Opinion pieces
Leon Slater’s TNA X-Division Championship reign should have ended with a coronation, not a cloud of confusion. For almost 300 days, Slater carried one of TNA’s most important championships like the division had been rebuilt around him — because, honestly, it had. He was not just another young champion getting a test run. He was … Read more
Asuka has not officially announced her retirement, and WWE has not confirmed that last night at Backlash was the end. But after her emotional match with IYO SKY, the post-match hug, the wave to the crowd, the reaction from fans, and the way wrestlers like Big E, Bayley, Charlotte Flair and Natalya responded online, it … Read more
Darby Allin’s AEW World Championship reign should feel like one of the biggest creative victories in company history. This is Darby Allin, one of AEW’s true originals, finally standing on top of the mountain after years of throwing his body at every wall, ladder, guardrail, coffin and opponent in front of him. On paper, this … Read more
AEW does not need another set of tag team titles. What it does need is structure, urgency and a reason for its tag division to feel like one of the company’s biggest selling points again. That is why a potential AEW Tag Team Continental Classic makes so much sense. Not as a new championship concept. … Read more
Lio Rush has spent most of his wrestling career moving faster than the story around him. He was speed, flash, noise, talent in a blur. You noticed the burst, the athletic arrogance, the snap in every movement. But this version of Rush, the one AEW has leaned into in 2026, feels different. It feels slower … Read more
For a division that once felt like one of TNA’s defining strengths, the Knockouts scene now feels like it is running on reputation more than real momentum. That is the uncomfortable truth. The talent is not the issue. The issue is how unevenly that talent has been positioned, how often the booking has felt patched … Read more
There is a real conversation to be had right now about tournament fatigue in professional wrestling, and it is not some made-up complaint from fans looking for a new thing to be mad about. It is a legitimate issue, especially in WWE’s current ecosystem, where brackets, qualifying matches, contender eliminators and “win this so you … Read more
Thunder Rosa becoming officially dual-contracted with AEW and CMLL is big news on its own, but the bigger story is what it says about where AEW is right now. This is not just another crossover appearance and it is not one of those situations where a wrestler pops up elsewhere for a match or two … Read more
March is Women’s History Month, and the biggest lie wrestling ever told was that women’s wrestling “arrived” when a major promotion finally decided it was convenient. Women’s wrestling didn’t arrive. It endured. It innovated. It drew money. It got watered down. It got revived. It got re-invented — again and again — across countries, styles, … Read more
There was a time when a good wrestling brawl actually felt like something had gone wrong. Not “wrong” in the sense that the segment missed. Wrong in the sense that the hatred finally got too big for the format. The promo was over. The match could not wait. Security was useless. The ring was no … Read more
