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Wrestling: Move Over Funkasaurus, This is the Original … Flash Funk!...
Welcome to "The Thump!" — an irregular column spotlighting the best Black elements of professional wrestling. Named after the signature move of groundbreaking Black wrestler The Junkyard Dog, "The...
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Whatever Happened to Pro Wrestling?
Oliver Lee Bateman remembers what pro wrestling used to be, as he traces its downfall.I’m not exactly sure when pro wrestling lost me, but it did. If forced to choose, two moments spring to mind....
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Wrestling: Move Over Funkasaurus, This is the Original…Flash Funk!
Welcome to “The Thump!” — an irregular column spotlighting the best Black elements of professional wrestling. Named after the signature move of groundbreaking Black wrestler The Junkyard Dog, “The...
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The Royal Rumble: A 30-Man Pro Wrestling Brawl Turns 25 (Part 3)
Jericho Ricardi concludes his review with Royal Rumbles of the 21st century.Read part 1 (1988-1994) and part 2 (1997-2004) of Jericho Ricardi’s coverage of every Royal Rumble in the history of...
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Proving Your Manhood: “Thank You, Sir. May I Have Another?”
“Absorbing punishment to prove you’re a man seems like the easy way out,” argues Oliver Lee Bateman.–A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I thought Paul Heyman’s Extreme Championship Wrestling...
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