Tag Archives: Sports Entertainment

Twice in a Lifetime (Part Two)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

When we left our heroes in Part One, Dolph Ziggler had overcome a loss earlier in the evening (as well as months of an inexplicably middling push) to capture, at long last, the World Heavyweight Championship against an Alberto Del … Continue reading →

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About That Rumble Thing

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

I normally use my birthday (1/23) to grant myself a rare indulgence and post something introspective.  The truth is, I wrote something lengthy—twice—about certain themes and lessons taught to me in my youth that seem to have been abandoned by … Continue reading →

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Hell in a Cell: Live Blog

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

I wouldn’t say I’m about to write a live blog of the WWE’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view reluctantly, but it would also be fair to say that I wouldn’t have done so without the encouragement of my legion handful of fans readers. … Continue reading →

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Thirteen Predictions about RAW 1000

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

I hadn’t written a professional-wrestling-related article in a while, and, lest anyone forget that I’m a single, geeky, moderately-overweight, 30-something white guy, I figured I would make a few quick predictions for tonight’s historic broadcast of Monday Night RAW. For … Continue reading →

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The Company Man

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Yesterday, April 29th, was World Wish Day.  It’s a day that celebrates the legacy of the Make-a-Wish Foundation “with wishes being granted worldwide.  It’s a day to think about how wishing makes our world better.” Those are the words of … Continue reading →

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Quick Thoughts on the Rumble

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I’m trying my best to keep this charmingly eclectic website from morphing into an all-wrestling blog, but I feel compelled to discuss a few things that happened last night after spending so much time in fevered anticipation of same.  I … Continue reading →

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The End of the World (Or Maybe Just a Fun Pay-Per-View)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

The 2012 Royal Rumble pay-per-view includes just four announced matches, but the show nonetheless looks like the most interesting edition within memory.  The WWE has done a great job of enhancing each match with intrigue that goes beyond the basic … Continue reading →

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An Abridged History of Pro Wrestling’s Ethnic Identity Crisis

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Highlighting ethnicity or nationality to help get certain professional wrestlers “over” is a technique as old as the business itself.  The WWWF (later the WWF, now the WWE) used the origins of Bruno Sammartino (Italian), Spiros Arion (Greek), and Pedro … Continue reading →

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What it Means to be the Best

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

The old adage about Ric Flair held that the Nature Boy was such a skilled in-ring performer in his prime that he could have a four-star match with a broomstick. What I always liked about that aphorism was that it … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Nerds

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

What set Money in the Bank apart from the standard professional wrestling events of the past few years wasn’t the hot crowd in Chicago, or the slick production values, or even the great in-ring work.  Every WWE pay-per-view features at … Continue reading →

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