Rampage: The Sad Story of WCW’s The Renegade

Brian Damage

In 1995, when promising the “Ultimate Surprise”, Hulk Hogan and WCW teased the debut of the Ultimate Warrior. In the end, it took serveral years until he joined the company but in the meantime they debuted Rick ‘Renegade’ Wilson. Today we look at the rise and fall of Renegade.

Styles Clash: Clash of the Champions XXXI

Benjamin Trecroci

We continue our series looking at the history of The Clash of the Champions, taking in Clash of the Champions XXXI. Held on August 6, 1995, at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach Florida in front of 4,039 fans. The show drew a 3.5 on TBS.

Wrestling with Sin: 141

Brian Damage

This is the 141st 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.

Meanwhile, in WCW: 1997 Week 47

Jamie Lithgow

Just like today, the race was on to secure the must-have toys in time for Christmas back in 1997 too. Were the masses flocking to the shops to get WCW’s new Nintendo 64 video game? What about the latest Alex Wright action figure? Nope and double nope because 20 years ago Tamagotchi’s were at the top of everybody’s list. Speaking of over priced, high maintenance nonsense, let’s see what the New World Order were up to in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’…

Sunday Sermon: The Return of Paige

Craig Wilson and Brian Damage

This past week on Raw, Paige made her long-awaited return to the WWE ring for the first time in over a year. In today’s Sunday Sermon, the team discuss her return as well as the future of Saraya-Jade Bevis as well as the prospects of Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville and women’s wrestling more generally.

This Week in Wrestling 2017 week 47

Craig Wilson and Brian Damage

It’s Saturday so time for the latest instalment of ’This Week in Wrestling’. Today, in part 47, Craig discusses Wargames while Brian looks at Cody Rhodes and shares all the best viral content he’s stumbled upon this week. 

Put Up Your Dukes: The Great ‘Duke of Dorchester’ Pete Doherty

Brian Damage

There are few jobbers quite as iconic as Pete ‘The Duck of Dorchester’ Doherty who boasted a win/loss ration like no other – heavily skewered, however, in the favour of loses… Today we look at his legendary streak at the time that Curt Hawkins is on one similar.

Top Five Wrestling Turkeys of 2017

John Carbery and Brian Damage

It has become a Thanksgiving tradition on this blog to list the top five wrestling turkeys of the year. 2017 is no different and today John and Brian list the worst things in wrestling this year.

Whatever Happened to Samula ‘Samu’ Anoa’i

Craig Wilson

As Samu, he was a one-time former WWF Tag Team Champion as part of The Headshrinkers and a member of the Samoan Swat Team. Today we ask ‘Whatever Happened to‘ Samula Anoa’i.