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 […]
Chainsaw Charlie vs. Tarzan Goto (Indie World Vol. 1 Fuck Dem Up!, 5/21/98) (This is a Falls Count Anywhere Barbed Wire Board Deathmatch) Writing this as someone who hasn’t seen as much Terry Funk as a wrestling fan should have, this is the sort of match that makes it clear as day why he has […]
Gokuaku Domei (Bull Nakano & Dump Matsumoto) vs. Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno) (AJW, 8/22/1985) 2/3 Falls Match On one fateful August night in 1985 at the Nippon Budokan, Gokuaku Domei of Bull Nakano and Dump Matsumoto took on the Jumping Bomb Angels duo of Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno. Gokuaku Domei didn’t […]
Months ago, there was a discussion on Twitter about Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson, particularly in the context of Danielson’s career; there was a list posted, you’ve probably heard about it. I do not wish to rehash this debate, as one of my fellow Violent People has already touched on this in his own words, […]