“Boys,” he says to his boys, “It’s time to break some hearts!” When they lift them, there he is-Dalton Castle, a man in a gold lamé jumpsuit and sequined cape, sporting a head of just-been-fucked hair though it’s only 8:00pm. At the entrance way, two beefy men are using feather ticklers to obscure a third man. His scheduled opponent, Donovan Dijak, decided to instead join forces with Lethal, hoping to learn something from the long-tenured ROH star and his manager, and the three celebrate in the ring when, suddenly, music unfamiliar to them all begins to play. Ring of Honor Television Champion Jay Lethal just defended his title without lifting a finger. For more information on The Atomic Elbow, which is the best wrestling zine in the United States, check out its website. Note: This essay was originally written in 2015, and published in The Atomic Elbow #22 in June 2017.
