Tag: WWE
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Mandatory Essay on Hulk Hogan’s Raw Appearance
It was only a matter of time before WWE turned one of its events into a Trump rally.
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Hate Within Limits: CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins (1/6/25)
WWE kicks off its Netflix era with an Archive of Our Own dream match between CM Punk and Seth Rollins.
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Roddy Piper vs. Mr. Perfect (WWF, 1/25/91)
Roddy Piper and Mr. Perfect battle over the Intercontinental Championship for the 10th of 26 times. It rules.
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The Greatest Wrestler of All Time (The Fifth and Sixth Ten)
The Rock. Steve Austin. Ric Flair. Randy Savage. When I took up the task of naming The Greatest Wrestler of All Time, it was partially out of frustration with similar pieces (though, those being ranked lists, they weren’t similar at all) where the same names kept cropping up. If pieces like this are a conversation,…
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“Thank You Vince” Chants: A Review
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Vince McMahon Has Retired
I don’t know how to begin covering what is possibly the biggest story in the history of professional wrestling. Vince McMahon is retiring from WWE. In his tweet and in WWE’s press release containing his statement on the matter, McMahon led with the fact that he is 77, intimating that it is age, and not The…
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I Hope Triple H Starts Pointing at People Again
WWE announced today that Paul “Triple H” Levesque has been installed as the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations. Given that John Laurinaitis is ensnared in an ongoing investigation into his (and Vince McMahon’s) alleged use of company funds to buy the silence of employees with whom he’s alleged to have had affairs, as well…
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A Field Guide to the Gimmicks of NXT 2.0
I watched NXT 2.0 last night. No, no, hold your applause and save your medals; I, like all of you, am human, and humans tend to fuck up from time to time. It is no secret that NXT 2.0, once a jewel in the crown of WWE’s unquestioned dominance over professional wrestling, is a barren…
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The French Fries Bret Hart and Sean Waltman Aren’t Eating: A Review
Sometimes a plate tells a story.
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We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit is one of the best wrestlers of all time. Chris Benoit also murdered his wife, Nancy, and his son, Daniel, before hanging himself over a three day period in June 2007. Leaving aside the issue of individual taste, the former statement is widely held to be true and the later is established fact.…