Between The Flips and Fists

Wrestling fans were captivated by two forces of nature in 1997-1998. If we were to hop into the time machine...

The heel turn of John Cena was always the great big "what if" of the WWE landscape. It was the...

Jim Ross called the 1988 match between Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair in Chicago for the NWA world heavyweight championship....

"Hangman" Adam Page is AEW's main character, yet for the last year that characterization lacked familiarity following his feud with...

Sabu was known by many monikers throughout his career as a trailblazing hardcore wrestling icon. While he was always billed...

With his successful defense against Randy Orton at Backlash, the second major leg of John Cena's retirement tour is complete....

WWE announced this past weekend during WrestleMania that it had purchased Mexican wrestling promotion AAA. The sale of the Lucha-based...

Jon Moxley's "Reign of Terror" continues... ...and if a Fightful report covering the fallout of last weekend's AEW Dynasty pay-per-view...

What AEW was and is today has many definitions. For those at the dawn of "Elite Time and Space," it...

John Cena's eventual retirement has crept ever closer over the last several years, but few could have presumed that final...

Power. Prestige. The big contract. Championships. When we're discussing sports of any kind, those are our markers of success. They...

March 3, 2024 was the last time "Ricky Starks" appeared on television for AEW. That night in London, Ontario, Canada,...

Well... I got one Rumble prediction right. Considering the obviousness of the outcome of the women's Rumble that really isn't...

Genuine excitement surrounds the Royal Rumble every year. The anticipation of the countdowns, the wonder of who will walk through...

When Private Party became tag team champions and ended the Young Bucks' 192-day reign I viewed that moment as a...

, I suppose if there's one definitive thing that can be said about WWE at this point it's that the...

This past year was filled to the brim with notable moments on both the business and wrestling sides of the...

The prevailing theme of the AEW world title picture since Jon Moxley secured the championship for the fourth time has...

Giulia and Roxanne Perez. The "Beautiful Madness" that is the "Dangerous Queen" vs. "The Prodigy. Presently we're a little more...

Three things got me into wrestling when I was very young: my Piper-loving dad who got me watching shows like...

Some might have scoffed at Paul Heyman about two years ago when he said the Bloodline story was only in...

Nearly nine months ago Ricky Starks wrestled his last match in AEW against Top Flight. Throughout that nine months Starks...

This is war, and in that there's a certainty that there will be sacrifices. They're necessary, and in this AEW...

Other than in rare occasions NXT has been at its best when it's used as a vehicle to build toward...

The countdown has reached zero. Bryan Danielson's career is complete. In context perhaps it would be more appropriate to say...

Dragons represent different things from culture to culture. No definition is absolute. In the West, dragons are often viewed negatively,...

It was almost inarguable at one point that AEW had the best tag team division in North American pro wrestling,...

SummerSlam 2024 was marked by changings of the guard and otherwise notable moments sprinkled throughout the event. Naturally the questions...

Tony Khan is one of the more polarizing figures in wrestling depending on how you perceive what he's done with...

Over the last year or two when you watched AEW it seemed like the company felt directionless, or perhaps even...

This is a tale of woe from the past. Once upon a time WWE was the only game in town,...

Maybe the time isn't quite now yet, but in 2025 John Cena will be retiring from in-ring competition, closing the...

If you've followed either incarnation of this column over the last few years, you'll know one thing to be true:...

It would have been very easy to rip AEW weeks ago for needlessly airing the footage from the now-infamous footage...

Since inception an overarching criticism of AEW has been the booking and organization surrounding its women's division. With some exceptions...

I can't tell you what my first memory of Sting is. I can't remember the first match I saw, never...

(So. What do we want to talk about?) The featured story in WWE almost to the point of parody since...

Late Thursday night New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that longtime headliner and Wrestle Kingdom main event mainstay Kazuchika Okada would...

For much of his career I had no idea who Eddie Kingston was. That changed very quickly in 2019. Not...

There's a degree of disingenuous over the last few weeks amid discussions over where the long term TV home is...

If you're a wrestling fan you remember where you were during First Dance when CM Punk returned to professional wrestling...

With Jay White in MJF's rearview for now, it's a fair bet that Maxwell's winter stretch leading into the end-of-year...

Maxwell Jacob Friedman. MJF. Scumbag. Upstart Broadway Musical Aficionado. Devil. We’ve known him by many names since his arrival in...

All In was probably the most important show in AEW's short history. While we can sit here and argue the...

“Death is always on the way, but the fact that you don't know when it will arrive seems to take...

I don't think it's a lofty wager to assume the conclusion of last weekend's SummerSlam main event featuring Roman Reigns...

Substance versus sizzle--it's the great debate of our time. Longer four-course meals of matches or segments in contrast to bouts...

I sell the things you need to beI'm the smiling face on your TVOh, I'm the cult of personality I...

Professional wrestling is an interactive environment. The wrestler wrestles, we respond. The wrestler responds, and we interact with them and...