With a two decades-and-counting career in the professional wrestling business, one that’s spanned the world and given him runs at WWE, TNA, and AEW, Montell Vontavious Porter has seen things change ...
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 ...
WWE Superstar Bianca Belair at the 2022 MEAC-SWAC Challenge in Atlanta. (Photo credit: Rashad Milligan for rolling out) The professional wrestling industry is experiencing a seismic shift as Black ...
Swerve Strickland, 34, the first Black AEW champion and one of the first Black champions industry-wide over the last decade, is calling out the WWE again. Iconic pro wrestler Booker T, 60, tap danced ...
Elayna Black rocked the wrestling world when she announced that she was launching an OnlyFans page as soon as her non-compete clause with WWE ended. “Cora Jade” was a top talent in WWE, but the ...
One of Kazeem Famuyide’s earliest memories is sitting on his father’s lap watching Hulk Hogan wrestle in the 1988 Survivor Series. His love of Hogan in the ring became inextricable from what would ...
One of Kazeem Famuyide's earliest memories is sitting on his father's lap watching Hulk Hogan wrestle in the 1988 Survivor Series. His love of Hogan in the ring became inextricable from what would ...
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