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Pro Wrestling SKOOPZ on The Wrestling Blog: Vol. 4, Issue 7

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ROUSEY NEWS! Photo Credit: WWE.com Today is the most important day of the week. Why? Valentine's Day? NO, that's just a day invented by WWE to honor Greg The Hammer. Ash Wednesday? Pfft, Jesus Christ was a mark. No, it's HORB NEWSLETTER DAY. That's right, PRO WRESTLING SKOOPZ is back with your man HORB FLERBMINBER bringing you the high heat on takes and all the fresh news. Who has the better handle on news? Not Bruce Mitchell, that's for damn sure. HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME ON REDDIT BEING SHOCKED AT KENNY OMEGA'S SEXUALITY. You can just read the newsletter, but why would you just  want to read the newsletter? That'd be like going to a Brazilian steakhouse and not wanting to fuck the meat. IT FEELS GOOD AGAINST YOUR GENITALS. You should want to get the FULL HORB EXPERIENCE. First, follow me @ HorbFlerbminber  on Twitter. If you don't follow me on Twitter, how will you know when news breaks? Hell, how will you know when wind breaks at Titan Towers? VINCE...

No Ethical Consumption in Capitalism: The Wrestling Streaming Debacle

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Imagine throwing away all your goodwill over this schmuck, and yet... Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein So, Michael Elgin was found to be badmouthing and harassing a victim of sexual assault from one of his students three months ago , give or take a couple of days. Indie wrestling companies in America lined up to vociferously denounce him and cancel his bookings, even though he still kept working for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Then again, Bushiroad's response to allegations of domestic abuse against Tomoaki Honma was non-existent, so why would it punish Elgin? Anyway, AAW's response to the allegations, that the promotion would not book him until things blew over, essentially, seemed to portend that Elgin would be back on the scene sooner rather than later. And well, if you had money on "sooner," you'd be correct. IWA Mid-South decided the time to bring Elgin back was right now, and it's not surprising that Ian Rotten's promotion was the one to pull the trigger...

Your Midweek Links:

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More examination of the above two's past lives in ROH this week Photo Credit: WWE.com Wednesday is upon the world, and only the rest of today and two more days stand between you and the weekend. You've made it this far, congratulations. However, I fear you may need help to get to Friday afternoon. FEAR NOT goodly reader, for I have the solution to your problem. Below are the best links that lead to some of the finest writing about wrestling from the past week. They will surely aid you in your quest to get through the working week and get to the weekend, where you can drink precisely one be... wait a second, I already rip that @dril tweet off for another weekly post that I do, don't I? Ah well, just click the goddamn links below, alright? Hey, have you checked out last week's TweetBag? Do it, because it's got a nice mix of questions from the users of Twitter. [ The Wrestling Blog ] Also check out the Best in the World Rankings if you haven't already. TWB has some...

Your Midweek Links: Thanksgiving Leftovers

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Stop by and read about The Enforcer Photo Credit: WWE.com Wednesday. Hump Day. The midpoint of the week. You've survived the grind of Monday and Tuesday, made especially rougher because you probably came off a four-day weekend. You may be longing for another two days off, but they're just too darn far away. Fear not though, humble readers, because I have some of the best articles about wrestling from the past week to help you while away the time. Click these links to be... INTERESTED! I went to Powerbomb TV's latest supershow, WAZZUP, and I definitely had some thoughts about it that I wrote down. Check them out. [ The Wrestling Blog ] I also addressed RUMORS of a women's Royal Rumble match, and I say it's a necessary stopgap solution that WWE has to come to if it's not going to embrace the fact that gender is a work. [ The Wrestling Blog ] Thanksgiving may only be in leftovers stages, but Matthew Martin has the best analogies for which WWE superstar is what menu...

Powerbomb TV WAZZUP Live Impressions

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You gotta give it up to Jon Gresham Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein So, Powerbomb TV invaded the Chikara Wrestle Factory for its third multi-indie supershow, WAZZUP. It was, as the kids say, a hoot from top to bottom. I don't have a full report, because I didn't take a notebook and just wanted to soak in the live experience. However, I have thoughts about the stuff I saw, including the first ever episode of This Very Second with Bryce Remsburg that aired live afterwards, thoughts that you can read below. The King Is Here  - The advertised main event was Jonathan Gresham defending his Powerbomb TV Independent Wrestling Championship against legendary British indie superstar Jody Fleisch. However, because indie wrestling is a peril-filled death trap for anyone who even thinks about working a single match, Fleisch got injured the night prior at Absolute Intense Wrestling. While he'll be able to go home to the UK and get himself some of that sweet, sweet nationalized healthcare,...