Fact Check
By Hamish Woodward
Fact Check
By Hamish Woodward
Fact Check
By Hamish Woodward
Fact Check
By Hamish Woodward
Mayu Iwatani’s departure from World Wonder Ring STARDOM in April 2025 was one of the biggest shakes in joshi puroresu in years. The wrestler widely regarded as the face, heart, and original icon of STARDOM announced her exit just a day after losing the IWGP Women’s Championship at All Star Grand Queendom 2025. This was … Read more
Katsuyori Shibata nearly died after suffering a haematoma in his brain from a headbutt, but was his brain really removed from his head? The Japanese star had a match with Kazuchika Okada at NJPW’s Sakura Genisis 2017 show has gone down as a historic bout for many reasons. Dave Meltzer awarded the match a 6-star … Read more
Vince McMahon often fired wrestlers for bizarre reasons, but did Paul London lose his job for simply smiling? For over a decade, fans have speculated the reason for the former WWE Tag Team Champion’s release from the company. His WWE exit was perceived to be shortly after the infamous Vince McMahon death storyline, where the … Read more
Hulk Hogan was a known stretcher of the truth, and his claim to have beaten up PRIDE fighters in the 1970s is another example of this. For every incredible feat of strength and legendary WrestleMania moment he had, it was accompanied by a vast overexaggeration. His famous slam of Andre the Giant was later embellished … Read more
Katsuyori Shibata is one of Japan’s greatest wrestlers of the last 25 years, but did an accident at the start of his career end in the death of another wrestler? Professional wrestling has always carried risk. Beneath the spectacle and theatrics lies a dangerous reality: men and women put their bodies on the line every … Read more
One of AEW’s biggest controversies over the past few years has been the discourse surrounding All In 2023. The event was their debut in the UK, bringing professional wrestling to the new Wembley Stadium for the first time in its history. Four years after the company was announced, Tony Khan took a roster that included … Read more
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