Wrestling With Sin: 488

Brian Damage

This is the 488th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.

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This Week in Wrestling 2024 Week 19

Brian Damage

It’s Saturday and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 19th of 2024. Today Brian talks about AEW potentially getting a new TV deal with Warner Bros Discovery and what it would mean if they did not and shares all the best wrestling content from this week. (WARNING!!! Some NSFW content inside) I REPEAT…NSFW Content!

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Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler: 3 Decades of WWE Royalty

Brian Damage

After over three decades working with World Wrestling Entertainment, Jerry’ the King’ Lawler is no longer under a full time contract with the company. He is still signed to a legend’s deal, so we may still see Lawler pop up from time to time. This does mark the end of a glorious era the King was a huge part of. Today, we will be discussing his WWF/WWE career overall and what he meant to the company for over 30 years.

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The Gimmick Table: Who

Brian Damage

A gimmick is something that is intended to hook the attention of fans to a wrestler. They may be outrageous or steeped more in reality, whatever the case may be…some have succeeded and many others have failed. The Gimmick Table takes a look at the origins of some of your favorite and not so favorite gimmicks of professional wrestlers.

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Cardigans Subject to Change: The Mean Street Posse Story

Brian Damage

The story of the beginnings of ‘The Mean Street Posse’ began long before their WWF careers started. You see, the truth is, the members were real life friends of Shane McMahon. Rodney Lienhardt and Shane became friends in junior high school and eventually met Peter Gasparino in high school to fill out the trio. They remained good friends even after graduating college.

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Wrestling With Sin: 487

Brian Damage

This is the 487th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.

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A History of the Smoky Mountain Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship 

Griffin Kaye

From 1991-1995, Smoky Mountain Wrestling served as a wrestling promotion dedicated to broadcasting wrestling as it used to be. The brainchild of Jim Cornette and bankrolled by Rick Rubin, the promotion was an interesting spectacle: a legitimate southern throwback promotion which served as a melting pot for future stars, wrestling icons, and overlooked workers. Its world title belt, which existed for under four years, is in itself an interesting delve into the philosophy of Smoky Mountain and the stars that drove the shoestring-budget show. 

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