Columns
Since I’ve started writing a weekly column, I Want To Talk A Little Bit About is pretty much done for now. This will help keep track of the columns I’ve written for Wrestlingrumors.net. Since they’re exclusive there though, this will just be a page of links to the columns. These are in chronological order since a lot of them are topical and the titles don’t make the most sense on their own.
June 25, 2014: How Money in the Bank Takes WWE Hostage
July 2, 2014: They Are Chanting HIS Name?
July 9, 2014: Helping Roman With His Reign
July 16, 2014: How Option C Killed The X-Division
July 23, 2014: Push It Or Mail It
July 30, 2014: A Year Is A Long Time
August 6, 2014: When Nostalgia Goes Bad
August 20, 2014: How To Stop Brock Lesnar In 220 Easy To Remember Steps
August 27, 2014: It Had To Happen Eventually
September 3, 2014: Let’s Go Home
September 10, 2014: The Cure For The Common Raw
September 17, 2014: It Shouldn’t Be Cena
September 24, 2014: The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Wrestling Companies
October 8, 2014: Ode To A Shovel
October 15, 2014: That’s What They Do
October 22, 2014: Shell Of A Cell
October 29, 2014: Drive To Survive
November 5, 2014: Feed Him The Usual
November 12, 2014: That’s Japanese For Slobberknocker
November 19, 2014: Destination: Hope
November 26, 2014: Giving Thanks The Wrestling Way
December 3, 2014: The Details In The Devil
December 10, 2014: Insert Your Own Witty Slammy Line Here
December 17, 2014: 12 Days Of Wrestling Christmas
December 31, 2014: Where Do We Go From Here?
January 7, 2015: Ascending Into Disaster
January 14, 2015: How WWE Could Get Its Smack Back
January 21, 2015: The Lesnar Error
January 28, 2015: Who Are You Again?
February 4, 2015: On Whose Authority?
February 11, 2015: The 500lb French Zombie Superman
February 18, 2015: The Man Called Sting
February 25, 2015: Giving The Divas A Fighting Chance
March 4, 2015: What Is This Thing You Call NXT?
March 11, 2015: Special Celebrity Edition
April 1, 2015: How Do You Like Your Wrestlemania?
April 8, 2015: Come One, Come All
April 15, 2015: Here It Comes To Save The Day
April 22, 2015: The Gold Makes The Rules
April 29, 2015: The Evolution Isn’t A Mystery
May 13, 2015: Knock, And The Chamber Shall Be Opened
May 27, 2015: Say Anything, As Long As It Makes Sense
June 3, 2015: Foley Is Really, Really Good
June 17, 2015: This Has Nothing To Do With The Mafia
June 24, 2015: From Days Gone By
July 8, 2015: Better To Be Stupid Than Unemployed
July 15, 2015: How Did I Live Without You?
July 22, 2015: It’s A Big World After All
July 29, 2015: After All, Tomorrow Is Another Day
August 12, 2015: Someone Doesn’t Like Divas Invading Goats Made Of Glass. Or Something.
August 19, 2015: I Can’t See It
August 26, 2015: More Than A Place To Keep A Bunch Of Fly-Infested Horses
September 2, 2015: The Role He Was Born To Play
September 9, 2015: The Opiate of the Internet Masses
September 16, 2015: The GFW Invasion Was Really Bad
September 23, 2015: Copy And Paste
September 30, 2015: Bound For Something New I Hope
October 7, 2015: They Can’t Help It
October 14, 2015: The Worldwide Leader In Not Knowing The Difference
October 21, 2015: Coming Attractions
October 28, 2015: When He Reigns It Won’t Be Poor
November 11, 2015: Beyond the Brackets
November 18, 2015: It’s A New Way, Yes It Is
November 25, 2015: For Whom The Bell Tolls 25 Times
December 2, 2015: What I’ve Been Waiting For
December 9, 2015: Heaven Help Whoever Is NXT
December 16, 2015: Let’s Talk About Final Battle
December 23, 2015: And The Winners Are…..
December 30, 2015: Three Ways To Make It Work
January 6, 2016: Which Way Do We Go?
January 13, 2016: YES! NO! MAYBE!
