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Here comes a brand new decade! Yes that’s right, 2021 is the start of the new decade…not 2020 as many would be led to believe. This week’s top five, is who are your top 5 of the 2011 – 2020 decade? We have top female wrestler , top male wrestler, top faction/tag team, top promotion and top moment (which can be an angle or news worthy story that was monumental for the decade)
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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.
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He was loud, arrogant, boisterous and outspoken. Jim Cornette was and still is to this day….one of the greatest promos in pro wrestling. His entire career was spent as a manager for a number of promotions and territories including Mid South, World Class, Memphis and the NWA/WCW. How did this southern good ol’ boy become a major player up north for the World Wrestling Federation? This is the unlikely story of how Jim Cornette came and briefly conquered Vince McMahon land.
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This is the 313th 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 52nd of 2020. Today Brian discusses the rumors and possibilities of NXT expanding to Mexico and shares all the best wrestling content from this week.
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First of all, Merry Christmas (If you celebrate it)…secondly… this piece on the blog will take a historical look at pro wrestling and the “most wonderful time of the year.”
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When you think of the Dudleys in pro wrestling, your mind will probably go directly to Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley. The ultra successful Dudley Boyz tag team went on to win numerous championships with ECW, WWE and TNA. While it is understandable to immediately think of them….truth is…there were a number of other individuals in the Dudley family. Those are the ones that we focus on in this edition of ‘Whatever Happened To?’
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It has been called both an historic time in New Japan Pro Wrestling history and one of the darkest times in New Japan history. In the fall of 2002, former WWE superstar Chyna traveled overseas to the Land of the Rising Sun to compete for the promotion. Today on the blog, we look at the time that Joanie ‘Chyna’ Laurer wrestled for New Japan and the fall out from it.
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This is the 312th 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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