Embracing the fun in Wrestling
One by one, the lights go out at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, enshrouding the arena in darkness. Anticipation ripples through the crowd, and through fans all around the world as they set out to behold the main event of AEW Dynamite – a lights out, anything goes, unsanctioned match between Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa. Promising to be a …
What a week of AEW programming we’ve had! Like, my word this week has been amazing. Shall I take you through step by step? To start the week we got BTE: Lawnmower, where not only did we get Hangman and Colt nearly making me cry, we got Nightmare on Elite Street! Dark Order, alongside Alex Aberhantes are killing off …
The world of professional wrestling is filled with stories of courage and perseverance. One of the greatest is that of Kevin Von Erich. The high flying elder son of one of wrestling’s greatest dynasties, Kevin achieved incredible success throughout a career that dates back to the mid 1970s. Along the way, faced unimaginable loss and pain as his younger brothers and …
HI! You have absolutely no idea how excited I am to be able to get this second weekly article on Wrestle Joy. AEW has given us all so much joy over the last 18(ish) months and it just keeps getting better, this week with a brand new show called AEW Dark: Elevation! The next couple of weeks are going …
In the territory days, the NWA Champion served many roles. The most important was making sure when the champion was on the card, the houses were up. If the NWA Champion couldn’t move tickets in multiple territories, they would be replaced by someone who could. The NWA Champion was constantly shuffling between the various territories, balancing threats from multiple …
AEW’s weekly YouTube show ‘AEW Dark’ has presented a platform for independent wrestlers to showcase themselves to an audience of over 200,000 each week. For fans of AEW Dark, they have been given the experience of seeing a number of talented superstars like Will Hobbs, Top Flight, and Red Velvet get their start within an AEW ring. Each week …
This is part 2 of a multi-part series on CM Punk. You can find part 3 here Last time we began our journey by looking back at Punk’s infamous Pipe Bomb, and what happened in the months afterwards, culminating in defeating Alberto Del Rio at Survivor Series 2011 to begin his second WWE Championship. The next night, Monday Night …
It’s Sunday, you know what that means. Yes, it’s AEW Roundup day and this week has been absolutely brilliant. Couple of things before we start, if you’re in the UK or anywhere else in the world that may celebrate Mother’s Day today, then happy Mother’s Day. And before we get started, I have an announcement to make! If you …
A small bingo hall. A packed crowd of rabid, blood thirsty fans, and wrestling that was ahead its time. In the 1990s, no promotion shocked the world like Extreme Championship Wrestling. ECW was not only responsible for some of the wildest moments in wrestling history, but some of the most innovative wrestling ever seen. During its nine year run, ECW …
On March 4th, one of the greatest professional wrestling promoters in history succumbed to liver and kidney failure after battling through a bout of COVID-19. Jim Crockett Jr. was a brilliant promoter with an eye for talent whose unique insight for understanding the human condition helped shape the professional wrestling landscape of 2021. For more than a generation, WWE …
