A popular star and former champion in WWE received a major contract update for their professional wrestling career.

For the first time in AEW history, a women's Blood & Guts match is happening. The teams have been announced, but not everyone is happy with the lineups. Find out who's in and who's out, and why fans ...

This story is featured in the January/February 2025 issue of ESSENCE. On April 10, 2021, wrestling fans at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, witnessed history. Performers Bianca Belair and ...

Throughout the past decade, we've witnessed a plethora of women's wresting firsts -- the women's Royal Rumble, Hell in a Cell, brand-new championships to name a few. Women's wrestling has never been ...

Her friends and family in Plum know her as Madison Knisley. The wrestling world that watches World Wrestling Entertainment brand NXT live every Tuesday evening on the USA Network knows her as Thea ...

In October 2015, Daria Berenato signed a developmental contract with WWE as a 21-year-old finalist of WWE's reality wrestling competition "Tough Enough." Ten years later, Sonya Deville leaves a former ...