Wrestling

Newly-minted Hall of Famer:

'A Jew can be literally anything if we set our mind to it'

Maxwell Jacob Friedman — the latest pro wrestler in the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame — is glad to be seen as a strong Jew.

‘Mitzvah Mania’:

LA synagogue is hosting show with Jewish professional wrestlers

Colt Cabana is used to walking out to crowds of hundreds of fans in matches aired on TBS and TNT. This Sunday, he wrestled at a synagogue.

Wrestler Brian Kendrick cut from match over antisemitic remarks

Professional wrestler Brian Kendrick was scrapped from his Wednesday AEW debut for past offensive comments about Jews and the Holocaust.

WWE accidentally rebrands Austrian wrestler with Nazi name

Attempt to rebrand Austrian wrestler for American market falls flat when WWE learns that the name "Gunther Stark" belonged to a Nazi.

Iran’s wrestling chief: Death to America

President of Iran’s wrestling federation declares “Death to America” weeks before his national team is to play the US team.

Jewish wrestler wins WWE championship

Birthright Israel alum Drew Gulak, known as 'the Philadelphia stretcher', wins World Wrestling Entertainment cruiser-weight championship.

Head of Iran’s wrestling federation quits over Israel policy

Head of Iran’s wrestling federation resigns after criticizing authorities for letting athletes pay the price for ban on facing Israelis.

Iran to protest ban of wrestler who boycotted Israeli

Iran’s wrestling federation to protest decision to ban one of its wrestlers for deliberately throwing a match to avoid fighting an Israeli.

Iranian wrestler loses fight to avoid fighting Israeli

Iranian wrestler Alireza Karimi Mashiani intentionally loses a fight because winning would mean fighting an opponent from Israel.