Colette Arrand Jun 12, 2022. 6 minute read
The Greatest Wrestler of All Time (The Fourth Ten)
Yes, it has been awhile since I’ve written about the Greatest Wrestler of All Time, but it’s not for lack of Greatest Wrestler of All Times-es. If you remember, this project started because a friend of mine who doesn’t care about wrestling called me to the floor for naming at…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand Jun 11, 2022. 2 minute read
The Little Box Mark Henry Occupies on AEW Rampage: A Review
One of the most delightful bits of AEW Rampage, the hour-long morsel of professional wrestling that airs on TNT, is the head to head interview conducted by Mark Henry. Henry, posted up in his little box, takes a good look at the two sides of this main event, breathes in…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand Jun 9, 2022. 2 minute read
AEW’s All-Atlantic Championship: A Review
A lot of stuff happened on Dynamite this week, some good and some bad. Tucked in between all of that was a pretty good match between Pac and Buddy Murphy, two of AEW’s more disconcertingly jacked flippybois. When announced, things were pretty straight: another Death Triangle/House of Black clash. Before…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand Jun 8, 2022. 2 minute read
Will Ospreay’s AEW Debut: A Review
I’m not going to mince words: Will Ospreay’s AEW debut sucked. Not in a material sense. He interrupted an argument between FTR and Trent Beretta, allowing his friends in the United Empire to sneak up and beat on those three men. It furthers the tag team storyline heading into Forbidden…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand Jun 8, 2022. 1 minute read
Paper Mario Columbo on Dall-E Mini: A Review
Guys, I’m going to level with you: I don’t really understand Dall-E Mini. I mean, I roughly understand how it works, but I don’t get the appeal. Why type “Goofy on the cross” into a machine that mostly conjures pain, you know? Having decried the practice as “scary” on Twitter,…
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MICROREVIEWS
Colette Arrand Jun 7, 2022. 4 minute read
I, Uh, Didn’t Know NXT 2.0 Had a Premium Live Event Last Week
On Saturday, June 4, Bron Breakker defeated Joe Gacy to retain the NXT Championship at NXT In Your House. The event streamed on Peacock, a service I use to stream old episodes of Columbo, WCW Thunder, and, when I need to question the purpose of life itself, WWE Premium Live Events.…
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Colette Arrand Jun 6, 2022. 2 minute read
Cody Rhodes Walking Away From a Sledgehammer Shot to the Head: A Review
So, get this. It’s 1990 and you’re watching the WWF. Hulk Hogan is out there on the Brother Love Show, saying whatever it is that Hulk Hogan says, brother, until he’s interrupted by Jimmy Hart. Hogan puts his hands on Hart and is attacked from behind by Earthquake, a gigantic…
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Colette Arrand Jun 5, 2022. 1 minute read
Seth Rollins’ Dusty Rhodes Gear
So, get this: Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins are in a blood feud that hinges upon the later man’s inability to move on from getting beat with a roll-up, right? It turns out that they’re the same guy, in a way, except that eons ago ago, one of those men…
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Colette Arrand Jun 3, 2022. 2 minute read
AEW World Champion CM Punk Injured, Requires Surgery
When CM Punk tweeted earlier today that he had “an important announcement in regards to the @aew world championship, and my career,” it was easy to assume the worst. Fightful‘s Sean Ross Sapp tweeted that, on Wednesday, Punk complained that his foot was hurt, and, in an emotional speech on…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 30, 2022. 2 minute read
Eddie Kingston’s Gasoline Can: A Review
Wrestling is great, truly the highest form of art and most virtuous of sports. Paraphrasing every Wikipedia article on every wrestling show ever, it is a literal battle between good and evil, acted out by men, women, and non-binary people who have sworn blood oaths to the lighter or darker…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 29, 2022. 1 minute read
Jon Moxley’s Theme Playing Twice During Anarchy in the Arena: A Review
Friends, I don’t normally do this, but I am writing about a wrestling match while the match is happening. That match is the Anarchy in the Arena match, which pit the Jericho Appreciation Society against the Blackpool Combat Club, Eddie Kingston, and Santana and Ortiz. It is, as of the…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 29, 2022. 7 minute read
MJF’s Potential Absence from Double or Nothing Is, at Worst, an Inconvenience
Yesterday, MJF no-showed AEW’s Double or Nothing Fan Fest. This marked the beginning of a sprawling network of good reporting, fan and wrestling journalist speculation, complaints that MJF had deprived fans of a promised opportunity for an autograph, too many tweets about whether or not this was a work or…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 27, 2022. 4 minute read
Britt Baker’s Johnny Depp T-shirt Is a Fun Reminder That You Can’t Escape Anything
I’m going to begin this piece by acknowledging that last week, Fanfyte ran two reviews that were decidedly in favor of an Abortion Rights Are Human Rights! shirt that CM Punk wore on an episode of AEW Dynamite. This is a political statement he’s now made twice when performing in…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 25, 2022. 1 minute read
Wardlow: A Review
Wardlow is a Large Man Who Does Powerbombs. If I were the person responsible for fixing the firmament of professional wrestling, Large Men Who Do Powerbombs would be a constellation with all of the coolest stars to watch, your Nashes and your Sids and your Vaders and your Awesomes and…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 19, 2022. Less than a minute
It’s May 19th! To Celebrate, Here’s a Timely Reminder About Kane
He fucking sucks, y’all. Imagine liking Kane. More Professional Wrestling Guy Who Crossed Out His Pro-CM Punk Sign When Punk Came Out Wearing an Abortion Rights Shirt: A Review CM Punk’s “Abortion Rights Are Human Rights” Shirt: A Review “WWE Superstar” Is a Job. People Walk Off of Their Jobs…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 19, 2022. 2 minute read
MJF Whipping Wardlow: A Review
Last night on Dynamite, Maxwell Jacob Friedman whipped Wardlow a little north of 10 times. It ruled. The last time MJF whipped somebody, his victim was Cody Rhodes. Back then, there was a two-fold objective: show off Cody’s new neck tattoo, and establish the fact that Cody would preserver anything…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 18, 2022. Less than a minute
CM Punk’s “Abortion Rights Are Human Rights” Shirt: A Review
10/10, no notes. Support your local abortion fund.
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 17, 2022. 6 minute read
“WWE Superstar Is a Job.” People Walk Off of Their Jobs All the Time.
Last night, Sasha Banks and Naomi, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, walked out of the Norfolk Scope before the start of Raw after disagreeing with Vince McMahon and other WWE agents about the creative direction of their tag team, most immediately a scheduled six pack challenge to determine the…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 16, 2022. 6 minute read
I Guess Ric Flair Is Wrestling His Last Match? Well, That Kinda Sucks.
“Nature Boy” Ric Flair, the 73-year-old professional legend who, in 2021, was one of the focal points of the docuseries Dark Side of the Ring‘s episode on the infamous WWE “Plane Ride From Hell,” most notably for allegedly sexually assaulting flight attendant Heidi Doyle, will be coming out of retirement for…
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WRESTLING
Colette Arrand May 13, 2022. 3 minute read
Here’s What Your Favorite Star Trek Characters are Playing on the Holodeck
The characters of Star Trek play video games constantly. When seeking refuge from the day-to-day tedium of steering a ship through the stars to discover new places, people, and things, they hop into this thing called the Holodeck (or Holosuite, if you’re playing the arcade version at a bar) and do…
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