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It’s a Kind of Magic: All In at Wembley
The atmosphere at a wrestling show is truly an experience to behold. Whether you’re in basketball courts, warehouses, gymnasiums, or bingo halls with fifty to a hundred people, you can feel it. Whether you’re in arenas, ballrooms, opera…
WWE: Everything’s Fine
The year is 1996. An incident has happened that shattered the illusion of kayfabe, revealing what most people already knew - wrestling was scripted. Four men hugged in the ring - Razor Ramon, Diesel, Shawn Michaels, and Hunter Hearst…
So. About Wrestlemania 39.
Ever since Triple H took over as the Lord of creative (check out Corey's piece on how H handled creative so far here), I've always been curious about how he would book two of my favourite shows of the year. Royal Rumble and…
The Undertaker vs Triple H: Confines of the Past
Do you ever have those moments where you revisit a story you knew long ago, only to have it recontextualized, leaving a different imprint as the experience feels new again?
I remember that moment myself - an evening on a 2012…
17 Years Later: WrestleMania’s Journey Back To Hollywood
The day has arrived. It only took 17 years (6,571 days) for the WWE to bring the biggest event of the year to the Greater Los Angeles area and what better way to do it than by upping the anticipation by making it two nights and filled…
Kota Ibushi vs Shinsuke Nakamura: Intercontinental Highway Boogie
Sometimes the things you think wouldn’t go together so well ends up being a fantastic fit that feels entirely like an experience. Nelly & Tim McGraw’s “Over and Over”, Disney & Final Fantasy coalescing into Kingdom Hearts, or me…
Adam Cole: Story Time
Are you ready for storytime?
In 2018, I was still not fully into professional wrestling yet. I had watched a few WWE events and a few NJPW matches at the behest of my brother, but one particular night, he pulled me in. Said I had to…
Has The Two Night Wrestlemanias Worked So Far?
Other than the Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania is my favourite event out of the big 4 (now 5 since King Of The Ring is back and to that I say, LET'S F**KING GOOOOOOOOO, BOYZ).
However, as the years went by and with the increase in both the…
Opinion: XPW Proud of ‘Triggering Woke Fans’…and Nobody Cares
If an independent pro wrestling company tries a stunt to 'shock' people, but nobody is there to see it...does it make headlines?
Well, in this case, yes it does. For some reason, XPW Wrestling - based out of Los Angeles, California -…
Trinity Fatu/Naomi: Glow Time
In the times of darkness, in days of the future past, there is a light that glows, and all you need to do is follow it to the promised land.
Such is the way of the neon-laden Trinity Fatu, now formerly known as WWE’s Naomi.
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