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Inside the (other) arena from Netflix’s ‘Wrestlers’
The vast majority of viewers who turned in to watch Wrestlers on Netflix experienced Louisville wrestling for the first time. Most had never been to...
Garcia’s ‘Twin Love’ chaotic and cringey
Just when you thought it was safe, the “twinvasion” continues. Yes, that’s right the Bella twins are back -- though now they are Brie and Nikki...
Guest column: My documentary opens the eyes to referees
The professional wrestling referee is among the great unsung heroes of showbiz. The noble zebra tries – usually in anonymity, and usually in vain –...
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‘Superfan: The Story of Vladimir’ packs an emotional wallop
Originally scheduled to premier in mid-2021, presumably after WrestleMania 37, WWE finally released its documentary Superfan: The Story of Vladimir. I won’t speculate on why it took so long to release, or why it was released now, because the important thing is that...
Starz cancels Heels
It isn't a good time for wrestling programming on television. Dwayne Johnson's The Young Rock was cancelled in June after three seasons and now Starz has pulled the plug on Heels. Word from the network is Heels "unfortunately did not find a large enough audience"....
Cassandro: A ‘moving and heartbreaking’ movie of a queer wrestling icon
Cassandro is a movie of visual poetry, a moving and often heartbreaking love story that explores the cost and gain of being yourself in a world that wants to carefully control your narrative. Gritty and raw, unflinching in its honesty, this movie respectfully tells a...
The final season two episode of ‘Heels’ has cross-promotion charm and chaos
The time has finally come on Heels for the anticipated cross-promotion between Jack Spade's Duffy Wrestling League and Charlie Gully's Florida Wrestling Dystopia, and this season finale does not disappoint. So the question is: will Jack lay down for Gully to avoid...
Netflix scores a convincing win with new series ‘Wrestlers’
Don't be scared off by this, wrestling fans, but Wrestlers, the new seven episode series on Netflix, is perhaps the least wrestling focused docu-series to date, and is a terrific watch for that very reason. On the heels (no pun intended) of the the recently released...
‘I hate him’ – the spectre of King Spade still haunts Jack in ‘Heels’
As Heels approaches the finale of its second season, all that was starting to look so positive for the Duffy Wrestling League begins to unravel -- but what else would you expect from the go-home show before the season finale? Read on to see what's becoming of Jack,...
