Ian Williams
Brian Christopher Was Another Victim of the Wrestling Machine
While it’s certainly a cleaner, more sober place than it has been, pro wrestling is still a culture which struggles with the legacy of drugs, booze, and wild living.
30 Years After Death, Bruiser Brody Still a Huge Influence in Pro Wrestling
As his name implied, Brody was a brawler who made the violence of pro wrestling feel extremely real.
WWE is a Mess, So It's Bringing Back Hulk Hogan
'Extremes Rules' was terrible, as were most of the PPVs since 'WrestleMania.' WWE seems out of ideas, or content to be boring, so the company is pretending Hogan isn't a racist anymore.
The Unfulfilled Promise of Babyface Bayley
She's turned heel now, but WWE never gave Bayley the hugger a solid run with the full confidence and weight of the promotion behind it.
RIP Vader, the Big Man of Big Men
How could you not be hypnotized by this giant, flying mastodon made of flesh and violence?
Roman Reigns Cannot Be Saved
There will never be a time when fans don't resent WWE shoving him down their throats.
NJPW Has Declared Itself a Global Promotion
With Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho winning titles over the weekend, NJPW has announced itself on the world stage.
CM Punk Could Be the Next Victim of Vince McMahon's Pettiness
A defamation suit filed by a WWE doctor could mean A.J. Styles's current reign as WWE champion—now at over 200 days—will eclipse Punk's 434-day reign, which is a record in the post-Hogan era.
This is What a Monopoly Looks Like
WWE, with a new billion-dollar television deal and talent acquisitions from smaller promotions around the world, continues to consolidate and corporatize pro wrestling.
Pierre Carl Ouellet is Old as Hell and Still Banging on the Indie Circuit
At 50, PCO is still pulling off moonsaults. That combination of age and his ability to do things he should not have been doing when he was young, let alone now, is the immediate spark to PCO’s appeal.
'All In', 10,000, and Throwback Wrestling
The Cody Rhodes and the Young Buck's one-off event harks back to the reasons pro wrestling ever worked in the first place. There weren’t always over the top promos, garish production values, and pyro. Once upon a time, it was just two people in a ring.
Arsene Wenger Was Too Beautiful to Last
Wenger’s Arsenal felt right in a soccer world even a relative newcomer like me could see had gone completely off the rails with money and graft.