Lots of happy wrestling memories are tainted after #SpeakingOut. How do you make sense of them now?
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For years now, in my mind dating back to the Samoa Joe/Finn Balor feud of 2015-2016, the most tedious part of NXT has been the men’s title scene. This is…
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.…
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…
Brexit has, it is fair to say, completely altered the political landscape of the United Kingdom. Speaking less circumspectly, you might say that it has absolutely fucked it. Everything from…
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,…
A story that would be funny if it wasn’t depressing: every kid has a fantasy life which puts them in the middle of whatever they love. You’re a rock star,…
There was a moment in the build to WrestleMania 2018 which I thought would echo through the years. After winning the first ever women’s Royal Rumble and deep into an…
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…
I know I should be excited about Evolution. It will be the first all-female pay-per-view event in WWE history, on the back of a couple of years of women consistently…
I’ve been trying to write about Stardom for months. It’s been hard to see any clear direction in the company’s endless, seemingly circular faction wars; I couldn’t see where the…