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• Dark Side of the Ring Future Remains Uncertain After Season 6
Dark Side of the Ring wrapped up its sixth season earlier this year, and ever since, fans have been eager to know if a seventh season will eventually arrive. At the moment, the show’s future remains up in the air. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson was asked if another season of Vice...2025
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• Dark Side of the Ring Season 7 Future Still Uncertain Despite Filmed Interviews

Dark Side of the Ring finished its sixth season earlier this year and since then, fans have been wondering if Season 7 will air eventually. As it stands, the future ......2025
• WWE Performance Center Security Breach: Elayna Black’s Chilling Encounter With Obsessed Fan
The wrestling world's dark side reared its ugly head once again when WWE developmental talent Elayna Black found herself face-to-face with every performer's nightmare scenario. During what should have been a routine evening training session, Black experienced a terrifying close call that highligh... The post WWE Performance Center Security Breach: Elayna Black’s Chilling Encounter With Obsessed Fa...2025
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• Injured boxer involved in Japan death called a ‘killer’ in sick taunt
The dark side of boxing fan culture emerged again after Yamato Hata, involved in the fight that took the life of Shigetoshi Kotari, faced shocking online abuse. Hata, 28, suffered injuries from his fight on the August 2 Korakuen Hall card in Tokyo, the same night that claimed Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa. The tragedies have… ...2025
• Montez Ford Thinks That Fans Will Still Rock With Bianca Belair If She Turns Heel
Montez Ford comments on a possible heel turn for Bianca Belair. During her time in NXT, Bianca Belair excelled as both a babyface and a heel. Since coming to the main roster in 2020, Belair has never crossed to the “dark side”, remaining as one of the company’s top babyfaces. Speaking with O’Shea Jackson Jr … The post Montez Ford Thinks That Fans Will Still Rock With ...2025
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• The Dark Side Of Naomi & Jimmy Uso’s WWE Relationship: Secrets, Divorce Fears & Legal Run-Ins

Behind Jimmy Uso and Naomi’s smiles and hugs lies a darker side to the WWE couple's relationship....2025
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• Injured boxer involved in Japan death called a ‘killer’ in sick taunt
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• Cody Rhodes wins the WWE championship back from John Cena

They delivered one hell of a Street Fight in the main event, and Rhodes finally managed to put the GOAT away. It took a few months to get there but Cody Rhodes did indeed get his rematch with John Cena for the WWE championship in the main event of tonight’s (Sun., Aug. 3, 2025) SummerSlam premium live event at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. He won the King of the Ring tournament a...2025
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• The most interesting WWE star at SummerSlam isn’t even booked on the show

WWE Let’s see if the big rumor about Seth Rollins is actually true. Night one of WWE SummerSlam 2025 takes place tonight (Sat., Aug. 2) from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The main card begins at 6:00 pm ET, live on Peacock in the United States and on Netflix elsewhere. The most interesting WWE star at SummerSlam isn’t even booked on the show The main event of SummerSlam n...2025
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• SourSlam: An honest, pessimistic preview of WWE’s SummerSlam

WWE.com Ahead of WWE’s biggest party of the summer, Cageside Seats’ most outspoken writer offers an unfiltered, top-to-bottom preview. Were I Mojo Rawley, I’d be hyped for SummerSlam. Hell, I’d be hyped for just about anything. But alas, I am only a mere mortal, and with a little over a week to go, I’m simply not feeling this year’s blockbuster. While most of these storylines have been sim...2025
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• WWE brings Evolution 2 into focus with a special announcement

WWE Now that WWE’s trip to Saudi Arabia is over with, it’s time to book the card for the all women’s Evolution 2 event. Raw airs tonight (June 30) with a live show from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is the first episode of Raw during the two week build to Evolution 2, which takes place on July 13. Tonight’s show has an early start time of 6 pm ET on Netflix. WWE brings...2025
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• NXT recap & reactions: Blake Monroe, table for one

