During half-time of the 2020 Superbowl, Joey Janela announced via Twitter that his Wrestlemania weekend Spring Break show would feature Minoru Suzuki vs. Orange Cassidy in a first-time ever match.…
Author: Patrick W. Reed
Professional wrestling has long been an artform that deals with a conflict between permutations of the self. The very nature of kayfabe meant that, historically, the distinction between a wrestler’s…
In a 2016 interview with WWE.com, Mike Quackenbush reflected on a study in which fewer than 2% of self-identified wrestling fans could name a promotion other than WWE, suggesting that,…
We live in a post-kayfabe world. Or at least that’s the received wisdom. Ask any wrestling personality of a certain age, and they’ll tell you how much better things were…
In an ever-changing wrestling landscape, with WWE’s eyes fixed firmly on long-term goals of “global localisation”, All Elite Wrestling on the horizon, and every promotion with the financial clout to…
Cast your minds back to New Year’s Day, 2017. The day that the fever dreams of Alex Shane finally came true, and British wrestling returned to our TV screens, with…