Thank You and Goodnight, Rachel Summerlyn
An absolute icon is leaving wrestling for goodPhoto Credit: Kelly Kyle/Texas AnarchySunday in Austin, TX, Inspire Pro Wrestling will be holding its second event dedicated mostly to its burgeoning XX...
View ArticleSomebody Beat Up Ziggler and Maybe I'll Start Caring.
Ziggler needs to take a cue from the past...Photo Credit: WWE.comI want to like Dolph Ziggler more.He’s really fun to watch. He's fast, funny, bumps around like crazy, and looks like something that...
View ArticleThe Polling Place: Rollins and MitB, G1 Climax, Ray Rice
Will he EVER get to cash it in?Photo Credit: WWE.comWelcome to the Polling Place, where I give you multiple choice polls, and you choose ONE answer per poll. ONE ANSWER PER POLL. Oh, excuse me, I don't...
View ArticleA Long Time Coming
Photo via @JoeyRyanOnlineCandice LeRae entered the American Legion hall in Reseda, CA with all her blood and no titles to her name in her Pro Wrestling Guerrilla career. She exited as co-holder of the...
View ArticleSpike Television Has Cancelled Impact
Carter was informed of the news ahead of time to look for a TV deal that may or may not even be therePhoto via Cageside SeatsVia TMZThe nightmare scenario for TNA Wrestling has come true, as Spike TV...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Kitsune vs. AR Fox
Youse guise know well about my passionate love for everything Chikara, but I also dig its rebellious, more adult-oriented, estranged spiritual older brother, Inter Species Wrestling, as well. The...
View ArticleSpecial Ops-Ed: How To Save The WWE Network Era
Can it be saved? OF COURSE it can!Graphics Credit: John Lefteratos, via International ObjectEarlier this year, WWE unveiled a supposedly revolutionary product that would change the wrestling game...
View ArticleBest Coast Bias: NXTyler
Mmmm GorgeousPhoto Credit: WWE.comNothing is more boring than invincibility. There's a reason phrases like deux ex machina and fait accompli permeate the language when a surfeit of users couldn't...
View ArticleSmackdown: Friendship is Magic
Even though Ryback didn't match Axel, they still showed broey solidarityPhoto Credit: WWE.comBest Friends—Ryback and Curtis AxelNormally, I'm a big proponent of tag team members matching each other....
View ArticleThe Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings, July 28
Even gimpy, Bryan still is the BEST IN THE WOOOOOORLDPhoto 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...
View ArticleInstant Feedback: Equal Opportunity Garbage People
She came off sympathetic most of the show, but still not a person to root for. That's a problem.Photo Credit: WWE.comFor the first time in who knows how long, a storyline centered around women on the...
View ArticleThis Is Ground Control To Major Sandow
Photo Credit: WWE.comIf the Damien Sandow/Adam Rose match had happened right before the Stardust/Goldust segment, I might have thought I took hallucinogens before watching RAW last night. Sandow...
View ArticleThe Case for A WWE Light Heavyweight Division, Part 3: The Tournament
Ziggler's first opponent would shock him badPhoto Credit: WWE.comIn Parts 1 and 2 of the series, we showed you who the Ace was going to be, what the roster looked like, and even the design of the belt....
View ArticleFergal Devitt Signs with WWE, and a Note about the State of Journalism in...
Devitt's officialPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinVia WWE.comFergal "Prince" Devitt has signed a developmental contract with WWE and will report to the Performance Center. He has spent most of his recent...
View ArticleDispatches from the Lake: The Return
Is this how one becomes a Rosebud?Photo Credit: WWE.comHere we are after the entirely pointless Battleground special event, and the name of the game is moving stories forward. This isn’t just happening...
View ArticleThe Dream Solution for a Nightmare Scenario
Could we see the Rattlesnake return? No, but it's fun to dreamPhoto Credit: WWE.comThe four most popular wrestlers in WWE right now are a heel, a man who's said he's "never, ever" going back to work...
View ArticleA Short Note about Being Fresh
Super No VacancyPhoto via Drew CordeiroThe above photo was taken at Feté Music on Sunday for Beyond Wrestling's sold-out Americanrana '14. The company is by-and-large producing some of the freshest...
View ArticleWrestling Six Packs: Cool Injury Replacements for Battle of Los Angeles
The SHIMMER Champion definitely would fit in in PWGPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinInjuries suck, but they are part of the deal when it comes to a full-contact art like professional wrestling. Bones...
View ArticleThe Best Moves Ever: Death Blow (Chris Hero)
Imagine you're a wrestler and you think in terms of kayfabe, i.e. it's still real to you, i.e. pretend, okay? You get twisted up in hangman's neckbreaker position. The move you think you're taking is...
View ArticleBig Heat's Hot Takes: The American Way
Why don't you just sit back and ENJOY the patriotism????Photo Credit: WWE.comThis past Monday on RAW, everyone’s favorite xenophobic babyface Zeb Colter decided to define what the American flag...
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