In stories, sometimes it goes beyond a singular protagonist and antagonist. Sometimes, there’s an additional hero or villain or even an antihero. Characters may go through arcs that change who they are or remain static, where their actions inform who they are at their core. Either way, if told well, with the right precision, these…
Displayed on a large box of a television set was a monitor with a black screen; emblazoned in green on the upper-left hand corner was “Ch 03”, meaning channel three. It was simple times back in the late 1990s. In my brother’s hands was a Nintendo 64 cartridge, as he blew into it. Upon inserting that…
When something in the universe happens that is so striking, so epic, so grand in sheer scope and magnitude, that moment hangs, and it hangs in a way that makes time itself feel obsolete. All that matters is what is happening in front of you. Like Moses to the Burning Bush that spoke to him…
Double or Nothing. Where it all started. Where it will continue. Where it will always be. The rivalry between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega. Under the Las Vegas sky in 2019, it began atop a pile of poker chips. Under the Las Vegas night sky, their story came to a head in 2023, in a…
The rivalry between Seth Rollins and AJ Styles is a surprisingly short one, but a great one nonetheless. May 28, 2023 – they rekindle that flame once more. At Night of Champions, the two have an opportunity to get the world talking as best they can. But this time, so much is at stake. Both…
We all need a reset sometimes. A place to start again, a new season to learn from, a new home to move to. For Lio Rush, also referred to as the “Bad Child”, it may have taken a few times, but I personally feel he’s found it in New Japan Pro Wrestling. My first exposure…
The tag team scene in 2022 and 2023 has been on an absolute high. Yes, tag team wrestling has been in a great place before in the landscape of all-time tag teams, from Harlem Heat to The Hardy Boyz to Motor City Machine Guns. Perhaps even more. But so many incredible teams have been stepping…
The night is April 10, 2021. Raymond James Stadium sits on a stormy day in Tampa, Florida. WrestleMania 37 is holding their main event for night one and something beautiful, emotional, and historical happening within the squared circle. While WrestleMania has been headlined by women before, on this night two black women stood across from…
Inevitably, wrestling strikes us in our core beyond laughter, fear, and excitement. Sometimes wrestling just touches you. I remember as a pre-teen, bawling my eyes out as WWE aired the tribute show for Eddie Guerrero on SmackDown, and again recently when Scott Hall passed away. There’s been wrestling moments that have made me cry, such…
The year is 1992. I was not born yet, but there was a war going on in the squared circle confines of World Championship Wrestling, featuring Sting and Big Van Vader. These two men fought and bled through various means in bouts that are unforgettable. Sting, the resilient babyface that refuses to give in; a…