Wrestling - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:17:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Wrestling - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Good, the Bad, and the Fugly from WWE Survivor Series 2021 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/24/the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly-from-wwe-survivor-series-2021/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35423 WWE’s signature Thanksgiving week event — as Michael Cole was good enough to tell us repeatedly — is over and done, and in many ways, that’s about the best you can say for it; now, we can get back to regular feuds over personal issues and championships, and maybe — Lord willin’ and the creek...

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]]> 35423 Sunday Editorial: The Joy of Wrestling https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/19/sunday-editorial-the-joy-of-wrestling/ Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33838 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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]]> 33838 Existential Dread, Some Stats and a Fashion Review? Welcome to the New Way We Review the Week in Wrestling. https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/15/existential-dread-some-stats-and-a-fashion-review-welcome-to-the-new-way-we-review-the-week-in-wrestling/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22873 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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]]> 22873 30 Marvel Superheroes. 1 Winner. This is the Royal Rumble. https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/29/30-marvel-superheroes-1-winner-this-is-the-royal-rumble/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13786 This Sunday, WWE will run its annual Royal Rumble Pay Per View. 30 wrestlers will enter the match with a chance to win and challenge for a championship match at Wrestlemania! It’s like Christmas morning for us wrestling fans: thrills, chills and surprise entrants keep us on our toes for an hour. We decided here...

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]]> 13786 Why, Will: Casting an All-Mutant SNL (You’ll Never Guess Who’s Chevy) https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/22/why-will-casting-an-all-mutant-snl-youll-never-guess-whos-chevy/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:00:07 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9115 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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]]> 9115 Assigned Reading: ‘Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven’ gets (mostly) good marks https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/11/assigned-reading-andre-the-giant-closer-to-heaven-gets-mostly-good-marks/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8111 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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]]> 8111 Why, Will: Hazing Xavier Files style and the top 10 heel turns of all(ish) time https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/02/why-will-hazing-xavier-files-style-and-the-top-10-heel-turns-of-allish-time/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8046 The mailbag? Yeah, it’s full as hell. And Now, Your Questions Tweet me (@willnevin) or just scream at me with some stupid thing you want answered. If you don’t ask me questions, I’ll find you and beg you for them. Don’t make me beg.  @BigDadEnergy_: What lessons from pushing the Inhumans can Marvel apply to...

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