Author Archives: Nicholas Radford

Hot Academy Summer. That’s what we were calling it. The most booked and blessed Thom Alman and I have been since returning to live wrestling shows in February 2022. Since then, I’d only had eighteen matches in 2022 and (until August) eleven matches in 2023. For comparison, in 2015–my second year of wrestling–when I wasContinue reading “Hot Academy Summer”

This blog is a little different. A recent viral tweet (as seen above), which has since been deleted (or the person went private), inspired me to write my first-ever romantic short story! It’s about the housing market, but really it’s about someone who just wants to start over with a simple life in rural America.Continue reading “Rough but Livable”

I’ve run three marathons. My first was the Seattle Marathon in November 2022. Next was the Walt Disney World Marathon in January 2023. Now, less than a year after my first, I just finished running my third–The Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon. I can safely say that this was my favorite marathonContinue reading “Running in the Dark”

Game preservation has recently become a hot topic despite being an issue for decades. Understandably, it’s at the front of the public consciousness since the Wii U and 3DS eShops are now extinct, causing numerous digital-only games to become unavailable and unplayable to any newcomers who weren’t lucky enough to purchase the games ahead ofContinue reading “Media P-WRESTLE-vation”

In this house…we talk about Skinamarink. This is mostly because the majority of people I know haven’t seen it, and I need to dump my thoughts onto the internet. I was originally going to just tweet about this–put my words out as a way to bait others who have seen the movie to discuss withContinue reading “Skinkamarink Shaming”

I wanted to run a marathon. When we last left the story, I had finally done just that.  In November 2022, I had just finished my first marathon–the 2022 Seattle Marathon–but had little time to celebrate, as the 2023 Walt Disney World Marathon was just around the corner in January. Not only did I haveContinue reading “Running Far From Home”

I wanted to run a marathon. Now I’ve completed two marathons. Life comes at you fast. In November 2022, I finally accomplished my goal of running a marathon. I finished with a time of 5:04:32, which isn’t bad for a first marathon! I felt great. I finally did the thing! I didn’t have much timeContinue reading “Running For a Long Time”

The year 2022 has flown by.  In fact, the last few years have been an absolute blur. I know that’s a cliche, but it’s hard to ignore that–as I slowly emerge from my self-imposed covid chrysalis to wrestle on shows, meet up with friends for games, and plan vacations–time appears to be moving faster andContinue reading “31 Movies in 31 Days 2022”

A lot more goes into wrestling than the 3-12 minutes most people see on a show. There’s the obvious–dieting and gym time, traveling, etc. Training is the other big one. A lot of people put a lot of time into training. Training is all about conditioning, trying new things, reinforcing old things, and sometimes justContinue reading “Wrestling Wreassurance”