TNA Primer: A Guide To The Number Two-iest Wrestling Promotion in America
TNA's present arc can be traced to Magnus as ChampionPhoto Credit: ImpactWrestling.comDespite what my twitter followers might think, I’m incredibly positive when it comes to professional wrestling. I...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: Because Good Is Dumb
Is this about to be the new Face of the Company? No, seriously: is it?Photo credit: WWE.comOne of the ripple effects of our main man D-Bry's injury is the fact there's the possibility with the...
View ArticleCody Rhodes, Midwife?
Would this development make Dusty Rhodes the son of a plumber AND the father of a baby deliverer?Photo Credit: WWe.comDon't look now, but Cody Rhodes may have a second career if this whole wrestling...
View ArticleCrimson Mask Plays Promotion Wars, Part 1: Background
I think my allegiance to professional wrestling started with video games. It's a pretty well-worn story for a lot of gaming obsessives. Their sibling or cousin buys a game console, a Nintendo 64 in...
View ArticleInspire Pro: CLASH AT THE BASH Preview
Will the Red Dead Depression continue their march towards Inspire Pro domination?Photo Credit: Kelly Kyle/Texas AnarchyIt’s fitting that the newest addition to the National Wrestling Alliance would...
View ArticleWrestlers vs. Dirtsheets, Round 2398429
Do not mess with any mother, let alone THIS motherPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinThe cycle is familiar. A wrestling journalist will publish a report, whether based in something that actually happened...
View ArticleWWE Future Endeavors Eleven
Bourne officially among the released todayPhoto Credit: WWE.comVia WWE.comWWE has engaged in a mass layoff of superstars not seen in at least three years. The list of releases numbers ten this time...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 80
You're gonna remember Ambrose's promo Monday for a long timePhoto Credit: WWE.comIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: The WWF Debut of Earthquake
Once upon a time, the World's Strongest Man wasn't an angry black fella from Silsby, TX, but a stocky French Canadian dude with blonde locks and the Mouth of the South for a manager. In his running...
View ArticleNJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2014 Finals Review
Ricochet celebrates and comes face to face with his future opponentPhoto Credit: njpw.co.jpNew Japan Pro Wrestling has long prided itself on its popular and highly successful junior heavyweight...
View ArticleThe Polling Place: Future Endeavors, Pat Patterson, The World Cup
Yoshi Tatsu in New Japan... you dig?Photo Credit: WWE.comWelcome to this week's Polling Place, where I ask the questions and you vote on the answers. Kicking off is WWE's mass layoff of talent...
View ArticleMetro Pro Returns This Weekend, but Is It For Good?
Will Jeremy Wyatt be defending the Metro Pro Title as a rebirth, or as a swan song?Photo Credit: Kelly Kyle/Texas AnarchyMetro Pro Wrestling returns to the Turner Rec Center in Kansas City, KS. The...
View ArticleThe Impact Report: How Much Sophomoric Stuff Can Happen?
Pictured: MVP showing how much TOUGHER he is than Eric YoungPhoto Credit: Impact Wrestling.comIn the fictional reality of Impact Wrestling, TNA must be the worst place to work. Everyone is screaming...
View ArticleRemembering the Emerald Destiny
Rest in power, Emerald DestinyPhoto Credit: Online World of WrestlingFive years ago today, Mitsuharu Misawa passed away in a Hiroshima hospital after losing consciousness at a Pro Wrestling NOAH show....
View ArticleDispatches from the Lake: Superstars, or We're Assuming You Don't Watch Raw
More of this, less of the recaps, pleasePhoto Credit: WWE.comI have a question for you, WWE. I’m a regular viewer of your programming. It’s very rare that I miss Raw or one of your special events or...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: Seeing Red Again
"But, honey, I thought you loved my Eddy Guerrero impersonation!"Photo Credit: WWE.comThe good news for Tyson Kidd after this week's episode of NXT is that his life is like a song; the bad news is that...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Jean-Paul Levesque vs. Scott Armstrong
So, do you want to see a match between the COO of WWE and a current official for the company from 20 years ago in WCW? OF COURSE YOU DO! Hard to believe that Jean-Paul Levesque would rise from the...
View ArticleSmackdown: Friendship is Magic
Enemies, or passionate lovers in waiting?Photo Credit: WWE.comWhat's the most magical part of watching professional wrestling? Friendship, of course! But seriously, think about it; friendship matters....
View ArticleSaturday Night (Not So) Live: An Appreciation of Late Night Indie Rasslin
Screen grab via Super LuchasThroughout my years of wrestling fanaticism, I have only focused on the big company up north. The WWE started becoming a part of my life in my tweens, and the show that got...
View ArticleIt's All Connected: The Argument for a Tournament to Introduce NXT Guys to...
Graphics Credit: Wrestling on EarthWe all know about the recent releases that have swept through WWE. Some of them make sense. Some make you scratch your head, and some never really had a chance. Whose...
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