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Stop Please CM Punk—You're Telling Lies
Roll The Tape on the World's Most Boring Fight
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The Disappearance of Vince McMahon
WWE Easily Dupes the World's Most Gullible People
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Ballyhoo: The Fight For Wrestling's Real History
A new book joins the battle against WWE for control of wrestling's past.
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Welcome to the Miserable World of CM Punk
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Doomed From the Start: Some Thoughts on The End of CM Punk in AEW
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This Is Goodbye
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Fight Forever: The Ballad of Kevin and Sami
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The Night the Hype Died: The Fall of Prince Naseem Hamed
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Legendary Nights: Aleksandr Karelin's First and Final Bout
An Olympic God stepped into RINGS for the first time 25 Years Ago To Battle Shootstyle Legend Akira Maeda
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Wrestling Stories Are Best Told In the Ring
If you’re a fan of professional wrestling who foolishly spends time on “X”, the social platform that used to be Twitter, you’ve likely encountered…
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The Cult of the Present: Or Why Every UFC Champion Is Apparently the Greatest UFC Champion
Substack superstar Freddie deBoer had an interesting piece yesterday about the way sports pundits use the term “GOAT.” Despite purportedly identifying…
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The Last Stand: Grandpa Larry Holmes Wows the Boxing World a Final Time
As he stepped into the ring to fight Ray Mercer under the bright lights in Atlantic City, Donald Trump and Marla Maples unmissable on the hard camera…
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Random Weekend Thoughts From An Idiot
Vince McMahon, Mandy Patinkin and Pushing Pencils
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Secret Shame: The Adult Pro Wrestling Fan
Bill Simmons, Larry David and Me
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Paul "Triple H" Levesque Just Wants to Stick to Sports (Entertainment)
Plus Some Thoughts on the Wrestling Media Discourse
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