World Wrestling Entertainment great who has also carved out an acting career says he will stop in 2025 after farewell tour
April 2024
Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2024
‘We’re the main attraction’: when women’s pro wrestling came to Ballarat
February 2024
From the agencies
Pro wrestling in a Liverpool micro-brewery – in pictures
Wendy Ide's film of the week
The Iron Claw review – crowd-pleasing wrestling saga grapples with toxic masculinity
The Iron Claw review – bulked-up Zac Efron amazing sight in tragic wrestling drama
‘I don’t believe in a curse’: the wrestler who lost his five brothers
January 2024
WWE founder Vince McMahon resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations
Real men sob in spandex: wrestling movie The Iron Claw and the power of tears
December 2023
‘It felt like a Greek tragedy’: the shocking truth behind wrestling drama The Iron Claw
A new film tells the story of the Von Erich family, who gained fame in the 80s in a series of highs and devastating lows, with only one of six brothers surviving
October 2023
The perfect fit: how sport and fashion became a dream team
Gucci tennis bags at Wimbledon, Arsenal stars on Burberry’s front row … the link between the stadium and the catwalk is closer than ever
September 2023
‘We are artists’: Mexican wrestling’s exóticos are champions with new film
The flamboyantly camp wrestlers are in the spotlight with the release of Cassandro, starring Gael García Bernal as one of the sport’s trailblazers
August 2023
Adrian Street obituary
Wrestler whose flamboyant style contrasted with his Welsh coalmining roots and proved influential beyond the ring
July 2023
Satnam Singh: India’s first NBA player makes the leap into pro wrestling
The first ever Indian to be drafted into the NBA has reinvented himself in the world of pro wrestling under the AEW banner
April 2023
WWE and UFC will combine to form $21.4bn sports entertainment company
A new company will be formed that encompasses the UFC and WWE brands, with Endeavor Group Holdings Inc taking a 51% controlling interest
October 2022
Antonio Inoki, popular wrestler who faced Muhammad Ali, dies aged 79
The popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died aged 79
September 2022
From the Observer archive
‘The characters have stepped out of comic strips’: wrestling’s new megastars, 1992
There was Hulk Hogan, Animal and Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts, who wore a python as neckwear. By Chris Hall
July 2022
Vince McMahon retiring from WWE amid sexual misconduct inquiry
Body slams and super fans! An indie wrestling diary – in pictures
July 2021
From Motörhead to Bad Bunny: why music and wrestling make such a great tag team
Poppy – who is releasing her new EP via the wrestling behemoth – joins the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Limp Bizkit and Pitbull in the squared circle
