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September 2016: Did “Broken” Matt Hardy Fix Wrestling?
Imagine going to the cinema to see Star Wars and then, the next night, going to the theater and the story continues right in front of you, live on stage, with the same actors. This is essentially w...
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August 2016: PWR - A Career Comes Full Circle
When I arrived at the Saga Club on Washington Avenue in Erie, Pennsylvania about 20 minutes to 7 o’clock on a warm Saturday night in the summer of 2016, the modestly-sized parking lot was already full...
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July 2016: Dawid Kasperski - Polish Kickboxing’s Best Kept Secret
This Saturday on FightBox HD, Superkombat kickboxing is back with another outstanding card, live from the seaside resort of Mamaia, Romania. As usual, there is a preliminary card (New Heroes) and a ma...
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June 2016: Synchronized Wrestling
A lot of legitimate sports have entertainment versions. Take competitive swimming and synchronized swimming, for example. In Olympic-style competitive swimming there are several swimmers who train yea...
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May 2016: My Wrestling Mount Rushmore: Best Overall Performer
I’ve dedicated this month’s blog to my choices for the best overall performers in the world of professional wrestling. My choices were based on those who have had a great deal of success in more than ...
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April 2016: Can Combat Sports Survive without Nationalities?
Combat sports are a business. It thrives on competition, the thrill of the fight, rivalries, upsets, comebacks and hero worship. But it also thrives on patriotism and national pride. What would combat...
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March 2016: Haru Basho Live Blog
12/03 - Prologue This month I’m going to try a new blogging technique. I’ll be watching the sumo tournament live as it happens and making my comments immediately after watching the bouts. No “Mond...
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February 2016: Why the movie “The Revenant” is like a bad wrestling match
**CAUTION** this blog is polluted with spoilers about the film The Revenant, so if you aren’t prepared for that, read no further until you’ve seen the movie. Still here? Okay, let’s go. I see...
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January 2016: Polish Kickboxing - Taking The World By Storm
Living in Poland for the past 11 years, it’s no surprise that I’ve interviewed more than a few Polish fighters for The FightBox Podcast and although Poland is not generally viewed as one of the strong...
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December 2015: Top 10 Texans Not Yet in the WWE Hall of Fame
People say lots of things about Texas - “The great state of Texas”, “Everything’s bigger in Texas” and as Sergeant Hartman once said, “only steers and queers come from Texas” (not that I have anythin...
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