WRESTLING
Jack Fenton Sep 8, 2022. 8 minute read
My Wrestling Fandom Lived and Died with Shinsuke Nakamura
On a cold January night, Shinsuke Nakamura relit a fire. I’d been a wrestling fan from childhood, growing up on the leftovers of the Attitude Era, which blossomed into Ruthless Aggression. I was captivated by the colorful characters, pure physicality and engaging storylines. Some of my fondest memories are of…
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Rob Hutton Sep 8, 2022. 5 minute read
“Speedball” Mike Bailey Made the Most Out of Exile
If you’ve been watching independent wrestling this year, and even if you haven’t, you’ve probably heard of Mike Bailey. Lately he’s been on a storm through the America’s biggest indie promotions, having the match of the night on seemingly every show. Earlier this year, he wrestled a staggering nine matches…
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Colette Arrand Sep 7, 2022. 9 minute read
On Killing a Wrestling Section at This Moment in History
It’s Wednesday, and nobody in the world of professional wrestling knows what that means anymore. In the practical sense, there’s Dynamite, but what does AEW’s Wednesday night show look like in the wake of All Out 2022, a pay-per-view that bore the weight of a thousand possible futures the way…
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Leo Healy Sep 4, 2022. 6 minute read
The 1/21/99 Episode of Thunder Was Kevin Nash’s Opus
Kevin Nash – Big Daddy Cool. Big Sexy. Auteur? From quoting popular films and television shows on commentary, impersonating comedians and celebrities in front of the camera and using his and Scott Hall’s love of West Coast Hip Hop as an influence on the aesthetic and attitudes of the nWo,…
READ MORE >Cameren Lee Sep 4, 2022. 7 minute read
Jumbo Tsuruta and Mil Máscaras Revolutionized AJPW with the Idol Showdown
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mer Sep 2, 2022. 7 minute read
From the Ground Up: The Women’s Tag Division Gets A Much Needed Overhaul
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Geoffrey D. Wessel Aug 31, 2022. 6 minute read
That Kid’s Money: On Scott Hall vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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Maffew Aug 31, 2022. 4 minute read
As Ray Parker Jr. Once Said, “Botchin’ Makes Me Feel Good.”
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David Bixenspan Aug 31, 2022. 4 minute read
Before All Out, All Eyes Are on CM Punk, But Not for the Right Reasons
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Geoffrey D. Wessel Aug 31, 2022. 6 minute read
After 33 Years of Terror, The Great Muta Returns to the Mist
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Jay Deitcher Aug 31, 2022. 5 minute read
We Need Eco-Friendly Wrestlers if We’re Going to Save the Planet
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Aug 30, 2022. 6 minute read
On Wrestling Criticism Part 3: Structure
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Will Cooling Aug 30, 2022. 5 minute read
Revolution Pro’s Epic Encounter 2022 Was Wrestling at Its Most Resilient
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Geoffrey D. Wessel Aug 29, 2022. 6 minute read
Maybe You Can Go Home Again: Konosuke Takeshita in the United States
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Belle Magee Aug 28, 2022. 5 minute read
DDT Pro’s Comfort with Butts Paves the Way to Wrestling Utopia
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David Bixenspan Aug 26, 2022. 5 minute read
REPORT: What’s Going On with Thunder Rosa? New Sources Speak
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Aug 26, 2022. 5 minute read
El Lindaman and Shigehiro Irie Had the Japanese Match of the Year
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Brett Davis Aug 26, 2022. 5 minute read
Few Talk Show Hosts Understood Wrestling Like Arsenio Hall
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Brett Davis Aug 20, 2022. 13 minute read
The Entire History of Professional Wrestling. All of It.
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Aug 16, 2022. 5 minute read
Interview: Jun Akiyama’s Career Speaks for Itself
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Aug 15, 2022. 12 minute read
On Wrestling Criticism Part 2: Wrestling Mechanics
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David Bixenspan Aug 9, 2022. 10 minute read
Is Sting ACTUALLY the Dumbest Babyface of All Time? A Fanfyte Investigation
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Avery Adams Aug 8, 2022. 5 minute read
Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Summer Sun Princess was a Coming of Age Show
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mer Aug 6, 2022. 1 minute read
Logan Paul on Law and Order Special Victims Unit: A Review
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Colette Arrand Aug 5, 2022. 2 minute read
Jungle Boy Calling Christian Cage a Pussy: A Review
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mer Aug 4, 2022. 5 minute read
Worth the Wait: Bayley, Dakota, and Iyo Usher in a New Women’s Division
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TV/FILM
Vrai Kaiser Sep 8, 2022. 7 minute read
The Best Anime You’ve Missed Since 2020
The anime industry has been going through hard times since COVID, just like everyone else. We’ll likely be seeing the effects of 2020’s lockdown for years to come, as shows that would’ve just entered production that year begin to find their way to air and studios struggle with the additional…
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Fūnk-é Joseph Sep 2, 2022. 7 minute read
Deleting Their Trust: Animators Face Uncertainty After Cartoons Axed From HBO Max
On Aug. 17, 2022 Deadline published a report that HBO Max will unceremoniously pull OK K.O.!, Infinity Train, Summer Camp Island, and over 30+ other animated cartoons and unscripted shows from the streaming platform. This devastating report was the first and only communication that notified animation creators and workers that,…
READ MORE >Natalie Weiner Aug 26, 2022. 6 minute read
The Toxic Mythology of the Post-‘Friday Night Lights’ Sports Doc
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Dylan Roth Aug 24, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Review: Left Wanting
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Travis E. Marshall Aug 22, 2022. 2 minute read
House of the Dragon Episode 1 Review: The Heirs of the Dragon
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Aug 17, 2022. 6 minute read
Old-School Anime Lives (and Dies) Again at Netflix
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Travis E. Marshall Aug 13, 2022. 9 minute read
Who Is Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Comics & the MCU?
