WWE Network Is Free in June for New Subscribers, No the Record Is Not Skipping
Free again in June for newbies. Where have I heard that before?Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the WWE Network is going to be free in June for new subscribers. June will be the fourth...
View ArticleKeith Lee Is All Hoss, No Floss
HE'S MORE HOSS THAN YOU CAN HANDLEPhoto Credit: Kelly Kyle/Texas AnarchyMichael is going to have a big review on In Their Blood 2 from last night, Inspire Pro's XX-Division flagship show going forward,...
View ArticleNo Tommy Dreamer, I Will Not Shut Up No Matter How Much I Paid
noThe above screen-grab is from Tommy Dreamer, who is a current member of TNA's front office and a freelance professional wrestler on the side nowadays. Dreamer has built up a lot of goodwill with me...
View ArticleSMASH Will Attempt to Kick ALS by Having Chris Hero Wrestle A WHOLE LOT
The Knockout Artist is gonna KO dudes for charity this weekendPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinSMASH Wrestling has quickly become Canada's premiere indie promotion, and it's not hard to see why. The...
View ArticleAlright, Who Let Dusty in the Writers Room?: WWE Elimination Chamber Review
Kevin Owens is your god now, folksPhoto Credit: WWE.comIn the TH style. My advice is to watch the show on demand on The Network up through the Kevin Owens/John Cena match and then turn that sucker...
View ArticleInstant Feedback: Magog
This was not meant to be viewed as traditional LOL CENA. This is WWE's Kingdom Come.Photo Credit: WWE.comJohn Cena's response to Kevin Owens was fiery and impassioned. He was consumed by the power of...
View ArticleTNA Stands for Transphobia Now Acceptable
No no no no no NOTNA is a company that has been under fire the last two weeks over its television contract status and the wars its wrestlers have been waging against the people who reported it....
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Eps. 223/224
The last two Austin shows, recapped!Photo 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....
View ArticleSamoa Joe Worked the RAW Dark Match, May Have Signed a Full-Time WWE Deal
Expect more of this in the near futurePhoto Credit: WWE.comAt the beginning of 2015, Samoa Joe was just drifting along in TNA, the company that scooped him up when WWE signed CM Punk and then...
View ArticleKing of Trios Team #3 Comes from England
From across the pondGraphics via @CHIKARAProThe third team for King of Trios has been announced. It is another guest team, and it features three wrestlers who have wrestled for Chikara before. Team...
View ArticleTwin Magic and WWE's Writing of Women
"Twin magic" might be bullshit as a trope, but don't blame the Bellas for not doing their best with itPhoto Credit: WWE.comBrie Bella did everything correctly last night when she executed "twin magic"...
View ArticleMatt Jackson Showed the World Jim Cornette's Reaction to Kevin Owens' Big Sunday
Matt Jackson, on the left, had the mic-dropping reaction to Owens' win on SundayPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinNormally, I don't like to give the time of day to rancid pissbabies like Jim Cornette....
View ArticleVADER TIME Comes to Cleveland
IT'S TIMEPhoto Credit: WWE.comAbsolute Intense Wrestling got the train rolling towards Absolution X on July 10 by announcing Tim Donst vs. Nick F'n Gage. It announced Samoa Joe in what will probably be...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Ep. 225
Austin's back with Sam Roberts this episodePhoto 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 ArticleWrestling, Like Wu-Tang, Is for the Children
If WWE is truly all ages, then why isn't El Torito featured more prominently at a time when kids can watch?Photo Credit: WWE.comChildren's entertainment gets a bad rap in the "nerd" community, mainly...
View ArticleFantasy Booking An All-Indy Version of The Best Of The Super Juniors PT 1:...
Will Ricochet win ours too?Photo Credit: njpw.co.jpWhen I was a young wrestling fan, cutting my teeth on wrestling outside of the limited paradigm of WWF and WCW, the stuff people were supposed to have...
View ArticleCarrie Dunn Takes to Academia to Examine WWE's Institutional Misogyny
Eve Torres is a major focus of this well-written paper on WWE's issues with womenPhoto Credit: WWE.comFrom Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 3Carrie Dunn,...
View ArticlePro Wrestling SKOOPZ on The Wrestling Blog: Issue 32
Whole lotta Joe this weekPhoto Credit: Lee South/ImpactWrestling.comHORB FLERBMINBER is back again with a new slate of hot scoops, big news, and THE MOST GARGANTUAN TAKES THIS SIDE OF THE HIMALAYAS. I...
View ArticleFeedback of Honor: First Impressions
If you wanted to know Moose, you got to know him on this Destination America debut showPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinRing of Honor, as a wrestling company, has been open for business for over 13 years...
View ArticleThe Stone Cold Stunner Is Alive and Well at These Graduation Gimmicks
Imagine this happening at your graduationPhoto Credit: WWE.comGraduation from institutes of learning, be they elementary or higher, is a special time. All the hard work a student puts in over a fixed...
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