From the outside looking in, that doesn’t mean much. It’s a pro wrestling stable. In simplest terms, that’s a group of creative collaborators performing together as a onscreen unit for a weekly televi...

This review was commissioned by mu_iwakura over on my Ko-fi account. I didn’t hate all of it. In case that sounds like damning with faint praise, let it be known that there’s over two hours of footage...

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As New Japan Pro Wrestling's founder and first ever ace figure, Antonio Inoki made a name on proving that pro wrestling is the strongest style. Much of his work through New Japan's first decade is aim...

As New Japan Pro Wrestling's founder and first ever ace figure, Antonio Inoki made a name on proving that pro wrestling is the strongest style. Much of his work through New Japan's first decade is aim...

There’s few things that can crack through the resistance I have to modern WWE programming. The post-pandemic product somehow stayed even about as sterilized as lifeless screens in an empty room, but e...

There’s few things that can crack through the resistance I have to modern WWE programming. The post-pandemic product somehow stayed even about as sterilized as lifeless screens in an empty room, but e...

After giving DDP/Goldberg five stars, how high up the BIG EGG MASTERLIST can Colette convince Joseph to go?

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The bell rings and the clock starts ticking. Wrestling Goldberg in the midst of his famed undefeated streak is nothing less than grappling with inevitability itself. It's a question of when, not if, ...

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This review was commissioned by Nicholas Anderson over on my Ko-fi account. There’s no underestimating the importance of occasion for a match like this. Where a November white belt match can end up ov...

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This review was commissioned by Nicholas Anderson over on my Ko-fi account. It’s worth saying that this activated a certain nostalgia that can’t help but color the way I see this match. With all the r...

This review was commissioned by Dan Vacura over on my Ko-fi account. The downfall of Team Canada continues. Earlier in the night, Bobby Roode and Eric Young lost the NWA World Tag Titles to America’s ...

This review was commissioned by Elsche over on my Ko-fi account. It’s possible I’m missing some of the context here, but this is about as straightforward a match as you can get. Funaki’s the longtime ...

Talk around the WCW cruiserweight division always comes back to the idea of these guys really introducing a certain pace and style of match to the American mainstream audiences of the 90s. Dude, forge...

Featured image by @rhysswhithisspoon Lie #1: You can never go back The narrative arc of pro wrestling only ever moves forward. Unlike cinema, literature, and other forms of performance and art, pro wr...

This review was commissioned by Zack over on my Ko-fi account. Here’s something I’ve come to understand about myself through the years: the more violent a pro wrestling match is, the more forgiving I ...

This review was commissioned by SiticEye over on my Ko-fi account. It would have been easy for Bryan Danielson to play some feel good hits for his final CHIKARA match before signing with the WWE. In a...

Joseph and Colette have a less than casual disagreement about one of Colette's favorite matches.

While not quite the last classic WarGames match, the '94 Stud Stable/Rhodes & Nasties beef is one hell of a ride.

This match has a reputation for being "the last great classic WarGames." Classic in this case, of course, referring more to the lineage of the match as opposed to any indicator of quality. As far as t...

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I like to joke whenever a tag match has multiple heat segments that it's a Collision tag. Given the proclivity early AEW Collision had for big, lengthy multiman tags, and the need to use multiple cont...

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