It's (Not) Just A Minor Treat: CM Punk's Ice Cream Bar Reviewed

I spent the day before CM Punk’s debut in AEW anxiously texting my friends because wrestling, especially in America, is a mechanism for disappointment. We’re so used to our favorites being ignored, or...

CM Punk and Sting's Facepaint: A Review

Last night, Sting wrestled in the Greensboro Coliseum, the venue in which his superstardom was launched due to his Clash of the Champions match against “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. AEW has done a good job...

Eleven Years Ago Today, John Cena Announced the Death of Osama bin Laden

May 1, 2011 was a day like any other in WWE history, a pay-per-view in Tampa Bay, Florida whose content, unless you’re a true weirdo, I can’t imagine you’d remember. Highlights from Extreme Rules 2011...

How WWE Reacts When Workers Leave the Job

Last Monday night, the wrestling world was blindsided by the news, announced during Monday Night Raw, that Sasha Banks and Naomi, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, had walked out on the show ov...

Bobby Eaton Helped Perfect the Southern Tag Team Formula

It takes a truly special talent to perfect a genre of entertainment. Bobby Eaton was exactly that. No one did Southern tag team wrestling as well as The Midnight Express and, with all due respect to b...

Details on Marty Scurll's Role at Recent NJPW Tapings

Marty Scurll hasn’t had a televised wrestling match since February 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic drove his then-home company Ring of Honor to go on hiatus. It became unclear if or when he would be...

15 Years Ago, Samoa Joe and Kenta Kobashi Had The Best U.S. Indie Match Ever

Going into the week of Japanese wrestling legend Kenta Kobashi’s lone set of matches of American soil, expectations weren’t actually that high. Sure, Kobashi was just seven months removed from the end...

Welcomed with Open Arms: The Importance of NJPW Ignoring Allegations Against International Talent

As the 2020 G1 Climax approached, fans wondered how New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s annual heavyweight tournament would look in the time of a global pandemic. Travel restrictions in place because of COVID-1...

When NJPW Ignores #SpeakingOut Allegations Against Wrestlers, How Can Fans Respond?

Recently, I wrote about New Japan Pro Wrestling’s choice to ignore allegations made about Chase Owens and Will Ospreay during Speaking Out, with a focus on Ospreay’s situation since it’s less stra...

What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week? (June 22, 2020)

[Ed. Note: Hi!! We’re back and doing this again, even if I happen to live someplace where Coronavirus is still going strong and am thus very uncomfortable about it! We even have a cool new Calenda...

The Foundation of the Wrestling Web Series

Being the Elite celebrated their 200th episode this week, a lofty accomplishment for any web series airing after the year 2010. Over the past 3 years, BTE has followed the Elite from NJPW and PWG thro...

Pro Wrestling Streaming Schedule for the Week of 12/30/19

Hey, I’m a day late this week. Sorry. This is a huge week in Japanese wrestling, with Wrestle Kingdom 14 lasting two nights and tons of other promotions taking advantage of the number of wrestling...

WWE Monday Night Raw 11/11/2019: A Review

Nothing Can Stop Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt

Back at Hell in a Cell, WWE caused a stir by booking their main event, Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt in the eponymous structure, to end in disqualification. I didn’t watch the match, but to the best of...

Master P Is the New Owner of House of Glory Wrestling

Wrestling: it’s weird! If Hell In a Cell and its fallout (I wasn’t watching live but I hear some stockholders are upset that the spooky clown didn’t win a championship) wasn’t proof enough, think abou...