A Moment in Time: Mr. Perfect Destroys the WWF Title

Brian Damage

The late, and very much great, Curt ‘Mr. Perfect’ Hennig is a firm favourite of this blog. Today’s piece centres on the Perfect one as we remember the time he destroyed Hulk Hogan’s WWF title in a moment that really should have led to a lot more than it eventually did.

A Moment in Time: The Phantom Submission Match

Brian Damage

It’s not often that a nothing house show features an unspectacular match-up that still gets talked about. But that’s exactly the outcome of the match pitting David Sammartino against Ron Shaw at the Philadelphia Spectrum in late 1985 and is the focus of this latest piece from Brian Damage.

A Moment In Time: The Deadman Becomes The American Bad Ass

Craig Wilson

The Undertaker is one of the longest lasting and most successful gimmicks in wrestling history. But for a short time he ditched the sombre gimmick in favour of a biker character. In this latest ‘A Moment In Time‘, Craig looks at when The Undertaker returned to our screens after a spell out as The American Bad Ass.

A Moment in Time: The Final Hours Before The Last WCW Nitro

Brian Damage

The Date: March 26th, 2001

The Location: Panama City Beach, Florida

The Event: WCW Monday Nitro

“We literally walked in as millionaires… we walked off jobless.” – Buff Bagwell

A Moment In Time: Missy Hyatt Checks In And Out of the WWF

Brian Damage

“They said no man could replace Roddy Piper, but a woman can!”

Right before the WWF’s biggest event…Wrestlemania III…the landscape of the company was beginning to change. The always lovable, fan favorite Andre the Giant turned heel. Hulk Hogan was still going strong as WWF champion…and one of the greatest characters in WWF history ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper was retiring. It was the retirement of Piper that is the basis for this piece.

Dawning Of A New Day Begets The End Of The NWA

Brian Damage

Sure, I realize that the official end to Jim Crockett’s run came in 1988…but for whatever reason…I still always saw Jim Crockett’s finger prints all over WCW. Yes, that is despite the train wreck that was Jim Herd and his “ingenious” moves like the Ding Dongs and Norman the Lunatic. It still (to me anyway) had a Crockett feel to it. Despite the ridiculous characters that were being spewed out by Herd…deep down…wrestling was still the basis for the company.

A Moment in Time: Scott Steiner Becomes “Big Poppa Pump”

Russ Morgan

Rarely in professional wrestling do you get a face become heel to such a big response, almost overnight Scotty Steiner became one of the most intimidating and dominant heels in wrestling history.

A Moment in Time: The Night Shawn Michaels Lost His Smile

Brian Damage

“Over the last few months, Ive lost a lot of things and one of the things Ive lost is my smile, and I know it doesnt mean a lot to everyone else, but it means a lot to me and I have to go and fix myself and take care of myself and find my smile because somewhere along the lines I lost it and i dont care if its unpopular and people want to make fun of me because Im an emotional guy.”

A Moment In Time: Get The F Out

Craig Wilson

So what’s in a name? Back in May 2002 Vince McMahon would certainly have hoped not very much after the World Wrestling Federation were forced to change the company name. Gone was the ‘F’ with the replacement being an ‘E’ for entertainment.

In this ‘A Moment in Time’ Craig looks at what lead to the “Get the ‘F’ out” campaign.