Sunday Editorial: The Joy of Wrestling

The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekā€™s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. ā€œJoy, it was nice to be reminded,Ā is infectious.ā€ Joy.Ā  Thatā€™s the only word to describe the feeling that rippled through…

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Existential Dread, Some Stats and a Fashion Review? Welcome to the New Way We Review the Week in Wrestling.

Charlie Davis: Itā€™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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Why, Will: Casting an All-Mutant SNL (You’ll Never Guess Who’s Chevy)

Stop booking terrible, stupid finishes, Vince. The ā€˜Rasslinā€™ Report: Your ā€˜Rasslinā€™ Dictionary  When you know your babyfaces (good guys) from your heels (bad guys), you can impress the smarks (the ā€œsmart markā€ 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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Assigned Reading: ā€˜Andre the Giant: Closer to Heavenā€™ gets (mostly) good marks

Howdy, yā€™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 weā€™d all read. You know,…

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