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Author: Patrick W. Reed

When Is Real Not Real? – The Work, Jim Cornette, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Orange Cassidy
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When Is Real Not Real? – The Work, Jim Cornette, & Minoru Suzuki vs. Orange Cassidy

  • Posted on 6th February 202020th May 2020
  • by Patrick W. Reed

During half-time of the 2020 Superbowl, Joey Janela announced via Twitter that his Wrestlemania weekend Spring Break show would feature Minoru Suzuki vs. Orange Cassidy in a first-time ever match.…

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Kishin Liger and questions of the self
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Kishin Liger and questions of the self

  • Posted on 25th September 201920th May 2020
  • by Patrick W. Reed

Professional wrestling has long been an artform that deals with a conflict between permutations of the self. The very nature of kayfabe meant that, historically, the distinction between a wrestler’s…

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Mike Quackenbush – 25 Years At The Forefront of Live Combat Theatre
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Mike Quackenbush – 25 Years At The Forefront of Live Combat Theatre

  • Posted on 21st May 201921st May 2019
  • by Patrick W. Reed

In a 2016 interview with WWE.com, Mike Quackenbush reflected on a study in which fewer than 2% of self-identified wrestling fans could name a promotion other than WWE, suggesting that,…

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Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey & The Kayfabe Conundrum
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Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey & The Kayfabe Conundrum

  • Posted on 5th March 201925th February 2020
  • by Patrick W. Reed

We live in a post-kayfabe world. Or at least that’s the received wisdom. Ask any wrestling personality of a certain age, and they’ll tell you how much better things were…

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Styles Clash: Wrestling Without Ideologies, and the Homogenisation of Pro-Wrestling
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Styles Clash: Wrestling Without Ideologies, and the Homogenisation of Pro-Wrestling

  • Posted on 12th February 201925th February 2020
  • by Patrick W. Reed

In an ever-changing wrestling landscape, with WWE’s eyes fixed firmly on long-term goals of “global localisation”, All Elite Wrestling on the horizon, and every promotion with the financial clout to…

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WOS Wrestling, Episode 1 (28/7/18)
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WOS Wrestling, Episode 1 (28/7/18)

  • Posted on 2nd August 2018
  • by Patrick W. Reed

Cast your minds back to New Year’s Day, 2017. The day that the fever dreams of Alex Shane finally came true, and British wrestling returned to our TV screens, with…

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