This is the first of a year by year retrospective from my viewpoint as a wrestling fan. What did I watch, what was good, what was bad, which men and women were the best and what matches and moments stood out. So I rejoined the world of being a full time wrestling fan by watching … Continue reading My Wrestling Yearbook – 2012
50 at 50: Favorite Matches
In celebration of turning 50, I've decided to come up with lists of '50 Favorites' for a few different subjects. I started with 50 favorite albums, and now I move on to my 50 favorite wrestling matches. Now I know how wrestling fans can be so let me lead off by saying that these are … Continue reading 50 at 50: Favorite Matches
Grading the Royal Rumbles
I did a little exercise back in 2022 where I looked back at the brand vs brand Survivor Series shows and handed out some accolades and rankings of sorts, so with some time having passed I thought it would be to look at the Royal Rumble during the brand split era that started in 2016. … Continue reading Grading the Royal Rumbles
Retro Recap: Backlash 2007
For a long time Backlash was essentially a show of WrestleMania rematches. That began to change after 2012 when it stopped being an every year event. Now it is it's own show completely unassociated with the biggest show of the year and has happened at other points in the calendar. That has it's pros and … Continue reading Retro Recap: Backlash 2007
WrestleMania 37 Deeper Thoughts
https://twitter.com/Kazeem/status/1382386427523129350?s=19 Indeed it was, and not because of the number of participants but because of the roles they were given, from headliners to defending champions to rising stars to young prospects to wily veterans here to help said young prospects. There was a level of trust to Black wrestlers at this show, for the ring … Continue reading WrestleMania 37 Deeper Thoughts
What Bianca’s win means to me
The face of victory As anyone who has ever talked to me about pro wrestling knows I've been at this fan thing since 1985. Now since then Women's wrestling has had it's ups and downs, particularly in the US. And as tumultuous a time as it's had as a whole it's been less kind to … Continue reading What Bianca’s win means to me
Bianca’s win for Black Women
Note: Because of the uniqueness of this event I felt it was best to get a woman's perspective so this piece is authored by a guest writer, Tonya Rodgers. You can find her on Twitter at @TheWitchMilitia. I have been a wrestling fan for as long as I can remember. As a little girl in … Continue reading Bianca’s win for Black Women
What is Elevation?
How does it really happen? We are a few days away from the Royal Rumble, and as always we are speculating as to who could and who should win. And with that comes the topic of elevation; that is, the idea that the Rumble could/should be used to elevate someone new to the main event … Continue reading What is Elevation?
Retro Recap – Survivor Series 1987
This was the inaugural running of this event, and it's origin is that basically Vince McMahon did not want NWA promoter Jim Crockett getting a foothold in pay per view, and created an event that ran the same night to force cable companies to choose which one they would carry. You see kids back then … Continue reading Retro Recap – Survivor Series 1987
Retro Recap – Clash of the Champions 8
This recap is brought to you by the quarantine! Yeah, I was looking for something I hadn't watched in a while and I settled on this one. I was a big NWA fan back in the day so I saw this when it happened, but I haven't watched it in a long time. The Clash … Continue reading Retro Recap – Clash of the Champions 8
Stroke of Genius 