wrestling

Post-Wrestlemania 35 Blues: How WWE Squandered All Its Momentum

by John Eckes
May 15, 2019May 15, 2019

Every Wrestlemania is the biggest professional wrestling event of any given year, but the biggest doesn’t always mean the best. With the past few Wrestlemania… Read More »

Screener Squad: Fighting With My Family

by Justin Zarian
March 4, 2019March 4, 2019

Yes, this is a late review, but now that some of the Squad found a theater where this movie was playing (why this is not… Read More »

Five Reasons 2019 May Be The Greatest Year In Pro Wrestling Ever

by John Eckes
January 23, 2019January 25, 2019

Not even a full month into 2019 and it is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting years for pro wrestling in… Read More »

Thumbtacks and Screwjobs Episode 20 – Extreme Fools

by Chris Cox
July 31, 2018

Gene and Richard go full on Jim-Cornette-thinking-about-Russo this time with Extreme Rules, when the greatest roster in recent WWE history puts on the worst PPV… Read More »

Thumbtacks and Screwjobs Episode 19 – Second Best in the World

by Chris Cox
July 2, 2018

How do Gene and Richard manage to sound some calm and collected? Oh, right, because they’ve watched some wrestling other than WWE this week. Our… Read More »

Thumbtacks and Screwjobs Ep 18 – Wrasslemonomania!

by Chris Cox
April 16, 2018April 16, 2018

Gene and Richard survive 17,682 hours of Wrestlemania, and look back over the biggest, longest weekend on the wrestling calendar. With the dust settling over… Read More »

Thumbtacks and Screwjobs Ep 17: Still %^*^ This Company

by Chris Cox
February 9, 2018

Wrasslin’ returns! Richard and Gene explore the greatest mystery of all – a Royal Rumble that doesn’t suck. In fact, a Royal Rumble that was… Read More »

Thumbtacks & Screwjobs Ep 16: Hell in a Handbasket

by Chris Cox
October 16, 2017October 16, 2017

Hush, hush, whisper your age, Shane McMahon is too old for this cage. Gene and Richard survive another two WWE PPVs, and then wonder exactly… Read More »

Is Breaking The Fourth Wall Good For The WWE?

by John Eckes
September 21, 2017September 21, 2017

“Kayfabe” is a word that doesn’t hold as much meaning as it used to. The term means “treating the events in professional wrestling as true… Read More »

Thumbtacks & Screwjobs: Ep 15 – Summerslam 2017

by Chris Cox
September 7, 2017September 7, 2017

It’s a triple threat Thumbtacks and Screwjobs, as Gene and Richard tag in young lion Dave for a review of the second most important WWE… Read More »