Note: the two matches discussed in this article can be seen by subscribing to DDT Universe Let me begin as usual by talking about Saika Takeuchi. Her journey from hopeful…
First it was the cruiserweights. Then it was the Brits (the male ones). Now WWE has kindly decided that maybe the women of the wrestling world should get some more…
Here’s something a little different. Novara Media recently dedicated an episode of their podcast Novara FM to wrestling – or, more specifically, to the issues of “trash cultures”, framed through the…
Please note: the three matches discussed here are all available to view on Stardom World for the low low price of 750 Yen per month. There may be other ways of…
As was dealt with in January’s feature on Our Hopes and Fears for 2017, WWE has of late aspired to Florentino Perez-like levels of acquisitiveness in ramping up its ambitions to…
In The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, which I got for Christmas, Anna Lowenhaupt-Tsing uses the term “salvage accumulation” to…
Wrestling fans… they’re here. Behold, the first round of results from our very own end-of-year awards, the Stompies. We, the members of the Facebook group which gave birth to this…
Momo Watanabe v Jungle Kyona Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix, 11th of September 2016 Shin-Kiba First Ring The match: It’s the penultimate day of Stardom’s 5 Star Grand Prix tournament,…
How many heel turns can you list that have properly haunted you? Whose sense of injustice you couldn’t shake days or weeks later, even when you know it’s probably a…