January 20, 2016: It’s Time To Rumble
January 27, 2016: The Object Of The Game
February 3, 2016: Well They Sure Need Somebody
February 10, 2016: A Little Piece Of Confetti
February 17, 2016: The February Problem
February 24, 2016: Road Work To Be Done
March 2, 2016: The Birds Are Back
March 9, 2016: Roadblock Preview
March 16, 2016: You Might Remember This One
March 23, 2016: The Other Other Mr. Wrestlemania
March 30, 2016: NXT Takeover: Dallas Preview
April 13, 2016: Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me
April 20, 2016: There’s More To It Than That
April 27, 2016: They Came, We Saw, They Were Fine
May 4, 2016: He Is Indeed Awesome
May 11, 2016: Champions Losing Is A Bad Idea
May 18, 2016: Unlocking The Gimmick Cage
May 25, 2016: The Two Man Midcard Exodus
June 1, 2016: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
June 8, 2016: NXT Takeover: The End Preview
June 15, 2016: In Other More News
June 22, 2016: The Worst Thing WWE Could Do – Roman Reigns Edition
June 29, 2016: Matt And Jeff’s Broken Feud
July 13, 2016: The Pen Is Mightier Than The Beast
July 27, 2016: Reviewing the Reviews
August 3, 2016: You Might Remember This One – Summerslam Edition
August 10, 2016: Two For The Gold
August 17, 2016: I’ll Die Before I Dishonor Brooklyn By Going Back To Takeover Summerslam
August 24, 2016: In Other News – Summerslam Edition
August 31, 2016: The Kevin Owens and Triple H and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns Show
September 7, 2016: Do Something Else
September 14, 2016: Classic Cruiserweights
September 21, 2016: The Real Clash Of Champions
September 28, 2016: Smackdown Is Better
October 5, 2016: Gimmicks Aren’t A Bad Thing
October 19, 2016: The Sword of Triple H Is Dangling Over Our Heads
October 26, 2016: In Other News – BOO Edition
November 2, 2016: Out Of Many, One
November 9, 2016: Smackdown Turns 900
November 16, 2016: I’m Afraid You’re Just Too Darn Long
November 23, 2016: Happy (and Sad) Holidays
November 30, 2016: We Get It Already
December 7, 2016: YES! He Should Be Champion Again
December 14, 2016: On and Off with the Showoff
December 21, 2016: 12 Wrestling Things of Christmas
December 28, 2016: How Smackdown Won the Week and Pretty Much Everything Else
January 4, 2017: That One Day in January
January 11, 2017: You Might Remember This One: Royal Rumble Edition
January 18, 2017: The Twenty Year Problem
January 25, 2017: The Elite Eight
February 1, 2017: When the Rumble Went Off the Rails
February 8, 2017: What Was That Royal Rumble Thing Again?
February 15, 2017: I Don’t Get It
February 22, 2017: So Long and Farewell
March 1, 2017: Exodus Stage Left
March 8, 2017: Reviewing the Review – Fastlane 2017
March 15, 2017: Hey We Want Some Better Bayley
March 22, 2017: Then vs. Almost Now
March 29, 2017: Wrestlemania….And Other Stuff
April 5, 2017: Thank You Taker
April 12, 2017: Shaking Down the Shakeup
April 19, 2017: The Jinder Gap and Mahal Its Possibilities
April 26, 2017: The Repaired Hardys
May 3, 2017: While the Beast’s Away, WWE Can Still Play
May 10, 2017: Let’s Think About This
May 17, 2017: Rip Rogers, Iron Man and Will Ospreay As a Dinosaur Detective
May 24, 2017: Cool it with Mahal the Backlash
May 31, 2017: Insert Your Own Witty Ciampa and Gargano Title Here
June 7, 2017: Rolling Your Eyes All the Way to the Bank
June 14, 2017: The Reigns of Summer
June 21, 2017: How WWE Spends Its Build to Summerslam
June 28, 2017: Time Flies and Anniversaries Happen
July 5, 2017: Don’t Break What You Won’t Rebuild
July 12, 2017: What’s Your Angle Kurt?
July 26, 2017: The Samoan (Big) Dog Days of Summer Can Be Beastly for Braun
August 2, 2017: Wrestling Prospectus
August 9, 2017: Lost and (Hopefully) Found
August 16, 2017: Where Do We Go From Here?
