The Left Fist

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Professional wrestling -- from an unreservedly leftist angle 🤜‍

With articles and podcasts (part of IWWFJU), and a shop (part of Indie Sellers Guild)

Managed by https://kolektiva.social/@MediaActivist (they/he) -- Edward Carpenter in the streets, Édouard Carpentier in the sheets.

#ProUnion #ProWrestling #BretWasRight #PunkWasRight​

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The Left FistAug 9, 2023
Get CM Punk’s very good Collision shirt and support a very good cause https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2023/8/9/23826228/cm-punk-trans-flag-aew-collision-shirt-pics-sale-support-trevor-project #AEW #CMPunk #TransRights #LGBTQ #wrestling #ProWrestling
Get CM Punk’s very good Collision shirt and support a very good cause

The Real AEW World champ showed up in South Carolina last Saturday night repping trans rights. Now you can too — and give a little to a charity that offers suicide prevention and other mental health services to LGBTQ youth in the process.

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Show threadThe Left FistAug 9, 2023
At the start of the pandemic, Ross Kelly took a deep dive into the obstacles in place for wrestlers to ever unionise: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/04/a-deep-look-at-what-it-would-take-for-pro-wrestlers-to-form-669483/ #ProWrestling #wrestling #union
A Deep Look At What It Would Take For Pro Wrestlers To Form A Union

Richard Borger runs Face 2 Face Wrestling Academy in Atlanta which is one of the best training facilities in the country. He talked about having…

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Show threadThe Left FistAug 9, 2023
In this, Javier Ojst examines why wrestling is one of the last of the unprotected industries in sports and entertainment, as many wrestlers have attempted to form a wrestling union but were met with failure while others were blackballed completely. #ProWrestling #wrestling #union
The Left FistAug 7, 2023
AEW All In sells more tickets than Hogan vs. Andre at WrestleMania 3 https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2023/8/7/23822799/aew-all-in-london-wembley-stadium-ticket-sales-breaking-record-hogan-andre-wrestlemania-3-summerslam #AEW #AllIn #WembleyStadium #ProWrestling #WrestleMania
AEW All In sells more tickets than Hogan vs. Andre at WrestleMania 3

Tony Khan’s Wembley Stadium show surpasses the actual paid attendance mark of Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant at WrestleMania 3, over the same weekend that WWE’s SummerSlam 2023 attendance figure is also disputed.

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The Left FistAug 6, 2023
The TV show #Heels books women better than #AEW! #ProWrestling #wrestling #WomensWrestling
The Left FistAug 5, 2023
@MediaActivist Testing testing.
The Left FistAug 5, 2023
Ruby Soho, others defend AEW women’s locker room after LuFisto’s criticism https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2023/8/5/23821150/ruby-soho-statement-britt-baker-saraya-renee-paquette-mjf-react-lufisto-criticism-aew-women #AEW #LuFisto #WomensWrestling #ProWrestling #wrestling
Ruby Soho, others defend AEW’s women in wake of LuFisto’s criticism

And MJF went on the attack.

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The Left FistAug 5, 2023
LuFisto detailed her issues with AEW & its women’s division https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2023/8/4/23820249/lufisto-interview-specific-issues-aew-womens-division-dustin-rhodes-ruby-soho-britt-baker #LuFisto #AEW #ProWrestling #wrestling #WomensWrestling
LuFisto detailed her issues with AEW & its women’s division

And... phew! There’s a lot to discuss.

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The Left FistAug 2, 2023
Kolektiva.social have not, as far as can be gauged, defederated from #Firefish - so why is it not possible to fully interact with accounts from there? Maybe @kainoa can share some insight?
The Left FistAug 2, 2023
Vince McMahon searched & served as federal investigation continues https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2023/8/2/23817126/vince-mcmahon-federal-investigation-search-warrant-grand-jury-subpeona-hush-money-scandal #VinceMcMahon #WWE #Endeavor #ProWrestling #wrestling
Vince McMahon searched & served as federal investigation continues

WWE revealed as much in their second quarter filings, noting that while no charges have been filed the case stemming from their Chairman’s hush money scandal isn’t over.

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