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AUGUST 12, 2026 β€’ 1 MIN READ
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THE SQUASH Β· AUGUST 12, 2026 NO FILLER. FIVE TAKES.
⚑ The Squash · Wednesday, August 12, 2026
  1. AEW’s midweek tapings are a creative band-aid when what they need is actual triage. ProWrestling.net β†’
  2. Dave Meltzer’s 1986 newsletter is a time capsule that makes modern wrestling journalism look like a Wikipedia stub. F4W Online β†’
  3. Johnny Gargano carrying Stage 4 cancer news for months while grinding through bookings is the kind of personal hell that makes all our wrestling arguments look pathetic. Ringside News β†’
  4. Jim Ross needs that surgery and deserves every bit of peace and health he can get β€” he’s earned it. PWMania β†’
  5. The Miz calling out WWE’s improvisation while defending Danhausen against curse talk is the kind of inside-baseball BEEF that actually matters. PWMania β†’
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