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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Help me lay the renegade to rest
Obviously it was already going to be an emotional show, AEW Dynamite celebrating the career of the stalwart second banana Rebel (not Reba) and her struggles against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gerhig’s disease)… …but then Andy Williams, the Butcher (of Butcher and Blade infamy) only went and passed away on Sunday at the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: That’s the colour of my room
O frabjous day! The clanky sounds of Chairgate (don’t ask) have given way to the sharp, barking sounds of Dogggate (super don’t ask). Sigh. Look, all I require is a decent episode of Dynamite and a star to guide her by. In This Week in Supplemental Material, AEW remembered Will Ospreay is meant to be,…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Jump in that water, be free
Editor Convoy here: in between taking notes and writing the column last night, I lost at least part of my draft in a fashion where it couldn’t be retrieved. Frankly, I didn’t feel strongly enough about either the show or what I had already written to reconstruct all of it. If this missive lacks the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: My minimum table stacks a verse on a gamble
See? BIG DON isn’t the only one with Wu lyrics at his disposal. Episodes like Wednesday’s Dynamite are my absolute least favorite to talk about… nothing was truly terrible, nothing was particularly great. I’m not especially fired up for WrestleDream, which will certainly be fine, but I don’t anticipate it being better than fine. AEW…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Tubular boobular joy
I wonder what the annoying discourse will be today; AEW has too many belts (good lord; look at the other place, then), the Dentist wasn’t there in Pittsburgh, Kenny is a bad guy for sticking up for his protege (oops, that was YESTERDAY’S discourse), ohimgod, FIRE is too dangerous or what. Sigh. Am I thrilled…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Chicago Transit Authority
The Aragon Ballroom is a venerable location; it’s played host to acts like Nirvana. Metallica. The Smashing Pumpkins. Green Day. REM. Aerosmith. FUCKING KRAFTWERK. And I hope you liked it because it’s now playing host to AEW. For a WHILE. Amongst hardcore fans… they seem to get real excited about AEW and residencies and to…
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I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down: Gambling is the finest thing a person can do, if he’s good at it
Feels good when you place your faith in a product and are justly rewarded for said faith. AEW pay per view remains the surest bet in the PPV universe (yes, even better than “Naughty Co-Eds open a Car Wash” vol. 6) and when the complaints are already coming in about how LONG the show was,…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Last week, messed around and got a triple-double
Another back to back Dynamite / Collision double header this week, due to, I dunno, sports of some kind. Hockey-ball or summat. It was probably for the best… while there was some stuff I REALLY liked on Dyna… the lack of actual, in-ring wrestling content left me fairly cold… but Collision… a show that the…
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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: 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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