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Big Van Vader and Otto Wanz Practiced Consequential Violence

Generally speaking, I don’t like wrestling matches that are supposed to be good. I don’t mean this in terms of a match’s reputation, but in its intent. Take the current best of seven series for the AEW Trios Championships – there are other stories being told within its

14 Dec 2022 5 min read

Joseph and Colette Discuss Aja Kong vs. Akira Hokuto

Hello! Yesterday, BIG EGG hit 500 subscribers. On behalf of Joseph and myself, we’d like to say thank you. When Fanfyte closed earlier this year, I knew that I wanted to continue working with Joseph in some fashion, and BIG EGG was it. It’s been a lot of

11 Dec 2022 6 min read

Retirement Matches Should Suck a Little

I’m being fatuous, obviously, but think of the narrative inherent to the retirement match. One party is at the end of their physical capacity to wrestle, the other stands to benefit from sending a legend packing. Neither person wants to lose, so they pull out every weapon in their

09 Dec 2022 5 min read

Aja Kong Overshadows Akira Hokuto in the Big Egg

Aja Kong Overshadows Akira Hokuto in the Big Egg

In what was meant to be the last match of her career, Akira Hokuto fades into the background against the shining star of Aja Kong.

07 Dec 2022 5 min read

Joseph Montecillo's Best of the Month (November 2022)

Full Gear, CMLL trios, an Open the Brave Gate title match, and more! Read about Joseph's favorites from November 2022!

05 Dec 2022 7 min read

Joseph and Colette Discuss Art Barr & Eddy Guerrero vs. Santito & Octagon

The famous double hair/double mask match from AAA’s When Worlds Collide PPV was the subject of discussion this week, prompting Joseph to write on how its legacy has endured for nearly 30 years, and Colette to do some thinking on the “anything for heat” heel. Before digging into

04 Dec 2022 8 min read

Los Gringos Locos, or: doing anything to get heat

Last month, I rewatched Terry Gilliam’s 1985 film Brazil, which was new to the Criterion Channel, for the first time since high school. When I was 16, I was deeply into cynical sci-fi dystopia, and Brazil, due to its being British and coming pre-packaged with the story of how

02 Dec 2022 6 min read

How the Legend of the When Worlds Collide Apuesta Endures

How the Legend of the When Worlds Collide Apuesta Endures

The double hair vs. double mask match from 1994 is placed on a pedastal even though it never hits the peaks of the style.

30 Nov 2022 5 min read

Joseph and Colette Discuss Billy Robinson vs. Antonio Inoki

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Joseph and Colette Discuss Billy Robinson vs. Antonio Inoki

And Nick Bockwinkel. You can't discuss Antonio Inoki and Billy Robinson without discussing Nick Bockwinkel. Or Jumbo Tsuruta, for that matter!

27 Nov 2022 6 min read

Billy Robinson Escaping an Antonio Inoki Headscissors and Going 60

Billy Robinson Escaping an Antonio Inoki Headscissors and Going 60

Seven minutes of this hour are perfection...

25 Nov 2022 5 min read

Antonio Inoki and Billy Robinson Can Do It All Night

Antonio Inoki and Billy Robinson Can Do It All Night

There is nothing special about wrestling for an hour. I say this knowing that there’s a certain kind of fetishism for the days of one-hour broadways and the dudes who did them, a cult of fans who bemoan the way wrestling has deemphasized the epic, real sports pace of

23 Nov 2022 5 min read

Joseph and Colette Discuss Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson

Welcome to the end of week three of BIG EGG, in which Bryan Danielson and Samoa Joe put on an absolute clinic for the ROH World Championship. Here’s the match: And here are this week’s essays, should you need to catch up! Joseph: Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson

20 Nov 2022 5 min read

Samoa Joe Is the Coolest Wrestler

Bryan Danielson is pretty cool, too...

18 Nov 2022 7 min read

Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson Approaches Pro Wrestling Perfection

Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson Approaches Pro Wrestling Perfection

For two years, the Ring of Honor roster worked to solve Samoa Joe. I imagine that most anybody reading this has at least heard of the reputation of Samoa Joe’s ROH World Championship run. As of this writing, it remains the longest reign in the title’s history. It

16 Nov 2022 6 min read

Joseph and Colette Discuss Perro Aguayo vs. Sangre Chicana

Welcome to the end of week two of BIG EGG. This week, we watched one of Joseph’s favorite lucha libre matches, and something wholly new to Colette, the 1986 hair match between Perro Aguayo and Sangre Chicana. Here’s the match, if you’ve yet to watch it: If

13 Nov 2022 5 min read

Sangre Chicana and Perro Aguayo Paint with Broad Strokes

This was always my favorite of the 80s lucha classics. Popular consensus props up the MS-1/Sangre Chicana apuesta from 1983 as the best of the era, but I’ve always thought that this hair match from 1986 had a certain charm that the former did not. I won’t

11 Nov 2022 5 min read

Sangre Chicana vs. Perro Aguayo is a pro wrestling miracle

Something about this match didn’t register for me. I am disappointed, but unsurprised. In looking at the schedule for BIG EGG, and in having had the pleasure of editing Joseph’s work and watching his YouTube videos, I entered into this project knowing that I had a lot of

09 Nov 2022 4 min read

Joseph Montecillo's Best of the Month (October 2022)

Honorable Mentions Here I’ll list matches that don’t quite make the cut of “best” or that don’t feel quite imperative or interesting to write about. * Mayu Iwatani vs. Starlight Kid (STARDOM 10/1/22) * Adam Priest vs. Anthony Henry (ACTION 10/7/22) * Imperium vs. The Brawling

07 Nov 2022 8 min read

Joseph and Colette Discuss Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart

Welcome, subscribers, to the first week of BIG EGG bonus content. Every Sunday, we’ll be posting a conversation about the week’s favored match, touching on the points we made in our respective pieces, as well as digging into details that didn’t make it. Thank you for your

06 Nov 2022 5 min read

Steve Austin Was Vulnerable, Once

Steve Austin Was Vulnerable, Once

This is the last time Steve Austin is vulnerable as an in-ring competitor. Top babyfaces do not lose in the WWF, at least not habitually. The WWE books 50/50 champions now, but its biggest draws, even before the Hulkamania, were men who won championships and never lost. Bruno, Backlund,

04 Nov 2022 5 min read

The Cruelty of Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13

The Cruelty of Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13

There’s a coldness to Bret Hart’s ring work. That works both for and against him in various contexts. I think that at times, it puts a ceiling on his performances when he’s not quite able to tap into a certain level of emotional intensity in his matches.

02 Nov 2022 6 min read

Welcome to BIG EGG

Welcome to BIG EGG

I love the great sport of professional wrestling. For close to three years, I was privileged enough to write and foster an incredible array of writing on the subject, from every conceivable angle. Now I am privileged to be joining Joseph Anthony Montecillo in launching BIG EGG. What is BIG

05 Oct 2022 2 min read

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