Death RidersOne of the more tragic and difficult aspects of being a wrestling fan – and it happens so frequently that you unfortunately have to call it part of the overall experience – is that you … Oct 15 26October 15, 2026Article at The Cultural Gutter
Around the Loop: Mad Bruv Summer With 'AEW: All In (2026)'AEW Sickos Josh Wallen, Jeffery X Martin, Sachin Hingoo, and a couple of special guests preview AEW's biggest PPV event, All In! Aug 30 26August 30, 2026Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Willow Nightingale, The Babe With The Power, and A Gentlewoman of AsskickeryIt has been, in my opinion, much too long since we here at the Gutter inducted anyone into the illustrious pantheon of Gentlemen and Ladies of Asskickery. This has not been for a lack of candidates… Jul 30 26July 30, 2026Article at The Cultural Gutter
Around the Loop: Predicting AEW's 'Double or Nothing (2026)'This Sunday, May 24 is All Elite Wrestling's eighth annual Double or Nothing show emanating from the Louis Armstrong Arena in New York City, and your faithful sickos Jeffery X Martin, Josh Wallen, and Sachin Hingoo are here to run down the card and give their predictions! May 24 26May 24, 2026Article at Biff Bam Pop!
The Hang(ed) ManHangman Page has become one of Sachin Hingoo’s favourite wrestlers because of the contrast between his tough-guy style in the ring and his softness outside it. Feb 05 26February 05, 2026Article at The Cultural Gutter
Around The Loop: Hooking the Leg on 2025As we roll up 2025 in the old inside cradle and listen for the ref’s hands to slap the mat for the three, the wrestling fans of BBP came together to chat about some of the things that hit the hardest with us over the last year. Dec 31 25December 31, 2025Article at Biff Bam Pop!
REOWRR! An Incomplete History of Cats in Professional WrestlingIf you’ve watched a pair of kittens or even a fully grown cat who has become entangled in the curtains for long enough, you’d probably agree that if there is an animal best suited for pro wrestling… Jun 26 25June 26, 2025Article at The Cultural Gutter
The Beast Mortos: A Gentlebull of AsskickeryAEW’s The Beast Mortos walks the line between charming, good-looking academic and feral were-bull. Mar 06 25March 06, 2025Article at The Cultural Gutter
Going For It: 2024’s Best ThingsSachin Hingoo runs down some of his favourite things on screens big and small in 2024! Jan 09 25January 09, 2025Article at The Cultural Gutter
Iron Sharpens Iron in Robert Fowler and Rosalyn Drexler’s ‘Below The Belt’ (1980)I thought I’d seen most of the pro wrestling tie-in films out there, both good and, being honest, mostly bad. From Stallone’s post-Rocky salami-centric* Paradise Alley (1978) to the (allegedly) cocaine-fuelled Hulk Hogan/Vince McMahon project No… Jul 25 24July 25, 2024Article at The Cultural Gutter
“The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, a Gentleman of AsskickeryOur evil overlord and editor Carol, when I first met her many years and at least two blogs ago, used to run a wonderful series of articles about martial arts leading men called ‘Gentlemen of Asskickery’. It both sparked and re-ignited my love of the… Apr 04 24April 04, 2024Article at The Cultural Gutter
Around The Loop: AEW ‘Revolution 2024’ Predictions!With Revolution 2024, AEW enters its fifth year with a farewell to its most iconic artist-in-residence Sting and nine matches, each with their own reason for you to jump out of your seat. Biff Bam Pop’s Jeffery X Martin, Sachin Hingoo, and Josh… Mar 03 24March 03, 2024Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Trailer Time: A24’s ‘The Iron Claw’We’re in the midst of 31 Days of Horror around these parts, but if you’re a pro wrestling fan, there are few stories more horrifying than that of the Von Erich family. The Texas megastars in wrestling, bonafide legends reached magnificent heights… Oct 11 23October 11, 2023Article at Biff Bam Pop!
The Firefly Funhouse“I was the colour red in a world full of black and white. I had the whole world in my hands.” Windham Rotunda (“Bray Wyatt”) John Cena emerges from the entranceway as he normally does. But nothing about this is normal. That worst-possible reaction,… Sep 21 23September 21, 2023Article at The Cultural Gutter
Around The Loop: What To Watch On Wrestlemania Weekend (besides Wrestlemania)Wrestlemania season is upon us, and while many wrestling fans will be watching the Big Show (not Paul Wight), my tastes tend to gravitate towards the smaller, non-WWE shows that weekend. As is the case with most Wrestlemaniae, some of the most… Mar 25 23March 25, 2023Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Around the Loop: The “AEW Revolution 2023” Predictions ArticleGoing into its fourth year, All Elite Wrestling’s Revolution pay-per-view has become as much a sign of spring as daffodils on the hillsides, layers of pollen on your car, or the first mosquito bite of the year. This year, Revolution will bring us… Mar 04 23March 04, 2023Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Getting OverScreen As Max Castor and Anthony Bowens, a tag team known as The Acclaimed, step through the ropes of the AEW ring, thousands of fans–many male and statistically very likely to be cis-hetero-identifying–sing in unison to the tune of the main riff… Feb 09 23February 09, 2023Article at The Cultural Gutter
Around The Loop: Full Gear 2022 PredictionsThe big story about AEW over the last few months has been about its many setbacks. Backstage drama with its (former) top star CM Punk, a litany of injuries to top talents like Adam Cole, Thunder Rosa, Kris Statlander, Kyle O’Reilly, an extended… Nov 19 22November 19, 2022Article at Biff Bam Pop!
The Last Days of The Great MutaAs we’re in the throes of spook-a-doodle season, I wanted to do something a little different from a scary movie, which I tend to watch and write about throughout the year. It occurred to me that one of the spookiest wrestlers to ever do it, and one… Oct 20 22October 20, 2022Article at The Cultural Gutter
Fantasia Film Festival 2022: Ryan Bruce Levey’s ‘Out in the Ring’Wrestlers are used to keeping open secrets. There’s a whole word for it – kayfabe – which means preserving the illusion that the conflict and violence portrayed between the ropes is ‘real’, or at least unscripted. Maybe that’s why homosexuality and… Jul 25 22July 25, 2022Article at Biff Bam Pop!
