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Dec 09
Review: EVOLVE 1: Ibushi vs Richards
- By Stoffe Hultman in Editorials, Slider
In this edition of The Wrestling Artisan presents EVOLVE I have chosen to watch and review the first event: Richards vs Ibushi from 2010. I grade the matches on Storytelling, Action and Quickness, as well as an overall score. This will then be compared to the latest EVOLVE show. The show begins with Kyle O’reilly …
Dec 02
Evolving with a Company
- By Stoffe Hultman in Editorials, Slider
As the next EVOLVE event is coming up I have decided to write a series of articles about my relationship to the promotion, my thoughts on the first event and lastly a review of the new one. In 2010 I first heard EVOLVE would run their first event. I remember that I found it exciting. …
Nov 22
Do Ten Pounds of Gold Matter?
- By Stoffe Hultman in Editorials, Slider
On November 12th two men stepped into the ring at Championship Wrestling from Hollywood to battle it out for the NWA Championship. It had been five years since that title had been defended in that promotion. The men were the champion Tim Storm and his challenger Nick Aldis, better known to the wrestling world as …
Nov 10
A Monster’s Ball and the Need for Blood
- By Stoffe Hultman in Editorials, Slider
It was with cautious enthusiasm and trepidation that I received the news that Grado would face a returning monster Abyss in a Monster’s Ball match at Bound for Glory. It set up a much-needed wrinkle to something that otherwise ran a risk of becoming a comedy match between the rotund Scotsman and Joseph Park. Granted, …
Nov 04
Can We Talk…Impact?
- By Stoffe Hultman in Editorials, Slider
When podcaster Sam Roberts was on Colt Cabana’s art of Wrestling, episode 371, they mentioned something that I had been thinking about for quite some time. It struck a chord with me. They made fun of people who don’t watch wrestling, yet are quick to criticize it. More importantly, they mentioned those who throw undue …
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