Friday Five: Batista
I miss the big galoot.1. If/when Batista comes back, could he realistically pull off the spotlight-hogging prima donna he was before leaving?2. Buy or sell: Even though John Cena became "the Franchise"...
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Any Shows This Weekend? Tournaments Abound
Will Steen's road back to that title begin Saturday in his homeland?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinHey yo! Friday has arrived, and all the cool kids are going to see wrestling shows! Don't you want to...
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Americanrana in Pictures
Masada about to tap to Steen's SharpshooterPhoto Credit: Lance EggmanVia 500pxHey, did you miss Americanrana, and you can't wait for the DVD to come out to get some of the experience? Well, you can get...
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Impactful Feedback: Psychology, Anyone?
More should have been done with that headgearScreen Grab via TNA's YouTube recapAfter I was spoiled on Tito Ortiz, I promised myself I wouldn't get into discussing the August 1 Warning. It's getting a...
View ArticleInstant Feedback: Psyched for SummerSlam
To be quite honest, I would have been happy with an Alberto del Rio vs. Ricardo Rodriguez match at SummerSlam. In typical weasel baddie fashion, del Rio took his privilege and tried to abuse it by...
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Twitter Request Line, Vol. 39
Definitely go see this match again!Photo Credit: Texas AnarchyIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them...
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This Week in Off-Topic: Top 25 Pearl Jam Songs
Photo Credit: Glide MagazinePearl Jam has become the most enduring rock band from the early '90s through constant touring, steady evolution, and in spite of their adversarial relationship with record...
View ArticleRIP Art Donovan
National Football League Hall of Famer and all-time great player for the Baltimore Colts Art Donovan passed away last night at the age of 89. While he was best known for his travails on the football...
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The Past is Prologue???: Total Divas Episode 2
On the left, A NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHESPhoto Credit: WWE.comI put three obnoxious question marks because I'm not sure if the title fits the idea any more, but I'm keeping the name because that is how...
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Parsing Andrew Goldstein's Response to the Tito Ortiz Backlash
OrtizPhoto Credit: ImpactWrestling.comFar be it from me to assume that any argument has only one side. While I felt TNA introducing Tito Ortiz as the August 1 Warning had disaster written all over it...
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Sayonara, Kurihara
What a career, however short it wasPhoto via @SHIMMERwomenAyumi Kurihara's final match took place yesterday at Korauken Hall in Tokyo at a special show held in her honor. She pinned Aja Kong in a trios...
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The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings, August 5
Eat your heart out, Michelle McCoolPhoto Credit: WWE.comWelcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who...
View ArticleInstant Feedback: Wormholes and Ideological Warfare
WWE continued the theme of opening up time warps and playing with the space-time continuum tonight. When Vince McMahon brought RED BELLY to attempt shaving Daniel Bryan, and I think that wormhole...
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Okay, Who Hit Damien Sandow with the Koopa Shell?
Photo Credit: WWE.comSomeone get him a Mario mushroom so he can... wait a second, that guy's not Damien Sandow? Daniel Bryan's resemblance to Sandow was uncanny. Maybe a tag team is in order down the...
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Wrestling Companies and the Need to be Stern on Impaired Driving
Angle needs more help than just a pat on the backPhoto Credit: Impact Wrestling.comKurt Angle entered rehab after incurring yet another driving-while-intoxicated charge after Impact tapings Thursday,...
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Safety First: Why Ring of Honor Needs Standards to Help Prevent Future Injuries
He didn't need to get hurtPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinBJ Whitmer said that his injury on an apron piledriver from Mike Bennett was no one's fault. I beg to differ. I don't put the blame for it on...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Cremator von Slasher's Gauntlet against the House of Hell
Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling is based out of Vancouver, BC, and is the normal habitat of one Nicole Matthews. Did you know that she's the most heroic babyface wrestler there, which is a total...
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Wrestling Six Packs: Potential Debuting Tag Teams for DDT4 '14
The Portal is back, so why not have them do DDT4Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinThe calendar reads August 6, so we're still a shade under five months away from the end of 2013. However, I just watched...
View ArticleThe Best Moves Ever: The YES!/NO!/LeBell Lock
Call it the YES! Lock. Call it the NO! Lock. Call it the LeBell Lock. Heck, call it the Daniel Bryan Finishy Hurty Move for all I care. All I know is that if Bryan locks this sucker in on John Cena at...
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Your Midweek Links: Johnny Football and Blading
No blood on purpose, JohnPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:Wrestling Links:- The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 109: Ms. Deathlock [Sign of...
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