André the Giant wanted to be cremated—but after his tragic death, examiners realized that his cremation posed the most shocking problem imaginable.
Bret Hart was the WWF's biggest star, but when he left to go to WCW, Vince McMahon planned the Montreal Incident, the night that changed wrestling forever.
Kurt Angle may have won Olympic gold with a broken neck—but this early triumph in his career set the scene for some of his greatest struggles.
Brock Lesnar is one of the biggest WWE superstars of all time—but few know about his alleged role in wrestling’s worst scandal.
World Wrestling Entertainment occupies a strange but immovable place in popular culture. It’s competitive, it’s theatrical, it can be completely ridiculous and it can be unexpectedly thrilling. And it’s still a ratings juggernaut. Although the...
World Wrestling Entertainment occupies a strange but immovable place in popular culture. It’s competitive, it’s theatrical, it can be completely ridiculous and it can be unexpectedly thrilling. And it’s still a ratings juggernaut. Although the...
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