Year-End Sorting Bins: Ew, Gross, Go Away
The top NOPE on this year's shit sorting bin is... Flair!Photo Credit: WWE.comThe end of 2016 is nigh, which means the YEAR END BLOWOUT has returned, and with the BLOWOUT comes the Sorting Bins. For...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Art Of Wrestling Ep. 331
James is the latest AOW guestPhoto Credit: WWE.comIf you’re new, here’s the rundown. We listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly not all of them. In the...
View ArticleThe Gender Politics of WWE Are Still Out of Whack
Fox is being treated as property by Dar, and that's grossPhoto Credit: WWE.comSasha Banks and Charlotte Flair wrestled for more than 30 minutes on Sunday at Roadblock: End of the Line, the culmination...
View ArticleLearning to Live with Smackdown
WWE Studios Presents: The SlapPhoto Credit: WWE.comThis week on Smackdown I'm learning to live with:AJ Styles, the Gift that Never Stops Giving Smackdown hit the ground running this week with a title...
View ArticleNXT In 60 Seconds
Do you have an adjective to describe the new number one contender?Photo Credit: WWE.comBillie Kay: This shouldn't be a problem, right?>Peyton Royce: Right.Daria Berenato: Wrong. punches. a...
View ArticlePodcast Deep Dive, The Masked Man Show, 12/21/16
The lads discuss year end lists and Roadblock, and Jericho comes upPhoto Credit WWE.comShow: The Masked Man ShowEpisode: 12/21/16Run Time:Guests: Steve Kazee, Dan St. GermainDecember brings a deluge of...
View ArticleThe Airing of Grievances: It's Not the Crowd's Fault
"I got a lot of problems with you people." - Jerry Stiller as Frank CostanzaAnother Festivus has arrived, and I have another instance of grievances for YOU PEOPLE. This time around, I'd like to tackle...
View Article2016 Year in Review/2017 Year in Preview: Chikara
Kimber Lee was a huge part of Chikara's 2016Photo Credit: Zia HilteyI'm going to try a slightly different format for these this year, starting with, what else, Chikara. The fun, American lucha libre...
View ArticleThe Issues of 2016: Roman Reigns, Walking Talking Point
When is a wrestler not a wrestler? When he's a sentient topic for argument, that's whenPhoto Credit: WWE.comThe year 2016 was eventful for many things, both beneficially eventful and actively harmful...
View ArticleLearning To Live With Smackdown
Lynch had double the Luchadora troublePhoto Credit: WWE.comThe Wrestling Blog was on holiday last week, but I wrote up a review of the December 27 episode anyway because I'm such a keener. I'm going to...
View ArticlePodcast Deep Dive: The Ross Report, Ep. 151
Miz doing what to Alex Riley what everyone wants to doPhoto Credit: WWE.comEditor's Note: I did not assign Elliot to write about this podcast. I would never force anyone to listen to nearly two hours...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Art Of Wrestling Ep. 332
Fish is Cabana's guest this weekPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIf you’re new, here’s the rundown. We listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly not all of...
View ArticleYear End Sorting Bins: I Guess So?
MAMA MIAPhoto Credit: WWE.comThe time has arrived for Sorting Bin Numbah Two, Begrudging Toleration, to be filled up. From this bin and the two directly following it, I will only blurb a handful of...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 173
Could New Day participate in a wholly mutated cibernetico?Photo Credit: WWE.comIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present,...
View Article2016 Year In Review/2017 Year in Preview: EVOLVE
2016 was Riddle's year to shine, broPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinThe feeder promotion to WWE's feeder promotion had an interesting 2016.2016, Summarized: EVOLVE came into 2016 with Timothy Thatcher...
View ArticleThe 2016 Bloggie Awards
Matt and Jeff Hardy, shown here flanking Ryback, are two of your big winners this yearPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinWelcome to the 2016 Bloggie Awards, presented to the best in the wrestling industry...
View ArticleYear End Sorting Bins: IYQ
The ultimate problematic favePhoto Credit: WWE.comThe following bin is the largest bin for a reason. I watch wrestling to like wrestling. Funny concept, I know, but I don't tune in, even on Monday...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Ep. 390
Austin speaks to Eric Embry this weekPhoto Credit: WWE.comIf you’re new, here’s the rundown. We listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many, probably, though certainly not all of...
View ArticleI Listen So You Don't Have To: Steve Austin Show Ep. 393
Dave Meltzer talks WrestleKingdom and other things with Austin this weekPhoto Credit: [add later]If you’re new, here’s the rundown. We listen to a handful of wrestling podcasts each week. Too many,...
View ArticlePodcast Deep Dive: New Japan Purocast, Ep. 69
The Most Polarizing Match of... the WeekPhoto via 411 WrestlingShow: New Japan PurocastEpisode: 69Run Time: 2:02:00Last week, New Japan Pro Wrestling put on their biggest show of the year,...
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