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Luis Paez-Pumar
September 30, 2024
Pro Wrestling
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Dan McQuade
September 18, 2024
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Pro Wrestling
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Lauren Theisen
July 30, 2024
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Brad Balukjian
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NHL
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Heather Wei-Xi Chen
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Pro Wrestling
AEW Still Isn’t Over CM Punk
111
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Lauren Theisen
April 11, 2024
Pro Wrestling
WrestleMania Distilled WWE’s Worst Excesses Into Five Glorious Minutes
123
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Luis Paez-Pumar
April 8, 2024
Pro Wrestling
John Cena Can’t Escape Vince McMahon’s Fantasy World
125
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Lauren Theisen
February 22, 2024
Pro Wrestling
WWE Presses The Panic Button, Summons The Rock
159
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Lauren Theisen
February 4, 2024
Pro Wrestling
Vince McMahon Is Gone From WWE, Allegedly For Real This Time
151
Comments
Dan McQuade
January 28, 2024
Pro Wrestling
Former WWE Employee Sues Vince McMahon For Sexual Abuse And Trafficking
192
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 25, 2024
Pro Wrestling
Kazuchika Okada’s Exit Is A Warning Siren For The Rest Of Japan
66
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Lauren Theisen
January 23, 2024
Year In Review
Some Wrestling Matches I Liked In 2023
61
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Lauren Theisen
December 26, 2023
Pro Wrestling
Bray Wyatt Was Wrestling’s Most Irrepressible Star
57
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Luis Paez-Pumar
August 25, 2023
Pro Wrestling
How Queer Pro Wrestlers Are Handling America’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Heel Turn
128
Comments
Sean T. Collins
August 9, 2023
Podcasts
Please Like Her Sports, With Lauren Theisen
83
Comments
David Roth
April 20, 2023
Pro Wrestling
The WWE/UFC Merger Will Be Bad For Almost Everyone
155
Comments
Lauren Theisen
April 3, 2023
Pro Wrestling
How Would Betting On Pro Wrestling Even Work?
143
Comments
Dan McQuade
March 9, 2023
Pro Wrestling
30 Years Ago, Repo Man Stole Macho Man’s Hat
98
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Dan McQuade
January 18, 2023
Pro Wrestling
Saudi Arabia Hasn’t Bought WWE Yet, But Its Wrestlers Should Be Ready
116
Comments
Lauren Theisen
January 12, 2023
Pro Wrestling
Vince McMahon Is Back And Throwing His Weight Around
81
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Lauren Theisen
January 6, 2023
Pro Wrestling
Some Wrestling Matches I Liked In 2022
59
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Lauren Theisen
December 29, 2022
Defector Up All Night
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417
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Lauren Theisen
October 24, 2022
Pro Wrestling
Dusty Rhodes’s “Hard Times” Promo Still Rings The Bell
92
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Brandi Collins-Dexter
September 30, 2022
Podcasts
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David Roth
July 14, 2022
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