic deaths in the family. Efron plays Kevin Von Erich, alongside Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich, Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich, Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich and Holt McCallany as patriarch Fritz Von Erich. Lily James plays Kevin’s wife Pam Adkisson and Maura Tierney plays matriarch Doris Von Erich.

Efron famously packed on pounds of muscle to portray the professional wrestler. “That necessity to be perfect — it became an obsession,” he told Variety for his December cover story. “It was a singular focus for months. And your life goes out the window during prep.

Screen Rant presents a behind-the-scenes clip from The Iron Claw tied to the movie's release on Blu-ray and DVD. The clip showcases the training stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson took on to portray real-life wrestlers, the Von Erich brothers. The stars were trained by real wrestler and stunt coordinator Chavo Guerrero Jr.

The Iron Claw is a drama based on the real-life story of the Von Erich brothers, who fought in pursuit of wrestling stardom in the early 1980s. The movie stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson as Kevin, Kerry, and David Von Erich, respectively. It was written and directed by Sean Durkin.

Screen Rant is happy to present a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Iron Claw focusing on the film’s wrestling trainer, Chavo Guerrero Jr. Part of The Iron Claw’s digital and home release, this featurette showcases Guerrero...

This review contains spoilers for "The Iron Claw."

The world of professional wrestling is filled with enough tragedy to constitute its own dedicated documentary series about it, but there has never been a story of familial annihilation quite like the Von Erichs. Often compared to the Kennedy family, the Von Erichs were/are a dynasty of wrestling superstars and the subject of unimaginable despair. Telling their story outside of a documentary setting seems an impossible task, but Sean Durkin has done the impossible with "The Iron Claw." While marketed as a biopic, "The Iron Claw" is more like a dramatic retelling of the Von Erich story — a legend retold blow by blow and presented as if it were modern folklore. And yet despite the creative liberties taken — including a glaring omission (more on that later) — "The Iron Claw" is the type of drama that makes a home in the darkest...

Dr. Evil once said, “There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum. It’s breathtaking. I suggest you try it.” Perhaps Jeremy Allen White could have used the Austin Powers villain as a co-star while filming A24‘s The Iron Claw, as it might have made him feel better about an extreme body hair-shaving session he participated in for the highly-anticipated sports drama. Speaking with Variety about the upcoming film, White recalled shaving every inch of his body alongside co-stars Zac Efron and Harris Dickinson. “Our bodies had to be completely shaved,” White said. “We were strangers at the time. Now I know them and love them, but at the time, it was like, ‘Hi, nice to meet you and yes, they’re shaving off all of our body hair.'”

Here’s the official synopsis for The Iron Claw:

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers,...

Actor Jeremy Allen White revealed that he once had a meeting with Marvel executives, but his ego got in the way and things didn't go as planned. White expressed skepticism about superhero films in the past, but now acknowledges that they have good filmmakers and actors involved. White has no regrets about not joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as he is more interested in working on smaller, dramatic projects like his upcoming film The Iron Claw.

Jeremy Allen White has found success with drama series The Bear, but it seems that he once had the chance to join one of the biggest franchises on the planet - and fluffed it. During a recent interview with GQ Magazine, actor White revealed that he once had a meeting with Marvel executives and things didn't exactly go as planned thanks to his ego running away with him.

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I hope you’ve brought your appetite because the stars of A24’s The Iron Claw are cooking up some fierce looks for Entertainment Weekly as part of an extensive cover shoot. The Sean Durkin-directed wrestling drama features Jeremy Allen White, Zac Efron, and Harris Dickinson as the Von Erich brothers, an unforgettable trio in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling. EW recently teamed up with the triumvirate for a stylish cover shoot that’s sure to have you craving biscuits and smelling the sweat of a hard day’s work.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Iron Claw:

