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Review

February 6, 2024July 5, 2024

Strong BJ vs Astronauts – The BJW May 28th Series

Diminishing returns is a very real thing in wrestling, a problem some wrestlers deal with better than others but so often it’s hard to recreate the magic of a moment when you see it over and over again. The idea of giving each audience a similar performance so that they can experience what makes each […]

11 mins read

Editorial

February 2, 2024July 5, 2024

Hackenschmidt in Australia

February 24, 2024, the Elimination Chamber takes place in Perth, Australia. It marks a significant moment in the history of wrestling in Australia. Though this is far from the first time a “World Champion” has wrestled in the Antipodes. Let’s go back over a century: President Theodore Roosevelt once said, “If I weren’t President, I’d […]

10 mins read

Column

January 31, 2024July 5, 2024

Recommended Matches Roundup #2

Are you short on time for watching wrestling this week? The Violent People crew has you covered with the Recommended Matches Roundup. Each week, we create a list of matches you should check out based on what aired or made tape. (Photo Credit: NJPW)

1 min read

Editorial

January 29, 2024July 5, 2024

Jaguar Beat as told in 10 joshi matches

Back in August 2022, the Takarazuka Revue announced the Star Troupe shows ‘Dimitri’ and ‘Jaguar Beat’ and I thought it would be hilarious if they put a Jaguar Yokota reference in the revue as she’s the most famous female jaguar in Japan. I was happily surprised when during the finale one of my favorite Star […]

9 mins read

Editorial

January 25, 2024July 9, 2024

Destined To Do This Forever?

As most of you know, I’m Tanner, one of the co-founders of this brand new website you are reading right now. Currently, I’m down with another case of strep writing this on a cold morning with a new pup in my lap, and I can’t help to feel like I’m a very lucky person with […]

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Editorial

January 24, 2024July 5, 2024

RIP: Ice Train

Ice Train fucking ruled. He just did. I hope to more eloquently put it in words below, but if when I leave this mortal coil, even one person says “Dan fucking ruled,” I’ll consider it a job well done. Harold Hogue, more fondly known to the pro wrestling world as Ice Train, passed away at […]

8 mins read

Column

January 24, 2024July 5, 2024

Recommended Matches Roundup #1

Are you short on time for watching wrestling this week? The Violent People crew has you covered with the Recommended Matches Roundup. Each week, we create a list of matches you should check out based on what aired or made tape. This is a special edition of the roundup, where we’ll cover matches that happened […]

1 min read

Review

January 24, 2024July 5, 2024

Aja Kong vs. Yumiko Hotta: an exercise in cruelty

On its 30th anniversary, we reflect on a merciless bout that never wavers in its commitment to violence. Stephen Seeing as this site is named what it is, myself and Ethan, better known as Four Pillars of Hell, thought it was only right to touch on one of the matches that perfectly defines the type […]

11 mins read

Editorial

January 23, 2024July 5, 2024

C and D Counties

The time has come to see Matewan in perspective, the way we do Lexington and Gettysburg…not just as an isolated incident of the tragic spilling of blood, but as a symbolic moment in a larger, broader and continuing historical struggle…in the words of Mingo county miner J.B. Wiggins, the ‘struggle for freedom and liberty.’ David […]

9 mins read