WWE Eight women enter, four women leave, Trick Williams takes a shocking loss, and Jacy Jayne crashes Blake Monroe’s party on this week’s NXT. Periodic Table Where's Fatal Influence's celebration? #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/2eM7VnJ0PU— WWE (@WWE) June 18, 2025 NXT built this week’s show around Blake Monroe’s contract signing. Actually that’s not entirely true. They also built it aroun...2025
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• One WWE star is officially set to return, and an even bigger one is rumored to be here too

WWE.com It’s going to be a big night of returns on WWE Raw. Raw airs tonight (June 16) with a live show from Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This is the second episode of Raw during the three week build towards Night of Champions, which takes place on June 28 in Saudi Arabia. One WWE star is officially set to return, and an even bigger one is rumored to be here too Former women’s cha...2025
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• Ric Flair faces backlash after controversial posts about consent and Jim Ross

Ric Flair is under fire for posting a controversial joke about sexual consent and criticizing announcer Jim Ross, who is recovering from cancer surgery. WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is facing criticism after making two controversial posts on X on Saturday. The first joked about sexual consent. The second targeted longtime wrestling announcer Jim Ross, who is currently recovering from cancer surgery...2025
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• TNA Under Siege card adds women’s grudge match and mystery partner

TNA is stewing up an 8-person tag bout with Mustafa Ali, Indi Hartwell, and a little mystery for Under Siege. TNA hosts the Under Siege special event on Friday, May 23 from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The card is now complete with two more matches added to the mix for a women’s grudge match and an 8-person bout with a mystery partner. Xia Brookside battles Rosemary in a clash of good versus evil on...2025
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• Billy Jack Haynes is deemed mentally unfit to stand trial in the murder of his wife

Haynes recently denied murdering his wife on an episode of Dark Side of the Ring. Former WWE star Billy Jack Haynes (real name William Albert Haynes) was arrested in February 2024 in Portland, Oregon. He was charged with murder in the second degree (intentional but not premeditated) and unlawful use of a weapon. The gun shot victim was his wife, 85-year-old Janette Becraft, who was suffering from ...2025
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• How Hulk Hogan’s legacy shows wrestling doesn’t always love us back

Photo by WWE/Getty Images Reckoning with the legend’s death is even harder for Black fans, because pro wrestling & WWE reminded us of its true colors when it re-embraced Hogan after his racism became public knowledge. July 7, 1996 was the first time Hulk Hogan let me down. I wish it was the last. I shed tears like a baby that night watching my wrestling superhero turn to the dark side. A...2025
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• Evan Husney Calls Mick Foley Episode Of Dark Side Of The Ring A Top 10 Of The Series And Previews Ludwig Borga Episode
Evan Husney talks about his favorite episode episodes from season six of VICE's Dark Side of the Ring. Ahead of the sixth season of the very popular Dark Side of the Ring series on VICE, producer Evan Husney chatted with Sean Ross Sapp about the new season and the series' success. When asked what his favorite episode of the new season is, Husney spotlighted the episode about Mick Foley and the 199...2025
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• Ludvig Borga Had 'Exit Only' Tattooed Above His Ass
Ludvig Borga (real name Tony Halme) is the subject of Tuesday's "Dark Side of the Ring." Borga had a brief run in WWE, spending less than a year in the company. He also wrestled in NJPW UWF, and other promotions around the world. Borga had a number of tattoos on his body that he needed to cover up in WWE, including a Schutzstaffel tattoo on his calf. On "Dark Side of The Ring," it's said that he...2025
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• WWE Royal Rumble Takes Over Indianapolis, Big E And More Talk About The Wrestling Club | Fight Size
Here is your fight size update for Thursday, January 30, 2025. Below are some of the top highlights from digital media from around the world the wrestling for the day in addition to top headlines from Fightful: - WWE has completely taken over the city of Indianapolis for this year's Royal Rumble with signs everywhere and even a nice display at the airport: I’ve never seen anything like this for W...2025
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• Dark Side of the Ring returns with more twisted tales from wrestling’s past

