Jonathan Snowden
@jonathansnowden.bsky.social
Author: Total MMA, The MMA Encyclopedia, Shooters, Shamrock, Secret New Project
Online: The Ringer
Substack: hybridshoot.substack.com
“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
Online: The Ringer
Substack: hybridshoot.substack.com
“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
More like Sky Red amirite. #AEWDynamite
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
More like Sky Red amirite. #AEWDynamite
This is the first time blue sky has appeared as a site referring readers to one of my wrestling posts.
2% of readers clicked from here.
So, thanks.
2% of readers clicked from here.
So, thanks.
I've done a lot of translation for book projects focused on Japanese fighting and wrestling. I'm sharing pieces at Hybrid Shoot.
In 1984, a band of renegades created a new wrestling that would eventually birth Japanese MMA. This is their origin story.
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-sermon...
In 1984, a band of renegades created a new wrestling that would eventually birth Japanese MMA. This is their origin story.
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-sermon...
The Sermon of 55 Kicks: The Night Tiger Mask Created Shootstyle Wrestling
The Universal Wrestling Federation was a company born of spite and baptized in failure.
hybridshoot.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is the first time blue sky has appeared as a site referring readers to one of my wrestling posts.
2% of readers clicked from here.
So, thanks.
2% of readers clicked from here.
So, thanks.
What do I, a professional writer with lots of fancy books on the shelf, use as a bookmark?
A randomly selected #wrestling card, a pile of which sits loose in my bedside table for this specific purpose.
A randomly selected #wrestling card, a pile of which sits loose in my bedside table for this specific purpose.
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What do I, a professional writer with lots of fancy books on the shelf, use as a bookmark?
A randomly selected #wrestling card, a pile of which sits loose in my bedside table for this specific purpose.
A randomly selected #wrestling card, a pile of which sits loose in my bedside table for this specific purpose.
I've done a lot of translation for book projects focused on Japanese fighting and wrestling. I'm sharing pieces at Hybrid Shoot.
In 1984, a band of renegades created a new wrestling that would eventually birth Japanese MMA. This is their origin story.
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-sermon...
In 1984, a band of renegades created a new wrestling that would eventually birth Japanese MMA. This is their origin story.
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-sermon...
The Sermon of 55 Kicks: The Night Tiger Mask Created Shootstyle Wrestling
The Universal Wrestling Federation was a company born of spite and baptized in failure.
hybridshoot.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I've done a lot of translation for book projects focused on Japanese fighting and wrestling. I'm sharing pieces at Hybrid Shoot.
In 1984, a band of renegades created a new wrestling that would eventually birth Japanese MMA. This is their origin story.
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-sermon...
In 1984, a band of renegades created a new wrestling that would eventually birth Japanese MMA. This is their origin story.
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-sermon...
Update on me: over here interviewing Tugboat and Bob Cook and Mark Mero. Malenko adjacent guys.
My commercial instincts remain singular. Doing it for the culture.
My commercial instincts remain singular. Doing it for the culture.
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Update on me: over here interviewing Tugboat and Bob Cook and Mark Mero. Malenko adjacent guys.
My commercial instincts remain singular. Doing it for the culture.
My commercial instincts remain singular. Doing it for the culture.
I get so bored by projects about halfway through.
Any creative types have a strategy for getting through this?
I'm talking specifically about personal projects. Obviously work-for-hire is motivated by a check.
Any creative types have a strategy for getting through this?
I'm talking specifically about personal projects. Obviously work-for-hire is motivated by a check.
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I get so bored by projects about halfway through.
Any creative types have a strategy for getting through this?
I'm talking specifically about personal projects. Obviously work-for-hire is motivated by a check.
Any creative types have a strategy for getting through this?
I'm talking specifically about personal projects. Obviously work-for-hire is motivated by a check.
Want the real history of Japanese #wrestling?
We're telling those stories one match at a time over at Hybrid Shoot.
Today we follow the revolutionary first steps of Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki as they broke away from New Japan.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
We're telling those stories one match at a time over at Hybrid Shoot.
