Instant Feedback: Crowd Sourced Surreality
The day-after Mania crowds are traditionally raucous. Last year raised the game exponentially, thanks to the agitation from 18 seconds of Daniel Bryan and 18 seconds only. This year's crowd was...
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Excuse Me, Mr. Layfield, but I Think You Dropped Something
Photo Credit: WWE.comThe crowd wasn't the only entity creating silly moments last night. During the brawl between Chris Jericho and Fandango, JBL's hat got knocked off. In the middle of going all COOL...
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"The Rock Put a Lot of Heat on Himself"
Maybe Vince should worry about the heat he's putting on himself with his biggest recent drawPhoto Credit: WWE.comSo yeah, there was apparently a huge tiff yesterday backstage at RAW that caused The...
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The 2012 TWB 100 Slow Release: #4
Cesaro giving Tyson Kidd the face wash on the canvasPhoto Credit: WWE.com4. Antonio CesaroPoints: 4299Ballots: 48Highest Vote:1st Place (Gregory Davis)Last Year's Placement: 25th PlaceTH: Some...
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The Tag World Grand Prix Shall Have a Dairy Serving
The Tag World Grand Prix teams continue to roll out, as the lactose tolerant Chikara originals, Los Ice Creams, will enter the fray. I don't expect them to win more than maybe an upset in the first...
View ArticleThe Best Moves Ever: The Trailer Hitch
The Figure Four leglock is one of the best submission holds ever, right? Of course it is, dolts. However, that's not to say it can't be tweaked. God's honest truth, I think the Trailer Hitch, or the...
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Your Midweek Links: PILES OF LINKS
So... much... ManiaPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:Staff Shots:- Episode 93: Reckless Youth and Bloodthirsty Babes, by TH, guest:...
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The Stepbrothers of Destruction
Photo via OntheAir72 on PhotoBucketh/t to ButchDuring the commercial break on RAW Monday, after the Shield had made their way out of the ring and the amalgamation of the Brothers of Destruction and...
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Danger to Retire, LuFisto and Summerlyn to Miss Time
So long, and thanks.Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinOver the course of an hour last night, three huge names in women's wrestling have entered stages of major flux.First, and probably the most momentous...
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Cageside Seats: A Look at Wrestling Is Art
Donst, a big part of Wrestling Is ArtPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinCageside Seats: Know Your Indies - Wrestling Is ArtThis is the debut of my new feature at Cageside, spotlighting a given indie...
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The 2012 TWB 100 Slow Release: #3
Ziggler folding up CM Punk like an accordionPhoto Credit: WWE.com3. Dolph ZigglerPoints: 4689Ballots: 50Highest Vote:1st Place (Jesse Powell, Josh Ray, Sean McLaughlin, Brandon Infinger)Last Year's...
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Best Coast Bias: Establishing Dominion
And nonbelievers shall be treated as suchPhoto Credit: WWE.comThe first post-WrestleMania Main Event was really about five people. Well, maybe six.To kick off the hour, it was about the force of the...
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Two Years Gone
Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinTwo years ago today, the Chikara family and the world of independent wrestling lost one of its most colorful, vibrant souls. Larry Sweeney lost his battle with depression...
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Camel Clutch Blog: Not Even Matt Hardy Deserves Fat-Shaming
Not pictured: A fat dudePhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinCamel Clutch Blog: Lay Off the Fat Hardy Jokes, Okay?My latest for the CCB is an admonishment of people who continue to make fat jokes at the...
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Cageside Seats: A Look at Beyond Wrestling
A sampling of the actionPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinCageside Seats: Know Your Indies - Beyond WrestlingThe next entry in my ongoing series profiling independent wrestling promotions belongs to...
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The 2012 TWB 100 Slow Release: #2
Punk locking his signature Anaconda Vise on John CenaPhoto Credit: WWE.com2. CM PunkPoints: 4889Ballots: 51Highest Vote:1st Place (Collin Borell, Philip Rosenbaum, George Murphy, Frank McCormick,...
View ArticleFriday Five: Reflecting on the Weekend
What just happened? Oh yeah, the biggest wrestling weekend of the year.1. How would you rate WrestleMania this year, using your own scale criteria (stars, 1-10, whatever)?2. Buy or sell: The WWE missed...
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Any Shows This Weekend? SHIMMER and Tournaments
A rematch 18 months in the making?Photo Credit: Gregory Davis/DDSLast weekend was maybe the biggest weekend in indie wrestling history. It was veritably huge, even. However, the wonderful thing about...
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Hark! A Siege Approaches from the Baltic
The fifth entrants into the Tag World Grand Prix are no strangers to the Chikara Multiverse, even if they've never left the confines of the Wrestling Is... family of promotions. The Estonian Thunder...
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The 2012 TWB 100 Slow Release: #1
Bryan working over Sheamus' fingers1. Daniel BryanPoints: 4954Ballots:52Highest Vote:1st Place (Cewsh, Drew Smith, Brett Clendaniel, Jay Sanudo, Eamon Paton, John Rosenberger, Mike Germano, Erin...
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