Robert Skvarla, Inside Pulse’s wrestling columnist, has written a fantastic piece about homophobia in wrestling. His premise: The use of stereotypes in entertainment is cheap and offensive, and wrestling should look long and hard at the constant labeling of gay characters as stereotypical heels.
These stereotypes in some way all confirm society’s worst views on homosexuals. [...]
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Wrestling’s gay stereotypes have to go
Hulk Hogan: TNA going head-to-head with WWE
Our friends at TNA wrestling have set their sites on surpassing the WWE as the world’s biggest wrestling brand, and we’re going to get our first showdown on Monday, Jan. 4. Hulk Hogan, who is now part of TNA, announced Saturday night that TNA is going up against WWE’s Monday Night Raw. And while he [...]
WWE star Chris Jericho relishes use of gay slur
WWE star Chris Jericho is in some hot water after using some foolish language about Muslims and gays. Of course, he tossed around “fag.” Is this a growing trend? What’s discouraging is that he acknowledges that cameras are there and even jokes about the TMZ headline he’ll make. He’s proud of it. His comment [...]
Forget Chris Cooley. Here’s Matt Striker, nude!
So you guys all peeked when the Redskins’ Chris Cooley ‘accidentally’ showed his wang. Well, I wanted to bring you news of a new athelete’s package readily available for all to see. The WWE’s Matt Striker sent some nude shots to someone who then sent them over to someone else…. and so on and so [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Brady, Indians, French
SI columnist thinks Magic fans have reason to worry about potential favorable treatment of LeBron James from the refs. Ever hear of a guy named Michael Jordan?
While relocated WWE event in L.A. mocks beating up the Nuggets, Nuggets beat up the Lakers.
Peter King has an interesting column this week with tidbits on Tom Brady and [...]
The Lakers Aren’t Denver’s Only Opponent
In one of those quirky situations, it appears that Denver is supposed to host game 4 of the Western Conference Finals of the NBA on Monday the 25th. The only problem is, the venue is already sold out for another event the same night — WWE Monday Night Raw.
Vince McMahon in typical understated, classy fashion [...]
Randy Orton: Wins Royal Rumble, Is Smoking Hot
Note – This post is merely an excuse to have a picture of Randy Orton on the main page.
The 2009 Royal Rumble is in the books and the winner, punching a ticket to the Wrestlemania main event, is Grade-A stud Randy Orton. Storylines may intercede, but as it is right now, Randy will get to [...]
Kanyon rips Lesnar’s “dumb luck”
Openly gay former pro wrestler Chris Kanyon (right) has become well-known after his career for 1) being gay and 2) for not pulling punches when it comes to talkin about pro wrestling. The latest in Kanyon’s sites: Brock Lesnar, who a couple weeks ago won a big fight on UFC. On Myspace, Kanyon rips into [...]
