A simple albeit complicated question: If MLK, Jr., were alive today…what would his Twitter posts following this past couple weeks’ events look like? They most certainly wouldn’t resemble what is being espoused online by today’s athletes. If comparing MLK, Jr. to modern athletes seems an unfair comparison, the latter should question the end goals they […]
Category: Spotlights
SPOTLIGHTS: Taking a Stand Against Online Censorship
We’ve been quiet on this site for some time for several reasons, most of which a product of COVID-19. Not the virus, rather the 24/7, omnipresent fear mongering, negativity, hate posing as political, and sense of overwhelming entitlement from those wealthy enough to insist strapping masks on 3 year olds doesn’t cause longer term psychological […]
SPOTLIGHTS: Ten Wrestling Wishes for 2020
Time to ring in a new year and decade. And with it, here’s 10 professional wrestling wishes for 2020 (and in no particular order). Someone with business savvy buys Ring of Honor, and ideally merges it with another promotion into its own division. There’s simply too much talent and history associated with ROH: allowing it […]
SPOTLIGHTS: Can We Still Call It ‘Independent Wrestling?’
An epiphany occurred while watching the second televised episode of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite alongside Huracanrana. The conspiracy theorist in me remains of the opinion the show intentionally aligned against the seemingly other ‘independent wrestling’ juggernaut that is NXT. Or the reverse, just because. But that’s an article for another time and place. Watching […]
SPOTLIGHTS: Shhh! A Quiet Cultural Shift Is Finally Upon Us
Perhaps the most significant news story of the previous WrestleMania week/end was one that never happened. Specifically – and for the first time in a long time – pro wrestling’s biggest stage wasn’t buoyed down by gossip tales of cross-promotion wars and/or out-of-the-ring personality dramas. Instead, we saw indy wrestlers easily and capably bounce between […]
SPOTLIGHTS: The Tyranny of Distance: Indy Wrestling and the Baby Battle
Seven months and counting. That’s when our little Cruiserweight, baby Jerry, came on the scene. As anyone who’s done it knows, chasing around an infant is surprisingly time consuming for something that really can’t move all that much the first few months. Throw in serious weight and health issues, daycare illnesses galore, a hurricane evacuation, […]
SPOTLIGHTS: ‘Ring of Honor’ Stays the Course, Reaps the Rewards
Devoid of gender revolutions, cruiserweight and other non-classics, international/regional pushes, streaming service conundrums, controversial exclusivity agreements, developmental roster explosions, ownership infighting, and sex scandals galore, Ring of Honor (ROH) exits 2017 almost as it began. Which – in today’s chaotic pro wrestling environment – is an incredible feat. The most amazing aspect is that so […]
SPOTLIGHTS: Grabbing the Brass Ring Under a Glass Ceiling
Before there was a Neville, there was Cody Rhodes, Sami Callihan and CJ Parker (now Juice Robinson). Along a different vein, there was Ryback. There are also the confusing tales of Colt Cabana, Ivelisse Velez, and Chris Hero (since remedied as Kassius Ohno). These are all names of now independent wrestlers who either walked away […]
SPOTLIGHTS: Where’s the Humor Gone?
I confess: the main reason Huracanrana and I watch WWE programming each week is to literally laugh out loud at the ‘Fashion Files.’ It’s the same reason we are fixated on Dalton Castle’s antics, love Famous B’s failed attempts at stable building, and consider Gary Jay a personal favorite when he comes through our humble […]
SPOTLIGHTS: Race and Pro Wrestling – Bigger Questions
The very nature of professional sports – athletic achievements designed to encapsulate an array of un/known emotions and allegiances – only naturally produces self-reflection. Ergo, the professional athlete – to fans – stands as a mirror of what we’d like to be and/or idealize. Or, conversely, what we perhaps subconsciously loathe. The Colin Kaepernick situation, […]
WRESTLING IN FLORIDA: An Insider Look at Professional Wrestling 