Reading about the Enlightenment has made me aware many folks don't understand empathy isn't sympathy. Sympathy is emotional, empathy is cognitive. Being empathetic doesn't = feeling sorry for someone wrong or letting them off. It allows us to understand their view and to challenge effectively

The myth AEW fans aren't critical of AEW is a weird one. Is it perhaps insulated elsewhere by the binary echo chamber of trying to engage with bad faith criticism? Defined because the 'opposition' have already made up their minds and won't engage in actual dialogue. However... 1/2

Stat and Willow both standing up to toxic bald men. #AEW

Deep Thoughts, by Eddie Kingston #AEW 🤼

Two sleeps until the first #AEW Dynamite after a memory-filled All Out that overdelivered and Tony Khan has an important announcement. Put away your memes and get speculating. Here's a preview to get hyped for Wednesday night. #wrestlesky🤼 lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

Seeing the love and support Riho is receiving after a series of stupid and respect-losing comments made by Gail Kim is great. It would be even better if Tony Khan booked Riho for Dynamite, then a personal storyline with a clear character arc for Riho to show her full capability on US soil. #AEW🤼

Two sleeps until the first #AEW Dynamite after a memory-filled All Out that overdelivered and Tony Khan has an important announcement. Put away your memes and get speculating. Here's a preview to get hyped for Wednesday night. #wrestlesky🤼 lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

A few days ago, my favourite uncle passed away. Writing this morning has helped me process his death and celebrate his life and importance to me. I'm determined to honour him and his dimensions and influence on me with an ode. #writersky #poetry

NOW PLAYING: "4 Ways To Die" (2025) starring 'Timeless' Toni Storm. Kris Statlander. Thekla. Jamie Hayter.

Whoever wrote this card needs to either learn from or plagiarise Timeless Toni Storm better. #AEW #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

It's Saturday and #AEW All Out is stacked and jacked with men and women prepared to exemplify why the W is the most important intial letter of in their name. It's the present vs future and more. Here's a full preview #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️ lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

Don't care about WWE counter programming, but I did a deep dive into history by exploring every ECW Wrestlepalooza. Beyond classic matches, good and bad, the event's history reflects the contrast between the mythical greatness and limits of ECW. #wrestlesky🤼 lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

I now have another strange hobby that's become a very therapeutic Saturday morning ritual. Drying and sieving tealeaves to make compost for my roses. The smell also of so many different types of tea is incredible and aromatic🌹

Wrestling didn't screw up my understanding of human relationships and sex. Seeing Jamie Noble trying to Indecent Proposal Torrie Wilson from Billy Gunn in the day was tame compared to my parents thinking it was okay for me and my sister to watch the opening of Basic Instinct. I was 10 also!

Catching up on Always Sunny in Philadephia and reminded of an abandoned article I had on the similarities between MJF in #AEW with Dennis Reynolds in both the best and worst ways. #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

Everyone simultaneously when Marina Shafir got in Roderick Strong's face #AEWDynamite

TONIGHT! • Cope'n'Cage meet FTR face-to-face • AEW World Tag Team Championship Qualifiers • AEW Unified Championship Qualifier • Toni Storm spotlight • Hangman and Fletcher contract signing All this and more in the 3-HOUR #SeptemberToRemember AEW special! lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

It days a lot about me that Stephen King is my comfort author. Finished Thinner. Took me a but to get into more due to real life turbulence than the writing, but once I was hooked that was it. Probably one of King's strongest endings also. #booksky📚💙

this will never not be funny to me.

#AEW Dynamite has already produced a memorable September. The last stop before All Out, the final pieces of the jigsaw fall into place. Here's a preview to get you hyped: #wrestlesky 🤼https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2025/09/15/aew-dynamite-preview-9-17-25-september-to-remember/

Funny that if Mone retains she will have equalled Stephanie Vaquer's number of defences during her 285 day reign. The idea Mone is taking advantage of these companies or disrespecting their belts dissolves under scrutiny #aew🤼‍♂️

When my partner spaced out during a conversation, I randomly started chanting the following like a wrestling show chant: "You zoned out! You zoned out!" I think I'm going to make that another one of a thousand in-jokes between us. #wrestlesky🤼

Welp. AEW has dared to upload the FULL MATCH between "Hangman" Adam Page and Swerve Strickland in a Lights Out Steel Cage Match from last year's #AEWAllOut youtu.be/S8JRVB-FUkw?...

