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Michael Sidgwick

United Kingdom

Writer, Editor and Podcaster at WhatCulture

He is the Boy Popper, Michael 'The Pop' Popper | Writer/Editor/Podcaster/Deft Punk for @WhatCultureWWE

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  • 1 week ago | whatculture.com | Michael Sidgwick

    Bret Hart, legendary WWE champion, years ago devised a system with which to appraise a professional wrestler - and, in typical, humorous Bret fashion, he revealed this as a thinly-veiled excuse to bury somebody. He wrote in his autobiography ‘Hitman’ that Dino Bravo - “that lethargic boulder” - was one of the very few wrestlers whose clumsiness and lack of ability put him on the injured list. Hart suffered a bruised heart, cracked ribs, and a fractured sternum when working Dino in October 1989.

  • 1 week ago | whatculture.com | Michael Sidgwick

    On the latest episode of her podcast 'What's Your Story?', Stephanie McMahon sat down with WWE President Nick Khan. The rare topic of Vince McMahon arose. When discussing the subject of resilience on the pod, and whether it is something you are born with or learn from experience, Stephanie brought up her father. She said that he was a victim of abuse in is childhood years, which honed his instincts to survive.

  • 1 week ago | whatculture.com | Michael Sidgwick

    Bryan Danielson last appeared in an AEW ring at the WrestleDream pay-per-view in October 2024. He lost to Death Riders leader Jon Moxley, bringing to a close the storyline in which he would retire as a full-time wrestler when he lost the AEW World title. But he has retired for good, or is he simply on the AEW injury list? All the while, both AEW and Bryan Danielson were keen to stress the "as a full-time wrestler" qualifier.

  • 1 week ago | whatculture.com | Simon Miller |Robbie Mills |Michael Sidgwick

    How Tony Khan can restore the feeling in AEW... For more awesome content, check out: http://whatculture.com/wwe Listen to our free podcasts: http://www.whatculture.com/wrestleculture Follow us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatculturewwe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/whatculturewwe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatculturewrestling #AEW #Wrestling #TonyKhan Voiceover: Simon Miller. Video Editor: Robbie Mills. Original Article by Michael Sidgwick can be found here.

  • 2 weeks ago | whatculture.com | Simon Miller |Michael Sidgwick

    Look at the wrestling landscape: the nWo truly was 4 life. Simon Miller breaks down their incredible history... For more awesome content, check out: http://whatculture.com/wwe Listen to our free podcasts: http://www.whatculture.com/wrestleculture Follow us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatculturewwe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/whatculturewwe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatculturewrestling #WWE #Wrestling #WCW #NWO #NewWorldOrder Voiceover: Simon Miller.

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Sidgwick @MSidgwick
8 Jun 25

What was it about the last excruciatingly boring and unimaginative several weeks of WWE television made you think the Truth stuff was a work? If it was a work - 100% not the case - it would require something called thought

Sidgwick
Sidgwick @MSidgwick
8 Jun 25

The CONSTANT "how cool is it that we're about to interact?" showdowns in the MITB and Rumble matches are brutal. Beyond forced, so smug

Sidgwick
Sidgwick @MSidgwick
7 Jun 25

This World's Collide show has the same, specific vibe as the NXT UK TakeOvers. Loveless.