Brian Damage, Earl Marx, Benjamin Trecroci and Craig Wilson
Tonight WWE Smackdown Live hosts its exclusive ‘Money in the Bank 2017’ event. This year, in addition to the men’s ladder match there is the historic first ever women’s MiTB contract match. Today on the blog we preview those two matches and the entire card. 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’. This latest piece focuses in on WCW’s Black Scorpion. Continue reading
Brian Damage, Russ Morgan, Jamie Lithgow and Craig Wilson
Tonight the WWE hosts Survivor Series, headlined by Brock Lesnar locking up with Goldberg. Elsewhere, Raw takes on Smackdown in a series of bouts. All the tag teams are in action in a five team vs. five team bout, the respective women’s divisions clash as do the main eventers whist the IC and Cruiserweight titles are also on the line. Today on the blog the team preview and predict how the event play pan out.
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Jamie Lithgow
Today we are heading back to 1996 because, not unlike in 2016, this week played host to All Hallows’ Eve and a wrestling pay per view. In today’s bonus edition of The Way We Was we take a look at the best name ever given to a wrestling PPV held in October; it’s Halloween Havoc ’96. Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
Today we bring you a special bonus edition of The Way We Was because twenty years ago this past Sunday a WWF superstar found himself buried alive at In Your House 11. As if that wasn’t cause enough for a bonus post, Buried Alive also provided plenty of other noteworthy happenings too… Continue reading
Brian Damage
There are few venues as synonymous with the WWE as the iconic Madison Square Garden. Many of the biggest moments in WWE history have taken place at the venue including Hulk Hogan’s first title win, Jimmy Snuka leaping from the top of the steel cage through to the inuagural WrestleMania. Today we look at the WWE’s relationship with MSG. Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
20 years ago this past Sunday WCW presented Fall Brawl. Once the subtitle for a Clash of The Champions show, Fall Brawl became a pay per view in it’s own right from 1993 to 2000. For the first few iterations – including this one – the PPV was home to WCW’s ultimate gimmick match for settling scores; WarGames! So, let’s see how Team WCW faired against Team nWo in today’s bonus edition of The Way We Was… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
This past Sunday marked 20 years since the 1996 Bash at The Beach. Most of you reading this will already be aware of the significance this event holds in not only WCW, but wrestling history. However, for the benefit of those who have no idea what happened at Daytona Beach on July 7th 1996, you best continue reading this bonus edition of The Way We Was…
Jamie Lithgow
Just like last week, today we bring you another bonus edition of ‘The Way We Was’. What’s the occasion this time I hear you ask? Well on this week 20 years ago the WWF presented King of The Ring, a pay per view billed as “The Greatest Card Ever in The History of The WWF……. King Of The Ring”. Hindsight tells us that this was a significant event in wrestling history, but let’s see what Austin 3:16 had to say on the matter…
Ring the Damn Bell 