Match Reviews
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Dominic Garrini and Minoru Suzuki Made Me Love Indie Wrestling Again
I did not go to Fargo to have my love of independent professional wrestling rekindled. All I wanted was to see Minoru Suzuki, the bonus being that he was wrestling Dominic Garrini, a wrestler I knew and felt very attached to despite our paths never crossing. But how do you deny Timebomb Pro’s fans, an…
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Struggle and Redemption: On Eddie Guerrero’s 2004 WWE Championship Victory
Eddie Guerrero’s 2004 WWE Championship victory is one of the greatest in wrestling history.
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In 1997, Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio Jr. Wrestled A Perfect Match
Mask vs. Title, Halloween Havoc 1997. Maybe you’ve heard of it?
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I Don’t Know How to Process Money in the Bank
I haven’t engaged with WWE since WrestleMania 36, exhausted by the concept of empty arena wrestling and the unending parade of decisions that, even for a company as brutal and ruthless as the worldwide leader in sports entertainment is, seemed extraordinarily cruel and tin-eared. How do you watch a wrestling promotion that’s not only willing…
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Apocalyptic Wrestling: The Self-Sacrifice of Atsushi Onita
The first thing you need to understand is this: The world is coming to an end. Not “the world” as in the planet Earth. Not “the world” in its metaphoric context, which is to say the world as it is perceived by the human consciousness one assumes will cease perceiving at the end of the…
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In 1992, Jushin Liger and Brian Pillman Changed American Wrestling
I love Jushin Liger. I’m hardly alone in the sentiment, but I’m still avoiding Wrestle Kingdom because it hurts a little knowing that I’ll never see him wrestle again, and hurts even more knowing that I’ll never get to see him wrestle live. It’s a shame because I think Liger had a really good last…
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Asuka vs. Sara Del Rey Is the Wrestling Match of the Decade
If you’ve been following my series about the best wrestlers of the decade, you might think I’d give the honorific to the Okada/Shibata match that cut short the resurgence of Katsuyori Shibata’s career, but if there’s anything you should know about me as a critic, it’s that multiple things can exist as the best, simultaneously.…