Mat Matters: How to (attempt to) win women over with WWE wrestling
Salt Lake City, UT – If you’re like me, getting anybody to come and see the appeal of...
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Mat Matters: Analyzing the state of the NWA
It’s been a while since I stepped back Into the Fire when assessing the potential of the National...
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Mat Matters: Forecasting the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2023
As of March 1, WWE has yet to name an inductee for its 2023 Hall of Fame class. Usually by now, we...
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Mat Matters: We put AI bookers to work and here’s what happened
There is an old adage that: “Give 1 million monkeys 1 million typewriters and they’ll...
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Mat Matters: Enter the Dragon Lee to NXT
As far as luchadors go, none can match the high-flying antics of Dragon Lee. The wrestling...
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Mat Matters: Unforgettable Orndorff was Wonderful … and then some
Being a Canadian kid, not all of the weekly American wrestling shows were broadcast here so I...
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Mat Matters: Send in the Clowns
In pro wrestling, the persona or character of the clown has been a staple of the industry, the...
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Mat Matters: Someone save the WWE from Nia Jax
If you were a construction worker and you dropped your hammer on a co-worker or left nails on the...
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Mat Matters: Retribution is no nWo
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison was one smart...
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Mat Matters: 30 years of Jericho is a celebration of reinvention
Right back at the beginning, you could see the greatness lying in wait, Canada’s second coming of...
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Mat Matters: AEW needs to get serious again
Just like I did throughout the flaming dumpster fire that was the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, I...
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Mat Matters: Why Colt Cabana is wrestling’s most important person
The day after All In found me reflecting on the important moments and people in wrestling. Without...
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Mat Matters: When the WWE stars come to your gym
Being a socially anxious introvert who’s hesitant to approach people for fear of...
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Mat Matters: Who we picked for the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2017
Each year, members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote in the new members...
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Mat Matters: Who we picked for the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2015
Each year, members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote in the new members...
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Mat Matters: Benoit, two years later
Two years ago today, our world stood still. Unlike any other moment in the history of professional...
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Mat Matters: A different Angle on TNA’s big catch
Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the moment. Excitement is a feeling that can take...
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Mat Matters: Personal memories of Stu
As my newsletter closed down in 1990 so I could start university, I thought my wrestling days were...
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Mat Matters: Six ideas for a successful Stampede
By JASON CLEVETT — For SLAM! Wrestling So Stampede Wrestling is “Re-launching”...
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Mat Matters: Today’s fan misses the ‘mark’
By BOB KAPUR — For SLAM! Wrestling When was the last time you really “marked...
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