Wrestling

The spectacular rise – and brutal fall – of wrestling’s British Bulldog

Thirty years ago, Wigan's Davey Boy Smith was packing stadiums and given a hero's welcome wherever he went. Did he deserve to die a villain?

By Tom Fordy 29 Aug 2022, 5:45pm
I was Britain’s youngest wrestling star – and I’ve got the embarrassing pictures to prove it

I was a bullied 14-year-old fantasy geek, until a wrestling school opened on my doorstep – and inspired my new TV sitcom Deep Heat

By Max Olesker 23 Mar 2022, 12:00pm
Wrestling is 'artistic' and should be funded like theatre and opera, MPs say

MPs have backed a report recommending that wrestling shows and promotions be considered 'theatrical', 'artistic' or 'performative'.

By Lizzie Roberts 8 Apr 2021, 6:26pm
Young Rock: inside Dwayne Johnson's turbulent, delinquent pre-fame years

By Tom Fordy 22 Feb 2021, 12:00pm
The Undertaker, unmasked: the wrestling villain who hasn't broken character for 30 years

By Tom Fordy 22 Nov 2020, 12:00pm
The IOC must kick Iran out of the Olympics if wrestler Navid Afkari is executed

Daniel Schofield 9 Sep 2020, 7:29pm
BT Sport offers late-night fix of epic stories and grapplin' by signing up WWE

Alan Tyers 13 Jan 2020, 7:30am

WWE versus WCW: inside the crazy TV ratings battle that made Dwayne Johnson a star

By Tom Fordy 21 Oct 2019, 3:45pm
GLOW: who were the real Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling?

By Adam White 8 Aug 2019, 11:09am
British wrestling star 'Lionheart' Adrian McCallum dies aged 36

By Telegraph Reporters 20 Jun 2019, 6:09am
Exclusive: WWE UK TV rights heading for BT Sport

By Tom Morgan 16 May 2019, 12:01pm

Wrestler Silver King's energy belied his years - his death was a head-spinning tragedy to witness

Christopher Williams 12 May 2019, 9:00pm
Silver King, wrestler who starred in film Nacho Libre, dies after collapsing during London show

By Greg Wilford 12 May 2019, 1:56pm
Paige interview: the heroine of Fighting With My Family on dark times, WWE divas, and how Dwayne Johnson saved her life

By Tom Fordy 27 Feb 2019, 3:06pm
WOS Wrestling, review: this camp, sweat-flying mayhem is hard to resist

3/5

By Michael Hogan 28 Jul 2018, 6:02pm
Spandex, divas and good versus evil – wrestling is back

By Alan Tyers 27 Jul 2018, 10:42pm
'Easy! Easy! Easy!' Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, and the wrestling rivalry that shook Britain

By Michael Hogan 27 Jul 2018, 2:00pm
WWE Raw: in the ring with the stars of the craziest, manliest soap opera on TV

By Tom Fordy 23 Jan 2018, 7:11pm
Ric Flair was a hero to millions in the 80s but the legendary wrestler suffered the most poignant personal decline

By Alan Tyers 11 Dec 2017, 8:50am

'I feel a lot of pressure': Meet Shadia Bseiso, the first Middle Eastern woman to join the WWE

By Tom Fordy 7 Dec 2017, 9:00am
Love GLOW? Here are 20 real-life WWE wrestlers to watch next

30 Jul 2017, 10:34am

'I have the best people': Donald Trump's famous fans, from Lindsay Lohan to Kim Jong Un

6 Jul 2017, 10:34am
Meet Kharma and the King of Dong: the real-life wrestling stars cast in Netflix’s GLOW

By Adam White 4 Jul 2017, 4:33pm
The real world of women's wrestling behind new Netflix show GLOW

By Tom Fordy 28 Jun 2017, 11:37am
Wrestlers John Cena and Nikki Bella get engaged at WWE WrestleMania

By Charlotte Krol 3 Apr 2017, 8:39am
Sorry, football fans: here's 10 reasons why WWE is the greatest sport in the world

By Tom Fordy 31 Mar 2017, 10:40am
2017 Sporting Calendar: key dates and event planner

By Telegraph Sport 1 Jan 2017, 7:00am
Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai takes down her coach in celebration

By Telegraph Video 19 Aug 2016, 4:12pm
Japanese wrestler celebrates winning gold by slamming coach to the mat, twice

By Chiara Palazzo 19 Aug 2016, 2:18am

Wrestling is an Olympic staple but in Rio it makes up part of the parallel Games

By Jim White 17 Aug 2016, 10:30pm
Vote: How should we rank the 39 Olympic sports at Rio 2016? You decide

By Sean Gibson 16 Aug 2016, 6:18pm

Olympic sports - all 39 at Rio 2016: ranked

16 Aug 2016, 10:55am
'We're not divas': Meet the Scottish WWE star leading the women's wrestling revolution

By Tom Fordy 2 Aug 2016, 8:00am
Rio 2016 Olympics: 100 athletes targeting gold medals

1 Aug 2016, 7:34am
Rio 2016 Olympics medal table: who has most gold medals?

By Telegraph Sport 27 Jul 2016, 10:13am