Professional Wrestling Studies Association
Studying the Past, Present, and Future of Professional Wrestling
Research in comics studies has gone a great distance toward defining comics as a medium, not a genre. Within the American context, comics as a medium was, for decades, conflated with comics as a genre, typically the superhero genre. In some ways, the scholar of wrestling studies might see such conflation as similar to the … Read more Andre the Giant [Critical Reflections on a Graphic Novel, part one]
When I first got into professional wrestling — way back in 2014! — my first favorite wrestler was The Miz. I was watching WWE Main Event, which aired Wednesday nights on our Ion TV channel. This was before the WWE Network was launched, and before I had any access to higher level cable channels like … Read more Pro-Wrestling Slash
How are you doing, good wrestling fans? I hope you all are staying warm and gearing up for the holidays. I have not yet begun my Christmas shopping, as I’m still in disbelief that we are already knocking on 2019’s door. With Thanksgiving in a few days, I thought this week we could play around … Read more Nylons and Midriffs: A Fall from Grace (November 19, 2018)