In which Michael reviews this week's Smackdown and completely fails to avoid bitching about TNA.

In the early days of WrestleMania it has been speculated that Vince McMahon used to book the major rivalries for the next year’s show and then work backwards a year in order to make it a reality. So after WrestleMania VI it seemed as if things would build to a rematch at WrestleMania VII [...]

WrestleMania 2 was another of those ideas that looked really great on paper, but just didn’t work out right as a concept. In order to differentiate it from the inaugural event it was decided that WrestleMania 2 would be held in three different cities at the same time, all combined together in a coherent event [...]

I’m going to let our readers in on a little secret: trying to do these things in a reader-friendly manner is a pain in the ass. I do two weekly wrap-ups: this one, and the Nintendo Wrap as well. Each one carries it’s own set of issues. The Sony piece usually gets done in a timely [...]

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti [MySpace] might be my current favorite band name (right up there with the always awesome Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin), and the band are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut at 4AD. In the mean time, the band are set to release a 7″ and digital single [...]

A .98 rating. That's not the start of a war, that's the start of my laughter.

The list of respected and dangerous victims who have fallen under the rule of Georges St. Pierre, the current UFC welterweight champion, is impressive to say the least. The worth of that list weighs heavily with names like Alves, Fitch, Hughes (2), Penn (2), and anyone else who dares dance with the devil known as “Rush.” Once [...]

Do you like free music' Hell yeah you do, otherwise you’d be standing in line with money in your hand, paying for it like a sucker. (Note: I still buy lots of music. Especially vinyl. I am just goofing around here. Go with it) MASTERBEAT.com (yes, I said that again [...]

Two brothers started in Japan as typical gaijin heels but ended up as enormous babyfaces. Using books, interviews and matches I have cobbled together (almost) everything you’d want or need to know about Dory Jr. and Terry Funk in Japan.

WrestleMania has always relied on celebrity involvement. It is what makes it stand apart as a wrestling supercard and the involvement of people such as Mr. T, Cyndi Lauper and Muhammad Ali at the inaugural event set the standard for events to come. So in 1995 when the WWF struck a deal with [...]

Last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The National gave the audience a super cool preview of their new material. The song they chose was “Terrible Love”, a great little song that reminds me of “Fake Empire” without the acapella-epic chorus. Yes, I made up a word. May 11th is the release day for [...]

Vocals are one of those feisty battle lines played out within genres, friends, families and other groups when we discuss music and what we like about it. There is a definite divide between those who like to hear the words first and foremost, and those who place the emotion behind them as a greater focus. ...

"The People's Columnist" discusses the best video packages that the WWE has ever made and argues that they are often the best things the WWE creates.

Yay, a super great new video from She & Him. I needed more Zooey in my life, that’s for sure. I do have a thing for her, you know. http://radioexile.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sheandhimandhim-500×375.jpg http://radioexile.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sheandhimandhim-120×120.jpg

Without hyperbole, WrestleMania IX is not only considered the worst WrestleMania in history, but one of the worst pay per views in general. While the concept of hosting the company’s biggest event of the year outdoors at the Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino looked solid on paper, virtually everything on the show failed in [...]

Hogan tells Brooke he’ll never wrestle again after tonight. He also tells her the earth is flat, Jesus is coming back, and TNA is going to win the Monday night wars.

It was 1996 and I was a young man still learning the ropes of living on my own at 19 years old in the town of Benson, Arizona. I foolishly ordered a UFC pay-per-view that far exceeded any disposable income I had at that point in my life. Knowing full well the event was more expensive than [...]

in-ten-si-ty: exceptionally great concentration of power or force ex: one MMA event, 14 matches, 12 stoppages, nine in the first round, one knockout cage girl When you turn the corner and the bright lights of Shane Dunagan’s XCFC shine true in the New Mexico desert sky, you know you have arrived. On any given weekend, Lordsburg may [...]

WrestleMania XXVI is just under three weeks away. It is without legitimate argument or hyperbole that each year WrestleMania is the biggest (in terms of fans, money, recognition, notoriety and variety of other things) wrestling event of any given calendar year. Over the course of the year no other wrestling event carries more gravitas. It’s no [...]

Under normal circumstances, we would at least have a large-name Virtual Console release this week, notable for it’s name and it’s supposed rarity. At least the name – a big one – got heads to turn. However, a closer inspection shows that the VC update is just like the rest of this week’s Nintendo update: [...]