August 23, 2017: 10 Summerslam Weekend Things Not as Awesome as Braun Strowman
August 30, 2017: Feel the Power of…..Inflated Title Records
September 6, 2017: Roman Reigns Should Buy John Cena a Christmas Card
September 13, 2017: The Road to KO-Mania III
September 20, 2017: He Was No Ham and Egger
September 27, 2017: Don’t Wood Chip Him Just Yet
October 4, 2017: Still, He Is Eerily Like Diesel
October 11, 2017: These Five Things I Know Are…Happening
October 18, 2017: My Version of Thinking Lesnar vs. Mahal is Dumb
October 25, 2017: Por Favor, No Te Vayas
November 1, 2017: The Ballad of Emma
November 8, 2017: Reviewing the Review: Bound For Glory 2017
November 15, 2017: Twenty Years (And Way Too Many References) Since Montreal
November 22, 2017: 11 Takeaways From Survivor Series Weekend
November 29, 2017: The Balor Problem
December 6, 2017: Those Rascally McMahons
December 13, 2017: Who Ya Got?
December 20, 2017: You Wanna Rumble Too?
December 27, 2017: Rusev Day and Other Holidays
January 3, 2018: Tea and Crumpets, Bagels and Other Baked Commentary Goods
January 10, 2018: I Like It From Raw
January 17, 2018: Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Paige Turned
January 24, 2018: Reviewing the Review – Monday Night Raw 25th Anniversary
January 31, 2018: How to Give Ronda Rousey a Good Reputation
February 7, 2018: How To Get To Styles vs. Nakamura
February 14, 2018: The Numbers Game
February 21, 2018: We Want Strowman
February 28, 2018: Let’s Get John Cena to Wrestlemania
March 7, 2018: This Is 205 Live
March 14, 2018: Know Your Audience
March 28, 2018: Don’t Forget About Them
April 4, 2018: Ring of Honor “Supercard of Honor XII” Preview
April 11, 2018: Way Down Yonder At WrestleMania
April 18, 2018: So Long Strongman
April 25, 2018: They Knew What They Were Getting Into
May 2, 2018: 435 Days To Be A Champion…..That’s A Long Time
May 9, 2018: Reviewing the Review – Backlash 2018
May 16, 2018: Cool. Tells Us About It.
May 23, 2018: Money Money, Yeah Yeah
May 30, 2018: This Isn’t Complicated
June 6, 2018: E Pluribus New Day
June 13, 2018: Last Time, I Promise
June 20, 2018: What About That One Over There?
June 27, 2018: Give Blue A Chance
July 4, 2018: Reviewing The Review – Monday Night Raw: July 2, 2018
July 11, 2018: I Choose You Drew!
July 18, 2018: Just Wait For April
August 1, 2018: In Other News: Other Edition
August 8, 2018: Hey…..He’s Very Good…..Man
August 15, 2018: Two Harts Beating As One Good Team
August 22, 2018: I Welcome This Invasion
August 29, 2018: It’s Just Like Toy Story
September 5, 2018: All In And All Out
September 12, 2018: Tournament Palooza
September 19, 2018: The Worker’s Title
September 26, 2018: In Case You Don’t Remember
October 3, 2018: When Vince Is Gone
October 10, 2018: The Monday Night Delights
October 17, 2018: You Might Remember This One – Smackdown Edition
October 24, 2018: In Praise Of An Indy
October 31, 2018: The Flaw In The Jewel
November 7, 2018: Red vs. Blue
November 14, 2018: Like It Could Be As It Used To Be
November 21, 2018: The NXT Three
November 28, 2018: The Other Women
December 5, 2018: Here Comes The Guy Who Won’t Leave
December 12, 2018: Pandora’s Raw
December 19, 2018: The Solution To The Problem That Needs A Solution
December 26, 2018: Once More, Without As Much Feeling
January 2, 2019: Who Can Stop The Fire?
