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LA Knight almost walked into WWE with a very different name, and he’s making it clear he was never going to be happy with it. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Knight revealed that WWE originally planned to bring him into NXT in 2021 as Eli Drake, the name he had already used before signing. That plan changed just days before his debut when Triple H wanted him to start fresh with a new identity. “When I first signed NXT in 2021, they were like, ‘We want to bring you in as Eli Drake.’ I’m like, ‘Great, perfect.’ And then…
Chelsea’s former record goalscorer Bobby Tambling has died at the age of 84.Tambling scored 202 goals from 370 games between 1959 and 1970, a record that was surpassed by Frank Lampard in May 2013.Tambling scored on his debut as a 17-year-old and helped Chelsea win the League Cup in 1965, scoring against Leicester in the final.He also scored as the Blues lost the 1967 FA Cup final to Tottenham and won three caps for England before joining Crystal Palace in 1970.A statement on the Chelsea website said: “Chelsea Football Club has very sadly lost one of our most legendary players…
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla’s latest actions on AEW Dynamite seem to have pushed STARDOM President Taro Okada over the edge. On the June 3 episode of Dynamite, Thekla cut a fiery promo about her history with STARDOM while hyping up the upcoming Forbidden Door event. Joined by her Triangle of Madness teammates Julia Hart and Skye Blue, Thekla reflected on her time in STARDOM and reminded fans why she earned the nickname “The Idol Killer.” Thekla also brought up her controversial exit from STARDOM in 2025 after attacking company president Taro Okada. She used that moment to highlight how…
Born in Rosario, Argentina, Bielsa hails from a family of educated minds, with his brother having worked in politics and his sister a renowned architect.Both of those professions require analytical thinking – a gift Bielsa also possessed from childhood. However, he was drawn to football, not necessarily playing it but absorbing the tactics.Every day he would send his mother to the local newsagent to buy football magazines and newspapers, spending hours reading up as much as he could about how teams played and how different managers worked.Bielsa was still a capable but limited footballer. A defender but lacking in pace,…
AEW/Lee South Will Ospreay will go on to AEW Forbidden Door and the finals of the 2026 Owen Hart Foundation tournament after defeating AEW National Champion Mark Davis in a chaotic main event of “AEW Dynamite.” Ospreay will face the winner of Brody King vs. Swerve Strickland, which will take place next week. Davis targeted Ospreay’s neck throughout the match, and after a few minutes of going back-and-forth, the match spilled to the outside. Davis sent Ospreay into the ring barricade, then Ospreay took out his opponent with a hurricanrana.…
iPhone App Android App Send News Tip Leave Comment FollowUs To Stay Connected With Our Updates AEW is already loading up next week’s Dynamite Summer Blockbuster. The June 10 episode will feature more Owen Hart Foundation Tournament action, with both the men’s and women’s brackets moving forward. On the men’s side, Swerve Strickland will face Brody King in a semifinal match. The winner will advance to Forbidden Door, where Will Ospreay is already waiting in the tournament finals. The women’s tournament will also continue, as Skye Blue takes on Sareee. The winner of that match will move on to face…
Wales’ preparations for Friday’s Women’s World Cup qualifier in Montenegro have been badly disrupted after the team flight was forced to divert to Italy due to bad weather.Rhian Wilkinson’s squad took off from Cardiff at 16:30 BST on Wednesday and had been due to arrive in Montenegro around three hours later.However, they were unable to land in Podgorica due to electrical storms around the Montenegrin capital and eventually diverted to the Italian port city of Brindisi.After more than three hours on the tarmac in southern Italy, during which Wales had hoped weather conditions would ease, the decision was taken to…
British duo Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid started their bid for a seventh consecutive men’s wheelchair doubles title at the French Open with a comfortable quarter-final victory.Hewett, 28, and Reid, 34, beat France’s Frederic Cattaneo and Brazil’s Daniel Rodrigues 6-0 6-2 to reach the semi-finals.The top seeds in Paris reached the final of all four Grand Slams in 2025, winning the Australian Open and French Open, but lost in the semi-finals of the first major of this year in Melbourne.Hewett and Reid have not lost a doubles match together at Roland Garros since a semi-final loss in 2019.Hewett made it…
WWE Hall of Famer Kane believes the company is sitting on a treasure trove of wrestling history. He recently shared an idea that could allow fans to experience it firsthand. During an appearance on Barstool Sports’ Mostly Sports with Mark Titus and Brandon Walker, the former WWE Champion discussed the vast collection of memorabilia stored in WWE’s archives. While reflecting on the company’s history, Kane suggested that much more could be done with the collection than simply preserving it behind closed doors. The conversation offered a glimpse into what a future WWE Hall of Fame experience could potentially look like…
AEW/Ricky Havlik Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s live coverage for “AEW Dynamite” on June 3, 2026, coming to you live from the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia! MJF will be putting his AEW World Championship on the line for the first time since becoming a three time titleholder as he defends against La Faccion Ingobernables’ Rush. While Mark Briscoe looked to secure a shot at the AEW World Championship during last Wednesday’s “Dynamite” and “AEW Collision” television special, MJF refused to grant him such and instead extended a shot to Rush…