WWE Live: Road to Wrestlemania

"...no fear, it was Del Rio who called out Wrestlemania main eventer and Guardians of the Galaxy star Batista..."

March 14, 2014 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Cheech Marin, Titane Director Julia Ducournau For 2023

Plus the Metaverse and student athlete NIL deals part of the program

"...(WWE) returned with its biggest event of the year, WrestleMania, in April 2021. This historic event featured the first..."

Nov. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Charlotte Flair, Queen of the Squared Circle

Women used to be an afterthought in professional wrestling: not anymore

"...thickest glass ceilings: becoming the first woman to main-event WrestleMania, the single biggest show on the global grappling calendar...."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...I do watch, for example, the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania, and I do watch Baywatch, and very rarely I..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cesaro: The Next Big Thing in Wrestling?

The Stone Cold-approved WWE superstar talks green cards and strength

"...even had what every wrestler dreams of: That standout Wrestlemania moment. In his case, it was last year, when..."

Jan. 18, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Driussi Winner Powers Austin FC Past San Jose Earthquakes in Seven-Goal Thriller

RECAP: ATX defeats San Jose 4-3

"...whole damn thing is as scripted as The Rock’s WrestleMania 40 main event...."

April 7, 2024 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Slamdance Interview: Chris Jericho Takes The Death Tour

Wrestling GOAT on his new role as documentarian

"...one that lead him to headlining the WWE’s annual Wrestlemania megashow and selling out the Tokyo Dome. Additionally, he’s..."

Jan. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Effy Gibbes Is Making Wrestling Gayer

The queer athlete dishes on his upcoming Austin match

"...as an official guest) he’s planned for Tampa during Wrestlemania weekend in April, he aims to bring all the..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Wrestling Legend Dustin Rhodes Keeps Steppin'

The Austin native continues a family legacy with a new TV show and a revived career

"...on the other leading to a brother-versus-brother match at WrestleMania, the WWE's biggest annual show, and it would be..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

"...story lines that the follow and that accumulate at Wrestlemania. In Mexico, what you see on television doesn't transpire..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Screens editor Richard Whittaker heads to Canada

"...biggest event of the year. Wrestle Kingdom is their WrestleMania – minus the stupid celebrity appearances and awful musical..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Column

Staple! The Independent Media Expo Returns

Year 12 brings diverse delights and DIY creativity all weekend long

"...You get, like, Mike Tyson and a bunch of Wrestlemania dudes. You get that woman who appeared as a..."

Feb. 24, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Capital T Theatre's Year of the Rooster

Behind the black comedy of Eric Dufault's cockfighting play is a stunning indictment of hypermasculinity

"...its first act enough bravado to script an entire WrestleMania – Lowell Bartholomee's exceptional sound work for the fight..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Judgment Slam Promises Slams, Judgment

Punk wrestling for the rest of us

"...come get slammed with $1 beers; stay for the wrestlemania. Midway Field House. Saturday, 7pm. Free entry...."

June 26, 2015 Sports Post by Waylon Cunningham

Austin Food and Wine Festival Bites: Part Two

Innovative vegetables and vertical integration

"...already? Love served as referee and judge of the Wrestlemania-themed throwdown, having wrapped up his long, increasingly boozy keynote..."

April 28, 2015 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

WWE SmackDown

"...The road to WrestleMania, the WWE's biggest event, begins at the Royal Rumble..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Flesh Lights

7 & 7 Is

"...the intensity of Hulk Hogan and André the Giant's Wrestlemania III showdown, which emblazons the cover. Houston's Secret Prostitutes..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Undertaker Coming to Wizard World

WWE's greatest phenom to make rare public appearance

"...Austin and Shawn Michaels. His 21-match winning streak at Wrestlemania - and its shocking termination at the hands of..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Snitch

Director Ric Roman Waugh makes the Rock into an everyman

"...that, he held down the main event at the Wrestlemania pay-per-view in a barnstorming match for pro-wrestling's most prestigious..."

June 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: The Champ Is Here

WWE superstar John Cena muscles into Interactive

"...cereal box." It all came from when his upcoming Wrestlemania opponent The Rock called Cena a fruity pebble. Cena..."

March 9, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

WWE 'SmackDown' World Tour

Check it out at the Erwin Center

"...high-flying hero Rey Mys­terio in a rerun of their Wrestlemania 27 bruise-a-thon. The last few times the world's biggest..."

May 13, 2011 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

WWE Smacks Down the Erwin Center

The wrestling goliath passes through Austin tonight for TV recordings

"...Sandwiched between Sunday night's massive Wrestlemania celebrations in Houston and next week's promised roster draft,..."

April 7, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Down South Jukin'

The South rises again even if Southern rockers deny it.

"...the first NASCAR driver to host Saturday Night Live; WrestleMania, in its 19th go-round, sold out Safeco Field in..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Boris and Natasha, The Movie /
Dudley Do-Right

"...of Pottsylvania (which the map shows us is between Wrestlemania and Yoursovania) tricking bumbling spies Boris (Thomas) and Natasha..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Review by Ken Lieck

Choose Your Own Adventure

A short list of the most promising games slated to hit home systems before Christmas.

"...on the N64's roster has to be THQ's WWF Wrestlemania 2000. Using the same game engine and attention to..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair