Your Midweek Links: Hell in a Cell Fallout

Fallout from the above main event and more this week!
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Wednesday has arrived, and if I know you (I actually don't), you're probably looking forward to the weekend (you totally are though). However, roughly two days stand between you and the riches of Friday night. What is a human being to do? Well, you can help pass that time by reading some of the best stuff from this past week. Get engrossed in the best columns from the last seven days, and before you know it, you'll be taking goofballs and drinking the spiked punch with your chums in NO TIME AT ALL!

Do you want to read the DEFINITIVE review of Hell in a Cell? Of course you do! Check mine out and realize that friendship is indeed magic. [The Wrestling Blog]

Can you do lucha without any Mexicans on staff? I guess. Should you? Definitely not. Why Lucha Forever is just a little bit problematic. [The Wrestling Blog]

Ian Williams also thought friendship was the order of the day at Hell in a Cell. Read why he thought the Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens saga was a bigger spectacle than the five tons of steel. [Waypoint at VICE]

Did the sight of Hoodie Rusev remind you of anyone? Chris Trew examines why he's so similar to Hoodie Carmelo Anthony. [With Spandex]

Henry T. Casey has your scoop for the stuff you need to catch up on from last week. [With A Passion]

WrestleMania is still a little over five months away, but that doesn't stop Rob Wolkenbrod from projecting what he thinks will be the card. [FanSided WWE]

Smackdown is fresh off a surprisingly cromulent Hell in a Cell, but Matthew Martin argues maybe the brand needs more freshening up to be more consistent week to week. How to do that? Welcome in indie talent for limited tours. [Cageside Seats]

David Bixenspan remembers Lance Russell, whom he has termed to be the greatest commentator in pro wrestling history. [Deadspin]

NON-WRESTLING #1: My Pretty Vampire is obviously a graphic novel about a vampire, but it's also quirky and more embracing of sexuality. Elle Collins dream casts it! [SyFy Wire]

NON-WRESTLING #2: Benny takes a look at Harvey Weinstein, and how useless bigots and predators like him rule the world and how fucked that world is for the experience. [Medium]