Matt from The Mat
@mattfromthemat.bsky.social
Writer about most things
Wrestling and music
Have dreams of physical media
Wrestling and music
Have dreams of physical media
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Full show hits Patreon at 18:30
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Full show hits Patreon at 18:30
Anyone who knows about these things know why people in Facebook are insistent that Smoky Mountain Wrestling is still around?
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anyone who knows about these things know why people in Facebook are insistent that Smoky Mountain Wrestling is still around?
I always forget to post things here but I wrote about Forbidden Door and I think its a pretty good piece and that you should go and read it 🤷♂️
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AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025
The fourth annual blurring of boundaries
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August 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I always forget to post things here but I wrote about Forbidden Door and I think its a pretty good piece and that you should go and read it 🤷♂️
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
I've seen 6 people on the Forbidden Door card in the Bread Shed
Two of them this year
That's why supporting your local independent promotions is so cool
Two of them this year
That's why supporting your local independent promotions is so cool
August 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I've seen 6 people on the Forbidden Door card in the Bread Shed
Two of them this year
That's why supporting your local independent promotions is so cool
Two of them this year
That's why supporting your local independent promotions is so cool
Saturday afternoon retro wrestling show, chosen for me by a first vote wins poll
Great show
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Great show
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August 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Saturday afternoon retro wrestling show, chosen for me by a first vote wins poll
Great show
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Great show
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
Masterfully good book
A level to aspire to
A level to aspire to
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Masterfully good book
A level to aspire to
A level to aspire to
If your heart wasn't warmed by Dustin Rhodes getting that moment in his home state even just a little bit then I don't know what to say
July 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If your heart wasn't warmed by Dustin Rhodes getting that moment in his home state even just a little bit then I don't know what to say
Pez Whatley getting a shout out at All In
July 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Pez Whatley getting a shout out at All In
Something about imitation and flattery
July 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Something about imitation and flattery
Working in a field that's quite reliant on word of mouth is very hard when your work doesn't get shared around
July 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Working in a field that's quite reliant on word of mouth is very hard when your work doesn't get shared around
My project to listen to every UK Number One single continues with 1955
A year dominated by a cowboy that also saw a new genre appear
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A year dominated by a cowboy that also saw a new genre appear
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The Number One Project: 1955
There's a rumbling in the distance
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July 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My project to listen to every UK Number One single continues with 1955
A year dominated by a cowboy that also saw a new genre appear
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
A year dominated by a cowboy that also saw a new genre appear
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
Part two of what will end up being 70+
Please have a read so this mad idea I had doesn't prove wasted
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Please have a read so this mad idea I had doesn't prove wasted
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
The Number One Project: 1954
More ballads, with added light opera
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June 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Part two of what will end up being 70+
Please have a read so this mad idea I had doesn't prove wasted
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
Please have a read so this mad idea I had doesn't prove wasted
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
I would tell you in great detail what I felt about Progress but I genuinely dont think anyone cares at this point
June 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I would tell you in great detail what I felt about Progress but I genuinely dont think anyone cares at this point
Starting off my project to listen to every UK number One right at the beginning (where else)
So please, have a read of what I thought about 1952 and 1953s biggest hits
Anyone know the superstar below?
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So please, have a read of what I thought about 1952 and 1953s biggest hits
Anyone know the superstar below?
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
June 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Starting off my project to listen to every UK number One right at the beginning (where else)
So please, have a read of what I thought about 1952 and 1953s biggest hits
Anyone know the superstar below?
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
So please, have a read of what I thought about 1952 and 1953s biggest hits
Anyone know the superstar below?
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
Launched a new music newsletter today, would mean a lot if you'd take a look
I'm about to embark on a mission to listen to all 1400+ UK no.1 singles and if you sign up (it's free) you can read all about it
And there'll be loads more as well
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
I'm about to embark on a mission to listen to all 1400+ UK no.1 singles and if you sign up (it's free) you can read all about it
And there'll be loads more as well
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
June 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Launched a new music newsletter today, would mean a lot if you'd take a look
I'm about to embark on a mission to listen to all 1400+ UK no.1 singles and if you sign up (it's free) you can read all about it
And there'll be loads more as well
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
I'm about to embark on a mission to listen to all 1400+ UK no.1 singles and if you sign up (it's free) you can read all about it
And there'll be loads more as well
open.substack.com/pub/mattlaur...
