Tokyo Joshi Pro's Summer Sun Princess was a Coming of Age Show

By any measure, July 18th’s Summer Sun Princess was a landmark show for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. Not only was the crowd at Ota City Ward Gymnasium even larger than 2021’s Wrestle Princess II, it was...

The Entire History of Professional Wrestling. All of It.

Fanfyte will son be ending its wrestling coverage, and while I’ve gotten to cover some of the stranger corners of wrestling, there’s so much I haven’t gotten to. For a Fanfyte farewell, I thought I’d ...

Interview: Jun Akiyama's Career Speaks for Itself

When I was approached about interviewing a member of the DDT roster of my choice, one name stood out above the others. That’s not a knock on the other wrestlers at DDT, it’s one of the most stacked an...

GCW Took Its Place in Wrestling History at the Hammerstein Ballroom

On May 19, 1915, a purported “international wrestling tournament” commenced at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City. Over the next year or so, such tournaments would feature future legends of th...

We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Chris Benoit

Leaving aside the issue of individual taste, the former statement is widely held to be true and the later is established fact. If Chris Benoit was anybody else — if he were half the wrestler ...

Interview: The Creators of "Rubber Match" Talk Wrestling, Romance, and Sports Manga

Every wrestling fan knows that wrestling has an element of homoeroticism, but their responses to that vary. Some ignore it, some joke about it, and some, like comics writer Elizabeth Brie and artist K...

Big Fishes at the PC: WWE Midcarders Living Their Best Life on NXT

This year’s WrestleMania weekend offered one of WWE’s strongest lineup of matches and sheer spectacle in years. As the kickoff show before WrestleMania, NXT’s don’t-call-it-a-TakeOver Stand & Deli...

70 Years Ago, Verne Gagne and Hans Schmidt Had a Timeless Classic

So you clicked, that’s a good start.

The Best Butts in Professional Wrestling

“Booty, booty, booty, booty, rockin’ everywhere!” – Bubba Sparxx “Whatcha gon’ do with all that junk? All that junk inside your trunk?” – Will.I.Am, or maybe the other guy

Four Wrestlers in Search of an Angle: Cody, Pac, Malakai, and Andrade

A clown, a hobo, a ballet dancer, a bagpiper, and an army major wake up inside an empty cylindrical room. They don’t know who they are, where they are, or why they are here. “A collection of question ...

Reexamining Shawn Michaels Losing His Smile, 25 Years Later

February 13, 1997’s Thursday Raw Thursday special  has, in the past 25 years, become synonymous with one thing: Shawn Michaels, in the process of giving a speech where he vacated the WWF Cha...

Did THAT MJF Promo Make You Uncomfortable? Good. It Was Supposed To.

On Wednesday night, at the AEW Dynamite and Rampage taping in Bridgeport, Connecticut, MJF did something different.

How Tony Schiavone's AEW Comeback Saved His Reputation

I can’t think of another person in wrestling who has had the career trajectory of Tony Schiavone. Yes, wrestling has seen a million comebacks, but this is more than a comeback. Imagine working at a ca...

NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome Review: Torture? In My House?

Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome (not to be confused with the one in the Tokyo Dome) is New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s last big show of the summer and last show, period, before the 2021 G1 Climax...

Katsuhiko Nakajima’s Vulnerability Makes Him the Best Wrestler of 2021

COVID-19 has been a difficult time for heels. Nowhere is this truer than in Japan, where restrictions on sporting events mean that fans have been unable to make noise since the beginning of the pandem...

NJPW G1 Climax 31 Night 17 Review: The Block Final Countdown

Previously on NJPW‘s G1 Climax 31: there was so much of the G1 Climax 31. There were 70 matches of the G1 Climax 31!

NJPW G1 Climax 31 Night 5 Review: Like a Squid Out of Hell

Previously on NJPW‘s G1 Climax 31: In A Block, Zack vs. Shingo! It happened! It was amazing! In B Block, Okada is still wrestling like he’s in his stem cell era, and it’s also very exciting.

NJPW G1 Climax 31 Nights 3-4 Review: Wrestling Brains

Previously on NJPW‘s G1 Climax 31: The tournament started strong! Its first two shows were very entertaining overall, with some standout matches and surprise results. Unfortunately, this was f...

NJPW G1 Climax 31 Nights 1-2 Review: That Rainy Day Feeling Again

New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s 31st annual G1 Climax tournament is officially underway, and it got off to a strong start. The first nights of A and B Block competition both delivered some really good m...

The Unreality of Gatoh Move

There is a sequence in the episode 53 of Gatoh Move’s weekly #ChocoPro series where Mei Suruga attempts to pin Ryo Mizunami using one of the metal shutters that closes over the glass of the repurposed...