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{{Shortcut|WP:PW/RS|WP:PW/Sources}} Below is a guide for sources to be used within professional wrestling articles established by consensus among participants of WikiProject Professional wrestling. Please discuss this guide on the WikiProject talk page if you have any ideas about how to fine tune these guidelines. Only use reliable sources to verify facts and claims in articles; if a claim is not verified by a source deemed reliable, it could be challenged and removed. |
[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22all+sources%22+site:baltimoresun.com+OR+site:independent.co.uk+OR+site:miamiherald.com+OR+site:slam.canoe.com+OR+site:f4wonline.com+OR+site:pwinsider.com+OR+site:pwtorch.com+OR+site:prowrestling.net+OR+site:wrestleview.com+OR+site:www.pwi-online.com+OR+site:www.thehistoryofwwe.com+OR+site:grantland.com+OR+site:rollingstone.com+OR+site:skysports.com+OR+site:superluchas.com+OR+site:cbssports.com+OR+site:foxsports.com+OR+site:espn.com+OR+site:postwrestling.com+OR+site:prowrestlingsheet.com+OR+site:https://wrestlenomics.com+OR+site:https://www.cagematch.net/ Search] all reliable secondary sources for professional wrestling.
[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22wrestling+sources%22+site:f4wonline.com+OR+site:pwinsider.com+OR+site:pwtorch.com+OR+site:prowrestling.net+OR+site:wrestleview.com+OR+site:www.pwi-online.com+OR+site:www.thehistoryofwwe.com+OR+site:superluchas.com+OR+site:postwrestling.com+OR+site:prowrestlingsheet.com+OR+site:https://wrestlenomics.com+OR+site:https://www.cagematch.net/ Search] only websites dedicated to covering professional wrestling.
[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22mainstream+sources%22+site:baltimoresun.com+OR+site:independent.co.uk+OR+site:miamiherald.com+OR+site:slam.canoe.com+OR+site:rollingstone.com+OR+site:skysports.com+OR+site:grantland.com+OR+site:espn.com+OR+site:cbssports.com+OR+site:foxsports.com Search] only mainstream websites.
Official promotion websites
- [https://www.wwe.com/ WWE.com] – Contents of pay-per-view match previews are replaced with the match results when they are available. Any content taken from the preview articles should be archived (see below).
- [https://www.allelitewrestling.com/ AllEliteWrestling.com]
- [https://tnawrestling.com/ TNAWrestling.com]
- [https://www.ringofhonor.com/ ROHWrestling.com]
- [https://www.njpw1972.com/ NJPW1972.com]
- Official websites of other promotions
Resources
- [https://www.archive.org Wayback Machine] – A great way to find information from a reliable source that may have been deleted. This website can also be used to archive webpages.
- [https://www.archive.is Archive.is] – Same usage as above. If you cannot find an archived version of a webpage on one, try the other.
- [https://webcitation.org Webcitation.org] – About the same as the two above, but not as easy to search.
- [https://www.findarticles.com/ FindArticles] – May be useful for finding articles on a specific subject.
Reliable sources
= Industry specific =
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Box y Lucha
| [https://boxylucha.com/ Online], Print | 1954– | Spanish | The magazine and website has an established staff of writers. | |
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
| [https://pwi-online.com/ Online], Print | 1979– | English | The magazine and website has an established staff of writers. |
Wrestling Observer / Figure Four Online
| [https://www.f4wonline.com/ Online], Print | 1980– | English | The newsletter released by Dave Meltzer and its website, co-authored by Bryan Alvarez; reliable for results and historical information.Long considered reliable, routinely relied upon as a source by mainstream outlets and other reliable sources, 2024 discussion on it found here | Independent |
Pro Wrestling Torch
| [https://www.pwtorch.com/site/ Online], Print | 1987– | English | This organization has an established staff of writers and newsletter. | TDH Communications Inc. |
Súper Luchas
| [https://superluchas.com Online], Print | 1991– | Spanish | Former print magazine with an established, documented editorial process. | Independent |
WrestleView
| [https://www.wrestleview.com/ Online] | 1997– | English | Has an established staff and editors. | Independent |
The History of WWE
