“The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, a Gentleman of Asskickery
“The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada is a gentleman among monsters, and a true Gentleman of Asskickery.
La Mujer Murcielago – Rene Cardona’s ‘Batwoman’ (1968)
Rene Cardona’s Batwoman (1968) has a wrestling boot planted firmly in the worlds of horror and lucha libre.
10 Things I Liked in 2023
It is time once again for the end of year lists. When people share the best in film, television, games, comics, and basically all things. I am still terrible at this. So I offer instead an unranked, alphabetical list of some of the things I liked and a […]
The Firefly Funhouse
A match between the late Bray Wyatt and John Cena called a “Firefly Funhouse Match” showed that WWE could do something truly subversive.
Loving Disreputable Wrestling
Given all the other things I like, it should come as no surprise that the wrestling I love most is disreputable wrestling. Wait, you might say, all wrestling is disreputable. That’s true, but some kinds of wrestling are more disreputable than others among reputable wrestling fans. And it […]
The Cutest in the World
Even among the wild personalities on offer in professional wrestling, Japan’s Maki Itoh is, in all ways, an aberration.
The Cultural Gutter 