Hello, world. I’m MacDara Conroy, and this is my blog.

Still catching up on the wrestling from last weekend. Right now it’s the #JJSB8 Cluster and Veda Scott clearly had a long day at the commentary desk; she sounds like Kathleen Turner #aside

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It’s WrestleMania fringe festival time! This evening I’m watching last night’s STARDOM show; tomorrow it’ll be Supercard of Honor and Joey Janela’s Spring Break #aside

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Yeah, of course Slim J or Anthony Henry or Stu Grayson aren’t going to sell tickets like you know who. But they’re solid, charismatic hands that a promotion needs for a healthy talent-development-focused midcard. Otherwise, in the long run you just get WWE lite #aside

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These AEW cuts are sad. It’s not that long ago there was some pride about that company being the place that honoured contracts for the full term, even if the talent weren’t used to their full potential. But now it’s pretty obvious heads are being cut to pay for certain other wrestlers’ contracts #aside

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Mystery Wrestling 7 was the best laugh I’ve had in ages. Do yourself a favour and throw Evil Uno a few bucks to watch the VOD when it’s posted tomorrow > patreon.com/mysterywrestling #aside

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Was tempted there for a moment to pay for AEW Plus to see the big debut on Dynamite tonight but then I remembered casting the live stream to the Xbox never works #aside

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Something I learned only recently is that Curt Hennig had a WWF run in 1983, more than five years before he became Mr Perfect #aside

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It’s taken me three nights but I’ve finally watched all of AEW Revolution and I’m happy to say it was a satisfying show, especially when I’ve been kind of down on wrestling this year #aside

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Finally got around to watching #ROH Final Battle and what a great show it was, capped by a fantastic main event. Is there anything to be said for Athena vs Billie Starkz in a cage match? #wrestling #aside

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Brian Zane’s thoughts on CM Punk’s stint in #AEW (and recent #WWE return) pretty much echo my own. Not only about the man himself, but everyone else involved in this sorry story in the bullshit business we call #wrestling > YouTube #aside

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Anyway, it’s #wrestling and I’m still not fully convinced the official statement from AEW isn’t part of some elaborate work, which in fairness would be very much in keeping with the ‘Bret in ’97’ thing #aside

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Heartbroken to learn Terry Funk is no longer with us. A genuine #wrestling legend, in many ways shockingly ahead of his time. The Grim Reaper is an egg-sucking dog! #aside

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Catching up on this week’s #AEW action. I was thinking the Yuengling Center looks like a great place for #wrestling, with the close tiered seating — and of course it has been for decades: it’s the Sun Dome under a new name #aside

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After all the recent self-indulgence on #AEW TV, it was refreshing to thoroughly enjoy last Friday’s #ROH #wrestling show; all the matches were good to great #aside

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So the first #AEWCollision was decent: Andrade/Murphy had a MOTY candidate; Kevin Kelly’s expectedly good on commentary; they’re building CM Punk to be a face in Chicago and a heel everywhere else, à la Bret in ’97, it seems? #aside

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Prompted by my shame in never having watched any AJPW, today I started with an engaging video essay series on classic King’s Road matches > YouTube #aside

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