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A Tenured Perspective: Surrealism in Wrestling Masks
Here's The Great Kabuki with bad guy manager Gary HartScreen Grab via WWE.comOne of the things that really helped me get my head around professional wrestling was understanding is as a parody of a...
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Dispatches from the Lake: Super Saiyan Gyms Are a Thing?!
A woman on the commentary desk? Long overdue.Photo Credit: WWE.comHello folks! I hope you all had a happy Fourth of July! Hopefully you spent it outside enjoying a hot dog with traditional Chicago...
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The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings, July 7
The ManPhoto via Fox SportsWelcome 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 is really the best in the...
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Instant Feedback: A House in Shambles
RAW was about as grungy tonight as Dean Ambrose's troubled teen auraPhoto Credit: WWE.comI don't know why Vince McMahon and WWE invited the viewing public into its figurative home tonight. The place...
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Bo Dallas, Good Sport
Photo Credit: WWE.comBo Dallas knows sportsmanship. Why, when wrestling El Torito, he gave up his substantial height advantage to make it a fair fight! How honorable of the man who is now 12-and-Bo! In...
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Technical Wrestling Master Class: Japan Pt 1: Shoot-Style
Minoru Tanaka, shoot-style iconPhoto via ProFightDBIn my last article on this subject, I did North America. And if we're being perfectly honest with ourselves here, that wasn't exactly the most...
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Impact Report: The Song Remains The Same
The more things change...Photo Credit: Impact Wrestling.comWith Kurt Angle in place as the new “Director Of Wrestling Operations” at TNA, the company has been pushing the idea of its rebirth....
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Battle of Los Angeles Field Is Set
Will this scene repeat two years later?Photo Credit: Devin ChenLast Thursday, while most of the working world on the Eastern Seaboard was counting down the seconds until the long weekend, the folks at...
View ArticleThis Week in Sid History: Sid-dependence Day!
After a bit of a hiatus I am back with a new edition for This Week in Sid History.For this edition, we go back 15 years to July 5, 1999. It was the day after Independence Day, and which happened to...
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If This Be the End for Santino Marella...
Godspeed, fair jesterPhoto Credit: WWE.comSantino Marella announced at a house show in Toronto on Sunday that he would be retiring from WWE. He cited a neck injury as being the breaking point, as it...
View ArticleThe Best Moves Ever: Old School Memphis Piledriver
The piledriver is illegal in WWE nowadays. The move certainly has the most risk attached to it of all the big time moves, and to be honest, the company has gotten along pretty well with it used...
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NJPW Dominion 2014 Review
The Bullet Club celebrates following one of New Japan's best PPVs this yearNew Japan Pro Wrestling's last big PPV before the the G1 Climax delivered a lot more than most were expecting. The card didn't...
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Your Midweek Links: Divas, Stars 'n Stripes, and World Cup
This really did happen and it was fantasticPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:Wrestling Links:- The Best and Worst of RAW:...
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Languid Reflections on Absurdity: The Gaping Void in the Heroic Narrative
Unlike Cena, this demigod did have a weaknessWhen I watch wrestling, I admire the athleticism. It's not the main reason that I spend my time indulging in what most would term a “wasteful” activity,...
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Best Coast Bias: Canada Day II: Shoot Harder
This is it, this is the "feud"Photo Credit: WWE.comLet's just come out and address a piece of vocabularial popcorn that gets stuck between the molars of me and all the other poor afflicted former copy...
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Absence, Empathy and Punk Rock
CM Punk continues to be one of the main characters on Raw– even in absentia. When Paul Heyman appears, he’s accompanied by a guy who is cool, but decidedly “not Punk.” Crowds chant Punk’s name at...
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Big Heat's Hot Takes: Damien Sandow and The Art of War
Just lulling everyone to sleep, yes, that's it...Photo Credit: WWE.comLadies and gentlemen, if there's one thing I've learned in my years following the wacky world of professional wrestling, it's that...
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Wrestling and Comic Books, Part One - Serialization
These two were locked in a serialized battle for almost two yearsPhoto Credit: WWE.comProfessional wrestling and comic books are similar in many ways. This is the first in the series illustrating and...
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WCWC: A Wonderful Trip Down Memory Lane Salvages the Episode
WRESTLING!Photo via http://www.pinterest.com/glrss/rasslin/Being the independent wrestling promotion that they are, the West Coast Wrestling Connection has a very small budget which forces them to...
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Twitter Request Line, Vol. 84
Bryan's (final, maybe? *gulp*) run in WWE was him in god modePhoto Credit: WWE.com It's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and...
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