Modern Marks
@modernmarks.bsky.social
Takes celebrating the art, beauty, and oddity of modern pro wrestling.
Even if it was only AEW fans calling out Gail Kim for her racist and misogynistic comments about Riho, which thankfully it wasn't, that would say more about other fans than it would say about AEW fans. 🤼
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Even if it was only AEW fans calling out Gail Kim for her racist and misogynistic comments about Riho, which thankfully it wasn't, that would say more about other fans than it would say about AEW fans. 🤼
As nice as a one-off Moriarty match is, AEW continues to present Hangman way below what he's earned and deserves. I can't blame this solely on AEW's lack of top-of-the-card heels. He's simply being booked as less important than the AEW Men's Champ should be. Why does this keep happening? 🤼 #AEW
September 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As nice as a one-off Moriarty match is, AEW continues to present Hangman way below what he's earned and deserves. I can't blame this solely on AEW's lack of top-of-the-card heels. He's simply being booked as less important than the AEW Men's Champ should be. Why does this keep happening? 🤼 #AEW
Riho is one of the best pro wrestlers in the fucking world. 🤼
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Riho is one of the best pro wrestlers in the fucking world. 🤼
I absolutely loved the PPV but I'm going to rate the show poorly and every AEW show going forward until the god damn tweets are removed. 🤼 #AEW
September 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I absolutely loved the PPV but I'm going to rate the show poorly and every AEW show going forward until the god damn tweets are removed. 🤼 #AEW
Brett Lauderdale even considering talking The Collective to Saudi Arabia for the 2027 WrestleMania weekend is such carny-ass fucking bullshit. Stand up for your fucking promotion, your wrestlers, and your fans, you clown. 🤼 #GCW
September 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Brett Lauderdale even considering talking The Collective to Saudi Arabia for the 2027 WrestleMania weekend is such carny-ass fucking bullshit. Stand up for your fucking promotion, your wrestlers, and your fans, you clown. 🤼 #GCW
Bowens quoting my criticism of Tony Khan's mid-card booking.
You can’t tell me that I’m not Elite. I get looked over bc I’ve never had an opportunity to go 20-30 minutes with someone in AEW. That is really when you start to earn your stripes. You can’t make assumptions without giving people the chance to prove you wrong.
I am THE PRIDE OF PRO WRESTLING ✌🏽
I am THE PRIDE OF PRO WRESTLING ✌🏽
September 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Bowens quoting my criticism of Tony Khan's mid-card booking.
Reposted by Modern Marks
Illustration of wrestling tag team MxM Collection
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Illustration of wrestling tag team MxM Collection
Highlights -- Darby's a maniac. RIHO! Brodido is fuckin' OVER! Mike Bailey and Kyle Fletcher are both incredible.
Lowlights -- Hook still presented way above his level, w/e that Christian+Cope/FTR bullshit was, Hangman still booked like he's less important than everyone around him. 🤼 #AEW
Lowlights -- Hook still presented way above his level, w/e that Christian+Cope/FTR bullshit was, Hangman still booked like he's less important than everyone around him. 🤼 #AEW
September 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Highlights -- Darby's a maniac. RIHO! Brodido is fuckin' OVER! Mike Bailey and Kyle Fletcher are both incredible.
Lowlights -- Hook still presented way above his level, w/e that Christian+Cope/FTR bullshit was, Hangman still booked like he's less important than everyone around him. 🤼 #AEW
Lowlights -- Hook still presented way above his level, w/e that Christian+Cope/FTR bullshit was, Hangman still booked like he's less important than everyone around him. 🤼 #AEW
I'm more bothered by there only being three matches announced for Dynamite tonight than I am about any All Out schedule adjustment nonsense. Please, football season Tony Khan! 🤼 #AEW
September 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm more bothered by there only being three matches announced for Dynamite tonight than I am about any All Out schedule adjustment nonsense. Please, football season Tony Khan! 🤼 #AEW
I would love to hear Will's thoughts on wrestling on the regular, but having him come over here after spending all his time on the Nazi platform and immediately say Bluesky is a "groupthink social space," a baffling perspective spread specifically by the Nazi place... come on, man.
See, that’s that dichotomy I’m not interested in. Because I promise you there’s something in between a groupthink social space and a place that lets hate run amok. It absolutely does not have to be one or the other.
September 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I would love to hear Will's thoughts on wrestling on the regular, but having him come over here after spending all his time on the Nazi platform and immediately say Bluesky is a "groupthink social space," a baffling perspective spread specifically by the Nazi place... come on, man.
