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Your Midweek Links: Stay Inside and Read

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A deep dive on Jericho's career is in store this week and more Photo Credit: WWE.com Man it's a cold one, like seven inches from the Night King's ass. You don't wanna go outside. Trust me, I'm actually out here. It fucking sucks. You don't wanna be out here like me. You want to be in your snuggly bed, with your laptop or your phone in front of you. The only problem is you need something interesting to keep your attention. Fret not, I have links! All the links your body can handle, right here. READ 'EM but don't weep, unless you find something emotional. Then, by all means, please sob. Michael Elgin chose loyalty over believing victims, and this makes him worthy of the trash bin. I wrote why he's the latest in a sorry slate of people in wrestling protecting abusers. [ The Wrestling Blog ] PROGRESS Wrestling's motto is "don't be a dick," but man, the people running it seem to live by the credo "Do as I say, not as I do." I w...

Expectorate The Worst, or Why PROGRESS May Not Be For Me

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PROGRESS: We Alienate Starting With the Dang Logo Photo via Wikipedia Spike Trivet is a wrestler in England who has gotten bookings for PROGRESS. He hasn't really made a whole lot of a splash yet, so he decided that he'd literally make one at the latest chapter of the British promotion's series of events: Making friends 101 with Prof. Trivet. What a privilege for you all @ThisIs_Progress #Chapter59 #startedfromthetop #checkmyprivilege ?????? pic.twitter.com/DNNbUFr9lp � Spike Jingle All Trivet ???? (@TheSTrivet1) December 10, 2017 Yeah, PROGRESS styles itself as "punk rock pro wrestling," but I didn't think it'd be more GG Allin than, say, the Dead Kennedys or whatever. Trivet, by posting the video, is embracing the action of spitting liquid on fans, even though that last fan clearly didn't really feel like it was something that should be embraced. Honestly, I side more with him than the wrestler. Heeling in wrestling is about garnering heat, but i...