WWE.com Season six of Vice TV’s acclaimed docuseries features Mick Foley, Big Van Vader, Billy Graham, and more. Dark Side of the Ring, the acclaimed docuseries that covers pro wrestling’s most controversial moments and personalities, is back. On Thursday, the trailer for season six dropped on social media, promising fans that “the truth will hit harder than ever.” Beginning March 25, Dark...2025
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• Caitlin Clark stalking incident is latest reminder of why WNBA needs to further prioritize player safety

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Clark, the Indiana Fever standout guard, is the latest basketball star to be subject to harassment and stalking. On Sunday, a 55-year-old man was arrested on a felony stalking charge after allegedly sending repeated sexually violent messages to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. The man, a Texas resident named Michael Lewis, reportedly traveled to Indian...2025
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• Yoenis Cespedes' Rocketing NY Stardom Putting Big Pressure on 2016
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• Is Mike Pereira the Most Trusted Man on Sundays?
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"Americans expected to place record $1.39bn in bets for Super Bowl LIX"

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"The ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ series by Vice Media has captivated many viewers by delving into the darker facets of professional wrestling, revealing hidden and often obscure details about ."

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"Vice's Dark Side of the Ring documentary series has revealed many surprising moments to wrestling fans."

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"Dixon explains how his group's "The Dark Side" moniker came to be and more."

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"Ed Reed discusses Martellus Bennett's tweets that address dark side of football"

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"Tony Romo wants to explore surprising topic on Super Bowl broadcast"

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"Bouye helped Bortles get in touch with his 'dark side'"

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"49ers go all black, Rams all yellow for Color Rush on 'Thursday Night Football'"

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"Tyronn Lue Says Kobe Bryant Tried to Fight Him After Getting Blocked in Practice"

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"Vlad Guerrero Jr. Ready to Write His Own Pro Legacy—and Blow Away His Dad's"

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"Kobe Bryant's Latest Feat Touches NBA's Past, Present and Future"

• The most interesting WWE star at SummerSlam isn’t even booked on the show
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• Acquiring Bryan Reynolds would be unwise

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Let a different team bail out the Pirates “Did you ever hear the tragedy of GMDM the Wise?” “No.” “I thought not. It’s not a story the Royals would tell you. It’s a Kansas City legend. GMDM...was a general manager so powerful and so wise, he could use his power to influence the owners...to make...bad roster moves. He had such a knowledge of the team, he could ...2025
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• WWE brings Evolution 2 into focus with a special announcement
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• R-Truth is saving John Cena’s crappy retirement tour

WWE Cena’s long-awaited heel turn isn’t delivering the goods, but thankfully Ron Killings is here to save the day. SmackDown airs tonight (June 20) with a live show emanating from Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the second episode of SmackDown during the three week build towards Night of Champions, which takes place on June 28 in Saudi Arabia. R-Truth is saving John Cena...2025
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• 'It’s Horrible, It Really Is': Katie Boulter Exposes the Dark Side of Tennis

British tennis star Katie Boulter offered a raw and unsettling insight into the relentless online abuse professional players endure, revealing the shocking messages she received during this year’s Roland Garros tournament....2025
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• NXT recap & reactions: Blake Monroe, table for one
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• One WWE star is officially set to return, and an even bigger one is rumored to be here too
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• Charlotte Flair doesn’t win anymore in WWE

WWE WWE sends a clear message that The Queen doesn’t belong in the world title picture anymore. Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included Nikki Bella’s return to Raw, LA Knigh...2025
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• I think WWE’s big retirement angle for Goldberg is finally here

WWE It’s finally time for Goldberg to return to WWE for the final match of his career. Raw airs tonight (June 9) with a live show from PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. This is the first episode of Raw during the three week build towards Night of Champions, which takes place on June 28 in Saudi Arabia. I think WWE’s big retirement angle for Goldberg is finally here Jey Uso defends the world h...2025
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• Cody Rhodes wins the WWE championship back from John Cena
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• The most interesting WWE star at SummerSlam isn’t even booked on the show
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• Acquiring Bryan Reynolds would be unwise
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• Ric Flair faces backlash after controversial posts about consent and Jim Ross
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• Cody Rhodes says The Rock’s offer for his soul ‘still stands’

