Newsletter Fuji Yamada, Rollerball Rocco, and the Breadth of the Wrestling World This World Heavy Middleweight Championship match between Fuji Yamada and Rollerball Rocco is great, and that’s the least interesting thing about it. Nuts and bolts stuff first though. There’s a great energy to this match from the get go. At this point in time, Rocco and Yamada have
Newsletter Joseph Montecillo's Best of the Month (March 2023) From Revolution to the first half of WrestleMania weekend, it's a big month in wrestling!
Newsletter Athena Gets Past the Gatekeeper of SHIMMER It’s weird to think that Mercedes Martinez hadn’t been SHIMMER Champion yet at this point. Given how big a role she played early in SHIMMER’s run, one would think she’d have been in that lineage by now. Instead, her consistent veteran presence through the years made
Newsletter Against Mercedes Martinez, Athena Fights Her Future Someday, Athena will rough up her challengers in much the same way Mercedes Martinez did here. Someday, her downfall will be as sweet.
Paid-members only Newsletter Joseph and Colette Discuss Madison Eagles vs. Cheerleader Melissa What makes a match better than 6/4/94?
Newsletter Against Madison Eagles, Cheerleader Melissa Bides Her Time You know what should happen when a heel champion forces a babyface challenger to climb a ladder of opponents before a title match? The heel should get SMASHED.
Newsletter Madison Eagles vs. Cheerleader Melissa is SHIMMER at Its Finest When people talk about peak SHIMMER, it's for matches like this.
Newsletter Joseph and Colette discuss Cheerleader Melissa and MsCHIF vs. The Canadian NINJAs Tag team wrestling that's as solid as Sears.
Newsletter The Canadian NINJAs Demonstrate Perfect Tag Match Structure It's like they copy-pasted it right out of the 1980s southern territories.
Newsletter Canadian NINJAS vs. MsCHIF and Cheerleader Melissa Is Meat and Potatoes Tag Wrestling A superteam. Tag team specialists. This plays out exactly as it should, and that's a good thing.
Paid-members only Newsletter Joseph and Colette Discuss Sara Del Rey vs. Amazing Kong We should have had more of this matchup, but we didn't. That's wrestling, baby!
Newsletter Sara Del Ray vs. Amazing Kong Could Have Been Great Sometimes wrestling offers up something that is more amazing on paper than it ever gets to be in the ring. This match is one of those moments.
Newsletter Sara del Rey and Amazing Kong Don't Need Pinfalls A masterclass in making a non-traditional finish feel earned.
Newsletter Joseph Montecillo's Best of the Month (February 2023) Dream matches and interpromotional rivalries all in one month!
Newsletter Joseph and Colette Discuss Sara Del Rey vs. Mercedes Martinez BIG EGG's SHIMMER month starts out with a classic match from two of the promotion's signature talents.
Newsletter Sara del Ray vs. Mercedes Martinez Takes Its Time Two of SHIMMER's earliest stars put on a masterclass of pacing.
Newsletter Mercedes Martinez Needed a Minute. Sara Del Rey Needed Three Seconds. Mercedes Martinez and Sara Del Rey set the standard for SHIMMER early with matches like this no time limit classic from SHIMMER Volume 5.
Newsletter Colette and Joseph Discuss Cage of Death: Team ROH vs. Team CZW A perfect match? A perfect match?
Newsletter The Team ROH vs. Team CZW Cage of Death Match Is a Careful Balancing Act Wild to think that 11 dudes beating the shit out of each other is an exercise in deftly measured steps forward, but that's wrestling, baby.
Newsletter Joseph and Colette Discuss Jun Kasai vs. Jaki Numazawa On matches that walk so others can fly.
Newsletter Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa Accomplish Something, I'm Just Not Sure What The barbwire board that says "EXPLOSION!" on it doesn't even explode.
Newsletter Joseph and Colette Discuss Necro Butcher vs. Toby Klein A classic American deathmatch for fans and the uninitiated alike.
