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I Want to Shoot the Whole Day Down: Precious and few
A little something for the weekend; some (mostly but not all) pleasant viewing as the GRADE ONE CLIMAX begins over in the hallowed halls of SHIN NIHON PROWRES. A word about this year’s G1; I’m not super into it. I realize that this is a transitional year, a year where they are starting to elevate…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Two hundred and fifty ways to leave your lover
You just slip out the back, JackMake a new plan, StanYou don’t need to be coy, RoyJust get yourself freeHop on the bus, GusYou don’t need to discuss muchGive the book to a crony, TonyAnd get yourself free Oh, I kid. Mostly. Dynamite 250, eh? What did All Elite Wrestling do to celebrate this milestone…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: It had momentum, it was gaining traction
I was geared up earlier; I had half of this column already written in my head. I was prepared to write a fiery defense of AEW in light of WWE poaching signing Stephanie Vacquer and the LEGENTIL ENGINES going into overdrive this afternoon, trying desperately to distract from what was looking to be a fun…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Hey, baby, it’s the fourth of July
Happy Fourth to those who celebrate (which would not appear to be me as I’m writing this whilst at work). Not that there’s much to celebrate this year as my country slowly erodes into oblivion. Cough. At any rate, before I get started talking about Dynamite (which was a really good show and will be…
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I Want to Shoot the Whole Day Down: Below the sliding doors
Still kind of digesting Forbidden Door a bit; featuring both the best and worst of AEW. Before I get into talking about the show properly, I’d like to make a special aside to one Mike Mansury: Take your Vince McMahon-loving, LED board-having, camera cutting when there’s action going on ass back to Stamford and the…
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Who Killed WCW Part Four: I’m not looking for absolution, forgiveness for the things I do
“WCW killed itself. The cast of characters that was WCW killed WCW. It didn’t function as a team, it functioned as a bunch of self seeking individuals.” – Brad Siegel “I’ve never seen anybody that was that high up in the food chain take less responsibility.” – the contemptible Kevin Nash’s reaction to the above…
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Who Killed WCW Part 3: Brother, brother, brother, there’s far too many of you dying
“I would do the same thing bro, I would do the same exact thing today without blinking an eye.” – Vince Russo on David Arquette becoming WCW champion, despite decades’ worth of history explaining why it was bad “I’m just gonna be one thousand percent honest with you. As far as an on air character,…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One will be Better than the Last
Whew! Good to finally have an episode of Dynamite that I can wholeheartedly get behind. Not that there weren’t issues or things I could nitpick… but this was probably the best Dyna in MONTHS. Big picture stuff first… the Will Ospreay / Swerve Strickland segment was REALLY good. Like, REALLY, REALLY good. How’s that for…
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Who Killed WCW Episode Two: Night train to Mundo Fine
Oh dear Gotch above, why am I doing this to myself. A birdie told me this was going to be the “Eric Bischoff redemption train” episode (all aboard), and yes, it absolutely was. Bischoff was betrayed by the meanies at Turner, it was those gosh darn Standards and Practices, Turner didn’t want WCW, etc., etc.,…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
“Was the movie really bad or was I just in the wrong mood?” – Tom Servo Sometimes (read as: often), I feel like a picked a bad time to launch this blog. Not because no one reads any longer… well… YES, because no one reads any longer, but more because I picked a time where…
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