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Commissions continue, this one from friend of the program, Ben Ben Bigelow. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very litt…

For years now, since some time in the first year of this blog’s existence, people have inquired in the DMs or in comments, asking if I had any sort of master spreadsheet or list of recommende…

Commissions continue, this one from Ko-fi contributor Secretcow42. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is ent…

  Some things to note at the start about the methodology. As stated a lot of the time elsewhere, either on this site or others, when doing long term projects like this, what tends to matter mo…

Hello. Let’s begin this series by starting it.  We’re going to talk about the 2010s now. This being the first of multiple parts, we can do the entire introduction thing here, I think, and try…

This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. I had forgotten about this match entirely. You almost got out of 2016 without me even thinking about this match. For years, I never watched this. I wasn’…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from frequent Ko-fi contributor YB. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff (although out of respect for a friend who…

A note, quickly, about what I’m intending to do here, for the uninitiated… Usually the bit goes — Decade lists are fun, and they are eventually coming. Lists in general fill me with a real jo…

Welcome to the only year-end list countdown that matters. I certainly didn’t come up with the idea of a blog post or piece of work in general summing up the year. I cannot claim copyright on …

  So, the best matches of the decade. Being the first ever one-hundred item list, as well as being quite the important one, this is by far the longest thing ever published on this site. Be war…

  Welcome to the only year-end list countdown that matters. I certainly didn’t come up with the idea of a blog post or piece of work in general summing up the year. I cannot claim copyri…

This review was sponsored by friend of the blog Joseph Monticello, who is now an enemy of the blog. this was an iron man match. it was two of them. Booking Jordan Oliver, one of the worst wrestlers…

This was the finals of the 1996 Real World Tag League. I can’t speak to how this felt a quarter century ago, as I write this on that anniversary. However, it’s been fifteen or sixteen y…

This is a commissioned piece from longtime friend of the blog, Tim Livingston. You can be like him and pay me to write about anything that you want. Usually, people just want wrestling matches, but…

To repeat, from the last three of these, because it’s always someone’s first exposure. A note, quickly, about what I’m intending to do here, for the uninitiated… Decade lists are fun, a…

This was for Okada’s IWGP Heavyweight Title. I used to have a little trouble with this one. Not so much in that I didn’t think it absolutely rocked, but for a long time after it happene…

This was a commissioned review from snowboiii. You can be like them and pay me to write about anything you would like also, be it a match, a series of matches, a show, or whatever. The going price …

Commissions continue again, this one coming from frequent contributor and current leading director of CM Punk based programming Kai. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuf…

No match better sums up AEW in 2021 than this one. First of all, it is so god damned cool that this got to happen. Of all of the many weird and wonderful matches that AEW booked at a breakneck pace…

Since we last checked in, CM Punk’s 434 day WWE Title reign, one of the best title reigns of the modern era all things considered, came to an end when The Rock beat him at the Royal Rumble an…

Welcome to the only year-end list countdown that matters. As a point of pride, I believe that nobody does this specific thing on a more in depth basis than I do or offers up as much in a year end a…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from friend of the program Eamonn. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very l…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from frequent contributor YB. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little…

It’s not the end of commissions in general though! This one comes from reader Alistair. You too can pay me to watch and then write about wrestling matches if you head on over to www.ko-fi.com…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from frequent contributor Kai. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very littl…

Commissions return again, this one coming from longtime reader Kai. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is en…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Guthrie. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very litt…

This was for Sasha’s Smackdown Womens Title. When I do live reviews like this, I rarely actually wait at all to write on something. I suppose that I would if something especially and truly ex…

Commissions continue, this time from Eamonn. You too can be like them and pay me to write about anything you’d like. Most people tend to pay for reviews of wrestling matches, but I am happy t…

Hello. Not to be the thousandth person to spew up some crap about how hard 2020 was, but it was something else. The world just sort of collapsed a few days after my thirtieth birthday and the whole…

Commissions continue, this one from Ko-fi contributor Maggie as the snake turns back around. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling match…

(A programming note of sorts at the start of this, for anyone reading this in the present moment, mid November 2021 — 2015 took a lot out of me. Part of that is being a lot closer to these th…

This was a commission from friend of the program and co-host of the world’s only good wrestling podcast, Tim. You can be like him and pay me to write about any sort of wrestling you’d l…

Is this a good match? No. God, no. Vader can barely move, he certainly can’t bump anymore, and Ospreay is clearly taking every bump at least fifty percent by himself. Ospreay also isn’t…

Commissions return again, this one coming from friend of the program Eamonn. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very lit…

My greatest fear is to write a really shitty, embarrassing, pompous review on an important match, and I am doing it. And I confront it. I acknowledge, I will tell you right straight from… the…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from friend Ko-fi contributor SSW Gogeta. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but…

Another commission, again from friend of the program Eamonn. You can be like him and head over to www.ko-fi.com/elhijodelsimon and pay me to review all manner of things. Most people opt for wrestli…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Hootsoot. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, bu…

(photo credit to BAHU’s wonderful site) This was, surprisingly, a Texas Street Fight. It feels too easy to just call it the best FMW match ever, easily, up until the point in which it happene…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Shaq. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little …

To repost from the start of the 2010 YEAR IN LISTS – A note, quickly, about what I’m intending to do here, for the uninitiated… Decade lists are fun, and they are forthcoming. GWE III i…

This was for Hunter’s WWE World Heavyweight Title. It is the long awaited realization and climax of the Political Hit, if not totally the end of it. One could easily suggest that it didn̵…

(UPDATED: 4/4/2024) This year (2022), I will not be covering WrestleMania live. Truthfully, I only did it in 2020 because it seemed like a good and easy way to grow the blog. In 2021, I did it more…

Another piece of Terry Funk themed commission work, this one from Stuart You too can pay me to talk about all sorts of stuff, wrestling matches generally at the top of the pile. You can do this by …

Maeda and Yamazaki meet once again in the first main event of UWF’s second run, and as you might expect, it fucking whips. The match isn’t perfect. Twenty five minutes is sometimes a li…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from frequent and generous Ko-fi contributor Carlos O. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff (although out of respe…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor SSW Gogeta. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, …

I don’t make a habit out of reviewing the Royal Rumble. It’s a hard thing to do a real analysis for because of all the moving pieces and the emphasis simply on activity over anything el…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from longtime friend of the program and frequent contributor Tim Livingston. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff.…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Austin. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff (although out of respect for a friend who has …

Commissions continue, this one from Ko-fi contributor Parkmap. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very little is entirel…

As I understand it, something of a landmark match for a local scene and small promotion, being the first time I had ever even heard of Makabe or 3-2-1 BATTLE!. Previously on here, I’ve gone o…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from Ko-fi contributor Guthrie. You can be like them and pay me to write about all types of stuff. People tend to choose wrestling matches, but very litt…

Commissions continue again, this one coming from regular Ko-fi contributor YB. You can be like them and pay me to write about all different types of stuff (although out of respect for a friend who …