| [https://thehistoryofwwe.com/ Online] | 2002–2015 | English | Maintained by Graham Cawthon, a journalist who has written several books on the history of professional wrestling. Source has results of every single WWE, WCW and ECW program. Has full-detailed results of some shows and matches. Defunct since 2015. | Graham Cawthon |
PWInsider
| [https://pwinsider.com/ Online] | 2004– | English | The website has an established staff. Writer Richard Trionfo has a knack for inventing names for signature or finishing moves – "IEDDT", "Blackpool Slam", "Fandangobama Jam", etc. – do not use his reports to cite move names. | Independent |
Solowrestling.com
| [https://solowrestling.com Online], Print | 2004– | Spanish | The website has an established staff. Former print magazine with an established, documented editorial process. | Independent |
Prowrestling.net
| [https://prowrestling.net/site/ Online] | 2008– | English | The website has an established staff. | Last Row Media LLC. |
Pro Wrestling Sheet
| [http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com Online] | 2015–2018 | English | The website was controlled by Ryan Satin, who has a background in news, and it also had an editorial staff. Satin sold the site to Collider in 2018, who consolidated it into TheSportster a few years later. As such, articles that note they were originally published on Pro Wrestling Sheet are considered to be reliable. | Ryan Satin LLC. |
Fightful
| [https://www.fightful.com/ Online] | 2015– | English | The website has an established staff. The website is controlled by Sean Ross Sapp, who has an extensive background in news. | James Vanderlinden |
POSTWrestling
| [https://www.postwrestling.com/ Online] | 2017– | English | The website has an established staff. | John Pollock and Wai Ting |
Denise Salcedo
| [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXf3wRD7FIb77AHOvP1Zd4Q Online] | {{circa}} 2018– | English | Denise Salcedo is a professional wrestling journalist and broadcaster with a BA in Journalism who works for reliable sources such as Wrestler Observer Newsletter and Fightful. She also releases news under own name independently through her own YouTube channel and podcast. | |
= Mainstream =
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The Baltimore Sun
| [http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/pro-wrestling Online], Print | American newspaper in the state of Maryland; inaccessible in EU |
CBS Sports
| [https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/ Online] | Sports division of the American television network CBS. |
Digital Spy
| [https://www.digitalspy.com/wwe/ Online] | British-based entertainment news website. |
ESPN
| [https://www.espn.com/wwe/ Online] | U.S.-based global television channel, added a wrestling vertical in 2016. |
Fox Sports
| [https://www.foxsports.com/tag/wwe Online] | Sports division of the American television network Fox Broadcasting Company, with its own dedicated regional and national cable channels. |
The Independent
| [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/wwe-mma-wrestling Online], Print | British newspaper. |
The Masked Man (via Grantland)
| [http://grantland.com/contributors/the-masked-man Online] | Columnist and podcast host David Shoemaker is an author of a book on professional wrestling. However, this does not mean other Grantland columnists are reliable. Grantland closed down in October 2015. |
Miami Herald
| [https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/fighting/ Online], Print | American newspaper for the region of South Florida. |
Rolling Stone
| [http://www.rollingstone.com/topic/wrestling Online], Print | Popular culture magazine published in the United States. |
Sky Sports
| [https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/wwe Online] | Website for the British-based group of sports television channels. | Sky UK |
SLAM! Wrestling
| [https://slamwrestling.net/ Online] | Includes detailed television and pay-per-view results, as well as wrestler biographies back to 1997. Independent from Canadian Online Explorer as of May 2020. |
Sports Illustrated
| [https://www.si.com/wrestling Online], Print | American sports magazine. |
Limited reliable sources
Use with caution, mainly for uncontroversial claims such as match results, as these sites do not have proven fact checking.
