Brian Damage
I think we all remember the infamous Monday Night Wrestling War between WWE and WCW in the mid to late 1990’s. Two of the biggest companies going at it for television rating and pay per view buy rate dominance. In the process, the wrestlers were jumping from promotion to promotion making millions in guaranteed money contracts. It was a good time to be both a fan and a wrestler as the industry was simply booming. Continue reading
Brian Damage
Ah yes, the glamourous lives of professional wrestlers. The fame, the fortune….errr maybe not so much. For the majority of wrestlers, as is still the case mostly today…pro wrestling doesn’t exactly pay the bills. Most need a “real job” to supplement their passionate hobby. That was especially true back in the day. Continue reading
Brian Damage
This is the 187th 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
Brian Damage
Today on the blog we have a special standalone piece associated with our hugely popular ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. Today we take a look at Frankie Townsend and a mysterious boating incident that cut his life short, aged just 32, in 1965. Continue reading
Brian Damage
He was suppose to be the next great “big man” in the WWE. He was immediately thrust into high profile matches on their version of ECW. Soon he would wrestle for Total Nonstop Action (TNA) as well as Puerto Rico and Japan. Today on the blog, we ask…’Whatever Happened To‘ Mike Knox? Continue reading
Brian Damage
This is the 186th 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
Brian Damage
Throughout the history of pro wrestling bookers and promoters have always tried to come up with new, creative and innovative ideas to generate interest in their product. Some ideas have not only succeeded…but flourished. Others were DOA from the get go. Then there are those ideas which initially were innovative but, for various reasons, faded away. Those are the focus of this latest series of posts titled ‘Great Ideas That Didn’t Last’. Continue reading
