Wrestling with Sin: 137

Brian Damage

This is the 137th 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

Sunday Sermon: The WWE Attitude Era 20 Years On

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Craig Wilson, Brian Damage, Jamie Lithgow, John Carbery and Benjamin Trecroci

With this year marking 20 years since the birth of the Attitude Era, it seems as good a time as any to look back on the events that kicked off that hugely successful time in Wrestling as well as, from a modern perspective, looking back on it. And that’s exactly what we’ll do in today’s Sunday Sermon. Continue reading

Wrestling with Sin: 136

Brian Damage

This is the 136th 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

Meanwhile, in WCW: 1997 Week 42

Jamie Lithgow

 Back in 1997, the world was still listening to Elton John’s ‘Candle in The Wind’ while the big films out this week were ‘Bean’ and ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’. I guess some things are better left in the past. On the other hand, wrestling from 20 years ago is well worth revisiting so let’s find out what was happening in the world’s number one promotion in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading