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We wrap up our tributes to the late, great Scott Hall with a Top Five greatest matches, moments and memories of his career. What are some of your all time favorites involving Scott Hall? Let’s honor the true Bad Guy of 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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When we look back at pro wrestling history and in particular the expansion of Vince McMahon Jr’s World Wrestling Federation…we know how Vince gobbled up countless territories. He usually did this by running opposition to rival shows in the same area. He would also cherry pick all of the said territories top stars leaving the rival promotion no star power to sell tickets. In most cases, McMahon steamrolled over the territories taking over one town and city at a time. That is not to say, however, he didn’t face a few roadblocks along the way.
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This is the 378th 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 and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 12th entry of 2022. Today Brian talks about Toni Storm hitting it big money wise and how it created controversy and debate for some fans and shares all the best wrestling content from this week.
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Today on the blog, we take a look at the career and ask ‘Whatever Happened To’ WWE’s Alex Riley?
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The late Scott Hall certainly carved out a great career for himself. While his tenure in WCW as a founding member of the nWo is way up there in Iconic wrestling lore….it was all made possible by hitting it big in the WWF as Razor Ramon. This piece is just going to focus on some facts about the Razor Ramon character that you may or may not know about. For more on the life of Scott Hall, please check out this piece on his life and career. For now, lets take a look at some facts about the man who oozed machismo in the WWF.
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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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In the era of professional wrestling managers, Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan was arguably the very best. His career as a manager spanned close to 30 years and led some of the biggest names in the business. By 1991, Bobby was burned out by the road and was physically breaking down. Heenan made the decision to retire as a full time manager and focus his career on being a broadcast journalist. His quit wit and comedic timing working side by side with Gorilla Monsoon and Vince McMahon made him a favorite with WWF fans…even if he was portraying a heel color commentator.
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