Tales of the Immaculate Bump
Shelton Hull has the final word on recently deceased hardcore wrestler Mike Awesome. And truly, he was.
Tag: WWF
Bang Your Head!
Listen up, you pencil-neck geeks! Tom “Tearaway” Schulte got the word straight from the heel’s mouth in this autobiography of one of wrestling’s great wildmen, the Missing Link.
Eddie, RIP
Shelton Hull says goodbye to one of the greats of professional wrestling.
Will The Last One To Leave Turn Out The Lights?
Matthew Damascus kills Bladejob dead with a single stroke. Plus, aesthetic lamentations for a wrestler? Que?
Back So Soon?
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WWF Forceable Entry
Various Artists (Smackdown / Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Motörhead
Hammered (Sanctuary). Review by Joe Frietze.
Maybe Rocky Doesn’t Suck (After All)
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That Night Of Nights
The by-no-means definitive guide to centering your whole April 1st around, yes, Wrestlemaniaaaaaaa! A “Bladejob” exclusive.
Bastard Obligatory Year-End List Mania Now
It’s time for Bladejob to dole out dubious year-end honors for the “best” that Wrestling had to offer in 2000. Objectivity and common sense went right out the window…
Goddamn! What A Disturbing Triple H Video!
Goddamn! What A Disturbing Triple H Video! That really kind of says it all, doesn’t it? Matthew Damascus critiques the cinematic techniques of a villain’s intro video in “Bladejob”.
Michiku World Order, Bad Memory Redux, (what about) RAVEN!
Matthew Damascus dusts off Bladejob and takes it for a trawl around the Web to find the ultimate Wrestling canon. Michiku Pro! High School Reunions! Raven Chat Rooms! There is a theme somewhere!
Miscellaneous Brooding + In Praise of Steve Corino
Bladejob delivers the insanity and rabble-rousing that can only come through watching too much wrestling in search of profound answers and art.
My Wrestlemania Hell
Matthew Damascus takes a break from normal continuity to discuss a ho-hum Wrestlemania 2000.
Deconstructing Those Hardy Boyz – Part One
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