Chris Sanders

Chris is a writer from Fayetteville, NC. He's a long-time wrestling fan, specifically that of Shawn Michaels. He attended UNC Greensboro and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Media Studies. He's currently over-worked and is constantly mocked by his mountains of unfinished scripts on a daily basis. His flag-ship column "The Rager" is a weekly therapy in which he lets out all of his aggression about the wrestling world...or really the world in general.

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THE RAGER! - Over the Limit Preview and Big Show's Crying

My name is Chris, this is my Twitter and THIS IS THE RAGER! Last week, I joined forces with Joel Leonard last week on No Chance and we shared our experiences from our very first WWE live event. But this week, its time to preview the upcoming PPV Over The Limit (which I totally could've attended i »»

THE RAGER! Beth's Injury and What's Up with Extreme Rules?

Welcome to THE RAGER! I'm Chris! This is my twitter! I'm listening to Justin Timberlake! (That's a perfectly normal thing for a straight male to say, right? Good) THE RAGER was filmed in front of a live studio audience. So I'm going to start this column by talking about Divas because I'm a wres »»

THE RAGER! Lets Watch Some Smackdown, eh?

Welcome to another edition of THE RAGER My name is Chris, follow me on twitter @cwsanders39 and be amazed! So I don't have too much to say about Raw other than Brock needs a handler for his mic skills (not naming any names or anything) and so I decided I would catch this super special live Sma »»

THE RAGER! - The World is Watching (WrestleMania, John Cena, The Rock, CM Punk)

Hmmm I'm feeling especially funky this week so let's make this week's soundtrack reflect that. Van Hunt should do the trick. My Ragean senses are tingling and it could mean one of two things. Seeing as how no traces of one of those things were found last time I went to the doctor, I'll assume i »»

THE RAGER! - But Seriously, What IS The Miz Gonna Do at WrestleMania?

The soundtrack for this week's THE RAGER is Coheed and Cambria I'm Chris This is my twitter account, follow me and feel that completeness you've been yearning for. Lets rage. Last week, I discussed at length my feelings towards the absence of the Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania and ho »»

THE RAGER! - No Bueno, WWE (The Rock, GM vs. GM, Jerry Lawler, Big Show and Cody Rhodes)

The soundtrack for this week's THE RAGER is Protest The Hero. I'm Chris, this is my Twitter, and THIS is THE RAGER! So Rock Stunk Up the Joint This week on Monday Night Raw, Rock didn't cut a promo at all. Instead, what he did was become a cheerleader like he did at last year's WrestleMani »»

THE RAGER! - What I Love About Current WWE (CM Punk, John Cena, Zack Ryder, Dolph Ziggler)

The soundtrack for this is episode comes from THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD TODAY, MUSE. Welcome to another edition of THE RAGER and this week, in the spirit of Valentine's Day and all things with warm fuzzy feelings in general, I share with all of you some of the things I love about WWE right n »»

THE RAGER! - Does This Mean Michelle McCool Can Come Back? (Rumble/Raw Thoughts)

Welcome to another edition of THE RAGER, where I have compiled my thoughts on the previous couple days of WWE activity so lets hope to it! This week's RAGER soundtrack is brought to you by Franz Ferdinand Rumble Ramblings - I didn't have many thoughts on the Heavyweight Championship match o »»

THE RAGER! - You Got To Funkifize: A Look at Brodus Clay

Welcome to yet another edition of THE RAGER, Inside Pulse Wrestling's #1 outlet for your rage. And by "your" I obviously mean mine...unless you comment below (wink...nudge...karate chop). Okay, I think that was enough for introductions so lets just get to why we're all here and that obviously is »»

THE RAGER - John Cena vs. Tim Tebow and Stop Blaming PG

So this is it for 2011, huh? When you think back on the year, that's just about how you feeling...just meh. Sure, we've seen dictators and evil world leaders meet their end, hippies are still camped out of privately owned companies and complaining about the government (as well as other babble), e »»

THE RAGER! Slamming the Slammy's and Kane Returns.

I'm Chris. The is The Rager. 'Nuff said. I'm all about grabbing the audiences attention (as you can see by my awesomely clever opening) and, in short, the WWE couldn't have failed more at grabbing and maintaining the attention of the audience with The Slammy's. Sure the ending was unexpected and »»

The Rager - Feeling John Cena's Energy

Salutations to you and yours. This is The Rager, I'm Chris Sanders and I'm out of clever intros. As my esteemed colleague, Joel Leonard mentioned in his latest edition of No Chance, we have switched spots for our columns. No real change for you all, just means I have to get into a new routine now »»

The Rager - Into The Minds of HHH and Kevin Nash

Welcome, one and all, to another edition of The Rager. I’m your indubitable gondolier, you can call me Chris, and on this day I delve into the mindsets of several characters in the WWE. I do this without the assistance of a somewhat professional as I had teased months ago but we could never w »»