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411mania
| [https://411mania.com/ Online] | This website has [https://411mania.com/wrestling/category/tv-report/ reports] on many PPV and weekly events (dating back to mid-2000), as well as numerous columns. Stay away from news articles that mention sources we consider unreliable. | |
Cagematch.net
| [https://www.cagematch.net/ Online] | Match results are regularly cited by other reliable sources such as Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Súper Luchas, Pro Wrestling Torch, ESPN and POST Wrestling. Has volunteer staff and editorial oversight. Do not cite user comments in the ratings section or anything outside of match results. | Philip Kreikenbohm |
Bleacher Report
| [https://bleacherreport.com/ Online] | Can be used for certain aspects such as interviews or match results. Refrain from using pre-2013 articles as some are user-generated. |
Internet Wrestling Database
| [http://www.profightdb.com/ Online] | Only reliable for match results, and not for other BLP information. Has results for various wrestling promotions in the world, including WWE, AEW, TNA, ROH, NWA, WCW, ECW, NJPW, AJPW and NOAH. | |
Wrestlenomics
| [https://wrestlenomics.com/ Online] | Owner has a good reputation and background, and this site can be used for TV ratings and event attendances. Business metrics are also reliable. However, interpersonal news and event recaps should be avoided. | Brandon Thurston |
WWENetworkNews
| [https://www.wwenetworknews.com/ Online] | Only reliable for additions and removals to the WWE Network. | |
Unproven sources
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InsidePulse
| [https://insidepulse.com/zone/wrestling/ Online] | This website has named writers and has been around for several years. | |
NZPWI
| [https://www.nzpwi.co.nz/ Online] | Has editors [https://www.nzpwi.co.nz/contributors/] | |
Pro Wrestling History
| [https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/ Online] | This website list results of matches, pay-per-views, tournaments, history of promotions, buyrates, and attendance for events. | |
PW Downunder
| [https://www.pwdownunder.com/ Online] | Australian wrestling site with staff, but they appear to be not known in the industry | |
So Cal Uncensored
| [https://socaluncensored.com/ Online] | News, reviews, rankings, interviews, and more on the Southern California wrestling scene. | |
Wrestling Perspective
| [http://wrestlingperspective.com/ Online], Print | | |
Uproxx
| [https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/ Online] | Has editorial staff [https://uproxx.com/about/] |
WrestlingData
| [https://www.wrestlingdata.com/ English] [https://www.genickbruch.com/ German] | Largest database of wrestlers and results on the web, extensively cross-referenced. | |
Wrestling Titles
| [https://www.wrestling-titles.com/ Online] | A comprehensive listing of title histories. | |
WrestlingWorldNews
| [https://www.wrestlingworldnews.com Online] | | |
=Dead sources=
May be found in archives.
- [http://www.1wrestling.com 1Wrestling] - This website, owned by Bob Ryder, was around from 1997–2020 and employed many well known wrestling reporters, including Bill Apter
- [http://www.oowrestling.com/ Online Onslaught] - This source had detailed results of every WWF/E PPV, along with results of Raw, SmackDown, Heat and Velocity.
- [http://puroresuspirit.net/ Puroresu Spirit] – English results for many Japanese promotions.
- [http://solie.org Solie] - This website had exhaustive listings of title histories.
- [http://www.totalwrestlingmagazine.co.uk Total Wrestling Magazine]
=Aggregators=
News aggregators are websites that collects headlines from other pro wrestling news sites, but does not copy it. Might be worth looking at to see who broke a story.
- [http://professionalwrestlingdatabase.com/ The Professional Wrestling Database]
- [http://www.slam.news/ SLAM.NEWS]
- [https://classicwrestlingarticles.wordpress.com/ Classic Wrestling Articles] – This source provides articles from newspapers and magazines dating from 1852, but since it is a blog, it is recommended not to directly cite it, but instead use it to find the original articles to cite from.
- [https://wrestling.delivery/ Wrestling.delivery]
Unreliable sources
Avoid using these sources. They report rumors, speculation, and have no reliable sourcing in terms of where they get their information from.
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- [http://www.allwrestling.com All Wrestling]Article writers use screen names only
- [https://australianwrestling.org/ Australian Wrestling]Fan website with no visible oversight
- [https://www.cagesideseats.com/ Cageside Seats]Blog owned by SB Nation
- [https://www.bodyslam.net/ BodySlam.net]See previous discussions:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Professional_wrestling/Sources/Archive_2#BodySlam.net],[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Professional_wrestling/Sources&oldid=1186758929#bodyslam]
- [https://cultaholic.com/ Cultaholic]See talk page discussion
- [https://dailyddt.com/ Daily DDT]
- [https://www.express.co.uk/sport/wwe The Daily / Sunday Express]
- [https://www.diva-dirt.com/ Diva Dirt]Cites other unreliable sources. No proven oversite. Can be used for interviews, per talk page discussion.
- [https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/ ewrestlingnews]{{CN}}
- [https://fansided.com/ FanSided]
- [http://forbes.com Forbes.com]The Forbes website is listed at Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources. Much of the content is created by paid "contributors". They may qualify under the self-published source criteria, but must never be used as third-party citations on statements relating to living persons.
