Author: Thom Fain
The AI Bubble Will Pop (But Maybe Not The Way You Think)
By: Thom Fain You wanna know what I think about sometimes: Remember when Axl Rose spent $13 million recording Chinese Democracy over fourteen years, and everyone assumed Geffen Records would […]
Hard Shots in Small Rooms: Tokyo Wrestling Nights (essay)
Originally published in Monthly Puroresu Magazine The sweat hits the canvas before the first chop lands. You can hear it – that wet slap of flesh meeting mat – and […]
My Year At STARDOM
Originally published in Monthly Puroresu …and notes on the Performative Economy of Desire There’s something profoundly weird about explaining to people how you went from getting a degree to LA […]
Touring the American Southwest & New Writing Projects
Wow, it’s been a fast few months. In Tokyo, my fiancée and I continued her visa process (and mine) and we breathed a sigh of relief when I got hired […]
Japan Life and MP Acquired! What’s Next?
After four years, my side hustle turned small business turned globally recognized brand, Monthly Puroresu, has been acquired – freeing me up to pursue other interests. And, boy have I […]
More print journalism? Yes. On AI and Cybersecurity this time
As if everything else I produced in 2023 weren’t enough to satisfy my endless curiosity, I followed updates in the AI space rabidly, with surefire social ramifications set to come […]
MP #12, Massive Brand Update, Commentary + Video Game Copywriting!
Producing MP Issue #12, our thirteenth print edition, was an extremely challenging period for me and the team over at Monthly Puroresu. We lost some longstanding team members, and I […]
Color Commentary Debut & Another Trip to Tokyo
In addition to publishing Monthly Puroresu Issue #11 (ft. queen of joshi wrestlers KAIRI on the cover and an exclusive interview with WWE hall of famer Madusa), I flew back to […]
First trip to Tokyo & FiteTV on-air personality
As my staff at Monthly Puroresu bats around new ideas for Issue #11 to kick off our third year in print, I had the amazing opportunity in mid-January to work […]
Thom Fain, Japanese Wrestling Commentator Demo Reel
December 28, 2023
Throughout an incredibly busy 2023, one of many jobs I worked was as a wrestling commentator. I was lucky enough to be paired up with ex WWE play-by-play man Jonny […]
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