Surprise! In my wake of feeling completely and utterly uninspired by WWE, I’ve turned to write of something I do quite often. Don’t worry, it won’t be a summary of me playing Dragon Age Inquisition for 12 hours, only moving for bathroom breaks. That’s just sad, no one wants to hear of that. Also, that’s... Continue Reading →
Political & #RAW
[Not raw like the diet, but you know, the weekly professional wrestling programming] On tonight’s episode of ‘is it racist’, the March 19th edition of Monday Night Raw started off with a fairly politically charged topic. Most viewers know the backstory for this scenario, but for those who don’t I’ll keep it brief. Brock Lesnar... Continue Reading →
The Miz: Awesome Not Awful
[Dude, The Miz is pretty good but ya’ll wanna be all like “oh he’s that real world d-bag”. Kids it is revival of the 90’s and real world is so 2000’s get over it.] I can’t count how many times I’ve taken to Twitter, just so I can write “I love The Miz”. It truly... Continue Reading →
Brock Lesnar: Have Ya Seen Him?
[Just throw that man’s Bart Simpson-like face on the side of a milk carton at this point] Golly gee guys, Brock Lesnar no-showed Monday Night Raw! Scandal, scandal, shoot, shooty scandal oh no! It’s fine, guys. That wasn’t real, it definitely, no way, no how, could be real. Sure, Brock Lesnar has no-showed Raw before,... Continue Reading →
Shadows Over Asuka: A Royal Rumble Affair
[Side note, I feel like Shadows Over Asuka makes a great fan fiction title. Someone more creative than me get on it, and definitely tweet it at me] WWE is a longstanding trainwreck. Just when you think they’ve cleared away the debris and rubble, another absurd and completely avoidable accident happens and we’re left watching... Continue Reading →
Review Of TrumpMania: Vince McMahon, WWE and the Making of America’s 45th President
Lavie Margolin’s TrumpMania is exactly what you would think it is. A book which focuses on our current president Donald Trump’s involvement with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) throughout the decades. Now you may be thinking what I had thought the second I saw the title of this book: it’s a satire. I automatically assumed... Continue Reading →
Niche Please: Women Like Merch?? (Part 2)
Niche Please: Women Also Have Money Part 2: Merchandise What a novel concept that is, right? Women have money, that belongs to them! They have both checkings and savings accounts and by golly gee sometimes they want to use that to buy things for themselves and or others. Now it seems rather obvious, especially given... Continue Reading →
Niche Please: WWE’s Limited Marketing Hurts (Part 1: The Cruiserweight Division)
Niche Please: WWE’s Limited Marketing Hurts Part 1: The Cruiserweight Division Over the years WWE has clearly done something right in terms of marketing and brand expansion. They’re often seen as the number one wrestling program (excuse me, sports entertainment) sheerly for their dominance over professional wrestling in the entertainment world. WWE breeds star power,... Continue Reading →
The Big Dog of The Franchise
To be the franchise, the big ...er... dawg of RAW (I know I'm sorry); one has to go above and beyond the call of duty. One has to be so incredibly in tune with the audience and Vince McMahon's needs, that it seems like the new shoulders the company rests on can't possibly falter. Yes... Continue Reading →
Lucha Underground: Crossing the Border
I swear that title isn't me making a racist crack, that's genuinely the name of the third episode of season one. Poor Donald Trump wouldn't be able to watch this episode. Actually he probably couldn't even watch this show--you know what? Let's focus on the program. Let's start off with our first match of the... Continue Reading →