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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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He’d like to blow our minds
If you knew me in what we call the elusive and increasingly laughable “real life,” you probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the 1994 DC Comics series Starman means one hell of a lot to me. An example of what I would call my “$30 at a convention table” style. Tony Harris used to…
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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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Free the Cap’n
You know this, deep down in the parts of your soul where even your loved ones can’t touch. When the hackles on your neck raise for no real reason you can pinpoint, when a shape darts just outside of your peripheral vision. A sound that shouldn’t be there, a shadow. There are some truths that…
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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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Where does he get those wonderful toys?
Largely the internet. *crickets* “Hey, DJ?” some have asked over the years. “Are you a shoot DJ?” Leaving aside the fact that I know pretty much nothing about popular music after, oh, I dunno, the year 2004 or so, the answer is no. I have dicked around for friends and put together set lists and…
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