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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
Before what’s left of my gutshot fandom of wrestling and, indeed, humanity oozes out all over the floor, I’d like to see AEW really STICK IT to WWE somehow. There’s been too many nasty tricks, too many attempts at “counterprogramming,” too many little barbs thrown by persons in and out of the company, too many…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Boogaloo dudes (I want to talk to you, all of you)
I blame YOU. Well, maybe not YOU in the specific, but certainly you in the abstract. Definitely that guy over there, and maybe her, too. Maybe… I dunno, a week or so ago, for some reason, someone dredged up that weird deal from a couple years back where Ricky Starks was sharing a ring with…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Life goes on after the show
What deadly dose of poison do I quaff before Dynamite starts; dirt awful discourse about the ratings Big Dave Meltzer is going to give the top matches at All In, SUPER dirt awful discourse about how no matches have been announced for Dynamite as of 2pm PST, or the SUPER, MEGA TOXIC discourse about how…
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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: 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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TEN
Another year, another Voices of Wrestling Top Ten Matches of the Year list. 2024… look. Obviously there were plenty of good matches… but as my watching, my interest flag, I found coming up with ten matches that I’d genuinely recommend to be a bit of a challenge. Anyway, I recruited a friend, Tye, er… no,…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Return of the good gumbo
So God came back the other day. Look, I know I was not particularly kind to the Kenny Omega / Gabe Kidd match, but that was largely due to my distaste for both Kidd as a performer and the match layout casting Kidd as a virtuous defender of New Japan Pro Wrestling. KENNY, in the…
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More Dangerous Than Dynamite: Give me a head with hair
I didn’t feel especially moved by Dyna one way or the other last night… there’s usually a show or two in their cycle to build the next PLE PPV that just treads water a bit, and this one surely did that, although it did feature some good in ring action (and some not so good…
