Instant Feedback: Bryan Used Helping Hand
It's not the dynamic WWE deserves, but it's the dynamic that WWE needsPhoto Credit: WWE.comWWE has had a habit of pushing Daniel Bryan into unnatural directions, especially as a hero. Of course, the...
View ArticleWho To Know for the TWB 100: Danny Cannon
Danny Cannon had a high-energy 2014, and you should take notice of itPhoto via Pro Fight DBAnother year is in the books, so another round of evaluating and ranking wrestlers is looming on the horizon....
View ArticleAAPW The Stars Are Born Review
Graphics via AAPW Facebook PageFor those that do not know, America’s Academy of Pro Wrestling (or AAPW) is a wrestling school based out of the Austin, Texas area (technically located in Pflugerville,...
View ArticleOn Yoshiko, Act Yasukawa, and Responsibility in the Ring
Yasukawa was the victim of one of the worst shoots in wrestling history this past weekendPhoto Credit: Leslie Lee III/Pro Wrestling Is ArtAn ugly incident befell STARDOM in Japan on February 22, when...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Eps. 195/196
Michaels is Austin's guest for his first, clean show last 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...
View ArticleOne Year of WWE Network
The Network was good and bad at the same timeGraphics by John LefteratosWWE Network turned a year old on Monday of this week. It has brought mixed providence along with it over its first year, but most...
View ArticleGet Well Soon, Tim Donst
Donst is one of the good ones, hope he gets well soon!Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinTim Donst surrendered the Absolute Intense Wrestling Absolute Championship Friday night at the promotion's I...
View ArticleDispatches from the Lake: Bafflement
The Bellas and all the other women on WWE's roster deserve betterPhoto Credit: WWE.comStupid, adult, real life and a strange brew of anger, sadness, and complete befuddlement have kept my keyboard...
View ArticleHow I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Daniel Bryan Outside of the Main...
Bryan doesn't have to headline every Mania to do what he does bestPhoto Credit: WWE.comDaniel Bryan is not headlining WrestleMania this year. I can't speak for anyone else, but even though he is right...
View ArticleSamoa Joe Comes Home
Joe's coming back to ROH and the indies with a vengeancePhoto Credit: Lee South/ImpactWrestling.comSamoa Joe has been unemployed from TNA for a little over a week, and he's already making his first...
View ArticlePro Wrestling SKOOPZ on The Wrestling Blog: Issue 20
WHERE'S THE BULGE IN PUNK'S ASS, HUH?Screen Grab via WWE.comHORB FLERBMINBER back again with all the scoops that you want, nay, NEED in your life, and I filed my report LIVE from my bed at CHICAGO...
View ArticleFollow-Up: Yoshiko Stripped and Suspended Indefinitely
Yoshiko, center, will face stiff punishment for her actsPhoto via Tokyo-Sports.co.jpTranslated news via Koala MaskSTARDOM has come down hard on Yoshiko for shooting on Act Yasukawa during their...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: The Ross Report Ep. 54
Helms stops by to talk Fast LanePhoto 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 Art of Listening and Letting Everyone Speak: A Short Essay
While WWE should give women like Brie Bella more time and attention, fans and writers should give the women among them more of a say as wellPhoto Credit: WWE.comThe #GiveDivasAChance hash-tag has blown...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 111
Jericho may have commandeered a camera once, but I don't think he ever wrestled with his listPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Cheap Heat Feb. 25
The Cheap Heat crew tackles #GiveDivasAChancePhoto 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...
View ArticleBig Dave on Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan, and a Note about Promotion, the...
Reigns may or may not be ready, but if he's not, the blame can be on McMahon's lack of manipulation of the fansPhoto Credit: WWE.comDave Meltzer dedicated a huge block of text in the latest edition of...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: KOwned
Waiting for KOPhoto Credit: WWE.comIn the ring, Finn Bálor was doing it to THE Brian Kendrick. At the announce table, Kevin Owens was doing it to Alex Riley. One victim is a sympathetic man doing the...
View ArticleSmackdown: Friendship is Magic
IT'S A NEXUS REUNION!Photo Credit: WWE.comShould Be Friends Again...Or Rivals...Or Whatever – Daniel Bryan and Bad News BarrettWhenever two or more former Nexus members interact in any way, my mind...
View ArticleWho To Know for the TWB 100: Fred Yehi
Yehi, shown here headlocking Jimmy Rave, had a phenomenal 2014Photo Credit: Harold Jay Taylor/Headlocks and HeadshotsAnother year is in the books, so another round of evaluating and ranking wrestlers...
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