Brian Damage
Throughout the history of pro wrestling bookers and promoters have always tried to come up with new, creative and innovative ideas to generate interest in their product. Some ideas have not only succeeded…but flourished. Others were DOA from the get go. Then there are those ideas which initially were innovative…but for various reasons….faded away. Those are the focus of this latest series of posts titled ‘Great Ideas That Didn’t Last’.
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Brian Damage
This is the 33rd installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin’ series. A group of stories that delve into the darker, seedier side of professional wrestling. Some of these stories deal with sex, drugs, arrests, backstage politics and sometimes even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series…I do not condone nor do I condemn the alleged participants.
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Craig Wilson
Sunday night saw the WWE host it’s annual Extreme Rules show, the evening where, in theory at least, the company ditches it’s PG badge and returns to a more extreme style. In theory, at least. Today, Craig discusses Extreme Rules and if it really still has a place in modern WWE.
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Brian Damage
Throughout the history of pro wrestling bookers and promoters have always tried to come up with new, creative and innovative ideas to generate interest in their product. Some ideas have not only succeeded…but flourished. Others were DOA from the get go. Then there are those ideas which initially were innovative…but for various reasons….faded away. Those are the focus of this latest series of posts titled ‘Great Ideas That Didn’t Last.’ Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow, Brian Damage, Craig Wilson & Chris Flackett
Tonight is the night of Extreme Rules. The annual event where, on the face of it, the WWE loosen its grip on PG. In reality, we get watered down gimmick matches with the main event this year featuring WWE Champion Seth Rollins taking on Randy Orton within the confines of a steel cage. Read our thoughts on that match and the rest of the card here.
Jamie Lithgow, Craig Wilson & Brian Damage
In ‘This Week in Wrestling’ Jamie shares what Raw taught him this week, Craig talks about Smackdown and wrestling doppelgängers and Brian shares with us the best wrestling related images he’s come across this week.
All that and more in this edition of This Week in Wrestling…
Brian Damage
‘A Moment in Time‘ returns to the blog as Brian looks at the passing of Joey Marella, the WWF referee and son of WWE Hall of Famer Gorilla Monsoon.
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Brian Damage & Jamie Lithgow
The world of wrestling subjects us to a whole host of emotions. From ecstasy through to outright dejection at times. It can also create emotional moments that live long in our memories and that is the focus of this week’s Top Five as Brian and Jamie list emotional moments in wrestling.
Brian Damage
This is the 32nd installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that often looks at the darker, seedier side of professional wrestling. Many of these stories involve sex, drugs, arrests and sometimes even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series…I do not condone nor do I condemn the alleged participants. Continue reading
Ring the Damn Bell 