Tag: sports entertainment

Getting Over

As Max Castor and Anthony Bowens, a tag team known as The Acclaimed, step through the ropes of the AEW ring, thousands of fans–many male and statistically very likely to be cis-hetero-identifying–sing in unison to the tune of the main riff from “Seven Nation Army” by the White […]

Sachin Hingoo: Best of 2016

Friend of the Gutter and TIFF Midnight Madness Blogger Sachin Hingoo writes about the state of wrestling for his “Best of 2016” list at Popshifter. “Fuck everything, right? I remarked to a friend, soon after the reality of 2016’s crushing blows to decency started to set in, that […]

Chris Benoit vs. Triple H

Paul Casey illuminates “Wrestling’s Dark Heart” in discussing responses to the lives and careers of wrestlers Chris Benoit and Triple H. “Chris Benoit, unlike Triple H, is not just a sign of ‘business as usual.’ He is the sign of not only a callous indifference to the health […]