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Zombies, In My Wrestling? PREPOSTEROUS.
Were the zombies a bridge too far? Who cares.Photo Credit: WWE.comWWE, in an attempt to make good on an advertising deal for Zack Snyder's upcoming film Army of the Dead, starring Dave Bautista,...
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No, Don't Ban Deathmatch Wrestling
One dumb stunt should not condemn all of deathmatch wrestlingThere are two statements that are both true and that I think people would be best served to remember when talking about deathmatch...
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Dynamite Is Moving: The Turner-AEW Shakeup and What It Means
News broke yesterday that All Elite Wrestling and Turner Networks would be shaking things up. Firstly, Dynamite, the promotion's flagship show, will be moving from TNT to TBS starting in January of...
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To Whom Does Chikara Belong Now?
Nineteen years ago yesterday, Tom Carter and Mike Spillane ran their first show out of their newly-formed wrestling school. They chose the name "Chikara," which is a Japanese word that translates as...
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On Wrestlers and Their Politics
Cena misspoke, and in the process, he showed what most wrestlers are made ofPhoto Credit: WWE.comJohn Cena will be in the next installment of The Fast and the Furious, the ninth one, to be exact. Well,...
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The Best Wrestling Show Since WrestleMania XXX: A Double Or Nothing 2021...
Graphics Credit via AllEliteWrestling.comOn paper, All Elite Wrestling's Double Or Nothing 2021, the third event named as such and the second consecutive one held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, FL,...
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On Big Spots, Consent, and Safety Policing The Indies
MV Young, above, putting Harlow O'Hara through a table off the apron was cool as hell, nerdsPhoto Credit: MV Young/@THEOnlyMVYoung One of the most ill-advised wrestling spots ever took place June 28,...
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The Cautionary Tale of Adam Scherr
Scherr's tale should be a warning for wrestlers and all labor.Photo Credit: WWE.comWWE released six people yesterday. This bloodletting of personnel associated with the company has become somewhat of a...
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Where Should They Go?
Lovelace would be a wonderful addition to STARDOM in her post-WWE career.Photo Credit: WWE.comWednesday, WWE let go six wrestlers in an attempt at shaving the budget. How a multibillion dollar...
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"Eww, Wrestling Fans Smell!" - Wrestling Fans
As always, wrestling's problems stem from this jerkPhoto Credit: WWE.comWWE is finally venturing back on the road after spending a COVID-19 residency at the Performance Center and then various arenas...
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Introducing The TWB Draft: McMahon Apocalypse
Enjoy jail, bozosPhoto Credit: WWE.comImagine a hypothetical scenario, one that is probably too farfetched for the current state of America, but one that I feel leads to the most fun for this exercise....
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Underpromising and Overdelivering
Punk's AEW debut shows how to create satisfying wrestlingGraphics Credit: AllEliteWrestling.comBefore Friday night at 10 PM Eastern, at no point in time did All Elite Wrestling promise they were...
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Don't Cut Yourself on the Edge(Lord) of the Knife
Lambert has fire, but does he fit on a "progressive" show?Screengrab courtesy of Wrestling Inc.Personally, I've found Dan Lambert of American Top Team an entertaining part of any All Elite Wrestling...
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The TWB Draft: The Results of the Draft
Which territory got this as their top feud?Photo Credit: WWE.comYou know the story so far. The McMahon family and WWE braintrust have been compromised to a perman... I mean, they're in jail. The...
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RIP Daffney Unger
Daffney, shown here at a 2011 meet and greet, passed away September 1Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinShannon Spruill, better known from her performing days in World Championship Wrestling and the...
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The Best Wrestling Pay-Per-View, Ever: An All Out 2021 Conceptual Review
He's hereThe last time I did one of these "conceptual reviews," I called Double or Nothing earlier this year the "best show since WrestleMania XXX." I thought it would be hard to top, especially with...
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The TWB Draft: Free Agency
Mauro and Corey, together againScreengrab via SportsKeedaWhen I last left off describing the TWB Draft to one and all, I summarized the actual draft portion. It's called the "TWB Draft," so that should...
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Poacher's Delight, Case Number One: Baron Corbin
Corbin, All Elite? Not as shocking as you thinkPhoto Credit: WWE.comAll Out was the best mainstream American wrestling pay-per-view of all-time even without the shock of all the debuts into All Elite...
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On Representation in Modern Booking
Sky has been a missed opportunity for AEW so farBrian Cage is not happy in All Elite Wrestling. He hasn't said anything, but his wife, former Lucha Underground ring announcer Melissa Santos, has been...
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Poacher's Delight, Case Number Two: Charlotte Flair
Would Flair be too big to succeed in AEW?Photo Credit: WWE.com With Bryan Danielson, Ruby Soho, and Adam Cole debuting at All Out and more names rumored to be on the way, AEW is well on its way to...
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The TWB Draft: Judgment Day, Part One
The winning roster had these two guys on itRoster construction is the first phase of creating a wrestling promotion. For this exercise, a hypothetical scenario was created where the WWE was dismantled...
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Instant Feedback: He Has 'Til Five, Ref
He's back I didn't know what to expect from Bryan Danielson's return to a ring outside of WWE's purview. Honestly, I should have gone with my gut. He is, after all, the greatest wrestler in the history...
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Poacher's Delight, Case Number Three: Big E
Big sweaty men slappin' meat in AEW? Maybe...Photo Credit: WWE.com All Elite Wrestling has done what WWE has conditioned people to think could never be done. They got Tony Schiavone and CM Punk to...
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Poachers Delight, Case Number Four: Bron Breakker
Breakker, on the right here with Tommaso Ciampa, may find fulfillment in AEWPhoto Credit: WWE.com All Elite Wrestling is here to stay. Whether you're a WWE partisan, a wrestling-promotion agnostic, or...
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The Russo Pill
The draw of WrestleMania IIIPhoto Credit: WWE.com Hypothetical question, if you had a wrestling company on national television and worldwide pay-per-view, would you rather have a television segment...
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