Brock Lesnar Guy Retirement Marks the End of an Era (Good)
Michael Corcoran—Brock Lesnar Guy—announced his retirement from being a professional wrestling superfan, leaving his iconic Affliction shirt draped over a chair in symbolic farewell. Good riddance.
Since that viral moment during Lesnar’s 2012 return, Corcoran turned one flex pose into thirteen years of attention-seeking theater. Same shirt. Hard cam seats. Maximum visibility. He wasn’t enhancing the product—he was competing with it.
Not all superfans are the same. Sign Guy enhances heel interactions. Frank the Clown leveraged visibility into an actual career. But Corcoran represents the worst of the era: fans who perform alongside wrestling without anyone asking them to.
The superfan era is dying. Wrestling’s better for it.
Pro Wrestling 2025 Year in Review: Toni Storm Reigns Supreme as Wrestler of the Year
When Wrestling Uncensored hosts Dave Simon and Johnny North sat down to crown 2025’s best, one name transcended company lines: Toni Storm. Match quality, promo work, character—she dominated every category. CM Punk emerged as WWE’s main character while Hangman Adam Page completed his AEW redemption arc. The Ospreay-Fletcher steel cage delivered match of the year, and AEW’s Revolution outshined WWE’s entire PLE calendar. Complete awards, analysis, and what 2025 tells us about wrestling’s future.
Nepo Baby Combat Sports Problem Is Real—But Not What You Think
Knox Jolie-Pitt winning a Muay Thai tournament sparked predictable outrage. Nepotism. Privilege. Bought success. But the nepo baby debate in combat sports reveals something far more uncomfortable than celebrity corruption.
Developing a world-class martial artist costs $20,000 to $50,000 annually. Private coaching, international travel, support staff. Celebrity kids aren’t getting special treatment at competition—they’re getting it for fifteen years before they step in the ring.
The medals are legitimate. Electronic scoring systems don’t care whose kid you are. But the system that determines who gets to compete for them? That’s the real scandal. How many potential champions are working retail jobs because they couldn’t afford $200 monthly gym fees?
Joe Rogan Ditcheva Fallout: Everyone’s Yelling About the Wrong Problem
Joe Rogan stepped in it again. His “too pretty” comments about Dakota Ditcheva sparked the predictable outrage cycle, but everyone’s yelling about the wrong problem.
Ditcheva is a legitimate killer—undefeated PFL flyweight champion with technical precision most male fighters would envy. But the conversation after Rogan’s podcast wasn’t about her devastating clinch work. It was about whether mentioning her appearance is appropriate. That’s the problem: not the comment itself, but the fact that appearance becomes part of the conversation at all.
Female fighters tell the same story: sponsors want ring girls who can fight, not fighters who happen to be marketable. Until that changes, we’re cycling through the same tired debate.
Anthony Joshua Car Crash in Nigeria: Two Dead, Champion Survives
Just days after his victory over Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua was involved in a fatal car crash in Nigeria that claimed two lives. The incident occurred Monday morning on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near Joshua’s ancestral hometown of Sagamu.
Joshua was traveling as a rear-seat passenger in a Lexus SUV when the vehicle collided with a stationary truck. Two occupants—the front-seat passenger and a rear passenger beside Joshua—died at the scene. The champion survived with minor injuries and is receiving medical care.
Authorities are investigating whether a burst tire or excessive speed caused the crash. No charges have been filed. Our thoughts are with the families of those lost.
Ben Askren Transplant: The Fight Beyond the Octagon
In early June 2025, Ben Askren was coaching and training like any retired athlete. Within weeks, severe pneumonia and a staph infection put him on full ventilator support. On June 30, he underwent a double lung transplant.
When Askren woke up, he had no memory of six weeks of his life. He’d lost 50 pounds. In typically blunt fashion, he joked he “only died four times.” His wife Amy kept a journal so he could reconstruct the battle he was unconscious for.
The fighter mentality that made Askren elite has to be recalibrated for a fight that operates on biological rules. Recovery is measured in months, not rounds. The toughest opponent he’s ever faced wasn’t across from him—it was inside his own chest.
Best 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Gyms: North America’s No-Gi Rebels Ranked
When Eddie Bravo submitted Royler Gracie in 2003, he proved that unorthodox techniques could beat grappling royalty. Two decades later, 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu has evolved into a global network of No-Gi specialists who’ve turned the Rubber Guard, Twister, and Lockdown into legitimate competition weapons. The best 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu gyms in North America range from Bravo’s experimental HQ in Los Angeles to the Martinez brothers’ competition factory in San Diego, the gritty East Coast killers in Bethlehem, and Canada’s flagship academy in Montreal. Here’s our ranked breakdown of where to train if you prefer rashguards over kimonos—and why each gym deserves its reputation.
Anaconda (2025) Review: Paul Rudd and Jack Black Can’t Save This Meta Snake Sequel
Director Tom Gormican’s Anaconda (2025) brings Paul Rudd and Jack Black to the Amazon for a meta horror-comedy where fans remaking the 1997 cult classic encounter an actual giant snake. The result? “Two movies in one,” as Johnny North explains—comedy first, horror second, neither fully committed. Rudd and Black’s chemistry elevates weak material, but tonal inconsistency, limited snake screen time, and a surface-level script land the film in forgettable territory. For die-hard franchise fans only.
WWE Holiday Week Recap & AEW World’s End 2025 Predictions: Carmelo Hayes Wins US Title, MJF Set for World Championship
The WWE holiday week delivered a new United States Champion, questionable creative decisions, and enough content to fuel Dave Simon’s annual Festivus grievance about pro wrestling being too long and tedious. On the December 26th episode of Wrestling Uncensored, Dave and pro wrestler Genesis Johnny North broke down taped editions of SmackDown and Raw before […]
Fury Joshua 2026: The Circus Is Over, Now Make the Fight
We all hated that Anthony Joshua fought Jake Paul. But AJ did exactly what he was supposed to do—dismantled the influencer myth in three rounds and cleared the deck for the only fight that matters.
Frank Warren’s “Summer 2026 at Wembley” timeline actually makes sense. Usyk is tied up with mandatories. The heavyweights are splintering. And Fury’s “retirement”? Come on. No fighter stays retired when there’s $100 million on the table.
Neither guy can make this money fighting anyone else. Simple economics. Bold prediction: Fury wins a controversial, ugly decision in July 2026. He’s got too much ring IQ for Joshua, even with 18 months of rust. The path is clear. Make the fight.