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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Why Now?

Was thinking about just making a joke post to start off and post Tanner’s tweet from December Not going to do that but I wrestled with that one longer than I would like to admit. Part of that is because starting a wrestling website is an objectively dumb idea. I’m not saying starting a blog […]

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