- [https://www.gerweck.net/ Gerweck.net]Uses Facebook as a source [https://www.gerweck.net/2017/11/11/new-international-member-of-the-bullet-club/]
- [https://www.givemesport.com/ Give Me Sport]
- IMDb
- [https://www.inquisitr.com/ Inquistr]
- [https://www.itnwwe.com/ ITNWWE.com]
- [https://www.kayfabememories.com/ Kayfabe Memories]
- [https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/ Last Word on Pro Wrestling]Managing Editor is Jamie Greer who previously wrote for Wrestlezone
- [http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/ Luchablog]
- [https://www.newseveryday.com/ News Every Day]
- [https://nypost.com/tag/wwe/ New York Post]
- [https://nodq.com/ NoDQ][https://nodq.com/news/618865709.shtml] – Has used Sportskeeda, Ringside News, and other unreliable sites as a sources
- [https://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/ Online World of Wrestling] Per Reliable Source notice board – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_88#Online_World_of_Wrestling].
- [https://www.pwmania.com/ PWMania]
- [https://www.pwpix.net/ PWPIX][http://www.webcitation.org/6dAWDuOHW 19 November 2015 PWPIX claimed "Becky Lynch is taking some time off from the road. After working WWE's entire European tour, she returned to her hometown of Dublin, Ireland and therefore missing this week's Raw and SmackDown events — she's still in Dublin. She's expected back before the end of the year."]
[http://www.webcitation.org/6dAWMRXr4 19 November 2015 Lynch tweeted "I'm not taking any time off"] - [http://www.prowrestling.com prowrestling.com]{{CN}}
- [https://rajah.com/ Rajah.com]As per discussion – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Professional_wrestling/Sources#Rajah.com]
- [https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle Reddit / SquaredCircle / Wreddit]Is a forum
- [https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/wwe-news Republic TV / Republic World]
- [https://www.ringsidenews.com/ Ringside News]{{Cite web|url=https://www.ringsidenews.com/|title=Wrestling News | WWE News and Rumors|website=Ringside News}}
- [https://www.sescoops.com/ SEScoops]
- [https://www.sportskeeda.com/ Sportskeeda]
- [https://www.thesportster.com/ TheSportster]Per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Professional_wrestling/Archive_109#The_Sportster a discussion] on WT:PW, editors find TheSportster to be generally unreliable.
- [https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/wwe/ The Sun]British tabloid paper. Listed at Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources. Not suitable for BLPs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_134#Is_the_British_tabloid_newspaper_.22The_Sun.22_a_reliable_source.3F See here].
- [http://www.thewrestlinganswer.com/ The Wrestling Answer]{{CN}}
- [https://www.tpww.net/ TPWW (The People's Wrestling Website)]{{CN}}
- [http://www.voxcatch.fr VoxCatch.fr]{{Cite web|url=https://www.voxcatch.fr/2015/07/29/on-a-echappe-a-un-live-de-limp-bizkit-a-wrestlemania-32/|title=On a échappé à un live de Limp Bizkit à WrestleMania 32|first=Darren|last=Fog|date=July 29, 2015|website=VoxCatch}}
- [https://whatculture.com/wwe WhatCulture]Marked "generally unreliable" by WP:RSP
- [http://www.worldofwrestling.it/ WorldOfWrestling.it]http://www.worldofwrestling.it/it/dettaglio.php?tab=mkp_news&id=67828
- [https://wrestletalk.com/ WrestleTalk]
- [https://www.wrestlezone.com/ WrestleZone]
- [https://www.wrestlingattitude.com/ Wrestling Attitude]{{CN}}
- [http://thewrestlingestate.com/ The Wrestling Estate]
- [https://wrestling-edge.com/ Wrestling-Edge]
- [https://wrestling-news.net/ Wrestling News]As per discussion: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Professional_wrestling/Sources&oldid=1251010367#Two_sources_to_review]
- [https://wrestlingheadlines.com/ Wrestling Headlines / Lords of Pain]
- [http://www.wrestlinginc.com Wrestling Inc]
- [https://wrestlingnews.co/ WrestlingNews.co]As per discussion
- [http://wrestlingnewsplus.com Wrestling News Plus]
- [https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/ Wrestling News Source]https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/39699/WWE-Wants-Limp-Bizkit-For-WrestleMania-32-But-Fred/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3f4mfj/just_to_let_you_guys_know_pretty_sure_the_limp/ - [https://wrestlingrumors.net/ Wrestling Rumors]
- [https://www.yardbarker.com/wrestling Yardbarker]{{CN}}
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See also
References
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