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Jon Moxley’s Theme Playing Twice During Anarchy in the Arena: A Review
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Friends, I don’t normally do this, but I am writing about a wrestling match while the match is happening. That match is the Anarchy in the Arena match, which pit the Jericho Appreciation Society against the Blackpool Combat Club, Eddie Kingston, and Santana and Ortiz. It is, as of the last key I’ve punched…
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MJF’s Potential Absence from Double or Nothing Is, at Worst, an Inconvenience
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Yesterday, MJF no-showed AEW’s Double or Nothing Fan Fest. This marked the beginning of a sprawling network of good reporting, fan and wrestling journalist speculation, complaints that MJF had deprived fans of a promised opportunity for an autograph, too many tweets about whether or not this was a work or a shoot, and, like…
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Britt Baker’s Johnny Depp T-shirt Is a Fun Reminder That You Can’t Escape Anything
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I’m going to begin this piece by acknowledging that last week, Fanfyte ran two reviews that were decidedly in favor of an Abortion Rights Are Human Rights! shirt that CM Punk wore on an episode of AEW Dynamite. This is a political statement he’s now made twice when performing in the state of Texas,…
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Wardlow: A Review
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Wardlow is a Large Man Who Does Powerbombs. If I were the person responsible for fixing the firmament of professional wrestling, Large Men Who Do Powerbombs would be a constellation with all of the coolest stars to watch, your Nashes and your Sids and your Vaders and your Awesomes and your Batistas. The whole world…
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It’s May 19th! To Celebrate, Here’s a Timely Reminder About Kane
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He fucking sucks, y’all. Imagine liking Kane. More Professional Wrestling Guy Who Crossed Out His Pro-CM Punk Sign When Punk Came Out Wearing an Abortion Rights Shirt: A Review CM Punk’s “Abortion Rights Are Human Rights” Shirt: A Review “WWE Superstar” Is a Job. People Walk Off of Their Jobs All the Time.
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MJF Whipping Wardlow: A Review
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Last night on Dynamite, Maxwell Jacob Friedman whipped Wardlow a little north of 10 times. It ruled. The last time MJF whipped somebody, his victim was Cody Rhodes. Back then, there was a two-fold objective: show off Cody’s new neck tattoo, and establish the fact that Cody would preserver anything for a shot at…
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CM Punk’s “Abortion Rights Are Human Rights” Shirt: A Review
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10/10, no notes. Support your local abortion fund.
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“WWE Superstar Is a Job.” People Walk Off of Their Jobs All the Time.
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Last night, Sasha Banks and Naomi, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, walked out of the Norfolk Scope before the start of Raw after disagreeing with Vince McMahon and other WWE agents about the creative direction of their tag team, most immediately a scheduled six pack challenge to determine the number one contender to…
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I Guess Ric Flair Is Wrestling His Last Match? Well, That Kinda Sucks.
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“Nature Boy” Ric Flair, the 73-year-old professional legend who, in 2021, was one of the focal points of the docuseries Dark Side of the Ring‘s episode on the infamous WWE “Plane Ride From Hell,” most notably for allegedly sexually assaulting flight attendant Heidi Doyle, will be coming out of retirement for one more match on…
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Eleven Years Ago Today, John Cena Announced the Death of Osama bin Laden
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May 1, 2011 was a day like any other in WWE history, a pay-per-view in Tampa Bay, Florida whose content, unless you’re a true weirdo, I can’t imagine you’d remember. Highlights from Extreme Rules 2011 include Randy Orton defeating CM Punk in a Last Man Standing Match, Jack Swagger and Michael Cole beating Jerry…