In 'Let's get ready to Rhumble' Ant & Dec I teoduce themselves as such, but the song is credited to PJ & Duncan
Why?
Why?
June 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In 'Let's get ready to Rhumble' Ant & Dec I teoduce themselves as such, but the song is credited to PJ & Duncan
Why?
Why?
About to embark on a ridiculous project to listen to (and comment on) every single UK number one single from the birth of the charts to the present day
I will go insane at some point, probably before the 1950s are out 🤷♂️
I will go insane at some point, probably before the 1950s are out 🤷♂️
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
About to embark on a ridiculous project to listen to (and comment on) every single UK number one single from the birth of the charts to the present day
I will go insane at some point, probably before the 1950s are out 🤷♂️
I will go insane at some point, probably before the 1950s are out 🤷♂️
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We reeaallly wish we got more traction here so we could stop having to the use the other place so much.
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
June 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We reeaallly wish we got more traction here so we could stop having to the use the other place so much.
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
I keep seeing pieces proclaiming the pipebomb as a turning point, so I figured I'd evaluate it near its 14th anniversary this month
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You're Remembering It Wrong - The Pipebomb
The promo that changed the world?
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June 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I keep seeing pieces proclaiming the pipebomb as a turning point, so I figured I'd evaluate it near its 14th anniversary this month
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
Strange day for weirdly insistent people arguing falsehoods
First the Bull Nakano wrestled at Wembley Stadium people
Now someone insistent that Fabulous Moolah wrestled at SummerSlam 92, he was there and everything
First the Bull Nakano wrestled at Wembley Stadium people
Now someone insistent that Fabulous Moolah wrestled at SummerSlam 92, he was there and everything
June 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Strange day for weirdly insistent people arguing falsehoods
First the Bull Nakano wrestled at Wembley Stadium people
Now someone insistent that Fabulous Moolah wrestled at SummerSlam 92, he was there and everything
First the Bull Nakano wrestled at Wembley Stadium people
Now someone insistent that Fabulous Moolah wrestled at SummerSlam 92, he was there and everything
If you're booking learning difficulties as a gimmick in 2025 you need your head wobbling
RevPro can do better than that, much better
RevPro can do better than that, much better
June 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you're booking learning difficulties as a gimmick in 2025 you need your head wobbling
RevPro can do better than that, much better
RevPro can do better than that, much better
A thread about @catchprowres.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A thread about @catchprowres.bsky.social
Almost impossibly good at his best
The word genius is easy to apply to a lot of people, it's rarely easier than attaching it to Brian Wilson
The word genius is easy to apply to a lot of people, it's rarely easier than attaching it to Brian Wilson
June 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Almost impossibly good at his best
The word genius is easy to apply to a lot of people, it's rarely easier than attaching it to Brian Wilson
The word genius is easy to apply to a lot of people, it's rarely easier than attaching it to Brian Wilson
I'd love to watch some fantasy booking videos (slash videos generally discussing narrative techniques through that structure)
But there only seems to be one person who does them 🤷♂️
But there only seems to be one person who does them 🤷♂️
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'd love to watch some fantasy booking videos (slash videos generally discussing narrative techniques through that structure)
But there only seems to be one person who does them 🤷♂️
But there only seems to be one person who does them 🤷♂️
What happens when I watch Money in the Bank with not even sleep behind me?
Apparently the references get more obscure and I begin to contemplate writing about roller derby instead 🤷♂️ who knew
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Apparently the references get more obscure and I begin to contemplate writing about roller derby instead 🤷♂️ who knew
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
Everything is sponsored
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June 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
What happens when I watch Money in the Bank with not even sleep behind me?
Apparently the references get more obscure and I begin to contemplate writing about roller derby instead 🤷♂️ who knew
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...
Apparently the references get more obscure and I begin to contemplate writing about roller derby instead 🤷♂️ who knew
open.substack.com/pub/mattfrom...