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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Oct 03
#KWKorner: How well have tag team wrestlers been rebooked as singles competitors? (@thekantastic)
Stop me if you heard this one before: a wrestler who toiled for years in the tag team division suddenly gets a chance to become a singles star, and either excels or flops on the attempt to strike out on their own? It’s not like it hasn’t happened before: Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Edge and …
Sep 28
#KWKorner: Has @WWE finally figured out the ‘Secret Sauce’ for @WWERomanReigns? (@thekantastic)
For years Roman Reigns, considered as one of the future stars of WWE, was booked in a way that went against the grain of the general perception of the WWE fanbase. Perceived as a babyface and ‘heir apparent’ to John Cena, Reigns struggled for years to be ‘the good guy’ while simultaneously getting derision from …
Sep 20
#KWKorner: Thoughts on Recent Booking Decisions in #WWE (@thekantastic)
Instead of providing another play by play breakdown of RAW and Smackdown this week, because there are many other sources already doing so, I thought I just pinpoint three segments or ongoing storylines from both WWE’s main brand shows this week and provide my thoughts. Braun Strowman in RAW Underground: Should Anyone Care? The ‘Monster …
Sep 09
#KWKorner: Could a Biden Administration Benefit Professional Wrestlers? (@thekantastic)
On paper professional wrestling and politics shouldn’t really mix, but they do. Current US President Donald Trump is a prime example, having been featured in past WWE segments, is a current WWE Hall of Famer, and the former CEO of the company, Linda McMahon, worked in the Trump administration and is heavily involved in his …
Sep 02
#KWKorner: Review of Monday Night #RAW from August 31 (@thekantastic)
As we see another RAW come and go, counting down the remaining months of 2020, last night’s latest episode was for various reasons a mixed bag. Vince McMahon’s reportedly high opinion of former NXT champion Keith Lee seems to be on track. Lee cleanly pinned Randy Orton at Payback and proceeded to advance to a …
Sep 01
#KWKorner: Did #AEW Just Change Tables Matches? (@thekantastic)
Tables matches are now a familiar staple in professional wrestling, as many iconic moments have resulted in such matches as they cemented the legacies of stars such as the Hardys, Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz. While the rules sound simple enough, namely to win you have to put your opponent or opponents (in …
Aug 09
#KWKorner: Should WWE Wrestlers Compete as “Themselves” on #RAWUnderground? (@thekantastic)
I think I had to check if I was under the influence of certain substances when I watched RAW this week, as Shane McMahon (the prodigal son) returned after a year-long absence from WWE programming to bring us all “RAW Underground” as the big secret that was hyped up leading to the show. The scene …
Jun 29
#KWKorner: My Predictions for AEW Fyter Fest (@thekantastic)
All Elite Wrestling’s Fyter Fest, originally scheduled to be in London, England, has now been broken down into two nights on July 1 and July 8, due to the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic, and will take place during the regular AEW Dynamite timeslot. With a stacked card of eleven matches, here are my comments on …
Jun 19
#KWKorner: How detrimental is it when referees ‘get over’? (@thekantastic)
Former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas is very opinionated when it comes to how officiating is done in wrestling matches these days, even though he’s very biasedly slanted towards criticizing AEW referees. Here he is commenting on AEW referee Aubrey Edwards in a match when one of the combatants tried using the ropes for leverage during …
Jun 08
#KWKorner: #BlackLivesMatter in Professional Wrestling (@thekantastic)
With all the turmoil happening in the United States these past few days, even the realm of professional wrestling is not immune as scores of workers in the industry have commented on #BlackLivesMatter. During one social media campaign, colloquially called Black Tuesday, people were urged to post a black square in solidarity with fighting anti-black …
Jun 05
#KWKorner: Thoughts on the AEW TNT Championship (@thekantastic)
Now that AEW’s newest championship has been introduced and the first titleholder (Cody Rhodes) has been crowned, I thought this would be a good time to give my own personal analysis of its appearance and design, as well as opine on the overall presentation. Although billed as a championship title that sits on equal footing …
May 25
#KWKorner: Was ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ meant to jab at Vince McMahon? (@thekantastic)
Now that the second season of the Vice documentary “DARK SIDE OF THE RING” is completed. I thought it would be appropriate to re-analyze this season because I noticed a rather interesting trend tying through all the episodes. That trend is Vince McMahon’s involvement in some rather shady shit for the sake of his wrestling …
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