Thor Brings the Pain

The past few days have been pretty insane if you’re a New York sports fan. The Rangers dismantled the Tampa Bay Lightning last night to force a game 7 in an already crazy Eastern Conference Finals. The Yankees finished off their sweep of a very good Kansas City Royals team this afternoon. But today we […]

#VladTalksWWE – I Love Stardust Because He’s an Honest-to-Goodness Insane Person

Nick Obleschuk is Vlad, a born-again wrestling fan at the age of twenty-five. Every once in a while, he’ll offer his unique outlook on what’s happening in the world of professional wrestling.

Every week on RAW, when Dean Ambrose enters the ring, the announcers always talk about how crazy he is. “Can you imagine,” they’ll say, “if a lunatic like Dean Ambrose became the WWE World Heavy Weight Champion?” Ambrose is eccentric, and his rebellious spirit makes him seem like he’s a little bit crazy, but in comparison to some of the other characters in the WWE, he’s cool, calculated, and exacting. Last week, Ambrose stormed the ring during The Authority’s “award ceremony” for Seth Rollins, the so-called Architect of a Dream, and threatened to use Rollins’ body to break two conveniently placed concrete blocks. That wasn’t some random act of violence. Ambrose did what he had to do to get another shot at the championship, and considering The Authority routinely pulls shit like they did yesterday, getting Ambrose arrested for phony assault and battery charges, that stunt was a seriously good idea. If Ambrose is a lunatic, I have no idea what that makes Stardust.

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Rangers Baby!

Wow! What a game, what a series. Game 7 epitomized everything this series was about. Did anyone honestly expect anything less than a one-goal barnburner? An overtime 2-1 Rangers victory was the perfect ending to one of the best playoff series I have ever watched. It featured fast skating, tight checking action and a goal […]