Sunday Editorial: The Joy of Wrestling

The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. “Joy, it was nice to be reminded, is infectious.” Joy.  That’s the only word to describe the feeling that rippled through…

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Existential Dread, Some Stats and a Fashion Review? Welcome to the New Way We Review the Week in Wrestling.

Charlie Davis: It’s been ONE WEEK since the Revolution Pay Per View. We had our very first PPV recap column last week and while I personally think having exhaustive All-Elite Wrestling aka AEW coverage would be just fine, I do recognize that there are other wrestling things happening. In fact, some might say there is…

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Why, Will: Casting an All-Mutant SNL (You’ll Never Guess Who’s Chevy)

Stop booking terrible, stupid finishes, Vince. The ‘Rasslin’ Report: Your ‘Rasslin’ Dictionary  When you know your babyfaces (good guys) from your heels (bad guys), you can impress the smarks (the “smart mark” internet fans). fuck finish (noun): a contrived finish that serves only as a workaround for bookers and fails to answer the kayfabe question…

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Assigned Reading: ‘Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven’ gets (mostly) good marks

Howdy, y’all. Professor (seriously) Will Nevin here. When I came on board to Xavier Files, I was coming from a mostly three-man operation at WMQ Comics to a family of 30+ contributors, and I figured it would be neat to get some folkx together on occasion to talk about something we’d all read. You know,…

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