I'm not one to mince words on the subject of CM Punk. CM Punk was only so damaging to AEW because Tony Khan enabled him. He did so at the expense of his roster and the quality of AEW. He used Punk to undercut his co-founders. AEW hasn't fully recovered from it, and probably never will. 🤼 #AEW
September 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm not one to mince words on the subject of CM Punk. CM Punk was only so damaging to AEW because Tony Khan enabled him. He did so at the expense of his roster and the quality of AEW. He used Punk to undercut his co-founders. AEW hasn't fully recovered from it, and probably never will. 🤼 #AEW
Reminder that Jay Lethal was credibly accused by multiple women of using his position in Ring of Honor to solicit sex for better booking and treatment. 🤼 #AEW
Just confirmed for Tonight's #AEWCollision LIVE from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hologram vs Jay Lethal
Hologram vs Jay Lethal
August 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Reminder that Jay Lethal was credibly accused by multiple women of using his position in Ring of Honor to solicit sex for better booking and treatment. 🤼 #AEW
We're almost to Dynamite and thank all that is good there is no Wardlow squash announced. No more squashes for Wardlow. Either have good matches, or go back to American Gladiators. 🤼 #AEW
August 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We're almost to Dynamite and thank all that is good there is no Wardlow squash announced. No more squashes for Wardlow. Either have good matches, or go back to American Gladiators. 🤼 #AEW
Some marks always gotta make everything about WWE.
If you're a wrestling fan and understand that WWE is toxic dogshit, stop letting it color your every wrestling take. Watch great wrestling. Support great wrestling. Compare it to other great wrestling. Demand great wrestling get better. 🤼 #AEW
If you're a wrestling fan and understand that WWE is toxic dogshit, stop letting it color your every wrestling take. Watch great wrestling. Support great wrestling. Compare it to other great wrestling. Demand great wrestling get better. 🤼 #AEW
In a vacuum, comparing AEW's shows to each other makes sense. The problem is that the industry leader is trying to become the only large company in the world again, so I think it makes more sense to compare AEW cards to what we would be getting if AEW did not exist. 🤼 #Wrestlesky
August 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Some marks always gotta make everything about WWE.
If you're a wrestling fan and understand that WWE is toxic dogshit, stop letting it color your every wrestling take. Watch great wrestling. Support great wrestling. Compare it to other great wrestling. Demand great wrestling get better. 🤼 #AEW
If you're a wrestling fan and understand that WWE is toxic dogshit, stop letting it color your every wrestling take. Watch great wrestling. Support great wrestling. Compare it to other great wrestling. Demand great wrestling get better. 🤼 #AEW
Forbidden Door ended basically like every individual match ended. 90% very fun and then 10% off-putting. It's the same reason Dynamite continues to be frustrating to watch. They're trying to do too much, and it's hurting the wrestling. 🤼 #AEW #AEWForbiddenDoor
August 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Forbidden Door ended basically like every individual match ended. 90% very fun and then 10% off-putting. It's the same reason Dynamite continues to be frustrating to watch. They're trying to do too much, and it's hurting the wrestling. 🤼 #AEW #AEWForbiddenDoor
Whenever you ask yourself, "Why doesn't AEW do a better job bringing in NJPW and Stardom talent?" the answer is always Tony Khan. "Well, the schedule is..." made by Tony Khan, knowing it will mean he doesn't have to care about Japanese wrestlers. 🤼
Tony Khan revealed that Yota Tsuji was considered as a challenger for the AEW World Title in a bout against Swerve Strickland for Forbidden Door 2024.
But decided to go with a more established challenger for the event instead.
But decided to go with a more established challenger for the event instead.
August 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Whenever you ask yourself, "Why doesn't AEW do a better job bringing in NJPW and Stardom talent?" the answer is always Tony Khan. "Well, the schedule is..." made by Tony Khan, knowing it will mean he doesn't have to care about Japanese wrestlers. 🤼
As always, every time something good happens in AEW - in this case Hangman winning the championship - too many vocal fans pretend there’s never been anything bad, that everything as is is great. AEW has never been perfect. It always had issues. Fans pushing it to be better makes it better. 🤼 #AEW
August 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
As always, every time something good happens in AEW - in this case Hangman winning the championship - too many vocal fans pretend there’s never been anything bad, that everything as is is great. AEW has never been perfect. It always had issues. Fans pushing it to be better makes it better. 🤼 #AEW
It's years late for NJPW to move on from Gedo. This morning's G1 results didn't change anything, it just offered yet opportunity to say it loudly -- Gedo has to go. 🤼 #NJPW
August 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's years late for NJPW to move on from Gedo. This morning's G1 results didn't change anything, it just offered yet opportunity to say it loudly -- Gedo has to go. 🤼 #NJPW
Reposted by Modern Marks
Illustration of wrestler Mercedes Mone
August 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Illustration of wrestler Mercedes Mone
That was a bad Dynamite with mostly bad matches and mostly bad angles. Bucks, you're cool. 🤼
August 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
That was a bad Dynamite with mostly bad matches and mostly bad angles. Bucks, you're cool. 🤼