Dear Rap Promoters, We knew this one was coming. After I’ve schooled the artist, and the people who post the work of the artist, it is only natural that I attempt to school those who push the artist. Or, you know, say they push the artist, but really what they do is recycle a couple of random […]
Read moreMy Markout Moment of the Year (So Far)
As a wrestling fan, I know that it’s not “real,” and all that other crap. But, I’m able to suspend belief, get behind a wrestler, and–occasionally–mark the fuck out like a little kid when something awesome and legitimately surprising happens. Thus is the magic of kayfabe and wrestling: you know it’s scripted, but you watch […]
Read moreDawn of the Post-Racists
(If you’re wondering why I’m using WWE gifs, it’s to keep from completely destroying my computer screen as I type this; this is something I’ll discuss, in a sense, later on) It seems that, in our post-Trayvon Martin society (where Trayvon Martin exists as both a human being and an image of a larger problem), those who […]
Read moreIs AJ Lee the Best Diva (Main Roster) in Recent Years?
(Alternate Title: “AJ Lee GIFs and Pics–Now with Meaning!”) I know, I know. It’s yet another “IWC-like” article singing the praises of the five-foot-something cutie with a skip and a tiny ass that just…doesn’t…quit. But, unlike most of those articles, I’m not going to just focus on how much AJ surpasses, say, a Cameron or something. […]
Read moreHow WWE is Burying Daniel Bryan Without Actually Burying Him
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A young wrestler (or one who is relatively new to the WWF/E) with a pretty large fanbase is thrust into the main event scene with an established heel (or face). The young’un pleases his/her fanbase because it looks like the WWE is finally listening to its fans […]
Read moreRap Smarks – An Epidemic
H/T to 4CRWrestling for this meme Back in the day, trolling rap fans were just called trolls. But, trolls began to be celebrated. Then, they were called snobs. But, snobs also began to be celebrated. Most of these snobs graduated to “hipster” status after a while, some using troll-like qualities to make their hipster-ism seem […]
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