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

For months now, we've been seeing paparazzi photos of Zac Efron looking extremely beefy with a silly haircut, and hearing reports about "The Bear" star Jeremy Allen White's "gross" diet in preparation for the new A24 film, "The Iron Claw." For outsiders looking in, "The Iron Claw" looks like a wrestling drama, and many are thrilled to see the pair of actors step into the squared circle of muscle ballet. However, the average Joe's opinion of wrestling is rooted in the heyday of Hulkamania, the Attitude Era of the late '90s, or through crossover stars who have since become actors. Here's the thing: It's really cool that Allen and Efron are going to be in a wrestling movie, but if you're anticipating something like the extremely fun "Fighting With My Family" starring Florence Pugh or the deeply moving biopic "Cassandro" starring Gael García Bernal ... you're in for a hell of a rude awakening.

Legendary game show host and animal rights activist Bob Barker has passed away.

TMZ reports that Barker died at his Los Angeles home on Saturday morning. According to a rep for the former host of The Price Is Right, Barker's passing was due to natural causes with no additional details shared. He was 99 years old.

“We lost a beloved member of the CBS family today with the passing of Bob Barker," a statement provided to Cbr adds. "During his 35 years as host of The Price Is Right, Bob made countless people’s dreams come true and everyone feel like a winner when they were called to ‘come on down.’ In addition to his legendary 50-year career in broadcasting, Bob will be remembered as a dedicated animal rights activist. Daytime television has lost one of its most iconic stars.”

Barker is very well known for spending decades on television as a popular game show host.

Cassandro, Amazon Prime Video's upcoming biopic, tells the inspiring story of Saul Amerndariz, a Mexican wrestler who faced controversy as one of the first openly gay wrestlers. Gael Garcia Bernal leads the cast in this touching biopic that explores Cassandro's journey from a young wrestler to an exótico who wrestled in drag. The film, directed by Roger Ross Williams, delves into the world of wrestling and addresses the themes of identity, acceptance, and the challenges faced by Cassandro.

The adventures of Saul Amerndariz come to life in the first trailer for Cassandro, Amazon Prime Video's upcoming biopic, Cassandro, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, that will dive deep into the world of wrestling and one of the men that changed it. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Amerndariz spent a lot of time in Chihuahua, his family's hometown in Mexico. There, he developed his love for wrestling. At the age of...

A24 finally sets a release date for the upcoming sport drama The Iron Claw, directed by Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), who also wrote the script for the film that's going to tell the tragic story of the Von Erich family.

After dominating last year's award season thanks to movies like Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale or Aftersun, A24 wants to keep taking people to theaters, offering the audience all kind of stories starring big names within the industry. That's why High School Musical alum Zac Efron and The Bear break out Jeremy Allen White get together in The Iron Claw, coming to theaters on December 22.

With the announcement of the release date for the film, which will have to face the difficult task of competing with some major blockbusters such as Aquaman and the Lost Kindgom and The Color Purple, A24 also released a new image...

A24's The Iron Claw tells the true story of the Von Erich family, and among those starring in the upcoming film is Jeremy Allen White. In the movie, White plays Kerry Von Erich, the late pro wrestling legend who was also known for his nickname, The Texas Tornado. Von Erich was considerably more muscular than White, so to portray the wrestler convincingly, White had to undergo a physical transformation. He previously said he'd had to put on 40 pounds for the role, and now he's sharing more details on the dieting he also put himself through to attain that pro wrestler physique.

"Eating all the time. Like, never stopping," White said of how what it took to beef up for The Iron Claw, per Esquire. "In the morning, I would have waffles, almond butter. In the middle of the day, I was eating turkey patties and avocado all the time.

Zac Efron and A24 have unveiled the first official photo from the actor’s new film “The Iron Claw”, in which he plays “the Golden Warrior himself,” wrestler Kevin Von Erich, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.

In the image, Efron is seen midair during a wrestling match with an opponent, played by Chavo Guerrero Jr.

“First Look at my latest project ‘Iron Claw!’ Can’t wait to show you more…let’s go,” Efron caption the photo on Instagram.