The Rager - Dr. Chris Watches Vengeance

Welcome, one and all, to another edition of The Rager. I am your raging gondolier, Chris, and I'm here to satisfy all your raging needs following a vengeful pay per view (see what I did there?). So with an indeterminate number of thoughts, in no particular order whilst refusing to adhere to any noti »»

The Rager - A Parallel of HHH

So where do I even start? This past week has been such an epic, mind-scrambling overload of madness both on WWE programming as well as online among the forums, blogs, articles, speculations, grumblings, etc. Although I must say that here at Pulse Wrestling, our staff of Insiders excreted excellence »»

The Rager- The Awesome Truth of Double Sin Cara

After a fun-filled, exhausting (by my old-man standards) weekend, here is your all-time favorite wrestling/entertainment-based, nonsensical and yet still surprisingly sticky Rager. If you don't know already, me llamo Chris and I have all the answers because I am your gondolier charged with the duty »»

The Rager - Zack Ryder Revisited, Kevin Nash Nuggets and Shameless Self-Promotion

Welcome, dearest sticky minions, to another edition of The Rager. My name is Chris and I will be you gondolier, as always, to guide you through my ragey thoughts. Lets dive right in (yes, I know that doesn't fit with the boating metaphor, just roll with it, yes? Yes). Ryder Revisited A couple mo »»

The Rager Showdown with Rhett Davis - Sin Cara and The Most Misused Superstar

Welcome to a very special Rager. As always, I'm your loyal, same-bat-channel Gondolier but this week, I have a special treat for you. As many have noticed, I issued a challenge to my fellow insider, Rhett Davis, and he agreed to come on here and have a battle of WITS of Whitman proportions. Also »»

The Rager - The Jerry Lawler Voice of Reason and WWE SummerSlam 2011 Aftermath

Hola and greetings to another edition of The Rager. I am your Gondolier, Chris, and I am here to...gondol...you? I've got to find a better way of saying that. Tag Troubles This past Raw, Jerry Lawler stumbled accidentally on a really good point that resonated with me and basically voiced the opi »»

The Rager - The Keystone Championship and The Zack Ryder Verdict

Welcome, my sticky friends, to another installment of The Rager. As always, I am your honorable Gondolier to assist you through this murky, thick canal of rage. And don't kid yourself, Andy Levine, there's nothing silent about it. Lately, I've felt like all I do is give you a snarky recap of Raw »»

THE RAGER! Extreme Thoughts! (CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan)

The soundtrack for THE RAGER this week comes to you from the mind of Brendon Small (creator of Metalacalypse). I'm Chris and I'm coming from an undisclosed location (that suspiciously looks like my parents' house in Fayetteville). Follow me on the twitters @cwsanders39. Guess what? THIS IS THE »»

THE RAGER! Rope Them In Early (Raw, CM Punk, Mark Henry, Lord Tensai)

Soundtrack for this week's THE RAGER is German rapper Peter Fox. Pacing is truly an underrated quality in almost all things and WWE programming certainly is not exempt from this. Depending on what the desired effect at the end of the night determines the pacing of the show. With Pay Per Views, it »»

THE RAGER - RAGEFUL Musings (Wrestlemania, Raw)

The soundtrack of this week's episode is Enter the Haggis I'm Chris, this is THE RAGER, this is my twitter account. I'm the most followed wrestling columnist in the world (an anticipatory statement, don't make me a liar and follow me...or don't, whatever). WRESTLEMANIA!!!!!!! Match 1: Dani »»

THE RAGER! - Let's Just Get on With it, Already (WWE WrestleMania, The Rock, John Cena)

The soundtrack for this week is from the band formerly known as The Syncope Threshold My name is Chris and I like be annoying on Twitter. Follow me and assist me on Monday nights to drive my non-wrestling fan followers insane (how do you like THAT people I went to high school/college with?). F »»

THE RAGER! - WrestleMania 28 Needs Money in the Bank and A Response to Kue

The soundtrack for this episode of THE RAGER is BTBAM My name is Chris, this is my Twitter, this is THE RAGER! Last week, I delved into the ragier side of THE RAGER and was received well by most of the comments. Apparently quite a bit of rage had been missing as of late. Not everyone met thi »»

THE RAGER - 3 Nights of Live WWE Shows plus CM Punk vs. Chris Brown (CM Punk, Elimination Chamber, Big Show, Wade Barrett...)

The soundtrack for today's episode of THE RAGER is Them Crooked Vultures and all bands related to them. I'm Chris, this is my twitter. Follow me to the great beyond. Let’s talk about some wrestling, ay?   Elimination Chamber Thank you, WWE, for turning one of my favorite P »»

THE RAGER! - Heavens to Murgatroid, No John Cena?!

