Saori Yoshida is about as dominant as anyone in the international wrestling scene, having won three Olympic gold medals and 13 world championships. Women’s wrestling joined the modern Olympics in 2004, making Yoshida the only gold medalist ever in the 53 kilogram class. The Japanese wrestler had never earned anything…
Every redemption, now, comes too late: not for Joan Marie Laurer, but for the company that once resisted her appeal, later squandered her talent, and ultimately shunted aside the woman herself. When Laurer, better known as Chyna, died last Wednesday at the age of 45, any hope for a happy ending—and we did hope, though…
Wednesday’s NXT TakeOver: Respect was the site of two firsts: for the first time, two women competed in an Iron Man match, and for the first time, two women closed the show at a WWE special event. It was not the first time, however, that women proved their abilities to a sport (and a company) that for too long refused…
This Sunday, the factions formed by WWE’s now-branded #DivaRevolution will face off in a three-team elimination match at SummerSlam, professional wrestling’s “biggest party of the summer.” The event is one of WWE’s Big Four pay-per-views, second only to WrestleMania in hype and bombast; the collision of this annual…
A revolution began Monday night in the world of women’s athletics. To be fair, the women involved are called divas, this particular realm of athletics goes by the winking nom de plume of sports entertainment, and the revolution was sanctioned—orchestrated, even—by those called, without a dash of irony, The Authority. …
Summer's in full swing, and there are sporting events all over the damn TV. The World Cup has presented us with lots of excuses to gaze upon Thighlights, but are soccer uniforms really the most awesome uniforms in the sporting world? If not, then what sport has the best uniform? Time for some investigative journalism.
Yesterday, seventh-grader Audrianna Beattie — a straight-A student who's fighting to be allowed on her middle school's boys wrestling team — testified before a Federal judge for 40 minutes. (As a former 12-year-old, I am dumbfounded as to how she stayed on one topic for 40 minutes.) Audrianna's rural Pennsylvanian…
Remember that Saved by the Bell episode when Kristy Barnes wanted to try out for the wrestling team and the caricature of a misogynistic coach was all, “But you’re a lady! This is a gym not a Jane! Bake us some brownies! Mwahahahahaha, I’m terrible!”? It was one of the show’s heavier moments, and not just because…
The agony, the ecstasy. Gird yer loins: Hollywood.com has the sexxxiest erotic pics from this year's Wrestlemania.
Ukraine's Hleb Kutex, left, and India's Rinku fight during "Mission Dosti", an Indian style wrestling competition at Katra, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Jammu, India, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The annual event has participants from India Pakistan, England and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is a documentary chronicling the alternately glamorous and brutal world behind the 1986 all-female, pro-wrestling show of the same name. The release date is still to be determined (filmmakers are raising money on Kickstarter now), but they're aiming for this year.…
Andrey Valiev, of Russia, throws Keith Gavin during a bout at 185 pounds in a freestyle wrestling event in New York's Times Square on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Valiev won. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
You might remember WCW star Diamond Dallas Page from such hits as the "Self High Five" and "suing Jay-Z for doing a thing with his hands in a certain way," but did you know that he also invented yoga???
Chris Brown just can't seem to stop pissing off gigantic people who want to punch him in the face. Earlier this week, the perpetually shit eating grin-wearing singer once again couldn't resist the siren's call of spazzing out at a detractor on Twitter, accusing him of having shrunken genitalia. That detractor was…
There's beer, ring girls, and a rowdy crowd — it's got all the hallmarks of your standard-issue cage match, with one slight difference: The fighters at this British nightclub haven't hit puberty yet. And they cry.
Ten years ago, female wrestlers Arezou Mansourian, Lauren Mancuso and Christine Wing-Si sued the University of California, Davis for, they said, violating Title IX in offering equal opportunity to female athletes. Today, they got their ruling, a mixed one in which both sides claimed victory.
Wrestling may be "fake" — choreographed, set up, rehearsed, meant as entertainment — but when you watch these Bolivian chotlitas jumping off of the ropes and flying through the air, it's obvious there's risk — and talent — involved. Mike Powell, who was in the audience as these women fought, says that the best…
You asked, he answers. Our favorite hardcore wrestling legend isn't just handy with a steel cage — he also enthusiastically wished you a happy International Women's Day and, while he was at it, gave some handy advice to answer your questions about work, life, love, and what to do when you can't throw a chair at…
A top-ranked Iowa wrestler defaulted rather than compete against the first girl to qualify for the state tournament.
