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AAPI Heritage Photo Journals – Shinsuke Nakamura

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Today, we honor Shinsuke Nakamura with his own photo journal!

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55 minutes ago

May 1, 2026

Rey Cash

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Today, we honor Shinsuke Nakamura with his own photo journal!

: Nakamura as IWGP Heavyweight Champion

: Shinsuke as IWGP Intercontinental Champion

: Nakamura’s NXT Takeover: Dallas debut

: Shinsuke wins the Royal Rumble

: Nakamura faces AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania

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Hulk Hogan – The Icon That Built The Legacy

Rob Bonnette breaks down Hulk Hogan’s iconic legacy as a Legend of WrestleMania!

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23 hours ago

April 30, 2026

Rob Bonnette

April 30 – Rob Bonnette breaks down Hulk Hogan’s iconic legacy as a Legend of WrestleMania!

As much as we’ve learned about the man who played the character and how that’s changed all of our opinions about both him and that character, one thing has remained true. And that is the fact that none of what exists in the world of pro wrestling in 2026 – the companies, the events, the podcasts, the websites, the forums, the conventions and the very human connections many of us have made with each other by participating in that world – would be here without Hulk Hogan. Without him, we are not having these kinds of conversations anywhere in 2026 about professional wrestling.

Hogan was everything that was needed to propel a wrestling company to national prominence. Are there other wrestlers who could have physically done what he did in the ring and as a wrestling character? Yes, but there was no one who at the time brought everything he did to the table. At 6’8, he didn’t just stand out among regular people; he was able to stand out amongst the large men who worked in the business of pro wrestling. He was a larger than life figure who knew how to work a live audience in the building and watching on TV, and who had enough cache in the outside world to be accepted into their circles as a genuine guest and not as the butt of jokes.

Hogan would main event seven of the first eight WrestleMania events, rightfully should have main evented an eighth one (WrestleMania 18), and was standing in the ring celebrating at the end of two more. When WrestleMania XI was struggling to sell tickets, his addition to the card would ultimately sell the place out. And when he returned in 2002, 60,000 people at the Toronto SkyDome tossed all kayfabe aside and cheered him even though he was working heel against the biggest star in the business at the time, the Rock. He co-hosted Saturday Night Live leading into the first WrestleMania, something unheard of for a pro wrestler in 1985. And that didn’t happen again until 2000. To this day, the first name that comes to mind when the subject of pro wrestling is brought up outside our bubble is often his.

Hogan would lead two different companies to the most lucrative days of their existence, but it’s what he did to establish the WWE as the preeminent force in the business that stands the test of time. The pay-per-view business was built on shows that he headlined, going from a once a year occurrence to quarterly events, to the now monthly model that exists now. And the bridge to Hollywood that so many wrestlers hope to cross now was forged through his role as Thunderlips in Rocky III. Sadly, both he and the man who played him would become tragic figures later in life as we learned more about him. But what he accomplished before we knew all of that about him is the very reason we are here doing this today.

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Celebrities – The Foundation of WrestleMania

Rob Bonnette breaks down ultra important legacy Celebrities as Legends of WrestleMania!

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4 days ago

April 27, 2026

Rob Bonnette

April 27 – Rob Bonnette breaks down ultra important legacy Celebrities as Legends of WrestleMania!

Celebrity involvement in WrestleMania has become a sore spot for many this year, with the inclusion of stars like Jelly Roll and Lil Yachty showing up this Spring, just a year after the disastrous Travis Scott debacle of WrestleMania 41. But as bad as that was, it ‘s not justification to dump all over the very idea of celebrity participation in the biggest show of the year. WrestleMania wouldn’t be WrestleMania without celebrities. After all, the first one literally had one wrestling in the main event – Mr. T. It also featured Liberace, the Rockettes, Muhammad Ali, and Cyndi Lauper in various roles throughout the show. The next year’s show had a battle royal where NFL players like Refrigerator Perry and Bill Fralic competed against Andre the Giant and Big John Studd. And in more recent years, there has been Bad Bunny and Logan Paul stepping into the squared circle and doing great jobs.

Vince McMahon had a vision of making the then-WWF as big an entertainment property as Disney. In fact, he even said quite often that his competition was Disney and not Jim Crockett or Eric Bischoff. A big part of that was getting his WWE Superstars in the same spaces as big time Hollywood actors, recording artists, etc. But early on, that meant getting them to show up at his events until such a time when they could extend the invitation in the other direction. By leveraging Hulk Hogan’s Rocky III connections with Mr. T into the latter showing up and getting in the ring, Vince would find his initial gateway into getting his company to become more than just another wrestling company. And it helped that many of them were already fans who jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the show.

41 years later, while this year’s batch is causing a lot of consternation, the reality is that some of the best moments and matches in the show’s history have involved them. Sami Zayn vs Johnny Knoxville at WrestleMania 38, Bad Bunny and Damien Priest vs Miz and John Morrison at WrestleMania 37, and other matches have served as launching pads to full fledged wrestling careers. Like Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle vs Stephanie McMahon and HHH at WrestleMania 34, and Logan Paul and The Miz vs Rey and Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania 38. And while that’s gone on, the door has started to swing both ways. Whether it’s Hogan and Mr T, to the Rock hosting SNL, all the way to Seth Rollins being a regular on Good Morning Football during the NFL season.

This year’s group is batting 50/50 it seems. Jelly Roll and Pat McAfee are causing a lot of groaning, but at the same time iShowSpeed and Lil Yachty seem to be fitting in just fine. And for all the handwringing about the first two, they have both done well in previous appearances, so don’t be surprised if they find a way to exceed our low expectations this time.

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