Wrestling

4/16/2025 |  WWE’s WrestleMania continues to bulk up, providing a dayslong extravaganza for fans (Associated Press (AP)) As wrestling fans prepare to descend upon Las Vegas for WWE’s WrestleMania 41, demand has steadily grown so much over the years that it’s now bulked up into a dayslong event.
While WrestleMania matches will be held on April 19 and 20, a flurry of activities will take place in the days before and after, including meet and greets with wrestlers, a WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, matches for weekly television shows including “Smackdown,” “Raw,” and “NXT” and a Roast of WrestleMania hosted by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.

4/8/2025 |  USA Wrestling Sets Membership Record (SportsTravel) USA Wrestling has set a milestone as the organization surpassed 345,000 members for the first time in its 57–year history with nearly five months remaining in the 2024–2025 membership year.
The USA Wrestling membership year concludes August 31, 2025, with current projections indicating USA Wrestling will surpass the 365K membership total this year. The USA Wrestling membership total is comprised of athlete members and Wrestling Leader members, which include coaches, officials and other leadership positions.

4/4/2025 |  A church in England opens its doors to pro wrestling in a bid to attract converts (Associated Press (AP)) SHIPLEY, England (AP) — Sitting around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as local hero Billy O’Keeffe body-slammed a fighter named Disciple. Beneath stained-glass windows, they whooped and cheered as burly, tattooed wresters tumbled into the aisle during a six-man tag-team battle.

4/3/2025 |  UFC signs wide-ranging sponsorship deal with Meta, bringing Mark Zuckerberg closer to Dana White (CNBC Sports)

• Mixed martial arts league UFC has reached a multimillion-dollar, multiple-year sponsorship deal with technology company Meta, UFC told CNBC.
• The deal is wide ranging and will integrate UFC with Meta across its products and platforms.
• UFC CEO Dana White is on the board of Meta.

3/28/2025 |  Gronk-a-Mania set to run wild over WrestleMania weekend (Associated Press (AP)) Rob Gronkowski grew up emulating his sports heroes in school, never shy about unleashing a Stone Cold Stunner or dropping a People’s Elbow on his roughhousing friends.
Yes, he pulled his punches a bit just like the real stars — Gronkowski rattled off wrestling favorites ranging from Val Venis to the bad boys of Degeneration X — but there was nothing phony about his love of WWE.