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Based on a true story, the film focuses on the “rise and fall of the Von Erich family, a dynasty of wrestlers who made a huge impact on the sport from the 1960s to the present day,...

Vice TV is expanding its pro wrestling docuseries offerings with a new show from the “Dark Side of the Ring” team and Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions.

The series is titled “Tales from the Territories” and will delve into the time in wrestling when the industry was divided into smaller, territory based organizations. The new series will debut Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. Et. Watch a new trailer for the show below.

“The wrestling business is filled with nuanced relationships and there’s a phenomenal history that we know fans are going to enjoy,” said Brian Gewirtz, senior vice president of creative development for Seven Bucks Productions and former head writer at WWE. “In many ways the wrestling world is a family, they have great moments, tough times and everything in-between. There’s a rich history of untold stories which we can’t wait to bring to life.

Arrow alum Stephen Amell will soon lace up his leather boots in the wrestling drama Heels, premiering this Sunday at 9/8c on Starz.

He stars as Jack Spade, a family man and wrestler with big dreams to expand the Duffy Wrestling League, which he inherited from his father, beyond its small-town roots. The show, which was created by Michael Waldron (Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), finds Amell performing many of his character’s impressive in-ring moves, including a coast-to-coast leap from the top rope you’ll see in the first episode.

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At the height of my wrestling and boy band obsession, I wrote a crossover fan fic in which *Nsync’s Justin Timberlake dated a WWE wrestler who was best friends with the Hardy Boyz and Lita. It was not good.

On the other hand, Starz’s upcoming drama Heels (premiering Sunday, Aug. 15 at 9/8c; I’ve seen the first seven episodes) — created by fellow wrestling fan Michael Waldron (Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) and executive-produced by Mike O’Malley (Survivor’s Remorse) — is very good.

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In the sixth episode of new NBC sitcom “Young Rock,” based on the real life of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, his father, Rocky Johnson (Joseph Lee Anderson), prepares for and then wrestles in a Battle Royal. The way the match was written, there were 18 performers who would take each other out one, or a few, at a time, leaving Rocky to become the Polynesian Pacific champion. It’s a stunt-heavy sequence that includes performers hitting each other with chairs. Meanwhile Lia (Ana Tuisila) thinks Rocky is going to cross her and leave for a rival wrestling company. So, unbeknownst to Rocky, she changes the outcome at the last minute so that the Iron Sheik (Brett Azar) wins. This results in an emotional realization within the ring for Rocky, as well as an impromptu compromise from both men as to how exactly he will lose.

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Welcome to this review of Impact Wrestling’s Victory Road 2019, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the return of the once great Pay Per View known as Victory Road. I hope Robert De Niro doesn’t like chocolate, because…there was going to be a “De Niro likes black chicks” joke here, but there’s nothing funny about loving black chicks. Black chicks are cool. They’re beautiful. Also, if you’re in the church youth choir, don’t stand too close to the priest. Impact co-hosted this show with wrestling league World Class Revolution. Okay, let’s rock on down the Victory Road.

Match #1: The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) beat Fuego del Sol and Retro Randy Price

My Opinion: 2.6 out of 5 – This was pretty fun, but this was all about The North being a great team. I’ve got nothing against Sol and Retro,...

Alison Brie has collected nominations from Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance as Ruth Wilder in “Glow.” The actress, who previously had starring roles in “Community” and “Mad Men,” is hoping for her first Emmy nomination soon for Season 2 of “Glow.”

Brie recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Kevin Jacobsen about the challenges of working on “Glow,” the core relationships Ruth has with Debbie (Betty Gilpin) and Sam (Marc Maron) and how she handles personal disappointment in her career. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete interview transcript below.

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Gold Derby: So Alison, I actually wanted to rewind before Season 2 to where you guys were nominated for 10 Emmy Awards for Season 1, including Best Comedy Series, and there were two wins for the show, for production design and stunt coordination. What was the response from the...

