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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
AEW star Shelton Benjamin has revealed how long he is signed to Tony Khan's promotion for. Benjamin joined AEW in October 2024 and is currently reigning as one half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions alongside Hurt Syndicate partner Bobby Lashley. While making an appearance on Huge Pop Radio, Shelton confirmed that he had signed a three-year deal with AEW.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
Gunther has openly admitted that he never saw himself wrestling for WWE and would have preferred to have signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling instead. An offer from NJPW never materialised, however, and The Ring General opted to give NXT a try instead.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
WWE Hall of Famer The Honky Tonk Man has put pen to paper on a new Legends deal with the company. A press release was issued on Facebook, noting that the 72-year-old has signed a multi-year deal.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
Stephanie Vaquer has detailed how her WWE signing came to be, noting the pivotal role Shawn Michaels played in helping her choose the company ahead of AEW. Speaking about the situation during an appearance on Rock and Pop FM, the current NXT Women's Champion said: "It caught me by surprise, as I was still in talks with WWE. We are going to tell the whole story. What happened is that I was involved in a very important match.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
There have been a lot of outlandish things said and done on WWE television over the decades, but former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon drew the line at one particular word that he personally hated. Discussing his 2008 programme with Shawn Michaels on a recent edition of the Something to Wrestle podcast, JBL recalled receiving a talking-to after cutting a promo in which he uttered the forbidden word.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
The ninth episode of the sixth and current season of Vice TV's Dark Side of the Ring will focus on the life and career of Shannon Spruill, who performed for WCW, TNA and other promotions as Daffney. One of the talking heads featured in the episode will be Crowbar, who was partnered with Daffney in WCW. The former WCW Cruiserweight Champion recently appeared on Busted Open Radio, where he spoke about Daffney and the upcoming Dark Side of the Ring episode. "She was an absolutely amazing person.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
After legendary boxer George Foreman passed away on March 21, an old story did the rounds claiming that two-time WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan missed out on a grill sponsorship that ultimately became the George Foreman Grill. The story, according to The Hulkster, is that he was out picking his young kids up from school and missed a call from his agent offering him a choice between a grill and a blender.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
On March 28 after WWE SmackDown from London's O2 Arena, Drew McIntyre tweeted that the segment between himself and Damian Priest used real glass, claiming he got some of it in his eye. Priest hit McIntyre with a chokeslam through a car windshield on the show, after Drew had defeated Randy Orton earlier in the night.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
When Scott Steiner went solo and developed his Big Poppa Pump persona in the late 1990s, he completely changed up his look. He swapped the singlets for trunks, dyed his facial hair and, curiously, began wearing a chainmail headpiece and sunglasses to the ring. During a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, the WWE Hall of Famer revealed that the chainmail was discovered at a strip bar while he was out scouting outfits for his female valets to wear.
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cultaholic.com | Lewis Howse
10 stars of the WWE New Generation era you don't rememberThere was a lot to love about WWE’s New Generation Era, which lasted from 1993 until 1997, namely the excellent matches routinely put on by the likes of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. There were also a lot of terrible gimmicks to suffer through, though, such as The Goon, Mantaur, and Thurman ‘Sparky’ Plugg. At least they were memorable, though, which can’t be said for these 10 talents. These are 10 WWE New Generation Stars You Don’t Remember.
