bruiseday
bruiseday
Jinder Mahal's Nihilistic Run as a Top Guy is Over
Submissions don't work on Top Guys, and Mahal lost by submission to AJ. Styles at 'Clash of Champions' on Sunday.
Ian Williams
12.19.17
bruiseday
Kurt Angle's WWE Documentary is as Real as Pro Wrestling Gets
WWE's wrestler documentaries create telling moments of hyperreality, where things become so real yet so obviously artificial that viewers can’t tell the difference.
Ian Williams
7.19.17
bruiseday
WWE's Failed Double Turn Is a Loss for Everyone
Double turns are incredibly rare because they're so hard to pull off. Well, WWE pulled it off this week with Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman—and then the promotion threw their work in the trash.
Ian Williams
7.12.17
bruiseday
The Progressive Liberal's Not-So-Neat Wrestling Story
Despite a healthy conservative bent in pro wrestling, liberal heels haven't historically been a go-to gimmick. So when Dan Richards emerged as a Hillary Clinton–supporting wrestler in Appalachia, he got a lot of attention.
Ian Williams
7.6.17
bruiseday
Cody Rhodes Is Finally the Wrestler Everyone Wanted Him to Be
After a tumultuous career with WWE, the newly-crowned Ring of Honor champion might be on his way to being 2017's wrestler of the year.
Ian Williams
6.28.17
bruiseday
Kazuchika Okada Is the Best Wrestler in the World
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Okada has an intangible quality that recalls what made Ric Flair so good in his prime.
Ian Williams
6.13.17
bruiseday
Samoa Joe and a Last Gasp for Gen X's Pro-Wrestling Dominance
With his 'Extreme Rules' win on Sunday, Samoa Joe has a chance to be seen as a main eventer on a global stage. It may be his last.
Ian Williams
6.6.17
bruiseday
Scott Hall's WCW Debut Changed Wrestling Forever
Scott Hall crashed Monday Nitro on May 27, 1996, and pro wrestling has obsessed over the element of surprise ever since.
Ian Williams
5.30.17
bruiseday
Jinder Mahal Is WWE’s Latest “Evil Foreigner,” and Fans Still Eat It Up
When people are being shot for their turbans or the color of their skin, wrestling's continued reliance on xenophobic gimmicks feels worse than cynical.
Ian Williams
5.23.17
bruiseday
All Of A Sudden, Braun Strowman Is The Best Thing WWE Has Going
Strowman's run with WWE started off slowly and predictably. Then he moved to Raw and began his feud with Roman Reigns.
Ian Williams
5.16.17
bruiseday
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan Just Bought the National Wrestling Alliance
Despite all his rage, Billy Corgan just bought the NWA.
Ian Williams
5.9.17
bruiseday
A Case for More Blood in Wrestling
The presence of blood holds something mystical for humans, even in our technological age. Pro wrestlers like Steve Austin know this instinctively.
Ian Williams
4.25.17
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