The Sad Year Bret “The Hitman” Hart sat in the darkened locker room, the roar of a distant crowd echoing through concrete walls. The air carried the stale scent of dried sweat, baby oil, and the bitter stench of lost ambition.1 His hair hung in long, damp strands, the last remnants of his pre-match shower […]
I remember the first time I saw a man hit a woman. I was six years old and I was at a wedding. It was a large wedding with an open bar. In a family full of alcoholics, the best case scenario was limiting the number of drunk drivers to just one or two and […]
April 17th, 2024 Dylan Summers’ hip is shattered in four different places. He finds himself, strapped to a bed, immobilized, facing a murky future with an untold number of surgeries ahead. The dimly lit confines of a Japanese hospital room, the oppressive silence weighed heavily on the mind of the man known as Necro Butcher. […]
WWE presented Bash in Berlin from the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany, making history as WWE’s first-ever PREMIUM LIVE EVENT in Germany. Ok, if you read my Official Violent People WWE Backlash France Review you know the deal here. The idea of actually reviewing a PLE is honestly nauseating/hilarious so instead I’m going to spotlight […]
TALKING TOURNEYS is back. We’ve heard your clamoring and the demands, so we’re thrilled to announce that Talking Tourneys is back with a bang, and it’s now a Dan Rice solo production! In this exciting new chapter, of Talking Tourneys, each episode will feature Dan in conversation with a rotating lineup of amazing co-hosts. And […]
I need to kick off this special edition of Rotten Rewatch by discussing a writer far superior to myself. JR Goldberg is the mind behind Meth Lab Battlarts, which you can read some here and buy the zine version here. JR is the first person I remember extolling and cheerleading Ian Rotten’s grappling. He also […]
There is something surreal about attending a professional wrestling show in a small town park, particularly one that takes place immediately after a downpour. Let me set the stage: Imagine the smell of the average wrestling show. Now picture it taking place in a mud soaked park, the air heavy with residual moisture, and the […]
I’d like to start out by dedicating this piece to Scott William Henson. He was known to fans as Big Cat Scott Henson. To friends he was Scoot. To me he was Blue Thunder Video. He was the first tape trader I dealt with. It’s very possible, without his kindness and vhs tapes, I might […]
For the fifth week in a row, I bring you, the fine readers of Violent People, Rotten Rewatch. What’s that? It’s been a full month since the last column? Honestly I feel like I let the dozen of you that read this down. I could blame Violent People Radio, but that takes up about 2-3 […]
Welcome back to another Rotten Rewatch. I can’t imagine someone reading this that doesn’t know, but just in case I wanted to point out that” Firstly, We’ve announced Violent People Radio, a forthcoming podcast featuring the four original minds behind Violent People. Secondly, I’ve launched a solo podcast called Violent Volumes. The response has way […]