Betty Gilpin earned her first Emmy nomination last year for playing Debbie Egan, a.k.a. Liberty Belle, on the Netflix comedy “Glow.” With Season 2, Gilpin has the material to possibly earn another nomination as Debbie became a producer and came to blows with Ruth (Alison Brie).

Gilpin recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Kevin Jacobsen about how Debbie would react to getting award nominations, the increase in difficulty with the physical stunts in Season 2 and how she relates to Debbie’s journey of finding her self-worth. Watch the exclusive video chat above and read the complete interview transcript below.

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Gold Derby: Betty, you were nominated for your first Emmy last year and you’ve been nominated at the Critics’ Choice Awards, our very own Gold Derby Awards and as part of your ensemble cast at the SAG Awards. My first question is, how do...

Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we should get right to the action!

Match #1: Big Bad Steve lost to Jake Strong

My Take: As matches go, this was not what you would call “ambitious”. The whole idea was to introduce Jake Strong, who is the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger. Strong typically got the wrong end of the deal while working for Vince McMahon, with most of his momentum halted just as he was starting to gain some steam. Strong looks so different outside the WWE, despite having an identical look to his WWE days. It could be said that Strong’s training for Bellator has had an effect on his confidence (and that’s likely true) but I’d argue that it’s simply a thrill for any wrestler to go to work without having to run...

They have second season single-camera comedies that often lean more on heart than humor (including both tackling the emotional topic of abortion), coincidentally they happen to live in the same small pocket of Los Angeles, they share the same streaming home (Netflix) and they happen to be huge fans of each others’ work. When “Glow” creators and executive producers Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch and “Dear White People’s” creator and executive producer Justin Simien sat down at Variety, they had a lot of praise for each other and one key request — “No spoilers.”

Although Simien’s sophomore offering launched in May, he had yet to see Flahive and Mensch’s, as “Glow” isn’t due to return until the end of June. It is their first season, which dropped last June and scored some key SAG noms and a Golden Globe nom for leading lady Alison Brie, that is Emmy-eligible this year.

The 1990 blockbuster Home Alone has become a classic Christmas movie over the years, while Home Alone 2 is just classically bad. Because Christmas is around the corner, Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin is making his annual return to our (computer) screens. But this year, the 37-year-old is in the news for a slightly different reason: helping Santa Claus win a wrestling match using some of his tactics from the beloved holiday movie. The video reveals a big crowd clearly excited to see the real-life Kevin McCallister get into some mischief again.

Bar Wrestling held their Christmas Special earlier this week and Macaulay Culkin showed up wearing a Rowdy Roddy Piper shirt and bunny ears. During the fight, Culkin emptied a bucket full of balls into the ring which caused the wrestlers to trip in a moment that was captured on video by Pro Wrestling Sheet. The actor used this tactic...

[[tmz:video id="0_yjzpb2dz"]] Alison Brie finally came face-to-face with the badasses who inspired her hit pro-wrestling show, "Glow" ... and she was "So starstruck!" Also sweaty. It all went down at WWE No Mercy this past weekend ... when Alison and her co-stars hit up Staples Center to take in the #1 wrestling biz in person. Before the show, Brie and co. met up with the real-life Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling backstage ... and you can tell the actresses had Mad respect for the OGs.

Glow may stand for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, but for Britney Young, the Netflix series represents something different.

Born in Tokyo and raised in Alaska, the actress walked an untraditional path to Hollywood success (assuming there's such a thing as a traditional one). Though at the time she lived there there was only one English-speaking television program airing in Japan, Young says she was a natural-born performer, forcing her parents to put her in plays in Tokyo (her mom, a preschool teacher, put on many of her shows as a toddler), and gravitating toward her father's ‘80s movie collection for "research."

More: Alison Brie Talks Comedy Roles, 'Glow' and Mild Humiliations of Auditioning

"I kind of just became really interested with not just the acting side, but kind of the production side of movies," Young tells Et, adding that her interest paid off financially after graduating from the University of Southern California. "When I got out...

