Bleacher Report has been entirely made up of paid writers for several years. Not sure what the exact cutoff was. Read more

Managers portraying it as a chance to earn your way to a staff gig at SBNation was one reason in the past. (At the very least, this is clearly still happening at FanSided; dunno if it still is at SBN.) Read more

This gets to something I’ve been wondering: Was he sparring full contact in his training? If he wasn’t...well, you can’t expect to win a fight that way after a decade off, especially since one would think Tito was able to spar. If he was, even once, I can totally see that fucking him up even worse than normally. Does… Read more

To add to the other replies, besides the retina (right eye) that detached at least twice in a short period of hime, his other eye got badly messed up in his last fight, a knockout loss to Kelvin Gastelum. Read more

The Foster article is at MMAFighting, by the way. Read more

It’s gone already. Read more

It’s been a while since I've watched the late period Goodridge stuff but did even he have any fights where he looked THIS motor compromised in there? Read more

People need to understand that you’re not exaggerating. I wish there was more video online to share from before the knockout. He was so blatantly compromised that it was shocking even by the very low expectations everyone had going in. Read more

I’m trying to figure out if I’d consider than the same generation of wrestlers or not and... I’m not really sure? She has, what 4 years on him? Close enough to consider, at least, yeah. And she’s definitely someone great at playing with expectations and formulas, so she makes a good comparison. The finish of her… Read more

This is going to be fascinating since as great a heel as Miz is I kind of like his occasional babyface stuff lately? Read more

Of those two, though, I’d certainly argue that Tanahashi seems to be the better/smarter storyteller. He has more speeds, while Okada is constantly underwhelming when he’s not doing a self-conscious Classic Match. Spot Show Tanahashi is just a blast to watch, something I really learned to appreciate about him in New… Read more

...so you’re saying they’re art. Read more

I mean, he’s great but I wouldn’t exactly say he’s someone who crosses up anyone’s storyline expectations much at all. Read more

But why? And it has to be art (even if not "high art" or whatever) or sport, it can't be neither. Read more

Oh are we really doing this again? Read more

It was Brian Pillman leaving WCW in 1996, though he he and his bosses had been trying (and failing) to fool wrestling reporters for months. But yes, Pillman eventually got a real release with the idea that he needed it to put over his elaborate storyline and used it to negotiate with WWE. (He actually never wanted to… Read more

Absolutely. It’s most obvious on paper with TV demographics and is somewhat geographically dependent live, but wrestling fans, as a group, are just about the opposite of the stereotypes when it comes to the racial diversity and political leanings. Read more

I’m not docking them, I’m just saying that the Becky argument is clearly work plus promos. Read more

Fair play, I forgot she wore those. But I think I followed up in another comment about that. Read more

This is a great question. Read more