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Back in the 1980’s, the World Wrestling Federation was “kayfabe” governed by one man. The official title was president of the WWF. That man was none other than Jack Tunney. Sure, there other WWF Presidents before and after Tunney…but none had the impact that he had from his run that started in 1984 and ended in 1995.
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As the old, traditional New Year’s saying goes…”New Year, New You.” It’s a typical saying for people looking for a new outlook or change in the upcoming year. The year 2021 saw some positive changes in pro wrestling, but also had many challenges. When the clock strikes midnight and the year 2022 comes in…here are five things I hope to see happen in pro wrestling.
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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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With World Championship Wrestling emerging as a legitimate threat to the World Wrestling Federation in 1997…the WWF began making changes to how they did business. Fewer squash matches were used to enhance top stars and in its place were more meaningful confrontations. The WWF was slowly getting a bit more edgier with its content. We were seeing less and less cartoonish gimmicks and were being given more characters with relateability. This was a time where Vince McMahon and company were testing the waters for a product with a bit more…attitude.
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This is the 365th 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.
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It’s Saturday (Christmas Day!) and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 51st of 2021. Today Brian talks about the Cruiserweight Title and looks back at some of its history and shares all the best wrestling content from this week.
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He wrestled for both WCW and WWE and was the original Reigns in WWE. Today on the blog, we ask…’Whatever Happened to’ Luther Reigns?
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With Christmas right around the corner, I thought it would be as good a time as ever to look back on this year and reflect on some of the good things to come out of pro wrestling in 2021. Things that were certainly gifts to wrestling fans all around the world. Here are my top five gifts wrestling gave us in 2021.
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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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