COLUMNS

Writing a weekly column is usually a pretty straightforward deal. At some point, something happens... a news story, a rumor,...

I've been doing a lot of thinking recently. It took a while, but I finally got used to the smell...

If you were to come up with a list of things that Vince McMahon cares about, what do you think...

(Writer's Note: This won't be my usual weekly Wednesday column. I just had a lot to say about the Royal...

Tonight is the night. The Royal Rumble is one of two shows a year (with WrestleMania, of course) that everyone...

A New Chapter for the Royal Rumble Follow @JCoolLOP Welcome to the Cool Points. Been a long time (long time)…shouldn’t...

It feels like just yesterday that our calendars changed from 2021 to 2022, but now, here we are, on the...

Diversity. Merriam-Webster lists the "essential meaning" of the word as "the state of having people who are different races or...

(Writer's Note: For those of you that have been reading my columns from the beginning, you already know what this...

Powered by RedCircle Imp: The dust settles as the lights go down on the Tokyo Dome. Another year another Wrestle...

Happy New Year! I hope your holidays went as well as you deserved them to be. Unfortunately, the holidays in...

All Elite Wrestling is internally and externally positioned as an entity wearing many hats: they're an alternative, a family, a...

Imp: It’s the most wonderful time of the year! New Japan Pro Wrestling’s second consecutive year running two nights at...

Happy New Year, everybody. When this event was announced, we knew it would have a different feel to it. It's...

Wrestle Kingdom 16 is right around the corner. Once again, New Japan Pro-Wrestling fans will be treated to two nights...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's right, WRESTLE KINGDOM season! New Japan Pro-Wrestling will be doing two...

Folks, we have officially made it to the end of another year. There were tons of highs and tons of...

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. If you're reading these words, I hope that you're having yourself a very happy holiday season....

Well, AEW fans, you've waited, and you've waited, and you've waited some more... and it finally happened. After months and...

There might not be a more interesting talent in all of NXT than Bron Breakker. Obviously, you start with his...

When looking at the most important matches in professional wrestling history, many are mentioned. George Hackenschmidt vs. Frank Gotch, Buddy...

After 36 events over the span of seven years, we have apparently lost the "Takeover" name for the brand's special...

When this column is posted, we will be 59 days away from the 2022 Royal Rumble. Yes, the countdown to...

In case you have been stranded on a deserted island for a while, just got back, and aren't aware of...

Even by WWE standards, this event on THE COCK has been poorly built. The matches themselves should be pretty good,...

There are a lot of positives and negatives with AEW having a quarterly pay-per-view schedule instead of the monthly schedule...

There's an iconic line from Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy where Alfred tries to drive home the point to a young...

"Every living thing follows along a set path. And if you could see your path or channel, then you could...

Call it hyperbole if you wish, but Full Gear has all the makings of being one of the biggest, and...

His comments aren't exactly late-breaking news, but I was thinking about what Eric Bischoff was saying about AEW recently. You...

If you've been reading my columns through the years, you know that I have a very special place in my...

Wrestlers, a ring and a simple code founded upon respect -- for each other, for the craft, and for the...

With Crown Jewel in the rear view mirror, the Raw and Smackdown rosters that were formed during the WWE Draft...

The last week or so in pro wrestling has been fairly newsworthy where women's wrestling is concerned, and perhaps not...

Welcome to the Wrestling Headlines weekly New Japan G1 Climax review where your intrepid New Japan guides, Matt Maher (aka...

Waking up at 8am so that I can get ready to do a Running Diary for a WWE event on...

I've been a fan of NXT, to varying degrees, since the brand debuted back in 2010. I watched when NXT...

Ahhh, the good ol' Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500. Since 1991, Pro Wrestling Illustrated has put together their yearly list of...

Welcome to the Lords of Pain weekly New Japan G1 Climax review where your intrepid New Japan guides, The Implications...

Before I get this going, I do want to make mention of the WWE Draft. I definitely have some opinions...

With WWE's annual draft wrapping up on Raw, the company is now building up to the back end of the...

Welcome to the Wrestling Headlines weekly New Japan G1 Climax review where your intrepid New Japan guides, The Implications and...

With WWE getting ready to shake up the Raw and Smackdown (and possibly NXT) rosters, I figured this would be...

There's a need to dispense with the positives first here. Sunday night at WWE's Extreme Rules PPV, Roman Reigns and...

Smackdown’s Extreme Rules Story Follow @JCoolLOP Welcome to the Cool Points. With the next iteration of the WWE Draft literally...

On paper, this is the least extreme Extreme Rules card of all-time. If you're a longtime WWE fan, though, you...

Welcome to the Lords of Pain weekly New Japan G1 Climax review where your intrepid New Japan guides, The Implications...

We're into the third part of this series, so there's no need to have a long intro here. However, for...

Initially, I was going to go with the third part of my "The Matches That Made Me" series, covering the...

Sometimes, a writer writes for the masses, touching on topics that are easily digestible for the general public because those...