Joe Baiamonte

Joe Baiamonte

Joined: Apr 28, 2025

Joe Baiamonte is a contributing writer for The Takedown On SI, joining the team in April, 2025. Joe has been covering professional wrestling, sports and entertainment for over a decade, serving as editor at SPORTbible between 2014 and 2018 - where he helped the team to three consecutive Football Blogging Awards - and as head of sport at Unilad. Joe has written for numerous outlets in the United Kingdom and United States, including The Sportsman, Sporf, Pubity, GiveMeSport and The Sportster, interviewing the likes of Neymar, Harry Kane, Ruud Gullit, Triple H, Ric Flair, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Rey Mysterio, Aaron Boone, Alex Cora, Chris Sale and Chase Uttley. He has a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from the University of Salford and currently resides in Manchester, England, having been raised just down the road in Burnley. He briefly moved to Croatia with his family after the birth of his son, where he spent an entire summer writing on the beach and eating squid.

WWE President Nick Khan

CM Punk

CJ Perry aka Lana

Natalya

Liv Morgan on the red carpet

WWE

Alongside Liv Morgan, another major WWE star was also prevented from working on the project.

Roman Reigns

Entertainment

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Triple H

WWE

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Dominik Mysterio

WWE

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Finn Balor

WWE

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Becky Lynch

WWE

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Eddie Guerrero

WWE

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Seth Rollins

WWE

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Chris Jericho on AEW Dynamite

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John Cena

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Kevin Nash

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