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Wrestlers’ Court: MVP & Lashley bring the Hurt, but can they help business?

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Dec 16, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Opinion

In September 2024, multi-time World heavyweight wrestling champion Bobby Lashley signed with AEW....

Wrestlers’ Court: Baron Corbin no more-bin

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Opinion

On November 1, Tom “Baron Corbin” Pestock’s WWE contract expired. WWE announced that Pestock’s...

Wrestlers’ Court: All too often, nice guys finish last

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Oct 28, 2024 | Opinion

I recently joined the Wrestling and Everything: Coast to Coast podcast with host Buddy Sotello,...

Wrestlers’ Court: Less can be more when it comes to Raw

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Sep 21, 2024 | Opinion

On September 9, new Monday Night RAW play-by-play man Joe Tessitore announced that WWE’s flagship...

Wrestlers’ Court: Bad times don’t last, but bad guys do

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Sep 10, 2024 | Obituaries

As a lifelong pro wrestling fan, I have a confession to make. I cheer for the heels. I’ve always...

Wrestlers’ Court: Hail Sullivan and pure evil in wrestling

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Sep 3, 2024 | Opinion

I’m on a bit of a heel kick lately. Last time out I wrote about my preference for complex...

Wrestlers’ Court: McIntyre & Dominik Mysterio true heels

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Aug 28, 2024 | Opinion

In wrestling and other media, I often cheer for the villain. Good bad guys are critical. A hero...

Mat Matters: Expect the unexpected at the CAC

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 19, 2024 | CAC, Opinion

LAS VEGAS — How else do you explain a Cauliflower Alley Club reunion but to expect the...

Wrestlers’ Court: The champs are here, and here, and here

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jul 31, 2024 | Opinion

It’s been a while since I picked up a wrestling magazine. Websites like SlamWrestling.net have...

Wrestlers’ Court: John Cena, we’ll see you around

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jul 16, 2024 | Opinion

On Saturday July 6, at the Money the Bank Premium Live Event in Toronto, John Cena announced his...

Wrestlers’ Court: Cody Rhodes is an anti-hero superstar

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jul 9, 2024 | Opinion

A recent social media flurry suggests that current WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes should turn...

Mat Matters: WWE business is good, but the booking …

Posted by Thomas Starr | Jun 28, 2024 | Opinion

WWE is on an incredible run at the box office. They have had a series of sellouts and gates along...

Wrestlers’ Court: TNA-NXT cross-pollination is intriguing

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jun 26, 2024 | Opinion

Forgive me. While I’ll try to keep this column brief, I will bounce around between the three main...

Wrestlers’ Court: AEW’s foreign objects

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jun 19, 2024 | Opinion

Over the past few weeks, I have followed and occasionally joined an online discussion about...

Wrestlers’ Court: AEW facing an identity crisis

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | May 31, 2024 | Opinion

On May 26, AEW aired its Double or Nothing pay-per-view, marking the promotion’s unofficial fifth...

Wrestlers’ Court: The Bray Wyatt show looks to continue

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | May 27, 2024 | Opinion

In my last column, I wrote about the likely return of Taylor Rotunda’s Uncle Howdy character at...

Wrestlers’ Court: Age of the fall

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | May 8, 2024 | Opinion

A pro wrestling friend of mine, Evan Ginzburg, often says “Ageism is the last acceptable form of...

Mat Matters: CM Punk is right, AEW is not a real business

Posted by Thomas Starr | Apr 9, 2024 | News, Opinion

AEW is claiming that it will air footage of the All In incident between CM Punk and Jack Perry....

Wrestlers Court: Lawsuit TKO’s McMahon

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Feb 6, 2024 | Opinion, The McMahon Scandal

Following a whirlwind few weeks of pro wrestling news, I’ll paraphrase WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes:...

Wrestlers’ Court: Walking out of WWE, welcomed back … eventually

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jan 8, 2024 | Opinion

In my last column I discussed CM Punk’s return to WWE after a nine-year absence. I focused on the...

Wrestlers’ Court: MJF a worthy winner of The Golden Schwartz

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Dec 17, 2023 | Opinion

I write this column as the world (or my part of it) begins slowing down for the holidays. The kids...

Wrestlers’ Court: Collision Imminent

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jun 17, 2023 | Opinion

I write this on the eve of June 17, when AEW will air the first episode of its new show,...

Wrestlers’ Court: Saudi Arabia its own Bizzarro World

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Sep 25, 2022 | Opinion

On November 5, WWE will present its latest show from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. WWE has been promoting...

Dave Bautista’s infamous film ‘Enter the Warriors Gate’

Posted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Sep 11, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews

I’ve noticed that I have a knack for finding hidden, semi-popular, well constructed,...

Wrestler’s Court: A golden age of comebacks

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Aug 14, 2022 | Opinion

Avid readers will tell you that there are only so many stories out there to be told, and that the...

Corey & Carmella Ep 3: Boyfriend eavesdrops on Carmella’s intense phone call

Posted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Mar 7, 2022 | Other Reviews, TV Reports

We’re back for another! WWE’s Corey & Carmella has dropped its third episode on...

CM Punk’s ‘oddly empty’ movie: ‘Girl on the Third Floor’

Posted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Mar 4, 2022 | Movie Reviews

Okay, okay… I came into Girl on the Third Floor because I saw CM Punk’s name in the...

WWE’s reality show ‘Corey & Carmella’ Ep 1: House-hunting of Hell has been dropped

Posted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Feb 28, 2022 | Other Reviews, TV Reports

To be quite honest, I was excited to start watching the series, initially thinking that it...

ROH’s documentary showcases ‘wonderful, strong women’

Posted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Feb 3, 2022 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

A new documentary, This Is Women’s Wrestling: A Ring of Honor Women’s Division...

Wins & Losses Matter: Rhea Ripley

Posted by John Powell | Apr 17, 2021 | Opinion, Wins and Losses Matter

We get it. In the world of professional wrestling wins and loss records are only ever acknowledged...

Mat Matters: Send in the Clowns

Posted by John Powell | Feb 9, 2021 | Opinion

In pro wrestling, the persona or character of the clown has been a staple of the industry, the...

Mat Matters: A dying breed of wrestling fan

Posted by Matt Mackinder | Apr 15, 2009 | Opinion

In my 25-plus years of being a wrestling fan, though that fact dwindles each day, I have only...

Mat Matters: The way it used to be

Posted by Matt Mackinder | Jul 7, 2008 | Opinion

Maybe it’s because I turned 30 on June 26, but I guess I’m still in the old school...

SlamWrestling Guest Column Archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Feb 13, 1900 | Story Archives

We have been fortunate to have many, many guest columns through the years at SlamWrestling.net,...

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