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Weekly wrestling criticism by Joseph Montecillo and Colette Arrand. bigeggwrestling.com
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It’s October, so
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are doing HORROR MONTH, featuring a fiery bloodbath, a Halloween Havoc classic, Leatherface, and La Parka. All tricks, no treats. 🤼 🎃 🔥 🩸
about 2 months ago
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Colette Arrand
5 days ago
If you're the kinda jawn who has discretionary newsletter spending this Black Friday, you can get a full year of BIG EGG for $30 today.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-friday
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The Great Sport of Professional Wrestling, as seen by Joseph Montecillo and Colette Arrand
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-friday
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More from the “Terry Funk was too good for this world” file.
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Sting and Lex crash the NITRO MASTERLIST like waves crashing against the shore.
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15 days ago
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Colette on Funk vs. Leatherface, “average days” for all-time greats, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and more.
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Terry Funk is the king of pro wrestling.
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Also, the BIG EGG MASTERLIST convo between
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and
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on Vader/Cactus Jack is live!
www.bigeggwrestling.com/joseph-and-c...
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Joseph and Colette Discuss Cactus Jack vs. Vader
Joseph and Colette agree to disagree and then find themselves agreeing on this WCW classic's place in history.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/joseph-and-colette-discuss-cactus-jack-vs-vader/
28 days ago
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The Monday Nitro Masterlist returns with the 2/9/98 edition, which crashes the top 10 of the project with three entries: Eddie/Jericho vs. Chavo/Malenko, Goldberg/Regal, and Savage/Hogan. A stunner!
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28 days ago
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Joseph Montecillo
30 days ago
New writing on
@bigeggwrestling.bsky.social
on the Cactus/Vader Texas Death match from Halloween Havoc 93!
www.bigeggwrestling.com/in-texas-dea...
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In Texas Death, Vader Takes The Easy Way Out
There's a visceral simplicity to the dynamic between Vader and Cactus Jack. The World Heavyweight Champion is one of pro wrestling's greatest big men ever, and he has used that domineering size and st...
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/in-texas-death-vader-takes-the-easy-way-out/
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The Halloween Havoc ‘93 main event of Cactus Jack vs. Vader had all the makings of a classic, but according to
@colettearrand.bsky.social
, it wasn’t. What gives? Take a 30-second rest period, then find out! 🤼 🎃
www.bigeggwrestling.com/cactus-jack-...
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Cactus Jack and Vader Almost Save Halloween From WCW
Cactus Jack and Big Van Vader look to settle the score at Halloween Havoc 1993, but WCW had other plans.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/cactus-jack-and-vader-almost-save-halloween-from-wcw/
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NEW Monday Nitro Masterlist! The 9/15/97 edition of Nitro shakes the foundations of the whole damn project with a new #1 match in Nitro history, which belongs to Mongo McMichael & Curt Hennig.
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Ric Flair Means Something In This Town | WCW Monday Nitro 9/15/97
Steve McMichael is out to avenge Ric Flair against Curt Hennig, shaking the very foundations of the WCW MONDAY NITRO MASTERLIST.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/wcw-nitro-9-15-1997/
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emmett
about 1 month ago
i’m excited to share these wrestler portraits i drew for vol 1 of the
@bigeggwrestling.bsky.social
mixtape. they’re pretty different from my usual style, but i really enjoyed working on them under the direction of
@colettearrand.bsky.social
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BIG EGG MIXTAPE VOL. 1 Four wrestling essays by
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and
@colettearrand.bsky.social
, with artwork by
@meltycatart.bsky.social
. Debuts Sunday at Durham, NC’s Zine Machine, distro to follow. They will be FREE. Lmk if you want one by replying, feel free to repost. 🤼
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I only believe in dream matches that can only happen in dreams, like 1997 Meng vs. 2014 Tomohiro Ishii.
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Tom.
about 2 months ago
Colette’s views on the current state of WWE’s footage stewardship mirror mine. Highly recommend reading. Piracy is the only complete, accurate form of archiving.
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Horror Month continues, this time with
@josephweirdness.bsky.social
vibing with the sick DIY thrills of the Colon/Ayala Fire Match, in which lighter fluid is poured out via red solo cup and both men get reckless running the ropes. 🤼
www.bigeggwrestling.com/burn-baby-bu...
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Burn, baby, burn: blood and fire in Puerto Rico
As with so many things, it starts with the Wrestler of the Year award. At a ceremony given a lot of gravity and weight by the hosting of one Gordon Solie, current WWC Universal Champion Hercules Ayala...
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/burn-baby-burn-blood-and-fire-in-puerto-rico/
about 2 months ago
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Horror month kicks off with the famous Fire Match between Carlos Colón and Hercules Ayala. It’s a hot angle, but
@colettearrand.bsky.social
expected a singed eyebrow, if nothing else. 🤼
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Carlos Colón and Hercules Ayala Walk Through Fire
Carlos Colón and Hercules Ayala pioneers one of wrestling's most incredible (and incredibly risky) spectacles in Puerto Rico.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/carlos-colon-and-hercules-ayala-walk-through-fire/
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It’s October, so
@josephweirdness.bsky.social
and
@colettearrand.bsky.social
are doing HORROR MONTH, featuring a fiery bloodbath, a Halloween Havoc classic, Leatherface, and La Parka. All tricks, no treats. 🤼 🎃 🔥 🩸
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Joseph and Colette bring rematch month to a close with a MASTERLIST post about the big, famous Chigusa/Asuka clash from 1986.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/joseph-and-c...
