David Bixenspan
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This DIY TV Frame Project Is Perfect For Any Nintendo Switch Fan
If you're a woodworker and a Nintendo Switch enthusiast, there's a fun themed project you could pick up. → Read More
Valve Drops Steam Deck Price For Steam's 20th Anniversary
Valve announced a week-long sale on Thursday: Direct sales of the Steam Deck from now through September 21. → Read More
Why The iPhone 15 Camera Is A Huge Upgrade
The iPhone 15, in addition to all of its other nifty features, is getting a brand new camera system. It's actually a huge upgrade from previous models. → Read More
Thunderbolt 5 Explained: How It Works And Why You Should Care
Leaked by Intel a couple of years back, Thunderbolt 5 is now officially here, promising double the speeds in most cases or more. → Read More
Is There A Better Time Of Year To Buy An iPhone? Here's What You Should Know
When a new iPhone is imminent, you might wonder if there are discounts to be had. We'll tell you what to expect and when you can expect to find the best deals. → Read More
Why Racist Hulk Hogan Hasn’t Earned Our Forgiveness
The WWE wrestling icon is hosting this weekend’s WrestleMania and all appears to be forgiven from his racism controversy. But has he ever really apologized for his actions? → Read More
WWE Crackdown On Wrestlers' Twitch Accounts Is Causing A Lot Of Drama
Over the last few decades, numerous events have sparked talk that pro wrestlers in the United States might finally unionize. In 1986, Jesse “The Body” Ventura tried and failed to start a wrestlers’ union before WrestleMania 2. More recently, the financial hit wrestlers took from the 2014 launch of the WWE Network streaming service got people buzzing about workers’ rights. So did last year’s… → Read More
WWE Crackdown On Wrestlers' Twitch Accounts Is Causing A Lot Of Drama
The WWE Twitch debacle has opened up a massive can of worms, exposing a whole range of legal issues around contract work and ownership. → Read More
WrestleMania Still Happened Last Weekend. Without Fans. It Was Weird.
Without a live audience, this typically crowd-heavy show did best when it went way out there. → Read More
WWE’s Highest-Paid Wrestlers 2020: WrestleMania Holds The Spotlight Despite Coronavirus Shutdowns
The top ten pulled in a combined $38.5 million before taxes. → Read More
WWE Raw 2/24 Ratings Down In Key Demo; Still Top Cable Rankings
The reality of the NFL offseason is a version of WWE’s Monday Night Raw that consistently tops the rankings of the top 150 cable shows for the day in the key demographic that is adults aged 18-49. → Read More
Correcting The Record On Why The WWF Changed Its Name To WWE
On Sunday, WWE unveiled the first episode of its new limited documentary series on WWE Network, Ruthless Aggression, covering the early to mid-2000s in the company. In the process, they told a massive whopper about why the company changed its name from WWF to WWE in 2002. → Read More
Monday Night Raw Floated In The Middle of Top 25 Cable Shows For January 13-19
For the most recent week where we have cable TV rankings across the whole calendar seven day period, WWE’s Monday Night Raw did not necessarily stand out as much as it could. → Read More
Monday Night Raw Sweeps Key Demo Top 3 In 1/27 Cable Ratings
The season of Monday Night Football is over, so this is probably going to verge on being a pattern. → Read More
American Gladiators Is Iconic Because It Took Itself Just Seriously Enough
Virtually from the moment that it launched 30 years ago this week, people both loved and misunderstood American Gladiators. For a show that was successful with viewers and which inspired a constellation of spinoffs and reboots and knockoffs, it’s a strange legacy. Bill Hicks’ “go back to bed, America” bit on the show is probably still the most famous of said misunderstandings, with thge comedian… → Read More
Bigoted Wrestling Fans Are Getting Loud And Promotions Need To Set Boundaries
All Elite Wrestling’s All Out, the promotion’s fourth event and the last before their weekly TV show launches on TNT on October 2, ran on Saturday night in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates. One of the key storytelling aspects of the show was setting up the match to determine the first AEW Women’s Champion for that first TNT show; by night’s end, it was clear that it will come down to Nyla… → Read More
NJPW Let KENTA Finish A Match Despite Being Obviously Concussed
Months ago, fans had Saturday circled as one of the wildest pro wrestling days of the year: All Elite Wrestling’s All Out pay-per-view event would get the bulk of the American attention, but that day also featured dueling events from New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE in the UK. There was so much going on, in fact, that what was arguably the most noteworthy occurrence of the weekend didn’t get the… → Read More
For Better And Worse, Starrcast Isn't Like Any Other Wrestling Fan Convention
It wasn’t even late on Thursday morning during Memorial Day weekend when things got weird. I was unable to sleep on my overnight flight from New York to Las Vegas, passed out for several hours of desperate sleep, then met England’s Maffew Gregg, the mastermind behind long-running online wrestling video series Botchamania, for breakfast at the diner at the sprawling Tuscany Suites hotel, which… → Read More
With NXT Moving To USA Network, WWE's Wednesday Night War With AEW Is Officially On
It is happening again. → Read More
Fox Is Reportedly Upset With WWE Over Potential NXT To USA Network Move
While the rumored move to USA Network for the weekly NXT show from WWE's developmental program is a big deal for a number of reasons, not the least of which is its opposition to AEW's new show on TNT, the repercussions are much more complicated than that. → Read More