It’s here! Our biggest and best issue yet, the 2015 Cubed Circle Newsletter Yearbook!
We almost always offer a text-based version of the newsletter, however, with the amount of image-based and pre-formatted content in this yearbook, a text-based version simply wouldn’t do the publication justice, nor would it be a very pleasant formatting or viewing experience.
A year ago, inspired by the Dr. Keith Presents Annuals of 2011 and 2012, we published the inaugural Cubed Circle Yearbook, attempting to encapsulate what was a pivotal year for professional wrestling in 2014. This year we hope to do the same, albeit for a year of a decidedly different sort.
2015 was dissimilar to 2014 in many respects. It didn’t see moments as grandiose as the end of the Undertaker’s Streak, Daniel Bryan’s WrestleMania victory, or the Guerrero-Atlantis mask match. When evaluated from afar 2015 may even appear stagnant in comparison, as did many of the world’s largest and most influential promotions during the year – WWE, NJPW, and CMLL in particular. But, upon closer inspection, the seemingly motionless landscape of 2015 wasn’t only very much alive, but both morose and vibrant, disheartening and emboldening.
The open wrestling fan of 2015 had more choice and freedom than perhaps ever before, with some ardent observers of the industry even abandoning Monday Night RAW for lack of faith in the lumbering weekly juggernaut. Some turned to Lucha Underground, a show that garnered considerable cult popularity. Others looked to alternative facets of the company such as NXT, which grew beyond what many considered its zenith at the end of 2014, harbouring one of the better years for American women’s wrestling in decades. AAA showed promise and ambition on several fronts, but was subject to unfortunate, and at times tragic, circumstances. NJPW was as repetitive creatively as it had been under the Kidani administration, but produced one of the best nights of wrestling of the last several years in WrestleKingdom 9 – made more readily available to an American audience than ever before. And for as cautious as they were creatively, New Japan was positively adventurous on its business front, with NJPW World only strengthening an already impressive catalogue of options for the internationally inclined wrestling fan. A catalogue further enhanced by a continued boom in the realm of podcasts, news sites, commentary, and analysis produced by those in and outside of the industry alike.
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All of these stories and more contributed to the broader tale of a schizophrenic year. It is in this yearbook that we hope to investigate, discuss, and celebrate 2015; a year that was at times frustrating, but was a thrilling one in the wonderful world of professional wrestling regardless – particularly for those who knew where to look.
– Ryan Clingman, Cubed Circle Newsletter Editor
My article on pro wrestling fandom is free in the 2015 Cubed Circle Newsletter Yearbook https://t.co/Ev9U9hIl3a PDF page 16; parallels anime
— Daryl Surat (@DarylSurat) January 9, 2016
Make sure you read this! https://t.co/8Wl6QMmuq1
— Free Pro Wrestling! (@Free_Wrestling) January 9, 2016
Great articles from many people in here, including yours truly with a take on 2015 in EVOLVE. https://t.co/kBimYZCLss
— Bill Thompson (@MOTYPod) January 9, 2016
Check out all the great pieces AND yours truly writes about Dragon Gate. Glad to be apart of this again. https://t.co/g1EL4ISEdE
— 新時代のエース (@Angry216) January 9, 2016
Got to write on this again. Give it a read! https://t.co/NQobZ1jLrZ
— Dramatic DDT (@DramaticDDT) January 9, 2016
The Cubed Circle Newsletter Yearbook is out and includes my piece on Jimmy Rave and Southern Indies! https://t.co/vhdzzr79bG
— Dylan Hales (@DylanWaco) January 9, 2016
@prowrestling @SealiaBloom #sheetheads Check this out. Looks like I have my reading plans for flight home Thursday. https://t.co/PldSERGBRH
— Hugh Little (@HughLittleSheet) January 9, 2016
This is fantastic loved the @DylanWaco & @MOTYPod pieces https://t.co/rOLuqGzoZp
— Trask (@traskbryant) January 9, 2016
What a fantastic compendium of 2015 wrestling. https://t.co/X5e6ElXxQ1
— Les Moore (@prowrestling) January 9, 2016
I join an all-star cast to run down the Year in Podcasts. Check it! https://t.co/H30LWm6vDs
— Joe Gagne (@joegagne) January 9, 2016
Check out Cubed Circle yearbook here. Kudos to @RyanClingman and everyone who contributed to this massive ebook! https://t.co/q8NTOsEThB
— Bryan Rose (@br26) January 10, 2016
The GIGANTIC Cubed Circle Annual is out now. @RyanClingman put in amazing work. Featuring articles by me & others https://t.co/bDPerFAdAl
— Alan (@Alan4L) January 10, 2016
ICYMI:Cubed Circle Newsletter Yearbook is out with contributions from myself @joegagne @bryanrose @Alan4L and more! https://t.co/vhdzzr79bG
— Dylan Hales (@DylanWaco) January 10, 2016
I would add that @RyanClingman is the man!! Such a fantastic job. https://t.co/EDYYYWS6ys
— Dean Knickerbocker (@dknick) January 10, 2016
This is a fantastic, fantastic compilation of wrestling writing from some great writers. Be sure to peep this. https://t.co/RXtyB1nVph
— totally Brock Lesnar (@NotBrockJahnke) January 10, 2016
First job tomorrow, print out this bad boy. https://t.co/jGagLxUlwF
— Allan Blackstock (@allan_cheapshot) January 10, 2016
Browsing through some of the Cubed Circle Ragsheet's 2015 Year Book gimmick. Very well written stuff.
— Choose a side. (@TheFrayMovement) January 12, 2016
@DylanWaco Started reading the Cubed Circle Newsletter last night, loved your piece and interview with Jimmy Rave.
— Eduardo Martinez (@PharrFromHeaven) January 14, 2016
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