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A New ERA,
MAW is here
to take it all.

The blood, the pageantry, the promos — and why the stories that stick are the ones that dare to feel real.

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Issue No. 014

01 — JUST IN

Fresh from the
turnbuckle.

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MAINE ACTION
NOTES
ReviewJune 12, 2026

The art of the heel turn is still wrestling's greatest magic trick.

It only works when the audience wants to believe the betrayal.

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LIO
RUSHLio Rush
ReactionJuly 13, 2026

Lio Rush, and He who pushes the Blackheart

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03
ColumnJune 08, 2026

Stop calling every loud crowd a hot crowd.

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From the manifesto

No spoilers.
No fake outrage.
Just wrestling.

Maine Action Wrestling is an independent corner for the people who still pause the match to argue about it. Reviews, essays, reactions and the occasional hill we’ll gladly die on.

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02 — ON THE CARD

Recent takes.

The archive →
LIST

10 entrances that understood the assignment

JUN 06↗
PREVIEW

The quiet brilliance of a match that had no business working

JUN 04↗
REVIEW

Bring back the weirdness: wrestling needs more strange little worlds

MAY 30↗