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As I have mentioned before, it has been a little more difficult to be a professional wrestling fan lately, what with the corruption of the WWE, but I will always be a fan at heart. One of the alternatives that I have discovered is a delightful little organization called Mystery Wrestling. The company’s shows are promoted by Evil Uno (Nicolas Dansereau) who is currently a wrestler with All Elite…

Why I Love Pro-Wrestling: The Strange Tale of Bray Wyatt Pt. 1

This is a kayfabe rundown of the character known as Bray Wyatt. Wyatt was portrayed byWindham Rotunda, son of Mike Rotunda, brother of Bo Dallas, grandson of Blackjack Mulligan, nephew of Kendall and Barry Windham. He is a third-generation pro-wrestler who seems to approach it as much as performance art as an athletic spectacle. His greatest creation to date is the ever-evolving Bray Wyatt, a…

Why I Love Pro-Wrestling: “Hangman” Adam Page Pt. 3

Kenny Omega had defeated Jon Moxley for the title at the Winter is Coming on December 20, 2020. The two had had a long and storied rivalry in both New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling. Their bloody rivalry had included Mox brutalizing Kenny Omega, causing damage to his confidence and ego. He needed a win and the two had a long and violent match. It ended with Kenny Omega winning with…

As I have detailed here before, my first introduction to professional wrestling was the WWF in the early nineties. I would religiously watch Monday Night Raw and Smackdown. The only friend I had who watched wrestling only watched WWF as well. Because of this, I never really watched WCW television but I knew some of the broad strokes. Of course, I have stopped watching WWF/WWE entirely because of…

I have already talked at length about Bray Wyatt (real name Windham Rotunda) and his death hit me hard this past week but there was also another death in wrestling. The death of Terry Funk was not as much of a surprise but it was no less impactful.  I only became a fan of pro wrestling somewhere in late 1995 or early 1996 and I was only watching the WWF.  So, I did not really have an…

Why I Love Pro-Wrestling: “Hangman” Adam Page

When All Elite Wrestling started, a curious duo showed up at the very first payperview. They were Evil Uno and Stu Grayson and they claimed to be from The Dark Order. The two traveled with a gaggle of masked men known as The Creepers. They overwhelmed people with numbers with a vaguely goth luchador vibe. They acted like supervillains and established themselves as a major force right away.…

Why I Love Pro-Wrestling: “Hangman” Adam Page

All Elite Wrestling was born because Tony Khan, Jacksonville Jaguars co-owner and owner of TruMedia, took an interest in a stable of wrestlers known as The Elite. The Elite (at the time) was made up of Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, and Adam Page. The five had become great friends through banding together in several different pro-wrestling organizations. They put on the…