Year-End Sorting Bins: The Top Two
Missed u, JakobPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinAlright, let's finish up this year's Sorting Bins with the top two categories. This bin is called "General Affinity." These are the folks that I enjoyed...
View ArticleDispatches from the Lake: Superstars for the Sake of Superstars
Hey, this match looks like happened a few times in NXT before...Photo Credit: WWE.comQuestion, isn’t Superstars a show that is exclusively wrestling for wrestling’s sake? Second question, how sick are...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: That's Two
Just another victimPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt was the first show of the Sami Zayn Era, and the standard bearer was notable only by his absence.In his stead, his once and future friend Adrian Neville rued...
View ArticleSmackdown: Friendship is Magic
Really, Roman?Photo Credit: WWE.comSmackdown was live this week and it was also the 800th episode. This made me hopeful that the show would be better than in weeks past. It wasn't spectacular, but I...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Art Of Wrestling Ep. 229
The quintessential stud-muffin is Cabana's guest this weekPhoto Credit: PWI via WWE.comIf you're new, here's the rundown: I listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably,...
View Article2014 Year In Review/2015 Year In Preview: PWG
The year of the Joey and Candice ShowPhoto Credit: Devin ChenTurning my eyes to sunny Southern California...Promotion: Pro Wrestling GuerrillaWhat Happened in 2014: The year started with Mount Rushmore...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Cheap Heat Dec. 19
Mick Foley is on the show this week to discuss his Santa docPhoto Credit: WWE.comIf you're new, here's the rundown: I listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though...
View ArticleThe Airing of Grievances: The Cacophony of the Punk
Punk news was at a dearth, but hoo boy, that didn't stop YOU PEOPLE from talking about him en massePhoto Credit: WWE.com"I got a lot of problems with you people." -- Frank Costanza'Tis December 23, and...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Eps. 178/179
Koloff is Austin's latest guestPhoto Credit: WWE.comIf you're new, here's the rundown: I listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly not all of them. In...
View ArticleThe 2014 Best Coast Bias Holiday Phantasmagoria
Whether you like it or you don't like it...Photo Credit: WWE.comShoutout to whoever at Stamford got me the present of this week's B-roll programming. Genuinely. Why feel the need to write one's own...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Art Of Wrestling Ep. 230
Foley making the rounds, this time with Colt CabanaPhoto Credit: WWE.comIf you're new, here's the rundown: I listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly...
View Article2014 Year in Review/2015 Year in Preview: NXT
Destined to do this forever...Photo Credit: WWE.comWWE and its developmental territory are two different worlds, and I will fight you to the death in defense of that viewpoint.Promotion: WWE NXTWhat...
View ArticleInstant Feedback: Daniel Bryan Makes It Better
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!Photo Credit: WWE.comMonday Night RAW's absolute peak as a show didn't come during the Attitude Era. Sure, those halcyon days had all the moments that old school fans and the...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: The Ross Report, Ep. 45
The Ross Report is VADER TIME this weekPhoto Credit: WWE.comIf you're new, here's the rundown: I listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly not all of...
View ArticleThe Issues of the Year: WWE Network
The failure was way over the topGraphics Credit: WWE.comNew Japan Pro Wrestling launched an over-the-top streaming service late in 2014 called NJPW World, one that included vast swaths of its video...
View ArticlePreview: Inspire Pro Wrestling's Ecstacy of Gold II
Graphics Credit: Inspire ProHello everyone, I have returned with another Inspire Pro preview. Are you a new reader to The Wrestling Blog and not know what Inspire Pro Wrestling is? Well, are you in for...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: Flying Through The Space-Time Continuum
The new champs put a button on Main Event's 2014Photo Credit: WWE.comThe uniqueness of how the pro graps chooses to tell a story means it is like a novel, albeit a novel without an ending about a...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Recap Extravaganza
A LOT of WrestleKingdom talk this weekGraphics Credit: NJPW FacebookIf you're new, here's the rundown: I listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly not...
View ArticleSmackdown: Friendship is Magic
Edge was a good friend on FridayPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt was the first Smackdown of the new year. I was so ready for it. So full of hope and enthusiasm. Then I turned on the TV to find that Sportsnet...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: In With The New Year
"Have fun getting demoted to Monday."Photo Credit: WWE.comIt took a lot of runs and a lot of permutations, but once the Ascension coalesced into the Viktor/Konnor dyad so familiar to Full Sail addicts...
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