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Kenneth Shepard Aug 12, 2022. 2 minute read
Pokemon Journeys Hints at a Bittersweet Conclusion for Cynthia
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Kenneth Shepard Aug 12, 2022. 3 minute read
Harley Quinn Wants to Remind You Constantine and King Shark Fucked
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Mike Williams Aug 8, 2022. 3 minute read
Six Amazing Pitches for Pac-Man’s Live-Action Movie
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Danielle Riendeau Aug 8, 2022. 1 hours read
Terminator 2: Judgement Day Passes With Flying Colors
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Dylan Roth Aug 8, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Prey’ Review: The Best Predator Movie Since, Well, Predator
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Mike Williams Aug 4, 2022. 6 minute read
Hopefully, DC Films’ New Ten-Year Plan Will Be Better Than Previous Promises
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Mike Williams Aug 3, 2022. 7 minute read
Batgirl’s Cancellation Illustrates Warner Bros. Discovery’s Current Culture of Cost-Cutting
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Dylan Roth Aug 3, 2022. 5 minute read
‘Bullet Train’ Review: Hyperverbal and Hyperviolent
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Travis E. Marshall Jul 28, 2022. 7 minute read
10 Best Movies to Watch if You Liked Netflix’s The Gray Man
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Dylan Roth Jul 26, 2022. 6 minute read
Harley Quinn is the Best Batman Animated Series Since the 90s
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Danielle Riendeau Jul 25, 2022. 1 hours read
Stranger Things Season 4: The Good, The Bad, The Vecna
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Dylan Roth Jul 25, 2022. 5 minute read
‘The Gray Man’ Review: Everything is Gray For Him
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Mike Williams Jul 21, 2022. 2 minute read
Newest Kamen Rider Reveal References Fortnite and Apex Legends
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Danielle Riendeau Jul 19, 2022. 56 minute read
The WeWork Documentary Filled Me With White Hot Rage
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Danielle Riendeau Jul 18, 2022. 2 minute read
A Stranger Things Fan Made a Giant Vecna Playlist
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SPORTS
Natalie Weiner Aug 26, 2022. 6 minute read
The Toxic Mythology of the Post-‘Friday Night Lights’ Sports Doc
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. You know the shot. Maybe you’ve even tried to replicate…
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Natalie Weiner Aug 19, 2022. 2 minute read
Banning Trans Kids from Sports Hurts Everyone
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. “This is the inevitable — INEVITABLE — outcome of anti-trans…
READ MORE >Natalie Weiner Jul 29, 2022. 4 minute read
LIV Golf and Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism
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Natalie Weiner Jul 22, 2022. 3 minute read
Make Women’s Sports Easy To Watch and People Will Watch Them
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Natalie Weiner Jul 15, 2022. 6 minute read
The WNBA and the Paradox Of The ‘Progressive’ Sports League
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Natalie Weiner Jul 1, 2022. 3 minute read
The Sports World Needs To Acknowledge Climate Change
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Natalie Weiner Jun 24, 2022. 4 minute read
Sports, Rights, and Bodies As Battlegrounds: Roe v. Wade and Title IX
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Natalie Weiner Jun 17, 2022. 4 minute read
College Athlete Unions May Be Coming Sooner Than We Thought
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Paul Tamayo Jun 14, 2022. 2 minute read
Naomi Schiff Is More Than Qualified to Cover F1, You Bozos
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Natalie Weiner Jun 10, 2022. 6 minute read
How New Stadiums Sabotage Communities, With Sports Economist Victor Matheson
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Natalie Weiner Jun 3, 2022. 3 minute read
The W.N.B.A. Is Finally Changing Its Tune On Expansion
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Natalie Weiner May 27, 2022. 3 minute read
Softball Is Proof Of Sports Investors’ Terrible Logic
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Natalie Weiner May 20, 2022. 3 minute read
What U.S. Soccer Finally Awarding Equal Pay To Its Women’s Team Means For Women’s Sports
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Natalie Weiner May 13, 2022. 5 minute read
Oh Please, The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue isn’t “Empowering” Women Athletes
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lb hunktears May 9, 2022. 8 minute read
The Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix Was This Weekend, So Let’s Look at Some Formula 1 NFTs
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Natalie Weiner May 6, 2022. 3 minute read
The NWSL is Offering the WNBA a Model for Expansion and Investment
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Natalie Weiner Apr 29, 2022. 3 minute read
Mark Emmert’s ‘Departure’ Should Be The NCAA’s Death Knell
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Natalie Weiner Apr 22, 2022. 3 minute read
How Do You Solve A Problem Like W.N.B.A. Scheduling?
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Natalie Weiner Apr 8, 2022. 2 minute read
Brian Flores’ Suit Is Airing the NFL’s Dirty Laundry
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Natalie Weiner Apr 1, 2022. 3 minute read
Women’s Sports T.V. Ratings News Can Be As Good Or Bad As Anyone Wants To Make It
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Natalie Weiner Mar 25, 2022. 3 minute read
The NCAA Should Budget For An Archive As It Expands Its Funding For Women’s Sports
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Natalie Weiner Mar 18, 2022. 4 minute read
On Trans Athletes and the Idea of Acceptable Advantages
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Natalie Weiner Mar 11, 2022. 2 minute read
Create a Women’s March Madness Pool, For Progress
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