Today we follow the revolutionary first steps of Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki as they broke away from New Japan.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
The Kids Who Burned a Kingdom: The First Brave Steps of the Revolutionaries Who Built Pancrase
How Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki Forged Their Own New Reality
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Want the real history of Japanese #wrestling?
We're telling those stories one match at a time over at Hybrid Shoot.
Today we follow the revolutionary first steps of Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki as they broke away from New Japan.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
We're telling those stories one match at a time over at Hybrid Shoot.
Today we follow the revolutionary first steps of Minoru Suzuki and Masakatsu Funaki as they broke away from New Japan.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Some news I'm excited to share: I'm telling the Malenko family story in cooperation with Joe & Dean Malenko.
From Boris's heat-seeking territory days to Joe's journey with Karl Gotch & Dean's mastery of the craft—the definitive story of wrestling's first family of "shooters."
#wrestling
From Boris's heat-seeking territory days to Joe's journey with Karl Gotch & Dean's mastery of the craft—the definitive story of wrestling's first family of "shooters."
#wrestling
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Some news I'm excited to share: I'm telling the Malenko family story in cooperation with Joe & Dean Malenko.
From Boris's heat-seeking territory days to Joe's journey with Karl Gotch & Dean's mastery of the craft—the definitive story of wrestling's first family of "shooters."
#wrestling
From Boris's heat-seeking territory days to Joe's journey with Karl Gotch & Dean's mastery of the craft—the definitive story of wrestling's first family of "shooters."
#wrestling
Reality Is a Work: The Unbreakable Man Who Had to Break
Jonathan Foye's new book for Hybrid Shoot has me thinking about NOAH. This is the story of a match I loved.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Jonathan Foye's new book for Hybrid Shoot has me thinking about NOAH. This is the story of a match I loved.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Reality Is a Work: The Unbreakable Man Who Had to Break
Kenta Kobashi's 2002 Return was Pro Wrestling NOAH At Its Finest
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reality Is a Work: The Unbreakable Man Who Had to Break
Jonathan Foye's new book for Hybrid Shoot has me thinking about NOAH. This is the story of a match I loved.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Jonathan Foye's new book for Hybrid Shoot has me thinking about NOAH. This is the story of a match I loved.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Attention to whom it may concern: We're going to read all the Christies.
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Attention to whom it may concern: We're going to read all the Christies.
We have a new pro wrestling book for sale at Hybrid Shoot. Would appreciate your support.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Finding Gods on the Green Mat: Book Announcement
They built a dynasty, faced a tragedy, and fought their way back. It's time to tell the Pro Wrestling NOAH story.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We have a new pro wrestling book for sale at Hybrid Shoot. Would appreciate your support.
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Neat flowers randomly appeared in the yard.
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Neat flowers randomly appeared in the yard.
New piece of art for the home office.
One of the most successful pro wrestlers of the 1990s and a formative figure in establishing MMA in Japan.
#PRIDEFCBook
#MMA
#Wrestling
One of the most successful pro wrestlers of the 1990s and a formative figure in establishing MMA in Japan.
#PRIDEFCBook
#MMA
#Wrestling
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New piece of art for the home office.
One of the most successful pro wrestlers of the 1990s and a formative figure in establishing MMA in Japan.
#PRIDEFCBook
#MMA
#Wrestling
One of the most successful pro wrestlers of the 1990s and a formative figure in establishing MMA in Japan.
#PRIDEFCBook
#MMA
#Wrestling
What are your favorites so far?
Listening to it a second time and right now Opalite, Actually Romantic, Cancelled and Wood stand out to me.
#TaylorSwift
Listening to it a second time and right now Opalite, Actually Romantic, Cancelled and Wood stand out to me.
#TaylorSwift
October 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What are your favorites so far?
Listening to it a second time and right now Opalite, Actually Romantic, Cancelled and Wood stand out to me.
#TaylorSwift
Listening to it a second time and right now Opalite, Actually Romantic, Cancelled and Wood stand out to me.
#TaylorSwift
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
September 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The People's House Was Built for a Brawl
From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.
