The First New Japan Name for War of the Worlds Announced
Tanahashi is the first name announced from New JapanPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinRing of Honor announced its first name from New Japan Pro Wrestling for the four-show, co-promoted shows between the...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: Getting In A Couple Of Shots
Is this the next man up to get KOed?Photo Credit: WWE.comFresh off extending their hegemony by a successful run out to the Best Coast during WrestleMania weekend, it would've been easy for NXT to use...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 114
Are moments like these too special for the rest of the year?Photo Credit: WWE.comIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and...
View ArticleThe 2014 TWB 100 Epilogue #1: My Ballot
Both Athena and Hania made my ballot this yearPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinAs the tradition goes every year, after the completed TWB 100 list is posted, I make my ballot known to the public and blurb...
View ArticleThe 2015 TWB Tournament of Champions, Regional Finals
The eternal battle rages onPhoto Credit: WWE.comSixty-four men entered, and now only eight remain. Today, the berths into the Final Four will be decided, but before y'all get to voting, the results...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Cheap Heat April 1
Heyman has a pre-tape interview on Cheap Heat 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...
View ArticleWar of the Worlds Has Some Rain in the Forecast
Okada is comingPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinThe second name announced for the Ring of Honor/New Japan Pro Wrestling War of the Worlds series is the yang to first announcee Hiroshi Tanahashi's yin....
View ArticleSmackdown: Friendship is Magic
Harper and Ambrose need to stop playing and become best friends alreadyPhoto Credit: WWE.comI was pretty bummed when I couldn't watch RAW this Monday. Brock Lesnar destroying the announce team? Damien...
View ArticleWeekend Tunes: The Mountain Goats Made a Wrestling-Themed Album
The Mountain Goats made a pro wrestling album!Photo Credit: Lissa Gotwals/courtesy of the bandThe most surprising people can be wrestling fans sometimes. For example, I never knew Jon Stewart liked...
View ArticleThe 2015 TWB Tournament of Champions, Final Four
A fine final four indeedPhoto Credits: Styles - ImpactWrestling.com, all else - WWE.comThe final four competitors in the Tournament of Champions have been decided, and they are the winners from...
View ArticleAJ Lee and WWE Part Ways
Farewell, Ms. LeePhoto Credit: WWE.comVia WWE.comWWE announced Friday that AJ Lee was "retiring" from in-ring competition with the company. Lee, whose real name is April Jeanette Brooks, is only 28...
View ArticleLIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, Plus the Return of DDT4
Liger is comin' back!Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinThe third name for the Ring of Honor/New Japan Pro Wrestling set of shows in Toronto and Philadelphia has been announced, and it's a legendary...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Art Of Wrestling Ep. 244
Thrasher is Cabana's guest this weekPhoto via @GRThrasherIf 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....
View ArticleAlex Riley, The Boy Who Desperately Wanted to Be a Brand
Alex Riley is the dictionary definition of corporate artPhoto Credit: WWE.comWhen corporations get a hold of the creative process of a business for which they are responsible, the results are easy to...
View ArticleThe 2015 TWB Tournament of Champions FINAL
FOR ALL THE BRASS RINGSPhoto Credit: WWE.comWell, it's been an arduous two weeks, but finally, the finals of the Tournament of Champions have arrived, and as expected, two icons of their respective...
View ArticleA Cloud of EEEEEEEVIL Hangs over Chikara
The Nightmare Warrior owns the UKPhoto via Chikara's FacebookChikara's UK tour has concluded, and it could certainly be described as eventful, surprising even. Of course, the promotion was making waves...
View ArticleTetsuya Naito's Coming for War of the Worlds
Naito joins the NJPW partyPhoto via Culture CrossfireThe latest New Japan Pro Wrestling name to make it over for the War of the Worlds series with Ring of Honor is none other than Tetsuya Naito. He's...
View ArticleByron Saxton: Actually Good?
Could he be the reason RAW's commentary wasn't dreadful last night?Photo Credit: WWE.comLast week on RAW, Byron Saxton was tossed to the wolves after all three of the announcers were taken out by Brock...
View ArticleThe 2015 TWB Tournament of Champions Winner Is...
THE MANPhoto Credit: WWE.comTo be the man, you have to beat the man, and in the 2015 TWB Tournament of Champions, no one was able to beat the man. Ric Flair, the only #1 seed to make it out of his...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Ep. 209
Austin tackles rumors of heat with WWEPhoto 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...
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