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The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings for March 19, 2018

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DuVernay did well with A Wrinkle in Time Photo Credit: Joe Pugliese Welcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who is really the best in the world, a term bandied about like it's bottled water or something else really common. They're rankings decided by me, and don't you dare call them arbitrary lest I smack the taste out of your mouth. Without further ado, here's this week's list: 1. Ava DuVernay (Last Week: 3) - I actually saw A Wrinkle in Time on Friday with my son, who wanted to see it, and it was actually really good. I had my problems with it (glossed over some things a bit too fast, didn't really dig Levi Miller's or Mindy Kaling's performances), but overall, it was stunning. It was colorful, bright, hopeful, all things that modern blockbusters seem to want to eschew nowadays. DuVernay really should be proud of this film. It's ...

The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings for March 12, 2018

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"AND NOW, HERE'S BEETHOVEN'S NINTH." Photo Credit: WWE.com Welcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who is really the best in the world, a term bandied about like it's bottled water or something else really common. They're rankings decided by me, and don't you dare call them arbitrary lest I smack the taste out of your mouth. Without further ado, here's this week's list: 1. Braun Strowman (Last Week: 3) - I'd like to say that I'd have rated him higher if he had put Elias through the piano, but what's higher than number one? Would I have to name him God? That's blasphemy. Joey Janela's already God. 2. Meiko Satomura (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Satomura was announced for Fight Club Pro's April Fool's Day card against Pete Dunne, which only means one thing. Pete Dunne's gonna die. 3. Ava DuVernay (Last W...

Abbey Laith and Sage Beckett Future Endeavored

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Kimber Lee, shown here in better indie days, has been released from WWE Photo Credit: Zia Hiltey WWE released four wrestlers from NXT yesterday. Two of them, Ming and Demetrious Johnson were not known to most people in the audience. Two however made it to television, on both NXT weekly and the Mae Young Classic. Abbey Laith and Sage Beckett were released from their contracts. Laith, known on the indies as Kimber Lee, and Beckett, known as Andrea on the indies and Rosie Lottalove in TNA, leave NXT without being given the chance to fulfill the promise they were brought in for. Honestly, they exemplify the organizational dysfunction within the company, and Laith's release especially shows that the promotion's attitudes towards women still lag despite putting a happy face forward in narratives with all these HISTORY MAKING matches and a more focused push of women wrestlers. Laith had many reasons for her release swirling around her. Rumors of WWE officials being unhappy with her bo...