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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain
Sometimes, I feel like a right heel. Not because I “body shamed” one David Finlay earlier in the day (more on that later), not because of the litany of shortcuts I take regularly in order to make life one degree more tolerable, not because of my generally miserable demeanor but because AEW consistently presents us…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: They put you down, they say I’m wrong
“Who the fuck is that guy?” – Prince Devitt asking incredulously about the mascot-like Captain New Japan “Fuck your dreams, fuck your life” – from AJ Styles’ New Japan entrance theme, Styles Clash “Well, if it isn’t the Three Star General!” – Kenny Omega on one certain second generation wrestler seemingly incapable of breeching that…
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Crackin’ in heads and jumpin’ in and out of beds
We’ve looked for evidence for years, and the ribald, violent nature of the movie should put paid to the notion, but the missus and I have always felt that Joe Don Baker’s disheveled and sweaty Mitchell (1975) really, really, REALLY feels like it’s a pilot for a TV show. We get patterns of behavior, call…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: I sit and wonder, does the message get to you?
I don’t always keep up on the match announcements for a typical AEW Dynamite; I don’t really live and die on that as so many seem to (look at Bluesky any Monday afternoon when a full card hasn’t been yet announced and watch the entitlement flow)… but I did see that there was something called…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: She’s a lot like you- the dangerous type
You know, I was commiserating with a pal for most of the week about two major things I was not looking forward to on this week’s Dynamite (you know who you are) and both of those things ended up… well, if not FINE, then at least interesting. “May you live in interesting time,” as the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: When I realize with fright that the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight
A behind the scenes glimpse into how the sausage is made here at YOUR favorite lukewarm takes factory, La Zona Muerta. I watch a wrestling show (or something), lament that I don’t take the time to write about more non wrestling topics, beat myself up for awhile, remember that I have been writing about wrestling…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Sounds like work
I had mentally prepared a rant (and I suspect we’ll get to it) as last evening’s Dynamite progressed but it was somewhat derailed by the events that transpired at the end of the show; Maxwell Jacob Friedman came out, got distracted by Hangman Adam Page’s music, and then got completely HELLMURDERED by Brody King. Brody…
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I was born about ten thousand years ago
The yearly Voices of Wrestling top ten wrestling poll has again been compiled, and again, the nebulous space I occupy in wrestling “media” has granted my opinions and I a slot. I didn’t vote for what will likely be the number one match AT ALL (readers of this space can guess what match everyone else…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: You can’t escape, no one will survive
Look, I like Tomasso Ciampa well enough. Well, I did, anyway. Like ten years ago. “It’s not the years; it’s the mileage.” – Indiana Jones Hell, even five years ago, if Ciampa wanted into AEW, I would have been hooting and hollering. Probably, anyway. The succession of bigger and grander matches between him and Johnny…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: I’ve seen the future and it will be
There are a couple (well, MORE than a couple) sayings in wrestling that are loaded, just PREGNANT with double meaning. Stuff that might appear complimentary on the surface but really is kind of a knock. “______ is a good hand,” is one phrase where it might seem like you’re putting over someone’s in ring proficiency,…
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