January 9, 2019: In Awe Of AEW
January 16, 2019: Oh…You Again
January 23, 2019: You Should Be In The Hall Of Fame
January 30, 2019: Thank You For Listening
February 6, 2019: The Many Faces Of Rowan (It’s Not About Rowan)
February 13, 2019: On Rollins vs. Lesnar
February 20, 2019: The Pancake Or The Developmental
February 27, 2019: I Thought Titles Were A Good Thing
March 6, 2019: In Other News – Fastlane Week Edition
March 13, 2019: Come One, Come Everyone Else
March 20, 2019: A Gold Medal Career
March 27, 2019: The Other Options
April 10, 2019: A Long Road To Paradise
April 17, 2019: The Villain Problem
April 24, 2019: Mr. And Mrs. Wrestlemania Weekend
May 1, 2019: Hawkins And Ryder Didn’t Read The Fine Print On The Lockbox Bro
May 8, 2019: May-Be It’s Time To Change
May 15, 2019: Don’t Screw It Up
May 22, 2019: Thirty Two Words Of WWE Trouble
May 29, 2019: A Giant Weasel Is A Bad Idea
June 5, 2019: Reviewing The Review – Double Or Nothing
June 12, 2019: What You’re Watching Doesn’t Matter
June 19, 2019: One Small Step For Monday Night Raw
June 26, 2019: WWE’s Latest Brilliant Disaster
July 3, 2019: So What Can They Do?
July 17, 2019: Beast Mode Is Back And That’s How It Should Be
July 24, 2019: When Legends Rise
July 31, 2019: A Show In Search Of An Identity
August 7, 2019: They Could Have Done It
August 14, 2019: Who Shows A Shoe?
August 21, 2019: Either The Sky Is Falling Or The Sky Is The Limit
August 28, 2019: Oh Yeah, AEW Is Still A Thing
September 4, 2019: Dragnet: AEW
September 11, 2019: That NXT Moment
September 18, 2019: There’s Always Someone New
September 25, 2019: The Biggest Week In The History Of Our Sport
October 2, 2019: In Other News – Big Week Edition
October 9, 2019: Three Strikes In One
October 16, 2019: Kofi Kingston Needs A Care Bear Stare
October 23, 2019: Dishonorable Discharge
October 30, 2019: WWE, Saudi Arabia And The New Reality
November 6, 2019: A Month In For AEW
November 13, 2019: The Triangle Angle
November 20, 2019: They’re Fighting Over T-Shirts
November 27, 2019: A Five Star Weekend
December 4, 2019: Scheduling Conflict
December 11, 2019: What A Way To Go
December 18, 2019: They Were Booked Or I Respect These Booker People
January 1, 2020: Resolving To Be A Better Wrestling Fan
January 8, 2020: The New Title Picture
January 15, 2020: Enjoy Them While You Can
January 22, 2020: The Rumble Shake
January 29, 2020: That’s Why I Keep Watching
February 5, 2020: We Need Somebody New
February 12, 2020: I Believe In Goldberg
February 19, 2020: Because We Have To
February 26, 2020: Triple Vision
March 4, 2020: From A Certain Point Of View
March 18, 2020: You Can Count On It
March 25, 2020: The Real Legacy Of ECW
April 1, 2020: It’s Here Again
April 8, 2020: Boneyard Edition
April 15, 2020: Nobody’s Perfect Or How Dr. Seuss Taught Me To Chill
April 22, 2020: Business As Unusual
April 29, 2020: We’re Going On A Fan Hunt
May 13, 2020: The Goodbye Gong
May 20, 2020: Jinder Mahal And The Austin Theory Theory
May 27, 2020: Stampeding Into The New World Order
June 3, 2020: Somebody Check That Marquee
June 10, 2020: What Are They Expecting?
June 17, 2020: The Gold And Or Silver Secret
June 24, 2020: On The SpeakOut Movement
July 8, 2020: A Tale Of Two Vacations
July 22, 2020: The Gimmicked Gimmick Show
July 29, 2020: That Doesn’t Make It Better
August 12, 2020: His Name Is…Not That Well Remembered
August 19, 2020: The Unfair Flair For Flair
August 26, 2020: Something Witty About Thunderdome
September 2, 2020: Lee’s The Limit
September 9, 2020: Unfortunately, They Talk
September 16, 2020: We’ve All Been There
September 23, 2020: Why Does That Exist
September 30, 2020: Did You Miss It?
