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…
For two months of every year The Secret Order of the Maintainers compile a list of the matches and moments which have stood out over the past year. We watch…
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…
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling runs its third Korakuen Hall show of 2018 this Saturday 25 August, entitled “Brand New Wrestling 2 ~ Now It’s Time to Attack ~”. The event…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By this point, you don’t need me to tell you that naming a battle royal after Lillian ‘The Fabulous Moolah’ Ellison was a bad idea. The chances are you already…
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…
Aleister Black vs Velveteen Dream NXT Takeover: War Games Houston, Texas November 18 2017 The match: Velveteen Dream has suffered various stop-start introductions to an NXT audience but seemed comfortable in…
Maki Itoh v Asuza Takigawa (Idol Lumberjack Death Match) Tokyo Joshi Pro Brand New Wrestling ~ The Beginning Of A New Era ~ Korakuen Hall, Tokyo 26 August 2017 In a…