Let's try something a little bit different. We here at Cultaholic enjoy looking back at the past, contextualizing wrestling history, while also dredging up nostalgia (which makes for some easy...
A key argument in the messy, constant WWE vs. AEW discourse has been that of ‘competition'. Those who push back against the rise of AEW are often reminded that WWE’s modern dominance of the...
You couldn't really call Goldberg's modern WWE "run" one consistent tenure. After all, he's only wrestled ten matches since returning to the squared circle fold five years ago, and he didn't wrestle...
There was a time when The Miz wrestled in a genuine match of the year candidate, and most of us agreed that to be true. The year was 2016, and professional wrestling was in an odd sort of place....
Another year, another draft. Hard to believe that almost twenty years have passed since the first time WWE attempted a brand extension. There was a lot of intrigue for the first go-around,...
After the recent exploits of Emma Raducanu, it’s safe to say that Arthur Ashe Stadium is well acquainted with things moving at blistering speed. The world’s largest tennis venue, in all its...
Big E’s cash-in on WWE Monday Night Raw was a Rorschach test of a booking decision. The more you look at it, the more things it could potentially resemble. Taken at face value, it’s a wonderfully...
When CM Punk cut his 'Pipe-bomb' promo in 2011, I realised I had to start paying attention again. I didn’t understand most of the references he made, and I didn’t understand the words...
Is Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles from the 2016 Backlash the best "overlooked" WWE Title match of the last decade? Now that's quite a sweeping statement, and it calls into account a lot of candidates,...
The third annual AEW All Out. Time flies by so quickly that we're well into the era of AEW having third-annual anything. It's shaping up to be one hell of a card, too. Imagine being told at the dawn...
Last night, AEW’s YouTube channel released the latest ‘Road To’ special, featuring an extended behind-the-scenes look at CM Punk’s entrance. For anybody unfamiliar with TV production...
Looks like the fire still burns. Over 14,000 strong at Chicago's United Center played witness to a moment most assumed would never be in the cards again - CM Punk appearing for a national wrestling...
You're wrong, Roman Reigns. Those won't be words that WWE's Universal Champion, and undoubtedly the promotion's stand-out character in the last 12 months, will be used to hearing....
‘I’m not gonna waste your time. But I am gonna wait until SummerSlam to embarrass you on the biggest stage of them all.’ So said John Cena to Roman Reigns on last week’s WWE Friday Night...
Tony Khan and the AEW hype machine have basically told us that CM Punk is coming back without actually telling us that CM Punk is coming back. Assuming we're not incorrectly reading the room, this is...