Cody Rhodes’ recent revelation on SmackDown suggests his storyline with The Rock may not be over. | WWE It appears WWE isn’t moving on from The Rock’s storyline with Cody Rhodes just yet. Cody Rhodes returned to SmackDown last Friday for the first time since losing the Undisputed WWE Championship to John Cena at WrestleMania 41. In his return promo, WWE’s former “quarterback” made a striki...2025
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• Raw drops again in Netflix global rankings despite India, ‘Mania build

Netflix April 7’s show did air live opposite the college basketball national championship game in the United States, but it also featured two Netflix-associated comedians in Tony Hinchcliffe & Bert Kreischer. What little data we get about the performance of WWE Raw on Netflix is here. It comes from the streamer itself via their Tudum website. Tudum ranks Netflix’s Top 10 shows by weekly nu...2025
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• Dark Side Of The Ring Creator Stands By Controversial Episode
Dark Side of the Ring’s executive producer Evan Husney stands by the controversial episode about WWE’s Plane Ride from Hell from 2002. The episode brought new light to the infamous plane ride, resulting in fans re-evaluating the actions on the infamous flight from the UK to the U.S. Some of the episode focused on Ric […] The post Dark Side Of The Ring Creator Stands By Controvers...2025
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• Is there a clear #2 men’s title in AEW?

Triller TV Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. August 24, 2024 WRKD Wrestling indicates that WWE is currently planning to book CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 41. We’ll see soon but I don’t think that’s a one on one match. WRKD also says The Rock vs. Cody Rhod...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head

@njpw1972 Some more newsworthy items from New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 The New Beginning in Osaka show, along with full results. New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 event, The New Beginning in Osaka, featured two titles changes that we already told you about, but they were far from the only newsworthy things that happened in EDION Arena today. Before the card’s championship matches, Gre...2025
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• WWE Royal Rumble Takes Over Indianapolis, Big E And More Talk About The Wrestling Club | Fight Size
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• Dark Side of the Ring Future Remains Uncertain After Season 6
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• The Dark Side Of Triple H & Stephanie McMahon’s WWE Romance: Breakups, Rumors & Controversy

Although Triple H and Stephanie McMahon’s relationship has seen many bright moments, it has also had its darker side....2025
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• The most interesting WWE star at SummerSlam isn’t even booked on the show
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• How Hulk Hogan’s legacy shows wrestling doesn’t always love us back
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• SourSlam: An honest, pessimistic preview of WWE’s SummerSlam
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• 7 AEW Heel Turns Coming Soon

All Elite Wrestling has given fans some of their most memorable moments when a very popular babyface makes a turn to the dark side. Whether it be The Blackpool Combat […]...2025
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• CM Punk once again saves a very bad John Cena title reign

WWE Punk goes to Saudi Arabia to work his magic on another disappointing Cena run at the top of the card in WWE. WWE Night of Champions 2025 takes place today (Sat., June 28) from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event begins at 11:00 am ET with the free Countdown show, which runs for two hours on YouTube, WWE.com, and various other social media outlets. That leads right on into ...2025
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• NXT recap & reactions: Blake Monroe, table for one
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• Muhammad Hassan On Possibly Creating Content: I Would Like To Find My Niche And Some Sort Of Side Hustle
Muhammad Hassan loved reconnecting with Maven. In September 2024, Maven uploaded a video with Muhammad Hassan to his YouTube channel, allowing the star to talk about some of the most controversial moments from his career in WWE. Following the video's release, Hassan's short run in WWE became a talking point in the world of wrestling once again. In May 2025, the character was covered on a new episo...2025
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• Ric Flair faces backlash after controversial posts about consent and Jim Ross
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• Tyronn Lue Says Kobe Bryant Tried to Fight Him After Getting Blocked in Practice
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• Peyton Manning HGH Allegations to Be Investigated by NFL: Details and Reaction
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• Arizona Cardinals Tweet Crying MJ Face While Losing to Panthers
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• The dark side of The Force awakened -- and it felled Von Miller
Miller was back at practice Thursday after missing Wednesday's work because of an illness that set in after he ate the wrong snack at a screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens...2016
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• Lakers' Kids Helping Kobe Find Joy in the Little Things Amid Season Gone Wrong
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• Peyton Manning Hired Private Investigators to Look into HGH Allegations
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• Vlad Guerrero Jr. Ready to Write His Own Pro Legacy—and Blow Away His Dad's
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• 25 Most Shocking Moments On Vice's Dark Side Of The Ring

