Instant Feedback: Beginnings
This interaction may not lead down a satisfying path, but at least it was a memorable sight to seePhoto Credit: WWE.comHow many times have you watched RAW, seeing blossoming potential unfolding before...
View ArticlePaging Dr. Love
Photo Credit: WWE.comXavier Woods' fiery rhetoric last night may have hearkened back to a time when black militants roamed the halls of WWE arenas in the late '90s. While his words reminded people of...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: So Amazayn
I know a Subreddit we should send Sami to nextPhoto Credit: WWE.comIn an industry riddled with difficulties, perhaps the highest sign of a performer's talent is pulling off arguably the hardest...
View ArticleField Report: Live at CHIKARA NYC
The Batiri and The Colony exchange pleasantriesPhoto Credit: Bryan HeatonThis past Saturday, Chikara held a show in Hell's Heck's Kitchen in New York City - The Living Daylights, to be exact. Being a...
View ArticleWWE Battleground Live Reactions/Review: Can We Just Get To The Fireworks...
Still all about The ChampPhoto Credit: WWE.comI was fortunate enough to go to my very first live WWE pay-per-view last night. The experience itself is something I will cherish for a while, at least...
View ArticleDispatches from the Lake: Quality vs Quantity
Will feuds come out of this fracas? Recent history says no.Photo Credit: WWE.comCan we all agree that after watching the treading water-fest that was Battleground that there are way too many...
View ArticleWrestling and Comic Books Part 2 - Marketing and Merchandising
Cena's stagnant BECAUSE his merch designs are so dynamicPhoto Credit: WWE.comMarketing and merchandising are essential parts of both comic books and wrestling. They are two of the largest, if not the...
View ArticleWrestling Six Packs: Intergender Matches That Need to Happen
Kimber Lee is no stranger to wrestling men like Joey Ryan, but she should still wrestle ALL OF THEMPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinEven though I agreedwith Brandon Stroud that the trend of intergender...
View ArticleThe Best Moves Ever: Last Chancery
A wrestler needs a lot of dexterity when performing a bridging move. German suplexes and other throw variants with bridges require a certain amount of dexterity and concentration, but having to do a...
View ArticleImpact Report: It Makes Me Depressed a Little Bit
"More action and less talking!" said during yet another 20 minute promo segmentPhoto Credit: ImpactWrestling.comThis week’s episode of TNA Impact is the first coming from the vaunted recent NYC...
View ArticleYour Midweek Links: Sheiky Baby and Battleground
Sheiky baby make Hulk Hogan humble hock ptooeyPhoto Credit: WWE.comIt's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:Wrestling Links:- Best of the Iron Sheik's UPROXX Live...
View ArticleWCWC: The Culmination of the DDT Challenge
Photo via WCWC Facebook PageWhen you tape a month's worth of episodes for a wrestling show in a matter of hours and devote most of the attention toward a match revolving around a single maneuver, a...
View Article#ThanksSteenThanks
Steen's whimsy and charisma will fit in perfectly in WWEPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIndependent wrestling as a whole has seen some influential and important characters. Bryan Danielson set the bar...
View ArticleACW's From Innocence to Insanity 8 Review
Straight FIREPhoto Credit: Michael DupinI want to state right up front that I will not have anything critical to say about the performances on this show. Every single person on the card, whether in a...
View ArticleReference Points: The Usos and the Fantastics
The Usos compare favorably to a classic '80s tag team, but it's not the one you think it isPhoto Credit: WWE.comEver since they became a babyface tag team, the Usos have been a fascinating case study....
View ArticleTWB Retro Live Tweet Recap: WCW Sin
You poor, sweet manPhoto Credit: WWE.comLast night, an intimate but intrepid group of TWB readers and Tweeters got together and watched the third-to-last pay-per-view event in World Championship...
View ArticleBig Heat's Hot Takes: Get Your World Champ Out Of My Wrestling Show!
BORK LAZER doesn't need to be around every weekPhoto Credit: WWE.comWrestling fans, we are seemingly entering an era where the top competitor holding the top prize in the top promotion in the country...
View ArticleG1 Climax 24 Day One Review
Okada and Shibata celebrate victories during day one of wrestling's biggest annual tournamentPhoto Credit: njpw.co.jpDay one of New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual G1 Climax took place three days ago and...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 86
Hard to have a HOSS division when The Flood has all the members, like the Devastation CorporationPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Remember Paper Bags and Ted DiBiase, Jr.?
Three years in wrestling can be a long time. Right now, Stardust is on a fantastic voyage to God knows where with his brother Goldust, but back in the day, he was a vainglorious Cody Rhodes, wearing a...
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