Jesse Collings
@jessecollings.bsky.social
Opinions and analysis on pro wrestling. Determining if I want to actually use this app.
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New Punch-Out on @wrestlingobserver.bsky.social:
The '25 year in review continues with February and the returning @jessecollings.bsky.social of @voicesofwrestling.com.
From The Rock wanting Cody's soul to AEW releasing some talent to everything in between, this is a fun hour.
LInks below.
The '25 year in review continues with February and the returning @jessecollings.bsky.social of @voicesofwrestling.com.
From The Rock wanting Cody's soul to AEW releasing some talent to everything in between, this is a fun hour.
LInks below.
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New Punch-Out on @wrestlingobserver.bsky.social:
The '25 year in review continues with February and the returning @jessecollings.bsky.social of @voicesofwrestling.com.
From The Rock wanting Cody's soul to AEW releasing some talent to everything in between, this is a fun hour.
LInks below.
The '25 year in review continues with February and the returning @jessecollings.bsky.social of @voicesofwrestling.com.
From The Rock wanting Cody's soul to AEW releasing some talent to everything in between, this is a fun hour.
LInks below.
New podcast from me, as I stop by Josh Nason's Punch Out for his annual year in review series where we review February 2025--we discuss WWE moving the Royal Rumble to February, changes to WWE traditions and what that could mean, AEW in Australia and a lot more:
www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/pun...
www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/pun...
JNPO: February 2025 wrestling year in review
From The Rock wanting the soul of Cody Rhodes to AEW releasing some malcontents, February 2025 was quite newsworthy in pro wrestling.
www.f4wonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New podcast from me, as I stop by Josh Nason's Punch Out for his annual year in review series where we review February 2025--we discuss WWE moving the Royal Rumble to February, changes to WWE traditions and what that could mean, AEW in Australia and a lot more:
www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/pun...
www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/pun...
The men's Blood and Guts match ending with some superb submissions wrestling is extremely funny
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The men's Blood and Guts match ending with some superb submissions wrestling is extremely funny
Yikes that is an awful landing for anyone, but particularly for someone that is 275+ lbs
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yikes that is an awful landing for anyone, but particularly for someone that is 275+ lbs
The message from WWE is that even if they treat you like shit, don't speak out about being treated that way, and we have a bunch of the world's dumbest people to drag you on social media.
The Holland stuff is real sad because it was clear that he is being punished for speaking out about the Fed
Should be a major concern to anyone in the buisness or who covers it with a modicum of sincerity
Should be a major concern to anyone in the buisness or who covers it with a modicum of sincerity
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The message from WWE is that even if they treat you like shit, don't speak out about being treated that way, and we have a bunch of the world's dumbest people to drag you on social media.
The Holland stuff is real sad because it was clear that he is being punished for speaking out about the Fed
Should be a major concern to anyone in the buisness or who covers it with a modicum of sincerity
Should be a major concern to anyone in the buisness or who covers it with a modicum of sincerity
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Holland stuff is real sad because it was clear that he is being punished for speaking out about the Fed
Should be a major concern to anyone in the buisness or who covers it with a modicum of sincerity
Should be a major concern to anyone in the buisness or who covers it with a modicum of sincerity
@davidbix.bsky.social and I discussed on my latest pod regarding the issue of post-WWE talent respecting AEW: redcircle.com/shows/a5213c...
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@davidbix.bsky.social and I discussed on my latest pod regarding the issue of post-WWE talent respecting AEW: redcircle.com/shows/a5213c...
WWE's business collapsing over the last leg of Cena's retirement tour is a pretty big story. Where is that company going once Cena hangs it up?
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WWE's business collapsing over the last leg of Cena's retirement tour is a pretty big story. Where is that company going once Cena hangs it up?
Fightful bringing in Wrestlevotes is super embarrassing. Nothing says reliable, accurate reporting like bringing an anonymous Twitter account to help "break news." There is a reason bylines are a thing in real news.
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Fightful bringing in Wrestlevotes is super embarrassing. Nothing says reliable, accurate reporting like bringing an anonymous Twitter account to help "break news." There is a reason bylines are a thing in real news.
New pod with @davidbix.bsky.social, a wide-ranging conversation about wrestling news aggregation, Gen Z wrestlers, old wrestler podcasts and like, 10,000 other things
Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast #123: Why Has Everyone Lost Their Minds?
Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast #123: Why Has Everyone Lost Their Minds?