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Joseph and Colette Discuss Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka
PLUS: It's October, so BIG EGG is doing horror stuff. Blood, skeletons, and Leatherfaces!
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/joseph-and-colette-discuss-chigusa-nagayo-vs-lioness-asuka/
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NEW WCW MONDAY NITRO MASTERLIST, covering the 3/8/99 episode of Nitro. Three hours of show, zero hours of wrestling until hour two, but then you get Flair/Goldberg, Mysterio/Norton, AND Hart/Hammer? All that and a million kicks to the dick! 🤼 READ:
www.bigeggwrestling.com/a-kick-to-th...
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A Kick to the Dick Is a Kick to the Dick (Except in WCW) | WCW Monday Nitro 3/8/99
“It feels good to tell the truth. I love telling the truth.” - Hulk Hogan
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/a-kick-to-the-dick-is-a-kick-to-the-dick-except-in-wcw-wcw-monday-nitro-3-8-99/
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Joseph Montecillo
3 months ago
Thoughts for
@bigeggwrestling.bsky.social
on Chigusa vs. Asuka from 1987.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/nobody-fight...
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Nobody Fights Like Sisters
There's never been a sisterly dynamic in pro wrestling quite like the Crush Gals. Not even real, blood sister tandems in wrestling like the Bellas or the Hamadas ever really get close to what the Crus...
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/nobody-fights-like-sisters/?ref=big-egg-newsletter
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Everything about the Chig/Asuka clash from 2/26/87 rules until AJW decides, without the benefit of 100 years of wrestling rules guiding them, that there MUST be a winner. New from
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www.bigeggwrestling.com/the-crush-ga...
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The Crush Gals Meet the Moment. AJW Does Not
The Crush Gals EXPLODE ... but AJW does their best to put out the resulting fire.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/the-crush-gals-meet-the-moment-ajw-does-not/
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WCW would sometimes be like “fuck it let’s put a wrestling ring on a beach” and that’s why WCW is the best.
3 months ago
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WCW Nitro was an incredible television promo where Larry Zbyszko would invoke the name of some old French catch wrestler who wore ballet shoes, get made fun of for Tony Schiavone for it, and have Mike Tenay back him up in extolling the French ballet wrestler’s virtues.
3 months ago
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I looked up and saw this sign on Nitro for a split second and, only registering the words and a hand tenderly cradling a bump I thought someone had brought Larry Zbyszko mpreg to Nitro.
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It may not live up to the lofty highs of the original, but Toby/Necro has some of the sweetest punches you’ll ever see. New from
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Fans Bring the Weapons, Necro and Toby Bring the Punches
It tickles me to imagine innocent basketball games played by middle aged men trying to get their weekly exercise in at the Oolitic Community Center. The rhythmic thudding of footsteps back and forth o...
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/fans-bring-the-weapons-necro-and-toby-bring-the-punches/
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3 months ago
Worth it at twice the price (and more)!
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🎵american males, american males🎵
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NEW Monday Nitro MASTERLIST, covering the final two Nitros of 1995. Madusa! Lex wrecks the American Males! Guerrero vs. Flair! Meditations on television presentation, John Cena’s entrance, The Giant’s frog splash, and more! Read it for $2!
www.bigeggwrestling.com/the-last-nit...
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The Last Nitros of 1995 Shock & Go Down Smooth | WCW Monday Nitro 12/18/95 & 12/25/95
Madusa drops the belt in the trash. The Giant goes for a frog splash. Lex Luger faces The American Males. This. Is. Wrestling.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/the-last-nitros-of-1995-shock-go-down-smooth-wcw-monday-nitro-12-18-95-12-25-95/
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Colette Arrand
3 months ago
THIS KID WITH THE FLEX WITH LEX WRITTEN ON HIS FACE YAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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THIS IS WRESTLING
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BRUISER
4 months ago
Suzuki has come here to destroy Toru Yano, the same as anybody else. He will leave this match with a Toru Yano problem, something he will never figure out within the context of this tournament. The next entry in YANO SEASON from
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Rematch Month continues, this time with a billed rematch between Necro Butcher and Toby Klein! It's longer and arguably more brutal than the original, but for
@colettearrand.bsky.social
, what's lacking is some of the original's charm.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/necro-butche...
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Necro Butcher & Toby Klein Go Bigger, But Not Better, at KotDM 2004
Like a rose from hardcore wrestling concrete, a lesser rematch emerges.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/necro-butcher-toby-klein-go-bigger-but-not-better-at-kotdm-2004/
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4 months ago
You have agreed to accept two things: 1. Professional wrestling is a simulacrum of human competition. 2. Professional wrestlers are simulacrums of the human condition. This week's YANO SEASON from
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Gonna hold 1/4 of a star against Joseph forever
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ROUND TWO, Y’ALL Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows (2015) vs. Shingo Takagi (2019) vs. Hirooki Goto (2020) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (2020)
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4 months ago
Friends, the time has arrived. Welcome to YANO SEASON.
