Songwriter Papa Berg has some fightin' words for World Wrestling Entertainment (the WWE). At some point when video game manufacturers THQ were creating the 2009 game WWE: Legends of WrestleMania — which featured classic wrestlers like André the Giant, Hulk Hogan and, uh, the Rock as playable characters — they reached out to Berg, requesting permission to use a song he cowrote, "Badstreet USA... full story ![]()
Right-wing pundit Glenn Beck may have figuratively battled with the press before, but he might be about to literally step into the ring with the WWE, the flagship brand of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE:WWE). Recently, the wresting organization introduced an overtly racist character, Zeb Colter, who acts as a manager of wrestler Jack Swagger. Colter, who is...
ibtimes.com (2 months and 25 days ago)
Glenn Beck doesn’t like the WWE’s latest storyline, and WWE wants him to come explain why. The wrestling production company has cast wrestler Jack Swagger as a conservative, tea-party-ish villain with a xenophobic fictional manager, Zeb Coulter, in a Wrestlemania matchup against Latino star Alberto...
abcnews.com (2 months and 25 days ago)

For over 10 years, the Ring of Honor wrestling promotion revolutionized modern independent wrestling by stepping up to fill the void missing by the disappearance of the wrestling territories after Vince McMahon's WWE bought up all of...
examiner.com (4 days ago)
Glenn Beck doesn’t like the WWE’s latest storyline, and WWE wants him to come explain why. The wrestling production company has cast wrestler Jack Swagger as a conservative, tea-party-ish villain with a xenophobic fictional manager, Zeb Coulter, in a Wrestlemania matchup against Latino star Alberto...
yahoo.com (2 months and 25 days ago)
Glenn Beck doesn’t like the WWE’s latest storyline, and WWE wants him to come explain why. The wrestling production company has cast wrestler Jack Swagger as a conservative, tea-party-ish villain with a xenophobic fictional manager, Zeb Coulter, in a Wrestlemania matchup against Latino star Alberto...
abcnews.com (2 months and 25 days ago)
I’ve always been a fan of Before Triple H, long before he became wrestling royalty by marrying Stephanie McMahon and helping to run the business side of World Wrestling Entertainment. “The Game,” as he has been called in the ring, had long hair and an intro that included spraying water from his mouth at each of the four ring posts. A good part of professional wrestling is...
forbes.com (30 days ago)
William Moody, better known to pro wrestling fans as Paul Bearer, the pasty-faced, urn-carrying manager for performers The Undertaker and Kane, has died, the WWE said. He was 58.A spokesman for the wrestling company said Moody's family contacted the WWE to report the death on Tuesday. No cause was released.After stints in various independent wrestling promotions, Moody...
bostonherald.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

A judge says that the WWE does business in Texas, so it will have to face off there against the guy who "pioneered" giving wrestlers songs to walk into the ring to.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 day ago)
When it comes to pro wrestling, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has done it all – both inside and outside of the ring. The WWE Hall of Famer helped forge the Attitude Era and push pro wrestling into the mainstream.
forbes.com (2 months and 28 days ago)
2K and World Wrestling Entertainment today announced the resurrection of the popular wrestling video game franchise with an exclusive multi-year agreement.
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