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We all felt the tension. We read or listened to the #HotTakes from our favorite (and hated) commentators, all offering various opinions of what Tony Khan should do with his promotion's World Championship. We tossed around scenarios and debated how effective they would be if properly executed. Quite honestly, something is intoxicating about watching a professional wrestling program with the expectation that a beloved babyface will finally win the big one.  We all have memories of Mick Foley's first WWF Championship win on Monday Night RAW in 1999, or Lex Luger submitting Hollywood Hogan with his signature Torture Rack to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship just two years earlier. Would this edition of Dynamite end in the same vein?  And from my point of view: yes, it did, though not without its faults. I faced an interesting duality when watching the 4/15 edition of Dynamite : I thought I was watching a strong American-style pro wrestling episode, yet a few of my fellow ...

A few days ago, I posted my thoughts on WWE's baffling creative ahead of WrestleMania 42 , particularly the inclusion of Pat McAfee as a focal point of one of their Mania main events. This particular post is easily the most-viewed on this little shitty blog, and I greatly appreciate all the kind words and feedback I've received since then.  I did receive some pushback, which is always to be expected when anyone criticizes the Epstein Class's favorite sports-entertainment promotion. This particular tweet caught my attention:  Late to the party but, from one new blogger to another (plug!) I'm curious as to your logic here specifically. I get disliking WWE as a company/product but outright hating it's fans, or fans of anything you don't personally like, strikes me as outright misanthropy tbqh. pic.twitter.com/SGMETUkUFY — OhhhNoItsJames (@OhhhNoItsJames1) April 12, 2026 The line that caused pause for OhhNoItsJames: " And there are some of you who are defen...

What Paul Levesque presented to his audience yesterday evening is simply unacceptable by any standard. It was the type of Sports Entertainment slop that should make even the most diehard Federale tremble with rage, the type of episode you’d first turn to when gathering material for The Rise and Fall of WWE.  I’ve seen some outrage, more than I anticipated, but somehow still not enough. Levesque and every executive representing WWE and TKO sent a very clear message to their audience on Friday Night Smackdown: we think you’re fucking stupid.  And they’re right in that assumption. I’ve never seen a fanbase of any medium not only accept steaming turd after steaming turd, but openly celebrate being served shit sandwiches.  Twitter is filled with WWE diehards who will always point to the same, soulless argument: WWE is the most successful sports entertainment promotion in the world. It’s vindication that they’re doing something right; no one would consume their product.  T...

I have resided in the New York-New Jersey area for all 35 years of my life (stop calling me "unc" on Twitter). I was born and lived the first 9 years of my life in the Boogie Down Bronx, then spent the next 8 years in a comfortable New Jersey suburb. I am evidently a glutton for punishment after choosing to attend college out on Long Island, rather than escaping to a university across the country. I now commute into Manhattan four days a week to work a soulless job. I am an authentic North Easterner.  A massive part of being a true New Yorker/New Jerseyan is living and dying with your favorite sports teams. I am a diehard fan of the New York Yankees, and I root for the Knicks and Giants (I don't have time for hockey). I've been fortunate enough to witness my teams win 5 World Series Champions and 2 Super Bowls (can the Knicks please win the NBA Finals already?); then again, I've seen a lot of heartbreak. The Yankees haven't won a World Series in 17 years, the ...

SPOOKY An unexplained gimmick change has stirred debate amongst fans of All Elite Wrestling.  Lio Rush is out to prove the old saying, "What's old can be new again," after debuting his "Blackheart" persona during the 21-man Battle Royal at the Revolution: Zero Hour  pre-show event. The most diehard wrestling fans have likely seen Rush demonstrate a more bare-bones version of the "Blackheart" gimmick throughout his time performing on the independent scene, but the persona was certainly brand-spankin' new to a large portion of the AEW audience. The reaction escalated days later after Rush battled Tommaso Ciampa on the Slamdunk Sunday  edition of Collision  and garnered  millions  of views across various social media platforms:  The new look for Lio Rush on AEW Collision last night has drawn some big numbers 👀 - 8.6 million - 6.9 million - 3.2 million - 2.7 million - 2 million - 2 million - 1.9 million - 875,000 - 602,000 + more pic.twitter.com/KI5c...

It was a tumultuous start to the week on Wrestling Twitter after a former AEW National Champion responded to a troll with, "I'm glad you got MS (Multiple Sclerosis)." This mean-spirited, classless tweet reportedly may cost him his job (more on that below), and comes after two recent incidents where both of AEW's tippity top babyfaces proudly posed in pictures with two UK wrestlers accused of sexual misconduct during the 2020 #SpeakingOut movement.  I have some thoughts on those particular situations, plus my view on "getting heat" in 2026: The tweet was beyond poor taste... Let's start with the obvious: it was a classless, overly harsh response from Ricochet, and I wouldn't bother defending it. Ricochet is a highly paid and decorated performer whose stock was rising in the promotion he now calls home, yet he thought it was reasonable to respond to very mild trolling by taunting someone with MS; hell, he thought it was reasonable to hit "send...