Glow might be a fictional telling of the origin of the '80s all-female wrestling promotion, but its approach to the business is pretty authentic. The Netflix series enlisted the help of wrestling legend Chavo Guerrero Jr. to coordinate those thrilling fight scenes, and even dropped in a few pro

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No doubt about it: The 1980s was a strange time to channel surf. Those neon-tinted, big-haired, irony-free days have provided Internet curio-seekers with fodder for infinite terabytes of grainy, colorful ephemera. And one of the cornerstones of weird Eighties television was "Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" (G.L.O.W. for short), an all-female pro-wrestling league whose exploits were filmed in Las Vegas and syndicated nationwide.

It's the type of retro-kitsch from the Reagan era could have vanished down the YouTube black hole – until Netflix resurrected it, sort of. The cult...

The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are ready to hit the mat!

Based on the real-life all-female professional wrestling show of the 1980s, Netflix’s latest original series, Glow, takes a dramatized look at a group of women who sign up to step into the ring in search of fortune and fame.

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Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin are at the center of the show, starring as floundering, wannabe Hollywood starlets who turn to wrestling to flex their muscles,...

Wrestling legend Chavo Guerrero Jr. talks about training the stars for the new Netflix series Glow

Part of the legendary Mexican wrestling family, Chavo Guerrero Jr. is wrestling royalty. For the new Netflix series Glow, he was brought on board to teach the rules of the squared circle to the cast, led by Mad Men and Community star Alison Brie.

Glow tells the fictional story of Ruth Wilder (Brie), an out-of-work, struggling actress in 1980s Los Angeles who finds one last chance for stardom when she’s thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women’s wrestling.

Uproxx is reporting that Lucha Underground will be making its return to the El Rey Network on May 31st for its Season 3 mid season premiere. Lucha Underground, for those that haven't seen it, is a unique blend of wrestling and B-movie intrigue. It centers on corrupt owner Dario Cueto who runs the Lucha Underground wrestling organization and his dealings with wrestlers and various unseemly characters like politicians, police, and Aztec deities. Here is a summary of Season 3 from the Lucha Underground website.

Dario Cueto has been released from prison, the mysterious Lucha Underground Temple is back in business. El Jefe is more confident than ever in his brother, the undefeated Lucha Underground Champion Matanza and his quest for violent domination. Now while one hero must take a dark path, others will have to take even greater sacrifices if they hope to save themselves and the world.

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The colorful world of WWE sports entertainment has lost one of its most iconic wrestlers over the weekend. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, who was best known for his leaps from the top rope in the 1980s, passed away on Sunday night at the age of 73. Attorney Robert Kirwan II announced that the wrestler was taken to his son-in-law's home in Pompano Beach, Florida, confirming that he passed, "due to complications from his ongoing medical problems." But he wouldn't elaborate any further on those medical problems. Here's what the WWE had to say in a statement.

"WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka has passed away. Snuka is regarded by many as the pioneer of high-flying offense because of his Superfly Splash from the top turnbuckle. His dive off the top of the steel cage onto Don Muraco at Madison Square Garden as hundreds...

Before Hugh Jackman's Wolverine takes one last "hurrah" on the big screen next year, check out his collection of Funko Pop! figures, Dorbz, and keychains. Also: cover art and details on the new graphic novel edition of Officer Downe, a look at Jeaux Janovsky's Inktober cartoons, details on the Stern Pinball digital arcade, info on El Rey's "Way of the Turkey" marathon, and two clips from Maker Studios' revamped Polaris YouTube Channel.

Images and Release Details for Funko's Logan Collectibles: From Collector Corps via Funko: “He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice!

The adamantium-filled, self-healing superhero Wolverine is getting an all-new Funko treatment!

Collect Wolverine and his retractable claws as Pop!s, Dorbz, and a Pocket Pop! Keychain!

Be sure to look for exclusive figures! Collect the Logan tank top.

