About J. Daniel Rollins
J. Daniel Rollins is an award-winning journalist and writer whose career began in 2008 with Columbus Underground before continuing at The Register-Herald in Southern West Virginia, where he worked as a sports writer and editor until 2016. His work has been recognized by the West Virginia Press Association, and his media background also includes time as a sports radio and podcast host.
After stepping away from journalism for nearly a decade, J. Daniel spent those years working in public relations, attending seminary, and eventually entering full-time pastoral ministry. These days, many people know him simply as “Pastor Josh.” He lives in Central Ohio, where he serves as a full-time pastor while returning to the kind of writing that first shaped his professional life.
His interests as a writer have always extended beyond scores and results. He is drawn to the people, history, culture, institutions, and stories that explain why sports matter in the first place. Wrestling Dispatch is an opportunity to bring that journalistic background back to the subject he has followed for much of his life.
About Wrestling Dispatch
Wrestling Dispatch is an independent publication about professional wrestling from J. Daniel Rollins.
It is not designed to win the race to every breaking-news alert. There are already plenty of places doing that. Wrestling Dispatch exists to break down the world of professional wrestling: what happened, why it matters, and, how it shapes us.
That means there is room here for criticism and analysis, history, reported features, profiles, business, booking, media, and the strange corners of wrestling that deserve more attention than they usually receive.
Wrestling Dispatch is also the home of Working the Crowd, a light-hearted column about things Pastor Josh finds interesting.
The goal is simple: take wrestling seriously without forgetting why it is fun.
About The Luchadora Project
The Luchadora Project is a dedicated section of Wrestling Dispatch focused on women’s lucha Libre.
The project began from a simple conviction: the history and ongoing work of luchadoras deserve deeper documentation, criticism, and preservation. Its coverage will include contemporary wrestling in Mexico, historical research, profiles, interviews, statistics, archival work, and the Why She Matters series, which shines a light on women further down the card whose work, consistency, and contributions deserve more attention than they often receive.
The Luchadora Project is also home to the Luchadora Project Awards, recognizing outstanding work across women’s lucha libre, and the Luchadora Project Hall of Fame, created to preserve and celebrate the careers of women whose contributions have helped shape the history of the form.
