Whatever Happened To Mantaur?

Brian Damage

Wrestling history is full of stories of guys that were saddled with frankly unworkable gimmicks. One such superstar was Mike Halac who wrestled briefly in the WWE as Mantaur and today we ask Whatever Happened to Mike Halac?

Sunday Sermon: Has Roman Reigns been Lex Luger-ed?

Craig Wilson, Brian Damage, Russ Morgan & Jamie Lithgow

Last weekend at the Survivor Series, Sheamus cashed in his MiTB contract to win the WWE title moments after Roman Reigns had defeated former Shield teammate Dean Ambrose to get his hands on the vacant gold. Today we ask if Reigns has been Lex Luger-ed with the company perhaps not trusting him at the top or is it a ploy to get him sympathy from the fanbase? .

This Week in Wrestling 2015 week 48

Jamie Lithgow & Brian Damage

In ‘This Week in Wrestling’ Jamie shares what wrestling taught him this week while Brian has all the week’s best viral content. All that and much much more in the latest edition of This Week in Wrestling…

The Samoan Dynasty: Aiga faatasi e faavavau (Family Forever)

Brian Damage

There is little doubt that, for many, wrestling is a family affair. History is full of families that have left a mark on the industry including the Von Erichs and the Harts. Today Brian looks at another wrestling family that’s left a larger legacy than most on the world of wrestling: the Anoa’i family.

Top Five Wrestling Turkeys of 2015

Craig Wilson, Brian Damage & Jamie Lithgow

In a nod to Thanksgiving, today we do our Top Five turkeys of 2015: a list of the top five garbage things that have happened/we’ve seen in wrestling this year. Last year’s Top Five Turkeys, which can be read here, featured, amongst other things, the return of Batista, the WWE Network’s belated UK launch and the 2014 Royal Rumble. So what will make this list this year?

Whatever Happened to Kurrgan?

Craig Wilson

From the monster in The Truth Commission to one part of the Human Oddities, the wrestling career of Robert ‘Kurrgan’ Maillet was certainly a mixed bag. In this latest piece we ask Whatever Happened to Kurrgan?

Wrestling With Sin: Fifty Sixxx

Brian Damage

This is the 56th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that at times delves deep into the darker, seedier, underbelly of pro wrestling through the years. Many of these stories involve sex, drugs, greed, assault and sometimes even murder! As with all the stories in the Sin series…I do not condone or condemn the alleged actions of the participants and/or victims…just simply retelling their stories.

Book or Cook? The Booking of Curtis Axel

Craig Wilson, Jamie Lithgow & Brian Damage

The WWE roster is filled with “superstars” at every level. There are the main roster guys who regularly appear on Raw and SmackDown, those who are used as glorified jobbers and those who are barely used at all. In this series of pieces, we will take an individual wrestler barely used and decide if they are worth keeping or should they be let go. Today we decide if we Book or Cook Curtis Axel.

WWE Survivor Series 2015 Predictions

Craig Wilson, Brian Damage and Jamie Lithgow

Tonight’s Survivor Series will see the crowning of a new WWE champion with the culmination of a title tournament that’s now in it’s final four and features Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Steen. Elsewhere, The Undertaker and Kane team up to face Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman, Charlotte defends against Paige and more.