The early pages in the diary of a wrestler are often filled with years of hustle, countless hours of travelling around the globe and very little spare change left to show for it. I got the chance to talk with the former NXT UK star Amir Jordan, about the drastic life choices that led him to the Squared Circle, his time in WWE, the importance of culture and spirituality both inside and outside of the ring and much more. Early Years “It was my grandad. He was a big wrestling fa

Gender Equality in Wrestling #2 Lizzy @LizzyxLucha Lizzy is perhaps the breakout star of the impressive and youthful up and coming wrestling media platform, Chops, Kicks and Near Falls. She has a voice in the Internet Wrestling Community that has raised poignant points about big issues in wrestling such as ethnicity and gender through her writing. She has also become a part of new wrestling media heavyweight, Wrestlejoy. Welcome and thank you for joining us for an intervie

In a relatively short space of time, Beth has gathered a sizable Twitter following whilst tweeting about mental health, pro-wrestling, music, politics and gaming. I first noticed her on Twitter, tweeting about politics including the relatively niche belief of Universal Income being a positive possibility. I invited Beth to give her some opinions on issues around gender in professional wrestling. I have often spoken about reservations around the presentation of women in and ar

Newsletter Special Feature #9 Tony G Shooting the Sports ish. Formerly Smark to Death Tony is one of the most prominent voices in the Internet Wrestling Community, except he isn’t really in the IWC anymore. Tony is the man behind the Smark to Death podcast and the Smark to Death Radio podcast network which housed the Mr Warren Hayes Show, No Particular Angle, Queen’s Court, Badlands, Five Rounds and Why We Watch. However, Tony has decided to go in a very different dir

Newsletter Special Feature #8 Jeremy Lambert Fightful Lead Wrestling Writer Jeremy Lambert is a member of Fightful.com where he writes and talks about wrestling. He regularly writes about wrestling news on the website and is the co-host of Fightful’s daily Distraction Podcast. Lambert is also a prominent voice in the Internet Wrestling Community, especially when it comes to mental health and journalistic integrity. Hello Jeremy and welcome to the PWMusings Weekly Newslet

Newsletter Special Feature #7 Mags 'Why We Watch’, ‘Wrestling Mount Rushmore’, ‘Five Rounds’ and ‘Radio Tekkers’ Podcast Host Mags is one of the premier podcast hosts of the Internet Wrestling Community. He hosts 4 podcasts, mentioned above, and is a regular guest of many many more! Mags is well known for being an incredibly supportive member of the IWC, it’s as if he can’t stop himself from putting others over! Hello Mags and a warm welcome to the PWMusings Weekly N

Newsletter Special Feature #6 'Matt Macks’ Cagematch ‘Matt Macks’ is the pseudoname of the owner of CAGEMATCH, Philip Kreikenbohm. CAGEMATCH was founded in 2001 as a news portal and forum however became the database and ratings system, as we know it today, in 2007. The makeup of the team that runs CAGEMATCH has changed throughout the years. However, during all this time Philip has been the constant, always involved either in sole ownership or as part of an ownership team.

Newsletter Special Feature #5 Michael Hamflett WhatCulture Content Producer Michael Hamflett has risen to prominence in the Internet Wrestling Community since WhatCulture expanded their podcasting schedule in mid-2018. As one half of the, Jack the Jobber dubbed, ‘Dadley Boyz’ with his colleague Michael Sidgwick, Hamflett is a regular on a range of WhatCulture Wrestling podcasts. WhatCulture has always produced high quality content but few would disagree that the work o

Newsletter Special Feature #4 WrestleWipe Shane @GlobalForceGold Shane, formerly ‘Deep Shane Thrombosis’ on Twitter, is the man behind the highly impressive WrestleWipe series. This was firstly a quarterly thread on Twitter but has now evolved into a website, WrestleWipe.com, which features the 2019 quarters as archive and the 2020 version in monthly chunks. This feature comes at an opportune time as off the back of his well-received appearance on POST Wrestling's BWE

Newsletter Special Feature #3 Steven Wilson Eat Sleep Suplex Retweet Steven Wilson is the founder and premier voice of Scottish wrestling’s premier podcast network; Eat Sleep Suplex Retweet. Eat Sleep Suplex Retweet is a podcast covering all things pro wrestling with a mission statement to cover and promote Scottish wrestling. The podcast has grown to have several different shows within it, with a grand total of around 300 episodes since its inception in 2017. Hello S

Newsletter Special Feature #2 GRAPPL - Gareth Gareth is the founder and driving force behind GRAPPL, the match ratings app which can be found on the app store. He sometimes features on Spotlight, the official podcast of GRAPPL and often shares infographics on Twitter providing insight into statistics revealed by ratings collated via the app. GRAPPL is a crowdsourcing ratings app that gathers ratings from its users to provide a consensus on the quality of matches. The

Special Feature #1 Q and A with Craig, Founder of Pro Wrestling Musings. How did you come up with the idea of doing this and where does your love of stats come from? @Anthonydownunda I essentially decided I'd like to contribute something to the online community, first I shared match ratings and created bar chart races to illustrate title histories throughout history. You can still find these title history videos on my site: https://www.prowrestlingmusings.com/title-hi