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:
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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
A very funny sticker to find on a package just delivered two weeks after it was due, with Evri insisting it would be "arriving today" multiple days in a row at gone 11pm.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A very funny sticker to find on a package just delivered two weeks after it was due, with Evri insisting it would be "arriving today" multiple days in a row at gone 11pm.
A lot going on in this 1965 newspaper ad; Pauline Ash (pictured) and my old research topic Jean Hackenschmidt headlining over our Shirley, and a "Rugby League Tag Team Contest" - every wrestler in it was a legit former rugby pro, and I doubt there was more to the gimmick than that, but a fun billing
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A lot going on in this 1965 newspaper ad; Pauline Ash (pictured) and my old research topic Jean Hackenschmidt headlining over our Shirley, and a "Rugby League Tag Team Contest" - every wrestler in it was a legit former rugby pro, and I doubt there was more to the gimmick than that, but a fun billing
life has been busy, so I only just finished up my October list.
My October favourites:
Agriculture - The Spiritual Sound
Tombs - Feral Darkness
Mono - Forever Home: Live in Japan with Orchestra PITREZA
Greensky Bluegrass - XXV
My October favourites:
Agriculture - The Spiritual Sound
Tombs - Feral Darkness
Mono - Forever Home: Live in Japan with Orchestra PITREZA
Greensky Bluegrass - XXV
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
life has been busy, so I only just finished up my October list.
My October favourites:
Agriculture - The Spiritual Sound
Tombs - Feral Darkness
Mono - Forever Home: Live in Japan with Orchestra PITREZA
Greensky Bluegrass - XXV
My October favourites:
Agriculture - The Spiritual Sound
Tombs - Feral Darkness
Mono - Forever Home: Live in Japan with Orchestra PITREZA
Greensky Bluegrass - XXV
but Kendo isn't the only octogenarian to have wrestled this month! Also clocking in at 61 years since debuting, "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant was back in the ring on 8th November, at the age of 83.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
but Kendo isn't the only octogenarian to have wrestled this month! Also clocking in at 61 years since debuting, "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant was back in the ring on 8th November, at the age of 83.
Having been pipped to the post by Dory Funk Jr. last year, Kendo Nagasaki has almost certainly set the record as the oldest male wrestler to ever compete, wrestling for LDN on 23rd November 2025 at the age of 84, 61 years after his debut match.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Having been pipped to the post by Dory Funk Jr. last year, Kendo Nagasaki has almost certainly set the record as the oldest male wrestler to ever compete, wrestling for LDN on 23rd November 2025 at the age of 84, 61 years after his debut match.
Adding to the list of bands I've seen live this year that I never thought I'd get the chance to see, with the spiritual successors to one of my all-time favourite bands, in Vapors Of Morphine at the 100 Club last night.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Adding to the list of bands I've seen live this year that I never thought I'd get the chance to see, with the spiritual successors to one of my all-time favourite bands, in Vapors Of Morphine at the 100 Club last night.
new drag name just dropped
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
new drag name just dropped
Treated myself to a David Hockney for the new kitchen, the most middle class thing I will ever do.
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Treated myself to a David Hockney for the new kitchen, the most middle class thing I will ever do.
Established 1855? Was it bollocks, mate.
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Established 1855? Was it bollocks, mate.
when someone says "for the time being", but it turns out this is the Time Being they're talking about
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
when someone says "for the time being", but it turns out this is the Time Being they're talking about
Pride of place in the new home ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Pride of place in the new home ❤️
Celebrating the move with a fridge full of my favourite Japanese beer, and a case of Finnish long drinks.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Celebrating the move with a fridge full of my favourite Japanese beer, and a case of Finnish long drinks.
The face/the scent
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The face/the scent
Yesterday was great-uncle Wilf's 100th birthday, which he celebrated with a friend who *also* turns 100 this month, and who had signed up for the Royal Marines on the same day as him in 1941.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yesterday was great-uncle Wilf's 100th birthday, which he celebrated with a friend who *also* turns 100 this month, and who had signed up for the Royal Marines on the same day as him in 1941.
Post yourself from a different era.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Post yourself from a different era.
More convinced than ever that Willow Nightingale is an absolute star that a company should be built around.
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
More convinced than ever that Willow Nightingale is an absolute star that a company should be built around.
Don Robinson, former chairman of Hull City, has died at the age of 91.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Don Robinson, former chairman of Hull City, has died at the age of 91.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
We are so back. Nature is healing.
Overpromise and underdeliver to me, Peter. The children yearn for The Cube.
Overpromise and underdeliver to me, Peter. The children yearn for The Cube.
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We are so back. Nature is healing.
Overpromise and underdeliver to me, Peter. The children yearn for The Cube.
Overpromise and underdeliver to me, Peter. The children yearn for The Cube.
You could read every book ever published in the English language, and not find as exquisite a pair of back-to-back potential euphemisms as being invited to devastate the moors of a friend but unexpectedly coming within fifteen miles of Gimmerton.
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You could read every book ever published in the English language, and not find as exquisite a pair of back-to-back potential euphemisms as being invited to devastate the moors of a friend but unexpectedly coming within fifteen miles of Gimmerton.
Karl Heinz debuted in 1964, and wrestled into the 1990s. A bit of an asterisk for this thread, as he returned to the ring this weekend, but as a referee, aged 84.
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Karl Heinz debuted in 1964, and wrestled into the 1990s. A bit of an asterisk for this thread, as he returned to the ring this weekend, but as a referee, aged 84.
All-timer of a Letterboxd review here. If your dog wrote this film you'd have it put down.
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
All-timer of a Letterboxd review here. If your dog wrote this film you'd have it put down.
Incidentally, it wasn't the Michael Myers mask, but a different mask, because he was in disguise. Real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles going undercover stuff here.
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Incidentally, it wasn't the Michael Myers mask, but a different mask, because he was in disguise. Real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles going undercover stuff here.
