Stevie Richards defeated Rhino at last night’s Extreme Rising event to become the first-ever Extreme Rising World Heavyweight Champion. The co-main event of the night saw Matt Hardy defeat Sabu.

Credit: PWInsider

We are live at Extreme Rising in Philadelphia, PA at The National Guard Armory!

The official show title is “CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE.”  The live crowd booed that!

There looks to be about 1000 here so far.  There had a live band playing before the show.

Rough & Wild (Outlaw Matt Lancie & Hotshot Blake Wilder) vs. Rush Hour (Buku Dao & Bolt Bradley)

All four are students of Luke Hawx’s Wildkat Wrestling Academy.

Wilder forced Dao into the corner   Bradley tagged ...

WWE published the second part of their interview with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin about WWE '13. Here are some highlights.

Working with Bret Hart: Man, working with Bret Hart was some of the most fun matches I’ve ever had in my life. There was Chicago and WrestleMania 13, over in South Africa, in Germany — and Bret had a pretty good stronghold over in Germany.

Man, I loved working with Bret. I’ve got a lot of respect for Bret as a person, and everything he did as a pro wrestler. Hell, ...

Tommy Dreamer wrote of his Raw return for Canoe…

The match itself was good, the fans were surprised and most of all, they were happy.

In times of trouble in society, I always say wrestling is a great escape from reality. If you take it from its inner core, it’s good vs. evil, a roller coaster of emotions and one hell of a show. I put smiles on people’s faces and was given an opportunity and created a moment for myself. That really is what it is all about.

When I returned to my dress...