Wrestling

Team USA’s Amit Elor won the gold medal in the wrestling freestyle 68kg event on Tuesday.

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain López Núñez announced his retirement on Tuesday after winning his fifth Olympic gold medal.

Elor cut down her opponents one by one, starting with top seed Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu of Turkey, whom she beat 10-2 on the mat.

John Cena announced that he will be retiring from professional wrestling in 2025.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be welcoming a late wrestling trailblazer — his grandmother — into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Mercedes Moné, a professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) talks to Kwani about her AEW experience and coming back to Boston. Tony Khan, AEW CEO and Head of Creative, joins them.

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Watch Mercedes Moné, one of the biggest names in wrestling right now, discusses her AEW debut her big coming out party in her hometown, Boston, and much more.

Girls’ wrestling has become the fastest-growing high school sport in the country, sanctioned by a surging number of states and bolstered by a movement of people who saw it as a necessity and a matter of equality.

WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown will return to NBCUniversal’s USA Network as part of a five-year deal with the networks.

Two Japanese wrestlers took part in a unique bout from inside a bullet train.

Japanese professional fighters battled along a carriage aisle in what the organizer says was the first wrestling match held inside a bullet train.

Four-time All-American Sammy Sasso was shot near the campus of Ohio State University earlier this month.

The Bray Wyatt character was last seen on WWE TV early this year.

WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon was served a federal grand jury subpoena last month.

The Iron Sheik, real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, “departed this world peacefully,” the WWE said in a statement on Wednesday.

UFC’s estimated value is at $12.1 billion while WWE’s value is listed at $9.3 billion. A new publicly traded company will house both brands moving forward.

WWE, which is controlled by Vince McMahon, has spent months seeking a buyer.

Caitlin Clark used John Cena’s famous “You Can’t See Me” celebration during the NCAA Tournament, and the star wrestler took notice.

New York City pro-wrestler John Rodriguez has fought the greats like Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper, but his latest opponent caught him off-guard fighting for his life outside the arena after a silent heart attack.