This Week in Wrestling 2017 week 39

Craig Wilson and Brian Damage

It’s Saturday so time for the latest instalment of ’This Week in Wrestling’. Today, in part 39, Craig talks about Jason Jordan while Brian shares all the best viral content he’s stumbled upon this week. 

A Marriage Made in Hell: The Road Warriors Tumultuous Tenure in the AWA

Brian Damage

The Road Warriors of Hawk and Animal are widely considered one if not the greatest tag teams in the history of professional wrestling. While beloved by countless fans, the same could not be said by many wrestlers and bookers during their era. Perhaps the team’s most rocky relationship occurred in the one place Hawk and Animal always dreamed being in, the American Wrestling Association (AWA). Today, we take a look back at the Road Warriors stop in that promotion. What went wrong and how did it all end?

Styles Clash: Clash of the Champions XXV

Benjamin Trecroci

We continue our series taking in the history of Clash of the Champions with this latest instalment taking in Clash of The Champions XXV. Held on November 10,1993 at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida (attendance N/A). The show drew a 3.3 on TBS.

Wrestling with Sin: 132

Brian Damage

This is the 132nd 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.

Book or Cook? The Booking of Sami Zayn

Brian Damage, Craig Wilson, Benjamin Trecroci and Earl Marx

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 Sami Zayn.

Meanwhile, in WCW: 1997 Week 38

Jamie Lithgow

It was quite a week for wrestling 20 years ago. While a hardcore icon made his presence known on Raw, Nitro featured the debut of a new wrestler who might just go on to make a name for himself in the wrestling industry. Let’s find out more in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’…

Sunday Sermon: Remembering Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan

Craig Wilson, Brian Damage, John Carbery, Amerigo Diehl, Jamie Lithgow and Russ Morgan

If you are in your late twenties to mid-thirties, Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan was the preeminent voice in wrestling through his time with both the WWF and, later on, WCW. His wise-cracks and one-liners marked him out as one of the most entertaining and best commentators in wrestling – he was equally as popular for his time as a manager. In today’s Sunday Sermon, we discuss the life and times of the legendary ‘The Brain’.

This Week in Wrestling 2017 week 38

Craig Wilson and Brian Damage

It’s Saturday so time for the latest instalment of ’This Week in Wrestling’. Today, in part 38, Craig and Brian predict ‘No Mercy 2017’ while Brian shares all the best viral content he’s stumbled upon this week. 

Remembering the original AWA ‘Heenan Family’

Craig Wilson

This past week, the wrestling world lost the iconic Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan. This Sunday, in our Sunday Sermon, we’ll have a fulsome tribute to ‘The Brain’. Remembered fondly as a commentator, Heenan was also a top manager leading the ‘Heenan Family’ through various promotions. In this latest ‘Remembering‘ piece, we look at the first incarnation of that grouping in Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association.