Special thanks to Snazzy of the Social Suplex / Joshi’ing Around Podcast for the context and promo translations. The story of Ai Houzan is a tragic one, yet it also conveys hope. Thus far in her career, Houzan has been unable to gain much momentum. In Momono’s own words, she hasn’t been working hard enough. […]
In case you have forgotten, you have until March 7 to submit your ballot for the VP100 so that this site may once again crown its official wrestler of the year for the year 2025. Our esteemed voters submit ballots of 50 or 100 wrestlers based on their in-ring work, and then some loser with […]
We don’t write obituaries for comets. We don’t see stories about them in our local papers; our social media timelines aren’t flooded with “in memoriam” tributes to these eccentric celestial objects. They simply burn out or are ejected from our solar systems. A pencil-neck at NASA probably logs this event in a database, and we […]
Brett Lauderdale’s Game Changer Wrestling ran approximately twenty-two billion shows in the 2024 calendar year. Naturally, it can feel intimidating. Where do I start? What were the peaks? How many Blake Christian singles matches should I skip? (All of them.) If you only choose to dip a toe into GCW’s past year, this guide is […]
Jun Kasai vs. Kyusei Sakura Hirota (Ranmaru Festa Vol. 31, Mar. 21 2022) One of the greatest things about the artform of professional wrestling is that feeling when you get so caught up in the suspension of disbelief that you are able to cast aside everything you know about the mechanics of how it works. […]
Roderick Strong vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (ROH/NJPW 5/13/15) Perhaps one of the greatest crimes of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s 2010s renaissance period is the fact that while the famed cerulean blue was graced by many Ring of Honor representatives—such as Jay Lethal, reDRagon, The Kingdom, Adam Cole, and The Young Bucks—absent from that list of people […]
Featured Image: Illustration by Chris Bryan (@christhings). Featured in “Way of the Blade: 100 of the Greatest Bloody Matches In Wrestling History” by Phil Schneider September 23rd has some really awesome matches that have happened on that day. And as my itch to write a wrestling piece grew more intense, I wanted to try my […]
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 […]
I don’t know why I agreed to do this. I guess I really must have enjoyed writing that Bryan Danielson piece back in June considering that my next piece for this site will consist of me willingly watching HENARE and ELP matches back to back. Nevertheless, here we are. As the title of this piece […]
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 […]