Welcome to TurnbuckleZine.

Feel free to check out the tabs above for info about me, my more in depth thoughts and opinions that I have written on this site, and my tribute to two of my favorite professional wrestling icons

FYI

A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images.

More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest.

The Intercontinental Podcast

Feel free to check out my pocast with my friend Brayton. He lives in Illinois, USA, I live in the Czech Republic. We have created the world's only trans-continental wrestling podcast.

The argument that

"wrestling isn't real"

is so obtuse, so dull to the point at hand, so willfully ignorant of the concept of reality.

What's so real about any game?
What is real in any way about putting men in bizarre clothes, giving them an oblong ball, and asking them to run it across a line for 60 minutes?

Worse yet, what's real about paying them millions of dollars to do it?

-Read On-

05/14/2013

 

droptoehold:

The Undertaker’s New Commercial For SPUR Raffle

It’s great Taker is helping take part in a good cause here, but what’s with the sudden change in kayfabe? It won’t be long before the Undertaker joins twitter and starts giving his yelp reviews.

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Video posted at 7:15 AM (1 week ago) | Permalink

Honky Tonk Stevie

Honky Tonk Stevie

Posted at 4:36 PM (1 week ago) | Permalink

Tell me you did not just say that.

Tell me you did not just say that.

Posted at 3:48 PM (1 week ago) | Permalink

“ Now here’s somebody who can sing AND dance :D „
Michael Cole, WWE Raw May 5th, 2013

Quote posted at 8:52 PM (2 weeks ago) | Permalink

05/08/2013

droptoehold:

Surprising No One, Jay Briscoe Is Homophobic
After a gay marriage bill passed in Delaware, the ROH World Champion tweeted the above messages. A back handed compliment showing his true homophobic roots.
This isn’t the first time he has done so, either. After same sex marriage was legalized in New York, Jay Briscoe tweeted the following:

“Damn theres a lot of fags out in New York today #WhatTheFuck”

The tweet has since been deleted.

Could never get behind the Briscoes simply because of their confederate flag merch/look.  Color me un-surprised.

droptoehold:

Surprising No One, Jay Briscoe Is Homophobic

After a gay marriage bill passed in Delaware, the ROH World Champion tweeted the above messages. A back handed compliment showing his true homophobic roots.

This isn’t the first time he has done so, either. After same sex marriage was legalized in New York, Jay Briscoe tweeted the following:

“Damn theres a lot of fags out in New York today #WhatTheFuck”

The tweet has since been deleted.

Could never get behind the Briscoes simply because of their confederate flag merch/look.  Color me un-surprised.

(Source: barrylad)

Posted at 7:24 PM (2 weeks ago) | Permalink

05/06/2013

themondaynightwars asked: The Wrestling Road Diaries 2 has finished filming I believe!

YES!  I feel like every week Colt just says something like, “we’re working on it, guys!” which feels like that means, “It’s never gonna happen, guys!”


Thanks for the tip, I can’t wait to get it. 

Posted at 11:14 PM (2 weeks ago) | Permalink

05/06/2013

Photo Credit: Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images via TheWrestlingBlog

Photo Credit: Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images via TheWrestlingBlog

Posted at 9:52 PM (2 weeks ago) | Permalink

Colt Cabana is kind of a marketing genius.  This isn’t exactly new information, but let’s specifically talk about The Wrestling Road Diaries. 
I’ve been a touring musician for about 7 years now.  Definitely not in any full time manner, but I’ve been on the road plenty.  Mary and I watched The Road Diaries last summer, and it was an amazing experience.  I don’t know how often the allusion is made, but independent professionally wrestling is so similar to being in a nobody-touring-band it’s scary.  Each scene of them on the road could have seriously been any tour by a band ever.
I really hope more of these start to happen.  I’ve never actually been too huge on tour documentaries for bands, but I know a lot of people are.  This is something I really wish I could see more of.  Heck, even WWE could get on this wagon.  I know they love their official documentaries and stuff, but I really think if they just took three months of life on the road with a couple semi-big guys (it wouldn’t have to be anything crazy like Cena), they could tap into a market.  Plus, I’m sure for a company like that it would be a really easy/cheap film to produce.
Anyway, yeah, if you haven’t already, check out The Wrestling Road Diaries, obviously.  And start a band and go on tour.

Colt Cabana is kind of a marketing genius.  This isn’t exactly new information, but let’s specifically talk about The Wrestling Road Diaries. 

I’ve been a touring musician for about 7 years now.  Definitely not in any full time manner, but I’ve been on the road plenty.  Mary and I watched The Road Diaries last summer, and it was an amazing experience.  I don’t know how often the allusion is made, but independent professionally wrestling is so similar to being in a nobody-touring-band it’s scary.  Each scene of them on the road could have seriously been any tour by a band ever.

I really hope more of these start to happen.  I’ve never actually been too huge on tour documentaries for bands, but I know a lot of people are.  This is something I really wish I could see more of.  Heck, even WWE could get on this wagon.  I know they love their official documentaries and stuff, but I really think if they just took three months of life on the road with a couple semi-big guys (it wouldn’t have to be anything crazy like Cena), they could tap into a market.  Plus, I’m sure for a company like that it would be a really easy/cheap film to produce.

Anyway, yeah, if you haven’t already, check out The Wrestling Road Diaries, obviously.  And start a band and go on tour.

(Source: wrestlingroaddiaries.com)

Posted at 9:22 PM (2 weeks ago) | Permalink

05/03/2013

hittingthemark:

Long Live the Wyatt Family.

I have been seriously missing out by not keeping up with this angle.

(Source: idontlikewrestling)

Video posted at 6:15 PM (2 weeks ago) | Permalink

Bigfoot Theme © 2008 by Harris Novick