Pop! and Dorbz only at Hot Topic, and Weapon X Wolverine Pop!

1.Sad news this week in the world of pro wrestling when it was announced that legendary performer Mr. Fuji, Harry Fujiwara, passed away at the age of 83. Mr. Fuji had a long stay in the business, first as an in ring performer, collecting many tag team championships around the world, than as a manager of such acts as Demolition and The Powers of Pain. He also had a reputation as a ribber, someone in the business who pulls pranks to lighten the mood. Hearing a couple of the ribs he pulled off as they were discussed on the Eric Bischoff podcast when he interviewed Hulk Hogan, I have to say I am glad I never made that guy angry. Hide your cats! (Listen to the podcast to find out why.) Mr. Fuji was a legend and will be missed.

2.Ring of Honor has announced a new Six Man Tag Championship...

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Earlier today, the WWE Network sent a WrestleMania week email to subscribers advertising the streaming service’s full schedule and, in the process, confirmed this year’s entrant into the Hall of Fame’s celebrity wing – rapper/actor Snoop Dogg, who has been a longtime fan of the company and has been a part of WWE television broadcasts in the past.

Snoop made a memorable appearance at WrestleMania Xxiv, where he served as the Master of Ceremonies for the evening’s Playboy Bunnymania Lumberjack match between the teams of Maria and Ashley Massaro and Beth Phoenix and Melina. After the match, Snoop clotheslined Maria’s jealous ex-boyfriend, Santino Marella, and kissed the Playboy covergirl. He returned to WWE as Raw guest host on October 19, 2009, where a scuffle with Chavo Guerrero saw Snoop take the former Cruiserweight Champion down with a clothesline and a tackle.

While there is no...

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When pro wrestling fans discuss their favourite factions from years gone by, The Brood isn’t always one that comes up in conversation. More often than not, groups such as the New World Order, Four Horsemen and D-Generation X are talked about, but the aura the vampire stable had during the ‘Attitude’ Era shouldn’t be discounted.

Both Edge and Christian as well as The Hardy Boyz are former members, and both reaped the benefits of early associations with Gangrel. David Heath – the man behind the creepy, blood-spitting gimmick – has said during shoot interviews that the character is one he had pitched for years to the WWF/WWE, long before he actually ended up playing it.

In this week’s article, Gangrel opens up to provide an eye-opening fact about The Brood which not many people will be aware of. Instead of Christian, just who was originally ear-marked...

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When you look across the landscape of professional wrestling in 2016, in terms of talent, everything seems bright.

In WWE there’s a plethora of stars in their prime, with the likes of Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt and Finn Balor all ready to take centre stage from the John Cenas and The Undertakers. In Lucha Underground, an eclectic mix of talent ranging from Prince Puma and Johnny Mundo to Mil Muertes and Chavo Guerrero are all putting on a riveting show, and the same can be said for a great many promotions whether they’re in the Us, Japan or even in the UK.

But what about the stars of tomorrow? While there’s a group of wrestlers primed and ready to become today’s show-stealers and headliners, what about the up-and-coming stars who in five or ten years time might be in the same position as...

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It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years already, but as of this week a decade has passed since the wrestling world tragically lost one of the greats. Eddie Guerrero was a performer admired by fans and peers alike; someone who visibly gave his all each time he stepped in the ring and worked hard to entertain.

One of the most gifted workers to ever set foot in a ring, the former WWE champion and member of the vaunted Guerrero wrestling family was truly one of a kind. His death hit those within the industry and on the outside looking in quite hard, and his friends and family have continued to keep his memory alive in their words and actions. Still to this day no one can perform a frog splash in any arena in the world without the crowd breaking into chants of his name.

NBC’s Blindspot Sent On Tour TV Show Review. Blindspot: Season 1, Episode 7: Sent On Tour plops the agent team right into secessionist territory, and onto the F.B.I.’s 2nd most wanted, Sal Guerrero’s (Lou Diamond Phillips), doorstep. A cat and mouse chase breaths most of the aired action for the episode, and Jane (Jaimie Alexander) […]...

