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Coming Soon: Bluegrass Brawlers, 10th Anniversary Edition

Posted on January 21, 2022February 16, 2022 by eatsleepwrestle

It’s been almost 10 years since I started writing about pro wrestling in December 2012. Okay, so that’s eleven months out, but what’s pro wrestling without a little exaggeration? The book that…

Five Matches

Posted on January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 by eatsleepwrestle

Someone on Facebook recently posed an interesting question: if you had a wrestling time machine and could go back to see any wrestling match, what would you go back to see? I…

Crazy is not her only Super Power

Posted on May 30, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

A. J. Mendez-Brooks, formerly known as A. J. Lee, may not seem to be the most likely candidate to write a memoir. Only 29 years of age when she completed it, hardly…

A Louisville Wrestling Hall of Fame

Posted on February 6, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

No, don’t get your hopes up. There’s no Hall of Fame in the works by me, or anyone else I know of. Just a little hypothetical question: If there were a Louisville…

20 Years On, IWA Mid-South May Have Its Best Roster Ever

Posted on January 27, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

It had been a while since I paid a visit to Southern Indiana’s legendary wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South. I’m not big on blood and hardcore and deathmatches, a hallmark of IWA-MS, and truth…

A Lesson from Wrestling: Never Forget Your Roots

Posted on December 27, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

There’s a major star for the WWE, a main event level former world champion, who still gets tickets for at least one promoter who helped him back in the day. He did…

OVW Celebrates 900 Episodes

Posted on November 14, 2016November 14, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Tuesday night, the WWE will mark the 900th episode of Smackdown. Wednesday, Ohio Valley Wrestling will equal that mark with their 900th episode – the first ever broadcast in HD. OVW has…

Chris Hero is on Kick Out At Two

Posted on August 4, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

When Righteous Jesse tells me who the weekly guest is on Kick Out at Two, I head to YouTube and look for the most recent match I can find featuring that guest….

Indy Flashback: CM Punk vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio

Posted on February 19, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Almost 14 years ago, on March 1, 2002, this happened at one of those “crappy indy shows” in Indianapolis. Odds are there’s another one of these happening on another “crappy indy show”…

The Ted Petty Invitational Returns

Posted on December 10, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

The rumors you’ve heard are true. Yes, IWA Mid-South is hardcore. Yes, the fans live for blood and gore. Yes, they were so violent back in the 90s, they were kicked out…

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