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Grappling with Tragedy is a series of articles that deal with unfortunate, tragic incidents that have occurred throughout the history of professional wrestling. It is unlike the ‘Wrestling with Sin’ series that deals more with the seedier side of wrestling like arrests, murders and suicides. Grappling looks more at particular tragic incidents that have in some instances altered pro wrestling in some way. Continue reading
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Jacques and Raymond Rougeau were real life brothers who formed a tag team in the 1970’s. The Rougeau brothers were an extremely popular duo up in Canada and especially in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec. They headlined sold out shows at Montreal’s famed Forum. When Vince McMahon Jr was expanding the World Wrestling Federation…McMahon plucked several popular wrestlers from various competing territories and the Rougeaus were no exception. Continue reading
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This is the 300th 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
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It’s Saturday and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 39th of 2020. Today Brian remembers Joe Laurinaitis aka Road Warrior Animal and shares all the best wrestling content from this week. Continue reading
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The WWF/WWE has had some type of developmental system for years now. Whether it was the USWA, Ohio Valley, Power Pro, Heartland, Deep South, Florida Championship Wrestling or NXT…many of the company’s top superstars got their start in at least one of them. While some developmental names like John Cena, Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, The Miz, Brock Lesnar and Charlotte Flair all made big stars of themselves by first training in developmental, others never got to see the light of day. This series will focus on those wrestlers…the ones that at some point were a lock to get called up to the main roster and never quite made it. What once was hot, suddenly became a “not” as a WWE superstar. Continue reading
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This week’s selection is the top five underrated stars of the WWF’s Attitude Era. Who were stars in the WWF’s Attitude Era that didn’t get the credit they deserved for being over in a time when Stone Cold, The Rock, Sable, DX and Mr. McMahon ruled that period of time? They were not necessarily main event stars, but stars nonetheless. Continue reading
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There is no question that ‘Hulkamania’ is a recognizable name brand in the world of profession wrestling/sports entertainment. Hulk Hogan is one of the biggest names and draws in the wrestling industry’s history. Australia was and is a hot bed for pro wrestling. With all that said, what if you combined the two for a massive tour down under. In November of 2009, that is exactly what happened. You would think that the two forces together, would generate a huge financial success. You would be wrong. Continue reading
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He has spent over 40 years involved in some capacity in professional wrestling. He was most notably a referee who worked for both WCW and WWE. Today on the blog, we ask…’Whatever Happened to’ Nick Patrick? Continue reading
Brian Damage
This is the 299th 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
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