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Kevin Nash has apologised for an image of a naked woman that was posted on his Twitter account on Saturday.

The image in question features a brunette woman posing naked on a bed with her ‘private area’ fully exposed. While the photo was deleted from his account not to soon after it was posted, it remains visible on WWE.com’s profile page on Nash where his most recent tweets are displayed at the time of writing.

The image could land Nash in hot water with the WWE as he is currently four years into a five-year Legend’s contract. There’s every chance that he will receive nothing more than a slap on the wrists and told to make sure nothing like this happens again, although due to the nature of the image it also wouldn’t be a surprise to see his case dealt with more severely.

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‘Eddie Guerrero is my favourite wrestler’.

That was the slogan printed on the t-shirt that Chavo Guerrero (reluctantly) donned during his 1998 feud with his uncle. It was a shirt that many, including myself, would have very happily purchased and worn. Eddie Guerrero was and is my favourite wrestler, since the first time I saw him perform.

There was nobody quite like Eddie, who had seemingly mastered every facet of the business. A true wrestler’s wrestler, he was as smooth as silk in the ring and unbelievably entertaining on the microphone and in backstage segments. You knew that if Eddie Guerrero was on TV, you were at least going to be entertained.

As good as Eddie’s work generally was, his career was far from perfect and his WWE days in particular were host to some questionable moments. Eddie, like most wrestlers, was a complex character: an apparent Jekyll and Hyde figure,...

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Nick Nemeth has been under contract to the WWE since 2004, which is a lot longer than fans might think. But then, even before bleaching his hair blonde, he served as a caddy for Chavo Guerrero in late 2005 before becoming a member of The Spirit Squad shortly thereafter, then known as Nicky.

It was’t until September 2008 that Nemeth resurfaced on WWE TV as Dolph Ziggler, branching out into singles competition and mixing it up with the established likes of Batista and Jeff Hardy. He quickly proved his worth as a star on the rise with his natural in-ring abilities, but for one reason or another, he has yet to reach his full potential in WWE.

It’s been nearly seven years since Ziggler was reintroduced into storylines, and although he’s found much success on his own, he has all the tools to be a top-tier player in WWE.

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Lucha Underground will have a two hour special to end their exciting first season on August 5. Here’s what they sent us in a press release.

El Rey Network’s debut season of “Lucha Underground” will culminate with their biggest event yet, Ultima Lucha, a two-hour extravaganza airing Wednesday, August 5th. Each match will be pivotal and the stakes have never been higher with every championship title on the line as the biggest names in the wrestling world collide at the “Lucha Underground” temple in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. In last night’s episode, Dario Cueto announced that this never-before-seen event would be an annual celebration featuring the biggest bouts and the most amazing matches full of twists, turns, and incredible action.

Lucha Underground debuted on October 29, 2014 and has had only one hour episodes every Wednesday on the El Rey Network. Doing a two hour finale on August...

The great, strangely stirring new Mountain Goats record Beat the Champ is ostensibly a concept album about wrestling, but it’s also an album about fandom writ large — how the seemingly trivial art forms we follow can help us learn to love, escape, and survive. The punchy single “The Legend of Chavo Guerrero” seems at first to be a ballad about the life and career of the El Paso–born wrestler, until front man/songwriter John Darnielle zooms out in the last verse: “He was my hero back when I was a kid / You let me down but Chavo never once did.” The forlorn final track “Hair Match” spells it out even more bluntly: “I loved you before I ever even knew what love was like.” John Darnielle is a man of many enthusiasms (novel-writing being his most recent one; his unflinching debut Wolf in White Van was long-listed for...

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When Tna revealed that it had lost its TV deal with Us network Spike TV, many fans feared the worst. The company had already said goodbye to many of its biggest stars, including A.J Styles, Sting and Hulk Hogan and the departures of Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Chavo Guerrero and Chris Sabin, amongst others, did nothing to ease the troubled minds of the Tna fanbase.

