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Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand
I was led to believe that yesterday was Superman Day. It was not; but strangely both April 18th and June 12th are listed online as a POSSIBLE candidate for same. Perhaps it was serendipitous luck that I accidently selected MIRACLE MONDAY (IYKYK) instead and that seems appropriate enough to have drawn the following: This image…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: I know it’s not your thing to care
I guess whether or not you dug last night’s Dynamite really comes down to how into SHENANIGANS you are. If you’re into FOUR segments with the Hurt Business / MJF, if you’re into GABE KIDD and around 12 other people being involved with a cage match (and it’s aftermath) or not. I’m not into either…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: I kicked the leg out of your leg
Another back to back Dynamite / Collision taping means a ganged up review POUR VOUS. And hey, Dynamite was pretty great and Collision was solid. Both had a tiny bit more “sports entertainment” or whatever we’re calling it this week than I STRICTLY prefer, but that’s not a sin. I think the record will show…
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I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down: Coraje para dar un paso adelante
Not a lot moves me in the world of wrestling anymore. It takes a pretty big, emotional sendoff or climax to an important story to get me. But when Hiromu Takahashi came out this weekend in Fukuoka with “LIJ” written on his wrist tape, when BUSHI came out and couldn’t stop himself from crying, I…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: When you’re a boy, other boys check you out
If you read this, you probably don’t need the reminder or roadmap but wrestling, when you strip it down (ooh er, missus) to its bare essence… wrestling is more than a little homoerotic. Largely, it’s two dudes (sometimes two gals, sometimes a non binary pal) rolling around in their underwear. Have a problem with that?…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Tag team, back again
Sorry; at a bit of a deadline crunch this week so a truncated column… but I won’t leave you hanging too much. Last night’s Dynamite was another REALLY good show, full of great wrestling AND angle advancement. YES, VIRGINIA, YOU CAN DO BOTH. We had a Nitro-esque opening involving Master P (!), the Death Riders,…
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I see the line in the sand
A number of ill considered, kneejerk takes in regards to punitive / protective actions AEW should take in the industry, decidedly less lukewarm than usual, fueled by the events of this weekend, in no particular order. I dunno. Good ideas? Bad? More trouble than they are worth? You tell me below.
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: This is what it’s like when worlds collide
Figured I’d delay MDTD until the Collision show was over since they were on back to back nights this week… and frankly, Dynamite was SO GOOD, anything I have to say about it is nitpicky (and my two big gripes would probably be considered nitpicks) and I didn’t want to bring anyone down. That being…
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I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down: Power Production
I, like a fool, thought he was just Japanese John Cena. He came into TNA once maybe around 2005 or 6 and had a NOTHING match with AJ Styles, AJ STYLES, for crying out loud, someone *I* could probably have a passable match with and I was thoroughly underwhelmed. I didn’t like him, didn’t appreciate…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Damage Control
The cool Marvel kind, not the shitty WWE kind. Well, even then. This is not going to be an extensive review of Dynamite. I don’t have the time or, honestly, the inclination at the moment, so deflating was the end of AEW Dynasty and the ridiculous backlash to the backlash against the show. There are…
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