Welcome to part five of our History of the WWF Intercontinental Title. In part four, we looked at the title’s history up to the end of 1985. Today, we pick up with Tito Santana still as champion but with a certain Macho Man Randy Savage vying to take the strap from around his waist. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Wrestling with Sin: 120
Brian Damage
This is the 120th 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. Continue reading
Styles Clash: Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
We continue our series looking at the history of The Clash of Champions, taking in part with Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite. Held on January 31, 1991 at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainsville, Georgia in front of 2,200 fans. The show drew a 3.9 on TBS. Continue reading
Book or Cook: The Booking of American Alpha
Craig Wilson, Brian Damage,
Earl Marx and Benjamin Trecroci
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 American Alpha. Continue reading
Meanwhile, in WCW: 1997 Week 25
Jamie Lithgow
Last week we started our nostalgia trip with the sad reality that ‘Batman & Robin’ really happened. Well, better news this week because the absurdly silly, but thoroughly entertaining, ‘Face/Off’ starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta hit cinema screens. So, let’s see what absurd forms of entertainment wrestling provided for us in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Sunday Sermon: Is Too Much Content Hurting the WWE
Craig Wilson, Jamie Lithgow, Brian Damage and Earl Marx
Is it content overkill from the WWE these days? We have over 7 hours of TV a week and now find ourselves also getting as many as two PPVs a month. In today’s Sunday Sermon, we ask if too much content is hurting the WWE. Continue reading
This Week in Wrestling 2017 week 25
Craig Wilson and Brian Damage
It’s Saturday so time for the latest instalment of ’This Week in Wrestling’. Today, in part 25, Craig discusses the Fashion Police while Brian talks about the return of Mauro Ranallo and shares all the best viral content he’s stumbled upon this week.
Whatever Happened to Gunner Scott?
Brian Damage
He was one of the WWE’s top developmental prospects in the early 2000’s. He was then called up into a major angle with Chris Benoit on the main roster. Then he was gone. Today we ask ‘Whatever Happened to‘ Gunner Scott? Continue reading
Wrestling with Sin: 119
Brian Damage
This is the 119th 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. Continue reading