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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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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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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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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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WrestleMania 35: About damn time
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WrestleMania 35: About damn time

  • Posted on 8th April 2019
  • by Sarah Parkin

A story that would be funny if it wasn’t depressing: every kid has a fantasy life which puts them in the middle of whatever they love. You’re a rock star,…

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Asuka deserves better
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Asuka deserves better

  • Posted on 27th March 2019
  • by Sarah Parkin

There was a moment in the build to WrestleMania 2018 which I thought would echo through the years. After winning the first ever women’s Royal Rumble and deep into an…

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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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This isn’t Evolution – it’s going round in circles
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This isn’t Evolution – it’s going round in circles

  • Posted on 24th July 2018
  • by Sarah Parkin

I know I should be excited about Evolution. It will be the first all-female pay-per-view event in WWE history, on the back of a couple of years of women consistently…

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Losing Io Shirai is a Good Thing for Stardom
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Losing Io Shirai is a Good Thing for Stardom

  • Posted on 8th June 2018
  • by Sarah Parkin

I’ve been trying to write about Stardom for months. It’s been hard to see any clear direction in the company’s endless, seemingly circular faction wars; I couldn’t see where the…

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Preview: Pro Wrestling: EVE – Wrestle Queendom
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Preview: Pro Wrestling: EVE – Wrestle Queendom

  • Posted on 4th May 20184th May 2018
  • by Admin

Women’s pro wrestling was banned in London until 1987. This Saturday, the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green will host the biggest all-female pro wrestling show that Europe has ever…

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