High School Footballer Tackles Ref

I came across a story earlier today about a high school football player who was charged with assault for tackling a referee. I usually don’t write about sports, because I don’t really care about any besides pro wrestling an bodybuilding (if those can rightly be called sports), but I do have an opinion on this.Continue

Hollywood Hulk Hogan Action Figures

Earlier this year at the San Diego Comic Con, wrestling fans were treated to a render of the new Ultimate Edition Hollywood Hulk Hogan by Mattel. Some fans had a complaint, however. By the time Hulk had become Hollywood, he had not a single strand of hair left on the top of his head, givingContinue

Race and Wrestling

In 1938, Joe Louis beat Max Schmeling for the world heavyweight championship of boxing. It was a different time, a time of more overt racism, and many whites were rooting for the German Schmeling in the bout against the black Louis. To the dismay of many white Americans, “The Brown Bomber” Joe Louis made ratherContinue

100% Pure Whoop Ass

My younger brother once wore to high school a shirt that said “Chubby’s Footlongs” that featured an image of a hot dog. The English teacher reported him to the principal, and he was told to turn the shirt inside out, because it supposedly was vulgar. I thought that was ridiculous, and I berated the teacher,Continue

WWE Survivor Series 2019

I have been to numerous professional wrestling live events — WCW Nitro, WWE Raw and Smackdown events, and house shows — over the years, but this year I turned 33 without having ever attended a pay-per-view (PPV) event. So, it was fitting that for my birthday month, my brother and my mother arranged for meContinue

Dream Log (March 12, 2019)

In one dream, I was at a house party. After wandering around the house and interacting with other guests for a while, I came upon The Young Bucks tag team. We got into a heated exchanged, which culminated in me yelling, “You’re supposed to be wrestlers? You’re small! You’re small!” But I was afraid thatContinue

Wrestling Video Games

I keep seeing WWE Champions advertised on my Facebook. It’s been showing up on there for many months, but I haven’t downloaded it for my tablet yet. But I do want to escape into video games again. Back in 2009, I picked up a WWE video game for that had been released in 2005 forContinue

Pro Wrestlers in MMA

CM Punk, former WWE superstar, signed a contract to fight for the UFC in 2014. He’s said that he has to let himself try, even if he fails–or as he put, “There’s a high probability that I will fall on my face.” That’s guts, but cui bono? Here’s my take on CM Punk to theContinue

Civilized Wrestling Fans

“It’s a good thing that all of those people are well behaved. They could easily get out of control and take the venue over.” My brother made a good point. We were watching the WWE Royal Rumble 2019. The event was held in a baseball stadium, Chase Field, with over 48,000 fans in attendance. It’sContinue

Jesse Ventura On Marijuana

When I was a child in 1998 and Jesse Ventura became governor of Minnesota, I thought that it was cool, because I was a big fan of professional wrestling, and Jesse “The Body” Ventura was the guy on color commentary (usually with Gorilla Monsoon, or Chico Monsoon, as Ventura called him) in some of myContinue