Closed-Circuit Wrestling and Early Pay-Per-View Access
How documented wrestling events used ticketed remote screenings, local live cards and early home pay-per-view, with practical ways to distinguish venue attendance from television purchases.
How documented wrestling events used ticketed remote screenings, local live cards and early home pay-per-view, with practical ways to distinguish venue attendance from television purchases.
Arena programs, handbills and newspaper clippings can reveal a promotion’s planned card, local ties and sales language. The key is to separate what was advertised from what later sources can confirm.
A practical guide to blocks, points, draws, remaining matches, tiebreakers and elimination math, using AEW’s Continental Classic and the 2018 G1 Climax as contrasting rule examples.
Full Gear 2021 is a useful lesson in how a championship match can settle a question of belonging as well as a question of victory.
Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns turned a rematch into a story about what a challenger has to overcome—and who gets to stand beside him.
Penta says a conversation with his wife and daughters gave him the clarity he needed when choosing between remaining in AEW and pursuing WWE in 2024.
Pro Wrestling Symphony’s October 16 event featured two title changes, with Tim Bosby claiming the PWS Championship and Top Team unifying the company’s tag team scene against Royal Prestige.
Penta was in attendance for Pachuca’s match against Cruz Azul, while announcements across TNA, GCW, ACTION, independent wrestling and more continued to shape the weeks ahead.
WWE has made Sami Zayn’s successful Undisputed WWE Championship defense against Cody Rhodes, taped after Raw in San Diego, available to Club WWE subscribers.
Swerve Strickland reflects on representation, authenticity and why he believes he can stand alongside AEW’s elite on pure performance.
An internal idea to bring back Sin Cara has reportedly been raised, with Myzteziz Jr. named as one possible candidate. The concept remains in its earliest stages and has not been confirmed as a WWE plan.
Conrad Thompson says Jim Ross has returned home and is on the mend after a chest infection and low oxygen levels required an overnight hospital stay.