David Bixenspan Aug 9, 2022. 10 minute read
Is Sting ACTUALLY the Dumbest Babyface of All Time? A Fanfyte Investigation
Though Sting has, with his run in AEW, absolutely cemented his status as a living legend of professional wrestling, he’s still haunted by his past. A past that has routinely been the subject of ridicule for decades. What is this ghost that I speak of? His reputation for being an…
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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
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 noisier. Earlier in July, TJPW’s sister company, DDT, tested lifting pandemic-related cheering restrictions, and…
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Danielle Riendeau Aug 8, 2022. 1 hours read
Terminator 2: Judgement Day Passes With Flying Colors
Today on You Love to See It, we dived deep into Terminator 2: Judgement Day, an all-time action classic that we both love (and cherish) and are able to critique, as you may have come to expect from our little movie rewatch podcast. But a note about that. As we…
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Dylan Roth Aug 8, 2022. 6 minute read
‘Prey’ Review: The Best Predator Movie Since, Well, Predator
2022 has been a remarkable year for maximalist filmmaking, for big, colorful visuals and loud, expressive sound design. Most of my favorite movies this year have been overstated, from the rip-roaring action and emotion of Everything Everywhere All at Once and RRR, to the IMAX spectacle of Top Gun: Maverick…
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mer Aug 6, 2022. 1 minute read
Logan Paul on Law and Order Special Victims Unit: A Review
At SummerSlam, Logan Paul proved there’s only room for one successful YouTube star in this house, and despite the views on USA Network, it sure isn’t the Miz. Given his rousing performances at dual WrestleManias and his SummerSlam victory, it was unsurprising when Paul signed a contract with WWE, promising…
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Colette Arrand Aug 5, 2022. 2 minute read
Jungle Boy Calling Christian Cage a Pussy: A Review
In short, I hate it. For months, Christian Cage has bodied a mostly-absent Jungle Boy on the mic, insulting his deceased father Luke Perry and offering to sleep with his mom. It’s been great. Seriously. I’m a big fan of Christian, particularly as a heel, and his turn as a…
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Natalie Weiner Aug 5, 2022. 3 minute read
Sports, Tradition and Climate Change
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. ESPN just published a feature on “reimagining the college football…
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Jordan Mallory Aug 5, 2022. 1 minute read
Have You Ever Felt Like Someone Was Hypnotizing You?
On this week’s episode of Friends Reunion (a Podcast for Discerning Listeners™), John remains lost somewhere in the belly of an enormous cruise ship — almost certainly in the morgue, but not dead, crucially — just like, hangin’ out in there and looking through stuff. Meanwhile, LB and Niki decide…
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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
SummerSlam marked the first premium live event under the watchful eye of Triple H, with Vince McMahon kicked to the curb faster than you can say “multiple pending lawsuits.” With a whirlwind of company developments churning behind the scenes, the prospect of a HHH-lead WWE was already enticing. His tenure…
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Danielle Riendeau Aug 4, 2022. 50 minute read
RoboCop Is An All-Time Great Satire
RoboCop is fantastic. It’s a classic piece of satire, a phenomenal 80s sci-fi-action masterpiece, and one of Fernanda’s all time favorite movies. So, you can probably guess where it might end up on You Love To See It store shelves! As always, you can listen to the show in the…
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David Bixenspan Aug 3, 2022. 6 minute read
Vince McMahon Navigated Controversy for Decades. What Changed in 2022?
What took so long? Seriously, what took so long? There have been so many WWE scandals — whether specific to Vince McMahon or more broadly — that counting them all becomes a ghoulish exercise with a quickness. That’s doubly so because it’s way too easy just to rattle off scandals where…
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Dylan Roth Aug 3, 2022. 5 minute read
‘Bullet Train’ Review: Hyperverbal and Hyperviolent
The best way to describe Bullet Train is that it’s extremely “from the director of Deadpool 2.” David Leitch is one of the founders of the 87North production company, itself an offshoot of 87Eleven Action Design, the collective of stunt performers and choreographers whose sensibilities have defined the past decade…
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Aug 2, 2022. 5 minute read
How Does One Write About Professional Wrestling?
It’s not easy to write about pro wrestling. Despite being the artform itself being around as a popular form of entertainment for over a century, it feels like the actual practice of writing criticism about pro wrestling is only in its infancy. A large factor in this is how pro…
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mer Aug 1, 2022. 5 minute read
Dropping the Bar: An Ode to Sheamus and Cesaro
Claudio Castagnoli made his much anticipated AEW debut at Forbidden Door in June. The vaguely Doctor Who themed show suffered various setbacks, as multiple wrestlers were unable to compete. Bryan Danielson was injured and couldn’t participate in his scheduled bout with Zack Sabre Jr, meant to determine the best technical…
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Trevor Dame Jul 30, 2022. 8 minute read
Here’s What Sucked About the Roast of Ric Flair, Besides Everything
I watched it, you shouldn’t. Here’s why. It Wasn’t Funny Seems like a big one for a roast, right? Over the course of well over two hours (that felt like ten), I laughed out loud one time for an anti-joke from Conrad Thompson’s sidekick Casio Kid about Torrie Wilson’s workout…
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Joseph Anthony Montecillo Jul 29, 2022. 6 minute read
Wheeler YUTA and Daniel Garcia Take the ROH Pure Title Into the Future
ROH has had a love-hate relationship with the Pure division. The division made its debut in the early 2000s, introducing a new championship to the promotion which was contested under an entirely unique ruleset. Because of this, the belt could be conceivably presented as of equal importance to the World…
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Natalie Weiner Jul 29, 2022. 4 minute read
LIV Golf and Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism
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. I should probably begin this column by acknowledging I know…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 29, 2022. 52 minute read
Does Flashing Your Lights at a Stop Light Change It?
On this week’s episode of Friends Reunion (a Podcast for Discerning Listeners™), John is off enjoying a luxurious Alaskan cruise vacation aboard a ship that may or may not have room for dozens of dead bodies in its belly. This leaves LB Hunktears and Niki Grayson to celebrate the birthday…
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Trevor Dame Jul 27, 2022. 11 minute read
In Order to Make Its Future, Professional Wrestling Needs to Forget Its Past
Everything good comes to an end. Actually, everything comes to an end, good and bad. The only constant is change. Yet in pro wrestling, there is a growing cottage industry devoted to fighting against that fact of life. More and more podcasts and Patreons are springing up, lead by disgruntled…
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Colette Arrand Jul 26, 2022. 14 minute read
The Greatest Wrestler of All Time (The Fifth and Sixth Ten)
The Rock. Steve Austin. Ric Flair. Randy Savage. When I took up the task of naming The Greatest Wrestler of All Time, it was partially out of frustration with similar pieces (though, those being ranked lists, they weren’t similar at all) where the same names kept cropping up. If pieces…
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