Category Archives: Being Serious for a Moment

GUEST POST: Never Mind the Majors, Here’s the Independents!

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Sidekick Andrew: Disappointment with the wrestling business. It happens to us all from time to time, but it seems to be pretty wide spread amongst internet wrestling fans at the moment. A combination of the usual post-Wrestlemania slump, the Orton-Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Chikara, Guest Posts, Indies, King of Trios, No Alternative, Ultramantis Black

Song for Whoever (Bonus Track): Daffney edition

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

I have something else in mind for my Song for Whoever this week, but I wanted to make quick mention of something that I read yesterday and this seems as good a place as any. Other than the odd rant, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Song for Whoever, Andrew's Posts, Being Serious for a Moment, Daffney, iMPACT, TNA | 1 Comment

Sunday Musings

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

I was going to write a humorous summary of Wade Barrett’s appearance on Daybreak today. Nothing makes me feel more smug than non-wrestling bods interviewing wrestlers, desperately walking the journalistic tightrope of curiosity vs ignorance. The idea of Adrian Chiles … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Chikara, Chris Jericho, Christian, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Edge, Fair to Flair, Indies, John Cena, Journalism, Kaitlyn, Michael Cole, PPV, Rae's Posts, Raw, Rey Mysterio, Smackdown, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Television, The Rock, Triple H, Undertaker, Wade Barrett, Women's Wrestling, Wrestlemania, WWE | Tagged ,

all-female wrestling: a woman’s view

Posted on October 2, 2010 by

Over the past 24 hours a discussion has been circulating on Twitter concerning the fact that Pro-Wrestling: Eve has been accused of being sexist and bad for the wrestling business. Pro-Wrestling: Eve is a new, all-female, UK based wrestling promotion. … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Indies, Pro-Wrestling Eve, Rae's Posts, Shimmer, Women's Wrestling, WWE | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

playing with boys: in search of the elusive intergender match

Posted on April 29, 2010 by

A few weeks ago, Michelle McCool was billed as being in an intergender match on WWE Superstars. I was excited. This would have been real progress for the WWE. When I asked which male Superstar she’d be opposing, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Beth Phoenix, Chikara, CM Punk, Extreme Rules, Hamada, Indies, Intergender Matches, Michelle McCool, Sara Del Rey, Serena, TNA, Video Games, Women's Wrestling, WWE | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

new mnw: the post-mortem

Posted on January 6, 2010 by

Leading up to Monday, I was asked by several people how I felt about the new and supposed Monday Night War, which was about to begin between the WWE and TNA. For the most part I kept my answer brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, iMPACT, Jeff Hardy, Monday Night Wars, Raw, Ric Flair, TNA, WWE | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

that’s quite enough, thank you

Posted on November 21, 2009 by

On last week’s Smackdown, Mickie James was ‘reduced to tears’ when Michelle McCool and Layla interrupted her match against Natalya by cutting her clothes to pieces with some dressmaking scissors. I didn’t like it, but I made a joke of … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Beth Phoenix, Layla, Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Raw, Smackdown, Women's Issues, WWE | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

tna and their human sticking plaster

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

My childhood memories of wrestling are sketchy.  I can’t remember actually watching it and yet I have a very vivid memory of one of my primary school friends asking me who my favourite wrestler was, and me then pointing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Hulk Hogan, TNA, WWE | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

it’s check-mate! but i’m not sure who won

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

I feel like I need a good rant.  And since this is the only blog I’m using at the moment, you get to be at the business end of my pent up personal frustration. You should brag to your friends … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, TNA, Women's Issues, WWE | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

raw: breathe, hold it, release

Posted on August 5, 2009 by

Remember last week when I said the jury was still out on the whole guest hosts on Raw thing? Well if most of the reviews of last night’s show are anything to go by, the jury has had enough instant … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Serious for a Moment, Guest Hosts, Raw, Television, Vince Mcmahon, WWE | Tagged , , | 2 Comments