On the latest episode of the Gentlemen’s Wrestling Podcast, David Bixenspan, co-host of the Between the Sheets podcast joins the show to discuss the tumultuous discourse that has infected all of pro wrestling. Jesse and Bix talk about the state of wrestling news aggregation, the reliance on older wrestler podcasts as “news”, how social media engagement has altered wrestling conversations, the differences between Gen Z wrestlers and past generations and a lot more in a wide ranging conversation.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New pod with @davidbix.bsky.social, a wide-ranging conversation about wrestling news aggregation, Gen Z wrestlers, old wrestler podcasts and like, 10,000 other things
I wrote about Mercedes 2025, where she has used her star power to elevate women's wrestling around the world in a way her contemporaries have been afraid to do.
"Nobody has been more valuable to women’s wrestling this year than Mercedes Mone."
The latest from @jessecollings.bsky.social!
www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/11/03/m...
The latest from @jessecollings.bsky.social!
www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/11/03/m...
Mercedes Mone Carries The Women's Wrestling World On Her Back
Nobody has been more valuable to women’s wrestling this year than Mercedes Mone.
www.voicesofwrestling.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I wrote about Mercedes 2025, where she has used her star power to elevate women's wrestling around the world in a way her contemporaries have been afraid to do.
Here is my WON Hall of Fame Ballot for 2025:
Modern US
Briscoes
Samoa Joe
Mone
Mox
Cody
Sabu
Japan
Hayabusa
Masaaki Mochizuki
ZSJ
Mexico
Abstain
ROW
Abstain
NON-WRESTLERS
Bobby Bruns
Morris Sigel
George Scott
Jesse Ventura
Roy Welch
Grand Wizard
Gorilla Monsoon
Modern US
Briscoes
Samoa Joe
Mone
Mox
Cody
Sabu
Japan
Hayabusa
Masaaki Mochizuki
ZSJ
Mexico
Abstain
ROW
Abstain
NON-WRESTLERS
Bobby Bruns
Morris Sigel
George Scott
Jesse Ventura
Roy Welch
Grand Wizard
Gorilla Monsoon
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here is my WON Hall of Fame Ballot for 2025:
Modern US
Briscoes
Samoa Joe
Mone
Mox
Cody
Sabu
Japan
Hayabusa
Masaaki Mochizuki
ZSJ
Mexico
Abstain
ROW
Abstain
NON-WRESTLERS
Bobby Bruns
Morris Sigel
George Scott
Jesse Ventura
Roy Welch
Grand Wizard
Gorilla Monsoon
Modern US
Briscoes
Samoa Joe
Mone
Mox
Cody
Sabu
Japan
Hayabusa
Masaaki Mochizuki
ZSJ
Mexico
Abstain
ROW
Abstain
NON-WRESTLERS
Bobby Bruns
Morris Sigel
George Scott
Jesse Ventura
Roy Welch
Grand Wizard
Gorilla Monsoon
Fightful really just publishes any thought that Kross has in his head as a news story, don't they?
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fightful really just publishes any thought that Kross has in his head as a news story, don't they?
I loved hoping on Alan's show and watching some peak Dragon Gate, followed by the comedic chaos from the genius John Zandig
New ProWres Paradise!
@pwtorch.bsky.social
What's On The Telly? October edition w/ @jessecollings.bsky.social
Peak 2011 Dragon Gate featuring Brodie Lee vs. Shingo and a classic Dream Gate match, plus we introduce Jesse to THE COMBAT ZONE (by his request!).
vip.pwtorch.com/2025/10/25/v...
@pwtorch.bsky.social
What's On The Telly? October edition w/ @jessecollings.bsky.social
Peak 2011 Dragon Gate featuring Brodie Lee vs. Shingo and a classic Dream Gate match, plus we introduce Jesse to THE COMBAT ZONE (by his request!).
vip.pwtorch.com/2025/10/25/v...
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I loved hoping on Alan's show and watching some peak Dragon Gate, followed by the comedic chaos from the genius John Zandig
This would be like, an adult watching SpongeBob and another adult watching like, Regular Show, and the SpongeBob guy being like "only nerds watch that shit, hot chicks watch Spongebob" when the typical person thinks any adult watching kids shows is weird
The disdain they have for aew and its fans is insane. Also Fuck Raj for the school shooter comment. #Aew
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This would be like, an adult watching SpongeBob and another adult watching like, Regular Show, and the SpongeBob guy being like "only nerds watch that shit, hot chicks watch Spongebob" when the typical person thinks any adult watching kids shows is weird
Yeah, there is this very weird thing with WWE fans (and Raj is a great example because he says stuff like this all the time and has been for years) where people who love WWE are cool and normal and people that enjoy AEW are freaks. It's an incredible lack of self-awareness.
