Category: Wrestling
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At the end of 2023, All Elite Wrestling had been through the PR ringer and then some. The grand bet of CM Punk imploded twice in as public a manner as possible between ‘Brawl Out’ in 2022 and ‘Brawl In’ in 2023, leading to Punk’s public firing. There was no shortage of other PR problems…
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There’s been a line thrown around All Elite Wrestling since Will Ospreay started with the promotion full time in 2024 – restore the feeling. It was a line associated with a rough time in AEW’s short existence. The young promotion struggled through a parade of backstage problems spilling out into the public eye, most notably…
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The 2026 edition of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s annual summer tournament has come and gone, delivering arguably the best G1 in the last few years. Nearly every show in the month-long tournament had at least one must-see match, with Yota Tsuji and Konosuke Takeshita taking part in several of these. It would ultimately come down to…
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July 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 and the formation of the New World Order. The moment Hulk Hogan, a perennial babyface to that point, did his big leg-drop on ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage is regarded as one of the most influential moments in professional wrestling history and helped…
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In July of 2003, a group of independent wrestlers pooled their resources into starting a new, wrestler-run indie in the fledgling South California wrestling scene. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla would run its first show in City of Industry, California, with an originally announced Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles main event becoming Frankie Kazarian vs. AJ Styles…
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Forced celebrity involvement, unneeded breaking of the 4th wall, and uninspired, repetitive, and questionable storytelling. Is this describing WCW in the year 2000 or WWE in the year 2026, or both? The final calendar year of WCW’s existence was a rough year for the company that only a few years earlier was on top of…
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When calendars turned over to 1992, the wrestling world was in unique state. WWF was still on top of the world but signs were starting to appear that a downturn was on the way. WCW was still struggling to establish an identity between a revolving door of bookers and mounting debt. And ECW was almost…
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The year 2026 has been a very good for AEW. Their weekly TV has received regular praise for maintaining a consistent quality. Dynamite in 2026 has played host to major moments in AEW history, including two world title changes, while Collision continues to be the show for “the sickos” wanting two hours of some of…
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It goes without saying that the first half of 2026 has been very kind to All Elite Wrestling. The seven-year-old promotion has been on one of the strongest runs of business since it began in 2019, with Dynamite and Collision regularly praised for their consistent quality. And while pay-per-views have typically performed well, 2026 has…
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AEW Forbidden Door 2026 is in the history books as the promotion begins, in earnest, the summer-long march to All In at London’s Wembley Stadium. The cross-promotional event, spearheaded by AEW, sat in an interesting part of the company’s 2026 pay-per-view calendar. It was following Double or Nothing 2026, which was hailed by many fans…
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