Mr McMahon review – this wrestling tale has more political intrigue than the House of Commons
There are remarkable details aplenty in this glitzy docuseries about scandal-hit wrestling entrepreneur Vince McMahon – shame it’s hard to tell truth from fiction
September 2024
First look review
Unstoppable review – Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome lift routine sports drama
Impassioned performances help to buoy a fact-based wrestling drama that sticks too closely to formula
August 2024
Olympic wrestler Catalina Axente leaves mat on stretcher after scary fall
Indian wrestler Antim Panghal’s sister held by police after using accreditation
Paris Olympics 2024: day 12 – in pictures
India in despair as Olympic wrestler disqualified from final despite cutting hair off
Mijaín López makes greatness look easy with Greco-Roman gold
Amit Elor becomes youngest US wrestler to win Olympic gold
Mijaín López aims for unparalleled glory in race against the clock
‘No water or food. Just shells exploding’: Iryna Koliadenko’s Olympic journey
July 2024
Zhan Beleniuk: ‘I will fight Russians at the Olympics but will I shake hands? No’
Ukraine’s first black member of parliament tells Daniel Boffey why he returned to wrestling and about preparing for Paris amid war
June 2024
From the Observer archive
The unlikeliest sporting superfans, from 1976
Why did a City typist travel miles to follow her favourite wrestlers, what was it about Muhammad Ali that Peter O’Toole liked quite so very much?
April 2024
Weekend
What’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z’s lust for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on ‘President’ The Rock – podcast
Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid; Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness; why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City; and do our political opponents really hate us?
Can you smell what The Rock is cooking? Could it be the most surreal presidential bid yet?
Marina Hyde
He’s never wanted to be in politics, you know – but if the people keep asking, he might just have to become America’s Final Boss, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Opponent review – Iranian wrestling champ’s complex battle for asylum
Payman Maadi brings a fierce intelligence to his portrayal of a refugee seeking a secure new home for his family in Sweden
February 2024
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
January 2024
Netflix places $5bn bet on live streaming with WWE Raw deal
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
WeekendWhat’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z’s lust for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on ‘President’ The Rock – podcastMarina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid; Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness; why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City; and do our political opponents really hate us?