There is this strange mentality that WWE is cool and AEW is nerdy. As if to non-wrestling fans all wrestling isn't geeky as hell! Deciding what you like based on what a 80s teen movie villain would decide is cool or hot doesn't seem like a useful way to go through life.
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yeah, there is this very weird thing with WWE fans (and Raj is a great example because he says stuff like this all the time and has been for years) where people who love WWE are cool and normal and people that enjoy AEW are freaks. It's an incredible lack of self-awareness.
Dead
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dead
Hidden in here is also a strange piece of misogyny that "hot" girls are only capable of enjoying certain things, and not just like...regular people capable of a diverse spectrum of interests
The disdain they have for aew and its fans is insane. Also Fuck Raj for the school shooter comment. #Aew
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hidden in here is also a strange piece of misogyny that "hot" girls are only capable of enjoying certain things, and not just like...regular people capable of a diverse spectrum of interests
I often worry if my long-term association with WrestlingInc has a negative impact on my image because most people that worked there seem to have just become completely unhinged losers
You used to work for one of em
You know it was a good AEW weekend because all the dumbest people are out in full force.
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I often worry if my long-term association with WrestlingInc has a negative impact on my image because most people that worked there seem to have just become completely unhinged losers
New podcast is out now--Author and journalist Oliver Lee Bateman joins the show to talk about his perspective as a first time hall of fame voter, Scott Steiner's career, Edge and Randy Orton's candidacy, the unique appeal of Junkyard Dog and a ton more:
redcircle.com/shows/d51cb2...
redcircle.com/shows/d51cb2...
Gentlemen's Wrestling Podcast #122: First Time Hall of Fame Voting With Oliver Lee Bateman
Listen to Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network on RedCircle
redcircle.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New podcast is out now--Author and journalist Oliver Lee Bateman joins the show to talk about his perspective as a first time hall of fame voter, Scott Steiner's career, Edge and Randy Orton's candidacy, the unique appeal of Junkyard Dog and a ton more:
redcircle.com/shows/d51cb2...
redcircle.com/shows/d51cb2...
You know it was a good AEW weekend because all the dumbest people are out in full force.
October 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
You know it was a good AEW weekend because all the dumbest people are out in full force.
This was such an incredible call by Schiavone
Claudio Castagnoli just TOSSED Darby Allin into the announce table from the ring!
Watch #AEWWrestleDream on HBO Max PPV
Watch #AEWWrestleDream on HBO Max PPV
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This was such an incredible call by Schiavone
We got to stop with "Random wrestler who had nothing to do with the show" comments on anything--it's super lazy.
It would be one thing if like, Cody called out the spot because he is a big star. Stock's claim to fame is she briefly worked for AEW.
It would be one thing if like, Cody called out the spot because he is a big star. Stock's claim to fame is she briefly worked for AEW.
How do journalists ordinarily decipher what stories are worthy of being disseminated and/or when platforming something might be harmful?
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We got to stop with "Random wrestler who had nothing to do with the show" comments on anything--it's super lazy.
It would be one thing if like, Cody called out the spot because he is a big star. Stock's claim to fame is she briefly worked for AEW.
It would be one thing if like, Cody called out the spot because he is a big star. Stock's claim to fame is she briefly worked for AEW.
No shade at Post (its everywhere) but I think we really need to take a look at how newsworthy comments from people like Stock really are. It just reinforces this idea that AEW is some kind of cheap, barbaric promotion
Former AEW coach Sarah Stock strongly criticizes WrestleDream main event spot
www.postwrestling.com/2025/10/19/f...
www.postwrestling.com/2025/10/19/f...
Former AEW coach Sarah Stock strongly criticizes WrestleDream main event spot
Former AEW coach Sarah Stock has criticized a spot from the main event of Saturday's AEW WrestleDream, warning that the angle could lead to children imitating it.
www.postwrestling.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
No shade at Post (its everywhere) but I think we really need to take a look at how newsworthy comments from people like Stock really are. It just reinforces this idea that AEW is some kind of cheap, barbaric promotion