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June 19th, 2008

Ring Posts Blogger Kevin Eck Profile and Interview Part Two

Jabandgrapple.com recently sat down with Kevin Eck, writer for the Baltimore Sun’s terrific Ring Posts wrestling blog. This is Part Two of our profile and interview. If you missed Part One click here.
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The fact that pro wrestling and Ring Posts isn’t respected by all and recognized as stellar journalism and an always fantastic read is […]

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June 19th, 2008

Ring Posts Blogger Kevin Eck Profile and Interview Part One

Jabandgrapple.com recently sat down with Kevin Eck, writer for the Baltimore Sun’s terrific Ring Posts wrestling blog. This is Part One of our profile and interview. For Part Two click here.
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Pro Wrestling reporting has long been characterized by the Bill Apter’s iconic magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the you-are-an-insider conceits of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer […]

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May 30th, 2008

The Dichotomy of Santino Marella

We at www.jabandgrapple.com enjoy the WWE character Santino Marella a great deal. Often his comedic talent and hilarious malaprops overshadow his ample wrestling skills. We’re not thrilled about his feud with Jimmy Kimmel’s Cousin Sal but assured that that side story only has about two more weeks of life.
So when we saw he was […]

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May 14th, 2008

Steroids and Name Calling

Two terrific interviews have appeared out there in cyberspace over the past few days revealing a great deal about the underbelly of pro wrestling.
Over on fighthype.com there is an interview with former WWE writer Christopher Bell, director of the soon to be released documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster*. He talks about which drug he thinks […]

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