October 7, 2020: The Years Of Jericho
October 14, 2020: Everything But The Draft
October 21, 2020: 17 Things I Learned Watching Wrestlemania X7
October 28, 2020: AEW Sucks (So Does Everything Else But That’s A Better Title)
November 4, 2020: Surviving The Series
November 11, 2020: The Ghost Of Montreal
November 18, 2020: Planting Seeds
November 25, 2020: Thank You Wrestling
December 2, 2020: The Lana Problem
December 9, 2020: Elite Company
December 16, 2020: From Fire To Bronuts In Seven Minutes Or Less
December 23, 2020: Sweet 2020 Goodness
December 30, 2020: Yeah Yeah Yeah
January 6, 2021: A Legendary Lack Of Logic
January 13, 2021: Well That Was Easy
January 20, 2021: Speak For Yourself
January 27, 2021: On That Royal Rumble Street Fight
February 3, 2021: The Outer Reaches Of My Wrestling Mind
February 10, 2021: You’ve Lost That Wrestlemania Feeling
February 17, 2021: The Edge Of Interesting
February 24, 2021: The Champion We Need
March 3, 2021: Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
March 10, 2021: NXT’s Really Bad Idea
March 17, 2021: Golden Momentum
March 24, 2021: Creative Has Nothing
March 31, 2021: Some Of You May Notice A Pattern Emerging
April 7, 2021: It’s Finally Here
April 14, 2021: It Was A Thing
April 21, 2021: In Other News – Post Wrestlemania XXXVII Lull Edition
April 28, 2021: The New Expedition Of Belt Collecting
May 5, 2021: May The Fourths Be With You
May 12, 2021: This Time For Sure!
May 19, 2021: NXT, Cameron Grimes And That Laugh
May 26, 2021: The New Greatest Tag Team. On Earth
June 9, 2021: Where Did They Go Wrong?
June 16, 2021: The Midnight Express Should Give WWE Sneering Lessons
July 7, 2021: They Just Ran Out
July 21, 2021: 27! 11! 16! WOO!
August 4, 2021: It’s All About The Presentation
August 18, 2021: The Summerslammiest Summerslam Match
August 25, 2021: In Other News – Wrestling Weekend Edition
September 1, 2021: The NXT Dilemma
September 8, 2021: The All Out Four
September 15, 2021: Welcome Change
September 22, 2021: AEW’s Garden Style Grand Slam
September 29, 2021: The Gangrel Solution
October 13, 2021: Hey Look Over There (And There And There)
October 20, 2021: Friday Night Highlights
October 27, 2021: They Go With Honor
November 3, 2021: Give Them Two Stars
November 10, 2021: Survival Of The Laziest
November 17, 2021: Long Term Success
November 24, 2021: The Egg Theory
December 1, 2021: Just What I Always Wanted
December 8, 2021: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
December 15, 2021: She’s ALMOST Done
December 22, 2021: Wrestling Shows Need Thank You Cards
December 29, 2021: Three Words To Make You Care
January 5, 2022: Sapphire vs. Miz And Dolph Ziggler
January 12, 2022: We Lost The Food Fight
January 19, 2022: That (And THAT) Is In A Name
January 26, 2022: Rumble Vision
February 2, 2022: Same Old Rumble Problems
February 9, 2022: All Elite Feelings
February 16, 2022: A Stone Cole American Nightmare
February 23, 2022: A Tale Of Two Titles
March 2, 2022: It’s Not Their Fault
March 9, 2022: The Wrestlemania Dead End
March 16, 2022: The Hall Of Hall
March 23, 2022: That Would Be Stupendous
March 30, 2022: More Than Just Wrestlemania
April 6, 2022: Anything CAN Happen
April 20, 2022: Character Writing 101
April 27, 2022: Happy 20th Anniversary Wrestling Edition
May 11, 2022: Speaking Of Which
May 18, 2022: Those Belts Are Made For Walking
May 25, 2022: Joe Gacy > Roman Reigns
June 1, 2022: They Never Learn
June 8, 2022: That’s Good Judgment
June 22, 2022: Nothing Changes
July 13, 2022: It Makes Summerslam Sense
July 27, 2022: Who Else Do They Have
August 3, 2022: They Did Something
August 17, 2022: Heritage, Spoilers And A Nice Wrestling Show
August 31, 2022: What A Weekend
September 7, 2022: The Muffin Man
September 14, 2022: The Game Changer