Finally…
CM Punk finally responds to Paul Nicholson over Twitter. It’s been a long, long time coming.
Posted in: Wrestling and the wider cultural malaise
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The only time Kreayshawn will ever be mentioned on this blog
February 22, 2012
by Dom Passantino
You all remember Kreayshawn, right? Posh white girl from 2011, looked a bit like Joe Cornish in drag, completely failed to happen in any way shape or form. Anyway, being as she already leaked nude photographs of herself in the internet in a desperate attempt to stay relevant, and with there being very little sign… [Read more…]
Pro-wres Tumblr of the day: Clubberin
February 21, 2012
by Dom Passantino
I’ve been “in the gym” and “counting my calories” these past few months, so I’m slowly beginning to reach the weight where it’s expected that I should take a vague interest in my clothes, rather than just rock hoodies and t-shirts with so little fit to them they may as well be binliners with armholes.… [Read more…]
Posted in: Other Stuff
Chris Brown, CM Punk, Twitter, blah blah blah
February 20, 2012
by Dom Passantino
If 2010-era blogger Carles is correct and all music can be boiled down to a series of memes, then CM Punk truly is the only rock star left in wrestling. Whether he’s telling people they have a vagina, demanding ice cream bars, being friends with the one from Deuce n Domino who wasn’t Jimmy Snuka’s… [Read more…]
Posted in: Wrestlers "shooting"
The 10 best anecdotes from the George “The Animal” Steele WWF Timeline interview
February 12, 2012
by Dom Passantino
So, I watched that “WWF Timeline 1986: George “The Animal” Steele” the other day. And it was pretty good, any time you get a professional wrestler who still has the majority of their mental faculties to sit down and talk about an extended period of time is usually vaguely entertaining. Anyway, to cheaply fills space… [Read more…]
Posted in: Wrestlers "shooting"
You know what you need to read right now?
February 3, 2012
by Dom Passantino
A series of lengthy screeds detailing the ins and outs of all 25 Royal Rumbles as written by a guy who reminds me of being 14 and actually enjoying lengthy pieces of professional wrestling writing on the internet. Will wrestling ever get its own tag on Longform.org? We’re working on it. Anyway, the blog in… [Read more…]
Posted in: Cards in Review
Less Than Zero: Steve McMichael vs Joe Gomez (Bash at the Beach 1996, 7/7/96)
February 3, 2012
by Dom Passantino
Part of our regular series on Playing Ricky Morton in which we take a look at the 205 matches to have been given a negative star rating during the history of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Steve McMichael is an odd one. The guy has been a byword for everything that was so appalling about late… [Read more…]
Posted in: Less Than Zero
Brief Thoughts on the 2012 Royal Rumble
January 30, 2012
by Dom Passantino
Do they still do “best gimmick” awards in year-end polls? Because the 2011 winner has to be my man D-Bry. “Lonely nerd who finally achieves a position of power and takes out his frustration at his social anxieties on all around him” is most reality-based gimmick since the glory days of Colonel DeBeers. We can… [Read more…]
Posted in: Cards in Review
Some rapper dude called King Louie makes up a dance based on Val Venis
January 29, 2012
by Dom Passantino
Yeah, King Louie was the name of the dude in the Jungle Book. Next time you fancy creating large-scale arguments in a room full of literature and sociology majors, why not try asking the question of what race or nationality of peoples King Louie is supposed to be an allegory for. I mean, Louis Prima… [Read more…]
Posted in: Wrestling and the wider cultural malaise
Less Than Zero: Masahiro Chono vs “Ravishing” Rick Rude (Halloween Havoc ’92, 25/10/92)
January 29, 2012
by Dom Passantino
The first in a new regular series on Playing Ricky Morton in which we take a look at the 205 matches to have been given a negative star rating during the history of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This was voted “Worst Match of the Year” in the 1992 Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, and considering that… [Read more…]
Posted in: Less Than Zero
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February 24, 2012
by Dom Passantino
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