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...

'The Lost City' Review: Desperately Seeking D

The Lost City

Cybersix Was Ahead of Its Time

What if Batman was a genetically-engineered superwoman who disguised herself as a goofy male teacher during the day, had a panther for a brother, and fought against a Nazi scientist and his cloned son...

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...

'Belle' Review: Online Onscreen

This weekend sees the long-awaited US wide theatrical release of Belle, the latest animated feature from writer-director Mamoru Hosada, five-time winner of the Japan Academy Film Prize for An...

'Kimi' Review: The Conversation (with Alexa)

If you’re even remotely online, countless facets of your life are observed and cataloged all the time. It happens via the technology we use every day, the resulting data sold or otherwise disseminated...

78 Degrees of Wrestling: The Major Arcana of AEW (Part II: The Soul of Will)

To read the previous installment of Martin’s exploration of the major arcana of AEW, click here. 

'House of Gucci' Review: Needs Letting Out

Ridley Scott seems to have discovered the secret to making Jared Leto palatable: render him unrecognizable, make sure everything he says is incomprehensible, and limit his time on-screen to no more th...

A Pilgrimage to Scott Steiner's Shoney's

Four years ago, my favorite wrestler purchased a dilapidated Shoney’s in Acworth, Georgia (across from the Cabela’s). It was such a notable event in Shoney’s history that the restaurant chain posted a...

REPORT: What's Going On with Thunder Rosa? New Sources Speak

On Wednesday, months of public discontent and years of simmering tensions with AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa boiled over when she announced that she was taking time off to deal with a nagging back...

Vince McMahon Navigated Controversy for Decades. What Changed in 2022?

What took so long? Seriously, what took so long?

¡Olé!: Three Essential El Generico Matches

El Generico: the man, the myth, the legend. Sometimes erroneously referred to as “Sami Zayn when he was on the indies,” a statement which is clearly not true as Zayn himself has denied it, and El Gene...

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...

The Sports World Still Hasn't Learned To Take COVID-19 Seriously

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 i...