How John Cena Embodies WWE as a Business
When John Cena repeated that he was doing “what is best for business” during the Royal Rumble press conference and…
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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Preview: AEW Dynamite (2/5/25): Swerve Strickland vs. Ricochet
It’s been five years since AEW Dynamite was in Atlanta, Georgia. That last event featured the promotion’s first steel cage…
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Wrestling With Outrage Part 2: Limits of Fan Pressure
Heard But Listened To? Our voices as wrestling fans reverberate across social media. As discussed in Part 1, the way…
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You Don’t Know What You Got ‘Til It’s Gone This classic Joni Mitchell lyric resonates in pop culture because it…
Preview: AEW Collision (2/1/25) – Mid-South Street Fight
Remaining in Huntsville, Alabama, AEW Collision this week offers the whole spectrum of the promotion’s wrestling buffet. A dash of…
Preview: AEW Dynamite (1/29/25) – Jeff Jarrett Chases the AEW World Championship
How will AEW follow up on a momentous Homecoming? With so many talking points and only a sample of the…
Preview: AEW Collision (1/25/25) – Homecoming
Offering a mixture of old and new, this Saturday’s AEW Collision returns to the promotion’s home of Daily’s Place in…
5 Ways TNA Could Gain from Their Partnership with WWE NXT
With WWE and TNA Wrestling’s partnership formalized, there’s so much fertile ground for all kinds of inter-promotional possibilities. The grounds…
5 Ways WWE NXT Could Gain from Their Partnership with TNA
With WWE and TNA Wrestling’s partnership formalized, there’s so much fertile ground for all kinds of inter-promotional possibilities. The grounds…
Preview: AEW Dynamite (1/22/25)- Hurt Syndicate Go for Gold
In the aftermath of AEW Dynamite Maximum Carnage, there’s wreckage to clear up and space for new developments. Victors from…
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