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NXT, BAYBAY
BAYBAYPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIn a move nearly four years in the making, independent/Ring of Honor standout Adam Cole has signed with WWE. Cole was originally to sign along with Sami Callihan...
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The Carnies Are The First Announced Entrants into Scenic City Trios
The Carnies and Cassidy are in the houseGraphics via @SCITournamentKerry Awful and Nick Iggy comprise The Carnies, the hottest tag team in America today. They've blown up the South, WrestleCircus, and...
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Leftism and Wrestling: Make Nazis Afraid Again
No Nazis at wrestling, no Nazis in real lifeArt by Jack Kirby, image from Comics AllianceEven though capitalists and conservatives run and populate the wrestling business, as an artform, it lends...
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Your Midweek Links: SummerSlam Is Nigh
"Please don't come back! Please don't come back!"Photo Credit: WWE.comThe biggest party of the summer is Sunday, but it's Wednesday. You still have days to prepare, but how will you spend your time...
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Learning to Live with Smackdown
lolPhoto Credit: WWE.comThis week on Smackdown I'm learning to live with:Going Through the MotionsNatalya is challenging Naomi for the Women's Championship on Sunday, so on this episode Natalya got a...
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Twitter Request Line, Vol. 200
If only his dad were in the business, he'd be a failsonIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them on here...
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NXT In 60 Seconds
Well, obviouslyPhoto Credit: WWE.comMaster Regal: Hello, everyone. It's contract signing time. First, let us bring out the challenger: Ember Moon!Ember: looks alternatively concerned and...
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Best Coast Bias: It's (nearly) All Good, BAY BAY BAY BAY
The blueprint? Three.Photo Credit: WWE.comResults, stray thoughts, and takeaways from the third iteration of Takeovers out of Barclays just as soon as Sinclair figures out which Briscoe to give which...
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Jinder Mahal and RAW Kaiju: Storytelling in WWE
The biggest victims of bad foundational storytelling in WWEPhoto Credit: WWE.comAs of this writing, Jinder Mahal is still WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Six months ago, he was Rusev-adjacent,...
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The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings for August 21, 2017
Strowman, best in the world at wrestling AND redecorating the ringside areaPhoto Credit: WWE.comWelcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings...
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The Vikings Invade Tennessee
VIKINGSGraphics via @SCITournamentSo, the folks behind the Scenic City Trios tournament, taking place November 18 in the greater Chattanooga area, named a second trio for its inaugural shindig, and...
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I Can't Believe I Have to Write about Beach Balls, But Here I Am
Cesaro doing the lord's workScreengrab via @WWECesaroNormally, when WWE hits places where the crowds get a bit, ahem, rowdy and start doing things like chanting for Randy Savage, I can tune it out....
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Leftism and Wrestling: Direct Action Works
Pretend Zack Sabre, Jr's opponent here is fascism, and you'll know the best way to deal with itPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinEven though capitalists and conservatives run and populate the wrestling...
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Your Midweek Links: SummerSlam Reads and More
Was Nakamura a bust all along?Photo Credit: WWE.comHump Day has arrived once again, and now that SummerSlam and the solar eclipse are over and the NFL season is still two weeks away, what are you going...
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Wrestling With Food
Beast from the East and restaurateur?Photo Credit: WWE.comIt's strange how random thoughts can evolve into major revelations. For example, yesterday, I saw Taz retweet a gif of him vs. Bam Bam Bigelow...
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Learning to Live with Smackdown
Corbin's new jobPhoto Credit: WWE.comThis week on Smackdown I'm learning to live with: The Ongoing Quest for an Open ChallengeAJ Styles was once again a United States Championship Open Challenge tease,...
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Twitter Request Line, Vol. 201
Wouldn't a Torres return be awesome?Photo Credit: WWE.comIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them on...
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Why Wrestling Girls Needed to Break the Internet
A hearty fuck to anyone who makes Viper or any woman associated with wrestling uncomfortable in her own skinPhoto via @missviper91The year is 2017, and I can't believe people still have to stick up for...
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Sexy Star Injured Rosemary Because *shrug*
Rosemary, the latest victim of Sexy Star's unprofessionalismPhoto Credit: Lee South/ImpactWrestling.comWhile everyone else was waiting for their pay-per-view providers to stop pussyfooting about and...
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Suplex All White Supremacists
SUPLEX CITY, BITCHScreengrab via @TariqNasheedI've been writing for months now about how wrestling and leftist economic and social concerns go hand-in-hand together, but a young lad at a gas station...
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