I feel like I'm an optimistic foil of WhatCulture's Michael Sidgwick when it comes to writing about #AEW. We actually agree on key ideas, but express them differently. Feel like I'm able to step outside myself more and allow myself to enjoy wrestling's imperfections and the process🤼‍♂️

#AEW has already produced a memorable September. Now, with a special 3-hour Dynamite ahead of this weekend's All Out PPV, the final pieces of the jigsaw fall into place. Here's a preview to get you hyped: #wrestlesky🤼 lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

The wider context that #AEW isn't getting slack as it has to adjust to heavy hitters being out. Plenty of the matches are planting seeds and story beats in the next stage of many rivarlies. Tag/trios divisions have generally had more focus than previous. It's a process. One I'm enjoying

What's everyone else's thoughts on why some former #AEW day one fans continue hating the product? My perception (I think I'm wrong and happy to be challenged) is there's a refusal to accept change and despite some criticism has valid points, but unreal high expectations of what aew should be 🤼‍♂️

I've seen some mixed opinions on how #AEW has re-introduced Eddie Kingston. Is it the most creative means? No. Is it getting me more excited for a PPV and does the match have potential to be an interesting spectacle? Yes. Regardless of how Kingston returns, the follow up that's the most important🤼

So you're telling me there's a chance... 🤼 www.sickosclub.com/writing/mjf-...

Saturday for this week's #AEW Collision preview, I managed sneak the Elton John lyric, drunker than a barrell full of monkeys in there somewhere. Also I breakdown tonight's big matches for what could be a watershed episode. Find out why at: lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling... #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

I should be working on my novel today, but big news yesterday has put some ideas in my mind. Seeing more and more #WWE fans asking where to start and how to get into #AEW, I want to provide a bit of insight, warts-and-all into what to expect. What essential info to new fans need to know? 🤼

We've seen the belt collector trope in wrestling evolve. While all that glistens on the champion's shoulders may not be gold, some of the smudges are myths or misrepresent why the trope in the past few decades has and will continue to be used by promotions #wrestlesky🤼 Here's a closer look:

Finally met one of my #AEW writing goals for the year. This week's Collision preview, I finally found a way to shoehorn the lyric "drunker than a barrel full of monkeys" into my intro!

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.

I can find my socks but trying to find time to catch up on AEW Dynamite this week is proving tricky.

Even Cutler!

Uh...tonight! *awkward cough* We've got a Philly Street Fight. We've got a grudge match with the Hangman. We've got bald on bald combat with Ricochet & Shelton Benjamin. We've got two AEW returns in a tag team match. Follow along as I cover #AEWDynamite! lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

The penultimate night in Philadelphia is shaping up with grudge matches and another ECW-inspired match stipulation on this week’s #AEWDynamite. Here's a full preview to get hyped and ready: lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling... #wrestlesky🤼

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. For anyone struggling, I just want to remind you that you are not alone, and support is available. There have been times this year I've felt alone and like giving up and disappearing, but I've found the courage to talk and keep talking reminds me why I matter

Finishing an article on the history and myths of the belt collector gimmick and the irony in discord and thoughts on it are crazy. Like the common idea 1 an unknkwn championship has little or no value. But technically it has a value now because you know it exists. #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

Honestly, during his time in WWE, I've lost a lot of interest too in AJ Styles as a performer and personality. Although in AEW there's a lot of potential, AEW doesn't need him and not just collecting guys because of their history is enough of a reason

The penultimate night in Philadelphia is shaping up with grudge matches and another ECW-inspired match stipulation on this week’s #AEWDynamite. Here's a full preview to get hyped and ready: lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling... #wrestlesky🤼

Simultaneously, thank you Microsoft Word for not saving my updated drafts and forcing me to work harder on my editing and improve my phrasing. Also F you for costing me time and nearly losing some of my favourite sentences of the year so far. #writersky

i could absolutely picture will being a local postie 😭

Dear AEW, While we've got all these names making their return to TV... Eddie, Dalton, Riho, Jamie, Emi.... Just a reminder: WE WANT NYLA ROSE Please and thank you! 🙏 #AEWCollision

I'm glad #AEW seems to be holding off on a women's blood and gut match for hopefully Dynamite for 3 reasons. 1) Blood and Guts is always on Dynamite. 2) It wouldn't be a poetic contrast to counter-book WWE's use of Brock Lesnar; it would reduce the women and their work to point scoring. 1/2🤼

Pinch, punch, the first AEW Collision of he month and we have a big return match, an all star 8-woman's tag match and a big first-time 1 on 1 contest, and more. Here's a full preview preview get you hyped: lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling... #AEW #Wrestlesky🤼

Bryan Danielson joining #AEWDynamite commentary FULL TIME?!

When it comes to Tony Khan, the man is not above criticism or scrutiny, but responses like this make me appreicate the man more because he cares and not just about providing a wrestling alternative 🤼‍♂️