All Elite Wrestling and DC Comics are in the middle of a special collaboration leading up to the debut of AEW’s weekly wrestling show, Dynamite, on October 2nd. The collaboration begun with an illustration of AEW’s first World Champion, Chris Jericho, by Howard Porter (The Flash). Since then we’ve gotten new illustrations of Jon Moxley, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Wrestling
Ringside Rhetoric: The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled
In the 1980’s, Vincent Kennedy McMahon made his mark on the wrestling world by aggressively taking out his competition. Not satisfied with being just another promoter, he did everything in his power to monopolize the industry, and drive out all the other territories. In the beginning of time, there was a gentleman’s agreement that certain … Continue reading
Ringside Rhetoric: Carny Folk
By now we should all know the story of Hulk Hogan and the horrible and racist things he said while being in the arms of another man’s wife. While the world is shocked and appalled at how a man that everyone was in love with at one point could say such dreadful things, his defenders … Continue reading
Ringside Rhetoric: The New New Nexus
On this Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, something happened. Whether it was great or terrible has yet to be determined. After months of speculation on how the NXT women were going to debut on the main roster, we finally got our answer. They weren’t gradually brought up the regular way, nor did they have an … Continue reading
The Raw Report – 7/29/2014
There’s only so many times you can watch the same episode of Monday Night Raw over and over again without making yourself ill. When the only thing you have to look forward to on Monday night is Eden Stiles tweeting a picture of herself backstage, you know the evening isn’t looking very promising. After that … Continue reading
The Raw Report – 7/14/2014
This week’s Monday Night Raw was bad. At first I thought it was just me, and I wasn’t in the mood to watch it, but after a second viewing, it’s just bad. Bad for a go-home show, yes, but also bad in general. It’s been known for years that WWE just caters to the 7 year … Continue reading
The Raw Report – 7/7/2014
Monday Night Raw is live tonight from Montreal, so expect some Bret Hart mentions. The show opens with Roman Reigns coming down to the ring. Michael Cole announces that The Authority is not there because they are on vacation. Roman says that he’s a wanted man in the WWE, but he has a hair trigger. … Continue reading
The Raw Report – 6/30/2014
Monday Night Raw begins with a video package from Money in the Bank, showing John Cena pulling down the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The Authority comes out when the video is over and Stephanie says that this feels like a homecoming since she was born in Hartford. This elicits some boos and a random CM … Continue reading
WWE: Money in the Bank 2014 Recap
WWE’s Money in the Bank PPV emanated from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. There was a lot of speculation as to who was going to win big in the two ladder matches. Many picked Seth Rollins, while the general consensus was that John Cena would win his 8,1934th WWE Championship. The Kickoff show featured Daniel … Continue reading
The RAW Report – 6/23/2014
Monday Night Raw, live from Washington D.C., began with Stephanie McMahon coming down to the ring. She called out Vickie Guerrero, and tells her that she couldn’t do anything right. She points out that she let Roman Reigns not only compete in, but win the battle royal last week. This, after Stephanie and her husband … Continue reading
Wrestlemania XXIX Predictions
This year’s road to Wrestlemania was a bumpy one to say the least. Actually, somewhere on that road the wagon careened onto the side of the road and landed in a ditch. If you’ve been even casually watching WWE programming lately you’ll know that there isn’t a lot to be pumped for outside of Rock … Continue reading
The Truth About Your Favorite Indy Guy
I love independent wrestling. Really, I do. I go to a local show every other weekend filled with guys who wrestle for the love of the sport, and not for million dollar contracts. The independent scene is full of people who more than likely aren’t going to go past the small time promotion they’re in. … Continue reading
The Chickbusters Collide!
In the same vein as Wrestlemania V’s Mega Powers Collide, Wrestlemania XXIX is featuring WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn vs her former Chickbusters cohort AJ Lee. To my recollection, the duo never had a match after their infamous falling out in 2012. Now, with one as the Divas Champion, and the other who spent most of … Continue reading