Patrick W. Reed
@patrickwreed.bsky.social
Writer, historian & occasional wrestling commentator/referee/oddjobsman
Host of the Bunkum & Ballyhoo podcast (@bunkumballyhoo.bsky.social)
"Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling", out now:
bit.ly/3N1Q73b
www.patrickwreed.com
Host of the Bunkum & Ballyhoo podcast (@bunkumballyhoo.bsky.social)
"Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling", out now:
bit.ly/3N1Q73b
www.patrickwreed.com
Sorry, I'm busy doing absolutely anything but watching this
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sorry, I'm busy doing absolutely anything but watching this
at least Stranger Things finally did something that feels authentically '80s - having actors in their mid-20s play high school teenagers.
November 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
at least Stranger Things finally did something that feels authentically '80s - having actors in their mid-20s play high school teenagers.
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Controversially, I don't think Die Hard is a Die Hard movie. It's just *set* at Die Hard.
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Controversially, I don't think Die Hard is a Die Hard movie. It's just *set* at Die Hard.
Apparently the average man thinks about the Roman Empire as much as three times a day. Not me, I spend that time thinking about one small village of indomitable Gauls that still holds out against the invaders.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Apparently the average man thinks about the Roman Empire as much as three times a day. Not me, I spend that time thinking about one small village of indomitable Gauls that still holds out against the invaders.
There's a Survivor Series stream on WWE Vault, showing The Mercenaries vs The Alliance from 1990
Observations: Sgt Slaughter's pre-match promo is deranged
A babyface USA team of Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana & The Bushwhackers is a choice
There's a guy with a sign that says "PEACE IS FOR PANSIES"
Observations: Sgt Slaughter's pre-match promo is deranged
A babyface USA team of Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana & The Bushwhackers is a choice
There's a guy with a sign that says "PEACE IS FOR PANSIES"
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There's a Survivor Series stream on WWE Vault, showing The Mercenaries vs The Alliance from 1990
Observations: Sgt Slaughter's pre-match promo is deranged
A babyface USA team of Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana & The Bushwhackers is a choice
There's a guy with a sign that says "PEACE IS FOR PANSIES"
Observations: Sgt Slaughter's pre-match promo is deranged
A babyface USA team of Nikolai Volkoff, Tito Santana & The Bushwhackers is a choice
There's a guy with a sign that says "PEACE IS FOR PANSIES"
A @deserterblog.bsky.social Christmas idea...
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A @deserterblog.bsky.social Christmas idea...
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There's a very strong chance that John Cena, El Hijo Del Santo, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kendo Nagasaki all have their last matches within a six week period.
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There's a very strong chance that John Cena, El Hijo Del Santo, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kendo Nagasaki all have their last matches within a six week period.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
Could fit a ring in here.
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Could fit a ring in here.
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This is for someone's birthday who I don't know so I should probably butt out, but it might be the funniest thing I've seen all week.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is for someone's birthday who I don't know so I should probably butt out, but it might be the funniest thing I've seen all week.
so if you lucked into owning a home that's now worth £2 million, you are just a small bean washed along by the tides of economic change and should not be expected to take responsibility for it, but if your kids stand to inherit it they shouldn't pay tax on it because you worked *really* hard for it?
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
so if you lucked into owning a home that's now worth £2 million, you are just a small bean washed along by the tides of economic change and should not be expected to take responsibility for it, but if your kids stand to inherit it they shouldn't pay tax on it because you worked *really* hard for it?
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love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
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Pat "Bomber" Roach, Joe D'Orazio and Brian Glover (very much The Lads) at the Prince Of Orange, a pub then owned by fellow wrestler Wayne Bridges.
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Pat "Bomber" Roach, Joe D'Orazio and Brian Glover (very much The Lads) at the Prince Of Orange, a pub then owned by fellow wrestler Wayne Bridges.
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
A quick excursion to the Nth Dimension this morning.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A quick excursion to the Nth Dimension this morning.
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Friend of mine is exploring gender presentation and is looking for LGBTQ+-friendly shops in Manchester which might stock femme clothes in a range of larger sizes. Does anyone have any recommendations please?
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Friend of mine is exploring gender presentation and is looking for LGBTQ+-friendly shops in Manchester which might stock femme clothes in a range of larger sizes. Does anyone have any recommendations please?
This match is a sad story of how petty nationalism tears families apart, pitting brother against brother.
NEW EPISODE!
Some delightful symmetry on this week's No Scrubs, as Christian teams with a man known for his obituaries and Edge teams with a man who is dead.
open.spotify.com/episode/7KXZ...
Some delightful symmetry on this week's No Scrubs, as Christian teams with a man known for his obituaries and Edge teams with a man who is dead.
open.spotify.com/episode/7KXZ...
S2E4: Edge/Hulk Hogan vs. Christian/Lance Storm (WWE Vengeance 2002)
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This match is a sad story of how petty nationalism tears families apart, pitting brother against brother.
Two shows in Nashville, a heel beefing with a country singer at ringside, and not a single spot for Jeff Jarrett on either show? Game's gone, lads.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Two shows in Nashville, a heel beefing with a country singer at ringside, and not a single spot for Jeff Jarrett on either show? Game's gone, lads.
"I don't think Eddie Kingston lets that much bother him" - Tony Schiavone, being the wrongest anyone has ever been.
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"I don't think Eddie Kingston lets that much bother him" - Tony Schiavone, being the wrongest anyone has ever been.
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Fucks sake that’s scathing
Martin Freeman sat at home going “FINALLY some REAL music”. #TOTP
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fucks sake that’s scathing
Pat "Bomber" Roach, Joe D'Orazio and Brian Glover (very much The Lads) at the Prince Of Orange, a pub then owned by fellow wrestler Wayne Bridges.
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Pat "Bomber" Roach, Joe D'Orazio and Brian Glover (very much The Lads) at the Prince Of Orange, a pub then owned by fellow wrestler Wayne Bridges.
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
I believe this is now the Belushi's in Greenwich.
Might be time to start following up my Soho wrestlers piece with a South London wrestling pub crawl!
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SHOW YOUR WIFE HOW YOU WON MEDALS BACK IN FLANDERS
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
SHOW YOUR WIFE HOW YOU WON MEDALS BACK IN FLANDERS
Feeling smug enough to pretend it's 2020 and brag about my Wordle score today.
Wordle 1,623 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,623 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Feeling smug enough to pretend it's 2020 and brag about my Wordle score today.
Wordle 1,623 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,623 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
holy shit!
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
holy shit!