Booking-wise, the company’s creative direction had veered wildly out of control as wrestlers were frivolously pushed and then discarded once they failed to single-handedly save Tna from extinction.

To make matters worse, the company shamelessly aped WWE storylines in lieu of original content and, in the process, unwittingly began selling itself as a small time, second-rate promotion.

Then, with Tna’s fortunes locked into a deadly tailspin, a new deal was suddenly struck with TV network Destination America and a faster,...

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Rey Mysterio is no longer a WWE contracted wrestler. WWE confirmed on Thursday February 26th that Rey had left the company and was now a free agent.

Mysterio made his WWE debut on the July 25th 2002 Smackdown, beating Chavo Guerrero in a good match. Originally used as little more than a cruiserweight and tag team wrestler, Mysterio’s consistently good performances and increasing popularity helped him transition into a main event role.

The master of the 619 accomplished more in WWE than anyone would have predicted. He won the Royal Rumble, captured the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania and competed in just about every gimmick match available. A wrestler’s as well as fans’ favourite, he was well-liked and respected backstage.

However, for all of Rey’s accomplishments, his career was often slowed down due to serious injuries and conflicts with WWE management. Sometimes, WWE did things to Rey...

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The 2004 Royal Rumble match is the one that WWE really doesn’t want its fans to remember. That’s because it was the night where Chris Benoit had what was arguably the greatest performance in the history of the Rumble match. Maybe Ric Flair’s run in 1992 was better, but at the time Benoit’s was right there with him.

Three years after this big victory at the 2004 Rumble, Benoit killed his wife Nancy and son Daniel before he killed himself. It was the saddest thing that’s ever happened in WWE, so the company has done what they can to just ignore it. Benoit’s written out of their history although his matches still remain in full on WWE Network if fans want to check them out.

It’s tough to write about Benoit in a positive light. At the time, it was great to see him...

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Chavo Guererro is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and one of the finest pro wrestlers of his generation. He had a notable run in the 90’s into the 2000’s, finding fame in WCW before transitioning into success with the WWE. Fans will never forget his tag matches with Eddie Guerrero, or some of the stunning efforts he had against Rey Mysterio.

Chavo really was the complete worker. Whether it was mat wrestling or top rope flying, he did everything with speed and smoothness that translated beautifully on screen.

Following his exit from the WWE in 2011, Chavo enjoyed a brief run in Tna, and can currently be seen on the exciting Lucha Underground show. However, it is Guerrero’s new project in the comic book world that has got wrestling fans talking, and he reached out to WhatCulture to reveal all about his comic future. The book will...

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The 2002 edition of WWE Survivor Series is one of the most memorable Survivor Series events because it took place in the world’s most famous arena Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 17, 2002.

It’s a famous show because it was headlined by the first ever Elimination Chamber match in WWE history. Going into it we had no idea what the Elimination Chamber was going to look like. They had all these hype videos and descriptions of it, but until we saw it we really didn’t know. The main event featured six men battling for Triple H’s World Title with the main focus on the returning Shawn Michaels, who was wrestling in only his second match of the last four years.

There were a lot of great things happening on the Smackdown brand at this time. It was when Paul Heyman was booking the...

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When WWE announced the merging of the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship last winter, they held a “Championship Ascension Ceremony” on Raw, with every world champion on the roster and several Hall of Famers in attendance. The ring was overflowing with such luminaries as Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, The Miz, Jack Swagger and Great Khali present.

It was intended to be a poignant moment, illustrating the significance of the pending title unification, but it also served to show just how many current WWE wrestlers could call themselves world champions. The current roster boasts 15 wrestlers who have held either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship, and that doesn’t include part-timers like Booker T., The Rock, Triple H or Undertaker.

But there is a solid group of WWE superstars who have held numerous titles during their tenure with the company, without every winning a world championship.