The soundtrack for this week's THE RAGER is brought to you by The Dear Hunter Welcome, dearest yet mildly moist Rageans, to another episode of THE RAGER! You get it? Its in caps because I'm yelling at you...because of the Rage...grr. This week, I hope you're wearing your adult diapers because »»

THE RAGER! - CM Punk and John Laurinaitis: A Slow-Burn Love Story

Welcome to THE RAGER, where I reach into my brain, extract my wrestling thoughts and spill them out for each and every one of you. I'm pretty sure it would be easier to just simply type my thoughts but what can I say? I'm a method writer (take that, Daniel Day Lewis). Don't be fooled by the title »»

THE RAGER! - A Glance at Chris Jericho's Smiling Return

So here we are, once again, trying to make sense of the world of professional wrestling...but ultimately failing and erupting with anger in the process (and you wonder why its called The Rager). So obviously, the big news of the week is that Chris Jericho returned to begin something (one can only »»

THE RAGER - What Does the Internet Have Left? (John Cena, It Begins)

So what is there to talk about? CM Punk is WWE Champ, Daniel Bryan is Heavyweight Champ and Zack Ryder is holding a for realsies title. So what else is there for the internet to have to talk about? Well there's Cena and his status as a face and the possibility for him to switch to heel. You wa »»

THE RAGER! - Fake Superstar Twitter Accounts (and other thoughts)

ALL CAPS EDITION! Not really, that would hurt my eyes after a while and probably yours as well. So a little back-story: I am fortunate to have two jobs, however, both of which have a certain bit of downtime where one must find ways to occupy thyself to kill time. One of the ways I do this i »»

The Rager - Survivor Series and R-Truth Suspension

Welcome, my dearest and stickiest of friends, to The Rager. Lets just get down to what you've all come here for, aye? We begin with the highly anticipated Survivor Series and I have but a few thoughts on the matter: The Johnny Ace open just killed any sense of excitement before any had a chanc »»

The Rager - Daniel Bryan: Rageful Bearding

Welcome, my dearest and sticky friends, to another edition of The Rager. As always, I am your indubitable and not-at-all overworked gondolier that goes by the name of Chris, Mr. Sanders if you’re nasty. This week, I’ve decided to take a break on just offering my divine insight on every »»

The Rager - WWE Smackdown: Where Creativity and Variety Go to Die

Salutations, one and all. My name is Chris and I am your indubitable gondolier whose sole purpose is to sift through the murky, sometimes stagnant and nonsensical pond that is the WWE and present to you a bucket of insight that makes a little bit more sense and attempts to distinguish the line betwi »»

The Rager - The Old Pay Per View Debate (WWE Hell in a Cell 2011)

Welcome, dearest wrestling fans and Rage enthusiasts, I am Chris and this is your weekly edition of The Rager. I have a very specific rant to get to but first, here are my reactions to last night's Hell In A Cell: -I decided to watch HiaC with the Spanish commentary, I don't speak Spanish but its »»

The Rager - It was a Dark and Stormy WWE Night (of Champions)...

Happy Monday, Rageans, and welcome to another edition of The Rager. My name is Chris, your gondolier, and I'm here to start your week off right by serving up a hot pile of Rage so you can survive the weekly grind. You're welcome and no, payment isn't necessary but if you feel the urge, a collection »»

The Rager - The Troubles of Matt Hardy and Your Input is Requested!

Welcome to your regularly-scheduled Rager, I am your indubitable gondolier, Chris, and I am here to assist you in making sense of this murky bucket of goo that is the wrestling world and serving it to each and everyone of you but in a more condensed, rage-flavored and not-at-all sticky plate of goo. »»

The Rager - CM Punk/Kevin Nash Speculations and Challenging Rhett

Welcome, young and old, to another edition of The Rager. I'm your heavily bearded Gondolier, Chris, and I'm here to take this somewhat dry stream of wrestling-ness and suck out any sort of moist Rage and deliver it to all of you...right here...right now. Oh What a Silly Mix Up Last week, I didn' »»

The Rager - Something to Rage about (Parting ways with Chris Masters and Gail Kim

Welcome, one and all, to yet another edition of everyone's favorite weekly slapfest known as The Rager. My name is Chris and I serve as your Gondolier, to woefully guide (or gondo, I'm assume that's 100% right in the same sense that "burglar" means "one who burgles") you, my dearest and yet still st »»

The Rager - How Many Times Will Triple H Say Quite Frankly?

Welcome dearest sticky friends and minions alike, to another edition of The Rager. This week, we analyze the changing of the guard, the new WWE under the leadership of HHH. And by the way, if you haven't noticed, I'm your host-like Gondolier, Chris, you're welcome. (mmm, can you taste the smug?) »»

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