February 2012
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The Moral Responsibility of the WWE; or, Lifting...
doctorawesomus:
In the last twenty-four hours, we’ve had CM Punk fall into a Twitter beef with convicted woman-beater Chris Brown and we’ve had John Cena, in character, trash a WWE Diva as a slut who has the woman disease and is a slut and also a slut. To say that wrestling, as a performing art of the carnival sort, is ill-equipped to deal with any sort of moral dilemma like this is redundant;...
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January 2012
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On Macho Man and Mike Tyson....
Recently Thomas Holzerman posted a great blog entry regarding forgiveness and Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson did some terrible things in his life. Even if one would discount the rape conviction stemming from an incident in an Indianapolis hotel room in the early ’90s due to race-baiting by the prosecution (a questionable accusation to levy on the state), there’s the troubling and harrowing...
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If Trips has indeed rejected Undie's advances...
…I genuinely hope it’s because he’s already booked himself a mid-card match against this guy:
(And also because please no not again)
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I'm on a 15 minute delay...
…and I can’t tell if these are the best or worst Raw spoilers ever.
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People give Cole shit about burying people
cole-miner:
But Jesus Christ, Dolph can do 16 tremendous moves in a row and King will continue to sit there and ridicule Ziggler and joke about how ugly Vickie is.
This.
It’s like after Kharma showed up, and people were excited because a) she’s awesome, and b) it’s a great step towards breaking down gender binaries in an incredibly misogynistic sport. Lawler’s response...
stylesclash:
wanderbymistake reblogged your photo: wanderbymistake: droptoehold: Mick Foley to Appear…
Reblogging because this may be the most adorable thing ever. Also, Dewey:
THAT PHOTO IS SO GOOD, THANK YOU!
Jesus, is that Noelle on the left?
… she got hot.
I feel weird saying that because in my mind she is still the 5 year old girl crying in Beyond the Mat.
She totally did. I just...
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Stunning Royal Rumble Match Statistics →
internationalobject:
Pretty great list. I won’t spoil any except #01:
Number of times first two entrants were World Champions going into the next Rumble: The first two entrants in the Rumble Match are often thought of as the most disadvantageous. But sometimes, destiny has a plan in the long run: CM Punk and Daniel Bryan began the 2011 Rumble Match as the Nos. 1 and 2 entrants, respectively....
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chikaraspecial:
Two Spot Monkeys: 13 Questions with @MikeQuackenbush
Considering the regard you hold for him, what did it mean to face off, one-on-one against Jushin Liger on December 11, 2010? Is that a situation where you are comfortable with the memory and legacy that was left in that one bout or would you want to have another opportunity in the ring with him?
Quackenbush: I am content...
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