#UFC
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.
#UFC
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
The People's House Was Built for a Brawl
From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The People's House Was Built for a Brawl
From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.
#UFC
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
From Andrew Jackson’s inaugural riot to Teddy Roosevelt’s basement dojo, the White House has always been a stage for our most savage instincts.
#UFC
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
I interrupted all my current work to write a novel. I'm like halfway done.
It's a noir set in the world of 1940's wrestling.
I just started on a whim and wrote for hours. I have tens of thousands of words and a real clear picture of where I'm going.
No one asked for this.🤣
It's a noir set in the world of 1940's wrestling.
I just started on a whim and wrote for hours. I have tens of thousands of words and a real clear picture of where I'm going.
No one asked for this.🤣
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I interrupted all my current work to write a novel. I'm like halfway done.
It's a noir set in the world of 1940's wrestling.
I just started on a whim and wrote for hours. I have tens of thousands of words and a real clear picture of where I'm going.
No one asked for this.🤣
It's a noir set in the world of 1940's wrestling.
I just started on a whim and wrote for hours. I have tens of thousands of words and a real clear picture of where I'm going.
No one asked for this.🤣
Do you run a wrestling or MMA site that uses art to illustrate your stories or videos?
Which artists do you recommend?
How do you manage costs?
Or do you steal other people's photos and cross your fingers that it will be okay?
Which artists do you recommend?
How do you manage costs?
Or do you steal other people's photos and cross your fingers that it will be okay?
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do you run a wrestling or MMA site that uses art to illustrate your stories or videos?
Which artists do you recommend?
How do you manage costs?
Or do you steal other people's photos and cross your fingers that it will be okay?
Which artists do you recommend?
How do you manage costs?
Or do you steal other people's photos and cross your fingers that it will be okay?
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I'm looking for someone to provide a single illustration for a secret #wrestling book project. In the style of Norman Rockwell. Or at least that old-time vibe.
Please email hybridshootstyle@gmail.com with a quote for the exclusive editorial rights for the image.
No AI generated art.
Please email hybridshootstyle@gmail.com with a quote for the exclusive editorial rights for the image.
No AI generated art.
September 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm looking for someone to provide a single illustration for a secret #wrestling book project. In the style of Norman Rockwell. Or at least that old-time vibe.
Please email hybridshootstyle@gmail.com with a quote for the exclusive editorial rights for the image.
No AI generated art.
Please email hybridshootstyle@gmail.com with a quote for the exclusive editorial rights for the image.
No AI generated art.
Not sure if there are any rasslin fans on here, but WWE Vault has announced they've found a new house show taping from Atlanta.
This is not a drill.
This is not a drill.
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Not sure if there are any rasslin fans on here, but WWE Vault has announced they've found a new house show taping from Atlanta.
This is not a drill.
This is not a drill.
The match was the match.
But Ibushi shoot punching the cage to try to get in and help Ospreay was ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#forbiddendoor
But Ibushi shoot punching the cage to try to get in and help Ospreay was ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#forbiddendoor
August 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The match was the match.
But Ibushi shoot punching the cage to try to get in and help Ospreay was ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#forbiddendoor
But Ibushi shoot punching the cage to try to get in and help Ospreay was ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#forbiddendoor
Thank God they are starting with Edge. Plenty of time to finish lunch.
August 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thank God they are starting with Edge. Plenty of time to finish lunch.
The Golden Lovers appear this afternoon at #AEW ForbiddenDoor
Want to know more about them? I wrote something about their beautiful, complicated history for Hybrid Shoot
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Want to know more about them? I wrote something about their beautiful, complicated history for Hybrid Shoot
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Golden Lovers: The Difference in Our Power
Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi and a tale of transformation, glory and love
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Golden Lovers appear this afternoon at #AEW ForbiddenDoor
Want to know more about them? I wrote something about their beautiful, complicated history for Hybrid Shoot
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...
Want to know more about them? I wrote something about their beautiful, complicated history for Hybrid Shoot
open.substack.com/pub/hybridsh...