Mat-Based Technique

Well…that was certainly a shitshow, wasn’t it? I’ll admit to having some pretty low expectations going into Fastlane, the final WWE PPV before Wrestlemania, and I was somehow still disappointed with it. Before I get to the post-mortem, though, a few other [...]

It’s remarkable how much of a difference a good main event can make to an otherwise lackluster pay-per-view. Sunday night’s Elimination Chamber was not one of WWE’s better efforts—in fact, it was really kind of a dumpster fire overall—but hot damn, what a [...]

As far as gimmick matches in the WWE are concerned, the Royal Rumble is my favorite by a pretty wide margin. I don’t know exactly why that is, though it might have something to do with the 30 entrants and variety of storylines converging in the match [...]

Now that the final WWE pay-per-view of 2016 is in the books, it seemed like a good time to look back at some my favorite matches from the past year. But before we get to my picks, we asked Justin “Juice” Wallace, vocalist for IMS favorites [...]

What’s up, mat-heads? It’s Sunday evening as I’m sitting here writing this, just a few days before a huge weekend that features both Ring of Honor’s Final Battle and WWE’s TLC pay-per-views, both of which have the potential to be outstanding. In the [...]

What’s up, mat-heads? It’s been a little while since I’ve written one of these columns, though it hasn’t been for lack of things to discuss. Instead of focusing on the indies this time, though, I want to talk about WWE and Survivor Series weekend. First, [...]

As someone who can remember when the Miller Light Catfight Girls took on Torrie Wilson and Stacey Keibler in a “Fatal Four-Way Pillow Fight” at Wrestlemania XIX, it made me particularly happy to see Sasha Banks and Charlotte in the main event on last [...]

And now for something completely different: a pro wrestling column. I mean, there’s long been a connection between heavy music and pro wrestling. Anyone remember The Headbangers? And how many times did Mötorhead play at WWE events? Triple H even gave one [...]