If it helps, I’m pretty sure that the ‘30s letter featured in my first Deadspin piece was written by Pfefer.

Absolutely fantastic.

I think Moriarty is referring to “National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling” by Tim Hornbaker. Tim’s “Capitol Revolution” covers a lot of the same material in a more easily digestible form, though.

Well, there’s technically no transaction yet.

Billy. As far as I know, he is the only InfoWars guest ever to praise my reporting on Twitter.

DAMMIT.

Initially read that as “his Adrian Adonis look.”

You know who’s a better athlete?

Hmm?

To be clear, “Strong Style” doesn’t actually mean anything about hitting people hard. It’s used that way in some U.S. indie circles, but that came from people confusing it with “shoot style.” “Strong Style” is NJPW’s brand name for the NJPW style, and really just means whatever the hell they want it to mean at a given…

The craziest part? That made Rikidozan’s career. It’s not like anyone watching knew better, so he became a legend for beating down someone as legitimately tough and decorated as Kimura.

Thanks. Though unless I did a follow up I don’t remember (and I may very well have), that wasn’t me, actually! The TNA piece everyone remembers was by Sharon Glencross, who I think has faded away from writing in the last couple years.

Thanks!

The thing is...Minoru Suzuki has done the same gimmick in a much safer way (Suzuki has his own post-concussion issues that he works around) for years now. And I get not wanting to rip off Suzuki, but...sheesh.

Yes, Mel Phillips was the subject of those accusations.

In short:

Guys, I think there’s a pattern:

Eh...

Don’t forget that he got himself and WCW sued with the Bash at the Beach stunt (apparently resulting in a several million dollar settlement after the company closed).

This is the way I’ve always seen it: