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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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 –…
Every month I keep a document running in which I write about the wrestling matches I watch. Once upon a time I felt the need to jot down every match…
One of my favourite wrestlers died yesterday. He was only 41. I went to bed a little sad, I woke up the same, and I’ve spent the day thinking about…
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…
The WWE Hall of Fame tells us more about the wrestling industry than the Wrestling Observer’s Hall of Fame ever could.
If you’re going to a 10-hour wrestling festival you want it to feel like the Olympics, right? Sarah, David and George tackle the opening ceremony of Big Egg Wrestling Universe.
Lots of happy wrestling memories are tainted after #SpeakingOut. How do you make sense of them now?
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…
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.…
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…
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…