AEW’s Talent Development Dilemma and its Obvious Solution
All Elite Wrestling can undoubtedly create stars, but unlike WWE, the promotion lacks the infrastructure to build them from scratch.…
James Staynings
James is an English teacher and passionate wrestling fan turned writer/analyst with a love of exploring big, small, controversial, and complex with wrestling from different perspectives. I dissect prevailing narratives to uncover different truths. I write about half-naked men fighting in tights through a philosophical, sociological, psychological, and/or literary lens.
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It’s been a while since we’ve had AEW Collision at its regular Saturday night timeslot. This week’s return will continue…
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Another huge milestone week, AEW Dynamite 300 comes to Ontario, California, with all kinds of promise. Two weeks until All…
AEW’s Private Party: A Case Study in Shots and Potential
News that AEW originals Private Party, Isaiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, could soon be free agents, and reports also suggesting…
AEW Dynamite Preview (6/25/25) – Kota Ibushi Returns
Following a series of high-profile AEW Dynamite shows with fancy names, history was made, and now we somewhat return to…
No Floaties, More Freedom: Why the AEW Philosophy Exposes Wrestlers
The noise made when wrestlers switch “sides” from AEW to WWE, whether it’s been Cody Rhodes, Aleister Black, Jade Cargill,…
AEW Dynamite Preview (6/16/25) – Grand Slam Mexico
The third successive AEW Dynamite gifts us with another name-branded event and another huge first. For their first time in…
Double-Think: WWE, R-Truth and George Orwell
When Triple H responded at WWE’s Money in the Bank press conference with a blunt and short statement on R-Truth/Ron…
AEW Dynamite Preview (6/11/25) – Summer Blockbuster
With another 4 hours of wrestling, AEW sets expectations high with the promise of a Summer Blockbuster. Screening live from…
AEW Dynamite Preview (6/4/25) – Fyter Fest 2025
This week, AEW Dynamite will deliver a four-hour special with Fyter Fest! That’s correct – it’s essentially a Wednesday night…
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