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Colette Arrand Jan 31, 2022. 8 minute read

Tony Schiavone Receives a Telegram (1997 Week 4)

Two weeks ago, I wrote a little about “meaningless wrestling,” specifically how to pry something from a match whose worth to the larger context of professional wrestling’s rich history is the labor performed by the men and women who won it. This week, the thing I am most excited about…

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Colette Arrand Sep 17, 2021. 5 minute read

The Greatest Wrestler of All Time (The First 10)

This is not a list. I cannot stress that enough. I love lists, I like how they reveal the biases and blind spots of the communities that put them together, but this is not a list. Rather, it is a gathering together of wrestlers who I have (or would) called…

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