An average professional doing the 9-5 grind who really loves wrestling across all platforms. Here's hoping wrestlers finally get some basic workers rights in 2021.
Alan Kan
Toronto, Canada
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Mar 21
#KWKorner: The legacy of #LuchaUnderground in #wrestling today (@thekantastic)
The main event of this past week’s AEW Dynamite was an unsanctioned, lights out match between former NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa and Dr. Britt Baker, DMD. While I was expecting the usual chairs and kendo sticks, there were also spots involving tables…and even thumbtacks. Dr. Baker took the brunt of the thumbtacks spot, being …
Mar 18
#KWKorner: Review of #IMPACTONAXSTV @ImpactWrestling for MARCH 16 (@thekantastic)
The first Impact Wrestling show post Sacrifice unveiled an unexpected pay per view before April 24’s Rebellion, but otherwise no major surprises…yet. Here’s is my review of this week’s festivities on Impact Wrestling. BTI: Luster the Legend (Reno Scum) vs. Black Taurus (Decay) This was one of those classic “big man vs. big man” matches …
Mar 14
#KWKorner: #Sacrifice sets the tone for @ImpactWrestling’s momentum and relationship with other wrestling promotions (@thekantastic)
Impact Wrestling recent Sacrifice pay per view has now set the tone going into their next major show, April 24th’s Rebellion and beyond. At Rebellion’s main event, the unified Impact World Champion Rich Swann will face AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in a title vs. title match. This marks the first match for the heavyweight …
Mar 11
#KWKorner: Review of MARCH 9 @ImpactWrestling #IMPACTonAXSTV before #Sacrifice (@thekantastic)
On the go home show before Impact Wrestling’s Sacrifice pay per view, every title on the promotion will be defended, a number of other matches were booked on the card, and two stunning historical announcements pertaining to the world title picture may flip the wrestling world on its head…again. Here’s the breakdown and any opinions …
Mar 09
#KWKorner: #AEWRevolution’s rather not explosive ending (@thekantastic)
Compared to the unsanctioned “Lights Out” match that Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley had at Full Gear 2019, the much hyped “Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match” for AEW Revolution 2021 between the current AEW Champion and his predecessor ended with a dud, literally speaking. I was not expecting the ring to literally explode. As ‘callous’ …
Mar 04
#KWKorner: Review of MARCH 2 @ImpactWrestling #IMPACTonAXSTV (@thekantastic)
Here’s my review of this week’s Impact Wrestling on Twitch and AXS TV. Before the Impact: Rohit Raju vs. James Storm / Iceman Intel Impact added a new segment called BTI (Before The Impact) before the two hour show starts. The hour long segment features a smattering of backstage interviews, commentary and a segment from …
Feb 20
#KWKorner: How to book #WWERAW Women’s Championship heading into #Wrestlemania (@thekantastic)
So, congratulations to Lacey Evans and her husband on welcoming a second child into their household. This was confirmed after a women’s tag team match on RAW that ended with Lacey saying these three words: “Charlotte….I’m pregnant” In what was apparently another first in WWE, a match was just stopped on account of a pregnancy …
Feb 13
#SLTDPredicts: NXT TakeOver – Vengeance Day (@callumowen98 | @MikeJC821 | @TheKantastic | @TomCallan16)
Hello everyone, we here at Team SLTD have got together for NXT Takeover: Vengeance Day which takes place this Sunday on the WWE Network from the Capitol Wrestling Center, we have five matches to dissect so let’s not waste any more time and get going with our first bout. Predicting today we have:The Wrestling Brain: …
Feb 10
#KWKorner: #AnOdeTo – The Forgotten Sons (@thekantastic)
I want to take this time to comment about the rise and fall of a trio that showed much promise during their WWE run, but were cut short due to circumstances beyond wrestling and are now seemingly forgotten. Wesley Blake, Steve Cutler and Jaxson Ryker were once known as the Forgotten Sons on NXT and …
Feb 04
#KWKorner: #WWERAW Review – February 1, 2021 (@thekantastic)
I rarely watch RAW myself these days anymore, with the show being three hours it’s just too long. Lately, booking on RAW has been stale and only certain segments (Drew McIntyre’s latest feud or Randy Orton’s program with Alexa Bliss / The Fiend) catch my attention. I’m not ashamed to say I just go on …
Feb 03
#KWKorner: Do midcard titles need ‘add ons’ to enhance their importance? (@thekantastic)
Mid-card titles. Depending on which promotion, it is somewhat of a struggle to book them properly and highlight their relevance. In WWE, lately it’s been a hit and a miss. Aside from the newish reign of Big E as the Intercontinental Champion with former champ Sami Zayn and challenger Apollo Crews breathing down his neck, …
Jan 23
#KWKorner: Would these past wrestling gimmicks work today? (@thekantastic)
Many times over, gimmicks are just ways to have an outlandish character occupy the insane and imaginary world of professional wrestling. But over the years, as the market and demographic demanded more reality based content, there have been more wrestlers or factions based more on real life situations. Some of them were still outlandish even …
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