As The Spectacle of Excess revives from its slumber (it’s been a year, hasn’t it??) we are thrilled to present a new interview in our Art of Wrestling series. Lindsay’s wrestling art caught my attention because she captures so much magic with such a challenging mix of media. Spray paint, ballpoint pen, acrylic, colored pencil–it takes all this to get these paintings just so in a very nuanced and subtle way, and that’s what’s so…
Tag: Cody Rhodes
The revolution is upon us, and I am so grateful for the first submission of AEW analysis to the Spectacle of Excess! Guest contributor Denali W. has taken a deep dive into the layers of story in the Double or Nothing Rhodes Brothers match. Take a look: All it took to sell this match to me was exactly four sentences from a four minute promo that I saw in gif form at the beginning of May:…
It makes a busy wrestling blog proprietor’s day when a stranger shows up out of nowhere offering a shrewd critical take on the art of blading. Please enjoy this piece by new contributor Kid Mankind, and be forewarned: there is blood. There are three ways to bleed in a wrestling ring. There is an accidental split of the skin – maybe a baby face landed a lucky hit on someone’s nose, maybe the jagged edge…