Vice's Dark Side of the Ring documentary series has revealed many surprising moments to wrestling fans. But these are the most shocking of all....2023

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• Cool Buy Luke
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH.) Holds out hand towards mouse, while internet page is open to waivers, "Luke, you are my waiver wire fodder." Cougs walks in and sees I'm dressed as Darth Vader -- again -- and asks me if I'm gonna be playing fantasy all night or if we can watch some foreign film about a son who is secretly in love with his mother or so...2022
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• Predicting Fantasy Football's Biggest Busts at Every Position in 2015
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• MLS Fantasy Doctor: Remember to keep in mind the dark side of double game weeks
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• The Harsh Reality of NFL Injuries: What Happens to Carson Palmer, Cardinals?
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• WWE Performance Center Security Breach: Elayna Black’s Chilling Encounter With Obsessed Fan
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• The most interesting WWE star at SummerSlam isn’t even booked on the show
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• How Hulk Hogan’s legacy shows wrestling doesn’t always love us back
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• SourSlam: An honest, pessimistic preview of WWE’s SummerSlam
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• Acquiring Bryan Reynolds would be unwise
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• WWE brings Evolution 2 into focus with a special announcement
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• CM Punk once again saves a very bad John Cena title reign
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• R-Truth is saving John Cena’s crappy retirement tour
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• NXT recap & reactions: Blake Monroe, table for one
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• One WWE star is officially set to return, and an even bigger one is rumored to be here too
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• Injured boxer involved in Japan death called a ‘killer’ in sick taunt
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• Cody Rhodes Teases Potential Heel Turn Ahead Of Rematch Against John Cena At WWE SummerSlam 2025?
Could “The American Nightmare” be turning to the dark side? Cody Rhodes shared a nWo-style black-and-white photo of himself backstage showing off his special ring entrance mask/helmet via X on Saturday that has the pro wrestling community buzzing just hours before the first-ever two-night WWE SummerSlam premium live event. The caption to the post on […] The post Cody Rhodes Tease...2025
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• R-Truth is saving John Cena’s crappy retirement tour
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• 'It’s Horrible, It Really Is': Katie Boulter Exposes the Dark Side of Tennis
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• NXT recap & reactions: Blake Monroe, table for one
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• Can’t Knock The Hustle: Future Dark Side Of The Ring Topics
(Writer’s Note: This column is going to feature a lot of talk about sensitive topics like suicide, rape, incest, sexual assault, and pedophilia. Consider this a trigger warning.) Another season of Dark Side Of The Ring is officially in the books. Evan Husney and Jason Eisener’s documentary series looking at… well… the dark side […] The post Can’t Knock Th...2025
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• Ric Flair faces backlash after controversial posts about consent and Jim Ross
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• Dark Side Of The Ring: 4 Things We Learned From "Becoming Muhammad Hassan"

Muhammad Hassan was a shocking character created during WWE's Ruthless Aggression Era, but real life events caused him to disappear....2025
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• Roman Reigns turns 40: What’s next for WWE’s Tribal Chief?

WWE.com As Roman Reigns turns 40, history suggests that his most defining years are still ahead. Roman Reigns is on the cusp of a personal milestone. On Sunday, Reigns will celebrate his 40th birthday. And as he may soon discover, life really does begin at 40. Indeed, many people who reach this age have a clearer sense of who they are and what they want. That self-assurance can be empoweri...2025
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• Why Dark Side of the Ring Hasn’t Covered Vince McMahon’s Trafficking Lawsuit Yet

Dark Side of the Ring has covered some of wrestling’s biggest scandals and sad stories, often sharing new details even about things people already knew. However, the show hasn’t covered ......2025
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