by OWW Contributor | Apr 10, 2017 | Columns
Clever Dunnes’ Irish House Closes With a Lot of Memories Permanently closed. That is what the sign read across the boarded up windows of Clever Dunnes’ Irish House, as I climbed up Seattle’s Capitol Hill on the Metro number 49. Apparently, some time had passed since I...
by OWW Contributor | Mar 23, 2017 | Columns
Innovator to Rebel: Strain Theory and Zack Ryder By: Richard Cossey The story of Zack Ryder is one of the most frustrating for many wrestling fans. Ryder was a lower/lower mid-card talent who never seemed destined to rise any further up the card. He wasn’t bad per se,...
by OWW Contributor | Mar 20, 2017 | Columns, WWE
WWE’s Rich Swann is Changing the Way We Look at Diversity in Pro Wrestling By Vance Brinkley: On the evening of Nov. 29, 2016, Rich Swann was almost three seconds away from losing it all. It was the premiere of WWE 205 Live for the cruiserweight division, and...
by OWW Contributor | Mar 14, 2017 | Columns
By Bryan Revello, Editor in Chief Women’s pro wrestling is hot right now. Not long ago were women’s matches considered ‘bathroom breaks” by many wrestling fans, thanks to the longtime portrayal of women as sex symbols with little in-ring talent when seen at...
by OWW Contributor | Feb 23, 2017 | Columns
Worked Shoots and Smart Marks: Locating the Post-Modern Era in Professional Wrestling May 27th 1996 saw the emergence of the post-modern period in professional wrestling’s mainstream with the debut of Scott Hall on Nitro. Post-modernism as an artistic movement is...
by OWW Contributor | Feb 16, 2017 | Columns
11 Things You Need To Know About Paige Dating Alberto Del Rio By PWPIX Since May, rumors have been running rampant that Paige and Alberto Del Rio are now a couple. It is not out of the ordinary for those in the wrestling business to find love at work, as evidenced by...
