7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (August 4)

2. Fashion Peaks

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On this week's SmackDown, the Fashion Police sent up Twin Peaks, David Lynch and Mark Frost's genre-defying cult masterclass of supernatural surrealism - about the last thing you'd expect to see referenced on WWE television.

The hapless Tony Chimel was recast on the evidence board as an extradimensional rapist, only fatter. Tyler Breeze played Special Agent Dale Cooper (oh, what a wonderful world...) and saw his coffee turn into scorched engine oil as strobe lighting signalled his entrance into the Black Lodge - an horrific realm populated by doppeljobbers the Ascension and the "missing" Fandango, recast here as the backwards-speaking dancing dwarf, the Little Man From Another Place. It was bizarre; Twin Peaks, the highbrow work of an auteur, is as far removed from the lowbrow, carny WWE as it gets.

It is a series which enhanced production values in a medium that remained oddly archaic for years. Its antagonists engage in molestation and incest. Supernatural entities conjure fire. The protagonist is devoid of any personality; his fans are desperate for him to show something, anything, of the potential within. Beloved characters become heels through divisive scripted dialogue.

Oh.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!