Cuppa Joy with The Queen of NE

Cuppa Joy Ep.04: “Wrestling with Makeup: Ft. April!” Welcome to “Cuppa Joy” with The Queen of NE for Wrestle Joy! CALLING ALL MAKEUP LOVERS! In the fourth episode, Queen shares the airwaves with The Brooklyn Wolf of Makeup, host of Beating Faces, April! They chat all things makeup & wrestling, her iconic looks from AEW & WWE, & how …

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Drawing the Brawling – When Wrestling Gets Animated

Over the years, wrestling has been complimented at times as “a cartoon come to life.” It certainly fits: bigger than life characters, twisting stories, and insane dives/splats/explosions abound in the squared circle. Some wrestlers lean into a more cartoonish approach (Stardust springboards to mind), while others play the straight man alongside. But if wrestling is itself a big cartoon, …

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Scotch Tasting: The Lemmy

Coming back to you once again Wrestle Joy faithful, this time with a drink that….wait a minute, somethings not right….oh yeah…THERE THAT’S BETTER! OH YEAH BROTHER WE’RE COMING TO YOU TODAY WITH A DRINK THAT COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY RULES ASS! A DRINK THAT IS AS CLASSIC AS IT IS EFFECTIVE. A DRINK THAT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH ONE PERSON AND …

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Speedball Mike Bailey is Pro Wrestling’s Best (and Worst) Kept Secret

In professional wrestling, for some reason there’s nothing more thrilling than watching a babyface drag their broken body off of the mat and attempt to fire up one last time after being beaten and battered over and over again. That little spark of flame that builds and builds until it’s a roaring fire of a comeback, every bit of …

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Speedball Mike Bailey is Pro Wrestling’s Best (and Worst) Kept Secret

In professional wrestling, for some reason there’s nothing more thrilling than watching a babyface drag their broken body off of the mat and attempt to fire up one last time after being beaten and battered over and over again. That little spark of flame that builds and builds until it’s a roaring fire of a comeback, every bit of …

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Conversations with Wrestlers: Shawn Michaels on his Lost Classic with Diesel

Everyone has a favorite wrestling match, one that just hits them in that special place in the heart reserved for great art.  Sometimes, it’s technical craft that compels. Two performers perfectly in sync, creating a tapestry of believable, powerful simulated violence.  On other occasions it’s the pure grandeur of the occasion, the pomp and circumstance of a particularly gaudy …

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