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4 months ago
From the Fanbyte archives, a review of Hulk Hogan's skullet:
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Hulk Hogan's Skullet: A Review
A review of the blond, silken curtain of hair that runs from ear-to-ear along the side of Hulk Hogan's head.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/hulk-hogans-skullet-a-review/
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4 months ago
Revisited a post about how Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” set the standard for wrestling theme music, in case you wanna watch The Road Warriors smash some motherfuckers tonight.
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Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" Is Wrestling's Greatest Theme Song
When Black Sabbath recorded "Iron Man," they accidentally set a bar for wrestling theme music that hasn't been reached since the Road Warriors adopted it.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/black-sabbath-iron-man-road-warriors/
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4 months ago
The greatest Ric Flair performance ever. FULL VIDEO NOW ON ko-fi.com/josephmontecillo! Full video on YouTube soon.
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Colette Arrand
4 months ago
I have now ranked and reviewed 62 matches from WCW Monday Nitro. That’s … eight Nitros and two specials worth of matches. The next episode I’m doing has 13 matches. One of them is Miss Elizabeth vs. Meng. Sign up for BIG EGG and join me on this terrible journey.
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NEW WCW MONDAY NITRO MASTERLIST: In the wake of the Fingerpoke of Doom, Scott Steiner presents himself as a possible solution to the problem of the promotion's cratered reputation. Instead, we get Ric Flair, Eric Bischoff, and a dunk tank.
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Mezmermized | WCW Monday Nitro 2/1/99
In the wake of the Fingerpoke of Doom, a road not taken presents itself: Early 1999 Scott Steiner should have been the WCW Champion.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/mezmermized-wcw-monday-nitro-2-1-99/
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Thinking about early 1999 Scott Steiner.
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5 months ago
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People don't remember this but Vincent got kicked out of the nWo black & white because he didn't have a kangol hat.
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Rematch Month continues with
@josephweirdness.bsky.social
dipping in on the first taped encounter between Bret Hart and Steve Austin, a match hewing closer to tradition than their groundbreaking future bouts.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/austin-and-b...
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Austin and Bret Perfected the Mold Before they Broke It
The rivalry between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart calls to mind industry shaking significance. Their two most famous matches call that to mind instantly. Survivor Series 1996 may not be the br...
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/austin-and-bret-perfected-the-mold-before-they-broke-it/
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5 months ago
One of the best essays about wrestling I've read in a minute. If you loved this you should: 1) follow
@colettearrand.bsky.social
2) support
@bigeggwrestling.bsky.social
3) join The Hive
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Joseph Montecillo
5 months ago
On the end of Mox FC.
www.josephmontecillo.com/2025/07/13/j...
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Jon Moxley, Hangman Page, and promises made. - Joseph Montecillo
Featured image by @JJ Williams None of it works without Jon Moxley. Over the course of a 273-day record breaking fourth reign as the AEW World Champion, Moxley has become something of a divisive figur...
https://www.josephmontecillo.com/2025/07/13/jon-moxley-hangman-page-and-promises-made/
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Colette Arrand
5 months ago
The Texas Death Match between Jon Moxley & Hangman Adam Page was a big, bad motherfucker of a match, a transcendent AEW moment whose legend will only grow from Saturday, a redemption story so strong it healed some wounds that stretched back to 1997. For
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:
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Texas Death Breathes New Life Into Professional Wrestling - VGBees
Editor’s note: this piece contains images and descriptions of violent wrestling matches and moments featuring blood, simulated strangling/asphyxiation, and more. These images have not been...
https://vgbees.com/texas-death-breathes-new-life-into-professional-wrestling/
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Joseph Montecillo
5 months ago
Writing about two of the all-timers for rematch month at
@bigeggwrestling.bsky.social
.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/terry-funk-m...
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Terry Funk Makes it Personal with Ric Flair
The thing about Ric Flair is that he's a bastard. This is true of any version of Ric Flair. Babyface or heel, champion or challenger, wherever it is he finds himself, Ric Flair as a character (and as ...
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/terry-funk-makes-it-personal-with-ric-flair/
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Colette Arrand
5 months ago
You need to hear Arn Anderson say “jiggling pecs.”
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NEW WCW MONDAY NITRO MASTERLIST by
@colettearrand.bsky.social
, featuring a killer Malenko/Regal showcase and solid showings from the whole card, as well as a great moment where Sting, Luger, Flair, and Arn rally around the purple and gold flag.
www.bigeggwrestling.com/arn-anderson...
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Arn Anderson Abhors Jiggly Pecs | WCW Monday Nitro 8/19/96
Lord Steven Regal and Dean Malenko threaten to break the four star barrier. Arn Anderson and Sting lead a five star segment.
https://www.bigeggwrestling.com/arn-anderson-abhors-jiggly-pecs-wcw-monday-nitro-8-19-96/
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