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All essays by David Crush on Christianity, neurodivergence, politics, and pro wrestling.

Split editorial illustration: on the left a wrestler sits alone on a stool in a dark locker room; on the right the same man stands in a brightly lit ring while a crowd reaches up toward him.

The Other Cage: The Price of Being a Face

John Cena left dinner with cash on the table. A plane was waiting.

Sep 4, 2026

Editorial illustration of a lean masked wrestler walking toward a 1940s sedan at night, a knife catching the streetlight, while a policeman holds back an angry crowd spilling from a brick arena.

The Cost of Heat: The Green Shadow and the Bill for a Real Heel

Nashville police demanded a raise to work his shows. The hood stayed on to the car.

Sep 3, 2026

Editorial illustration: a person at a fork in a dirt road. Left path labeled TOOL leads to a lamp-lit desk with handwritten notes. Right path labeled AVERAGE leads to a black box printing identical gray text.

Filling in the Blanks: What Anxiety Taught Me About AI

AI fills the blank toward the average. So does my anxious, autistic brain.

Sep 3, 2026

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The Country Shifted Right

Social media calls it a leftward takeover. Three parts of receipts say otherwise.

Split editorial cartoon: a Buy Now button and I agree checkbox on the left; an empty library stamped REMOVED and a publicly funded stadium with a private profits vault on the right.

They Can't Have It Both Ways: Sony, Disney+, Stadiums, and the License You Never Bought

'Buy Now,' says the button. Sony's lawyers say you knew you owned nothing.

Sep 2, 2026

Editorial cartoon: a politician poses under a GOLDEN AGE arena billboard while a hardcore section still cheers and people with grocery bags walk toward the exits.

Tell the Truth Until You Can't: Political Kayfabe, Heel Heat, and the Golden-Age Promo

63 percent disapproved of Trump on the economy. He kept cutting the promo.

Aug 29, 2026

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A Bigger Table

Jesus does not weigh in on abortion. He keeps talking about the stranger.

Aug 27, 2026

Editorial cartoon of a steel cage around a wrestling ring, crowd on their feet, a pay-per-view box on a living-room TV in the corner.

TNA Lockdown 2026: Every Match in a Cage, and I Was Entertained

Mustafa Ali and Jason Hotch stole the night. They could have closed the show.

Aug 27, 2026

Editorial illustration of a grandfather and a boy on a couch watching wrestling on a CRT television, with a stack of VHS tapes on the floor beside them.

How I Got Into Wrestling

JL Crush and I rewound one Blockbuster tape until we knew every spot by heart.

Aug 26, 2026

Editorial cartoon: a wrestling promoter signs a giant TV contract while a network executive in a suit rewrites the match card on a clipboard, empty arena seats in the background.

The Rights Deal Trap: Wrestling, Media Money, and the Cost of Letting Non-Wrestlers Run the Show

1998: WCW was number one. Turner ad sales told Bischoff to make it for families.

Aug 24, 2026