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Author: Statto

George Thompson, known to his friends as Statto, is one-third of the team that makes up The Puro Pourri Podcast. Following an initial grappling obsession, which ran between 2001 and 2005, he spent large amounts of his time at university distracting himself from work with wrestling, and a smaller number of hours coming up with excuses to discuss the sport in an academic context. He is currently halfway through a novel set in the world of Japanese wrestling after the Second World War, entitled "The Rise and Fall of Rikidōzan", and hopes to finish it sometime in 2017. His man-crush on Katsuyori Shibata continues unabated.
The Top 10 Towels in Wrestling
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The Top 10 Towels in Wrestling

  • Posted on 10th February 202110th February 2021
  • by Statto

Statto turns his galaxy brain to the question that has been plaguing the greatest minds for generations: who has the best towel in the history of wrestling?  Look, lockdown does…

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GAEAISM and the Beauty of Not Being Surprised
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GAEAISM and the Beauty of Not Being Surprised

  • Posted on 26th January 202127th January 2021
  • by Statto

I love an interpromotional angle, me.  NJPW vs. UWFI, AJW vs. LLPW, the much-maligned WWF vs. WCW/ECW “Invasion”.  Not so much in terms of the dream matches they create –…

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How The Vince Stole Christmas
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How The Vince Stole Christmas

  • Posted on 24th December 202025th December 2020
  • by Statto

Ever since the start of the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown, my colleagues at this fine publication and I have been running a weekly video stream every Wednesday night, so we…

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What Is NXT?  A Black and Yellow Identity Crisis
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What Is NXT? A Black and Yellow Identity Crisis

  • Posted on 10th July 2020
  • by Statto

For years now, in my mind dating back to the Samoa Joe/Finn Balor feud of 2015-2016, the most tedious part of NXT has been the men’s title scene.  This is…

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Sing When You’re Pinning: Making a Football Team out of Gatoh Move (The Front Three)
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Sing When You’re Pinning: Making a Football Team out of Gatoh Move (The Front Three)

  • Posted on 11th November 2019
  • by Statto

If you’ve not yet read the first two parts of this trilogy, you can find them here and here.  Don’t just focus on the attack to the exclusion of all…

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Sing When You’re Pinning: Making a Football Team out of Gatoh Move (The Middle of the Park)
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Sing When You’re Pinning: Making a Football Team out of Gatoh Move (The Middle of the Park)

  • Posted on 3rd November 2019
  • by Statto

If you haven’t yet seen the first part of this series, in which I try to cobble together the Gatoh Move roster into a semblance of a functional football team,…

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Sing When You’re Pinning: Making a Football Team out of Gatoh Move (Goalkeeper and Back Four)
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Sing When You’re Pinning: Making a Football Team out of Gatoh Move (Goalkeeper and Back Four)

  • Posted on 24th October 201924th October 2019
  • by Statto

Football is pro wrestling, as those handsome bastards at the Puro Pourri Podcast observed.  It shouldn’t be a surprise.  Everything is pro wrestling.  But what if pro wrestling was football? …

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Is Antonio Inoki a Remainer?
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Is Antonio Inoki a Remainer?

  • Posted on 3rd August 20192nd August 2019
  • by Statto

Brexit has, it is fair to say, completely altered the political landscape of the United Kingdom.  Speaking less circumspectly, you might say that it has absolutely fucked it.  Everything from…

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Matches That Defined 2017: Team Raw vs Team Smackdown (Live), WWE Survivor Series

  • Posted on 21st January 2018
  • by Statto

Team Raw vs Team Smackdown (Live) WWE Survivor Series Toyota Centre, Houston 19th November 2017 The Match We open with the usual pulsating video package, most notable for Shane McMahon…

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Matches That Defined 2017: NXT War Games
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Matches That Defined 2017: NXT War Games

  • Posted on 28th December 201728th December 2017
  • by Statto

The Undisputed Era vs Sanity vs The Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong NXT Takeover: War Games Toyota Centre, Houston 18th November 2017 The Match As is standard for WWE,…

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Robot Wars Series 10, Episode 5 (26/11/2017)
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Robot Wars Series 10, Episode 5 (26/11/2017)

  • Posted on 2nd December 20172nd December 2017
  • by Statto

Late is the hour, and smoke rises from those holes in the arena floor where that set of spikes used to be.  It’s time for Episode 5 of Robot Wars!…

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She-1: Ace of Eve – Who’s Who in Block C?
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She-1: Ace of Eve – Who’s Who in Block C?

  • Posted on 9th November 20176th November 2017
  • by Statto

The weekend is getting closer, which means the first matches of Pro Wrestling: EVE’s She-1: Ace of EVE league are just around the corner. We’re introducing you to the 12…

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