Bear With Me: Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael Becomes a Member of the Four Horsemen

Brian Damage

When talking about the legendary faction known as the Four Horsemen, fans can’t help but bring up members of the group that perhaps had no business holding up the four fingers. Individuals, that should have been steered clear of the elite group of wrestlers. The most mentioned name is Paul Roma, who was a last minute addition after Tully Blanchard legitimately failed a drug test. After that, names like Sid Vicious, Jeff Jarrett are considered. Then, there is the ex NFL player turned pro wrestler….Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael that gets a lot of votes. While not a fan favorite of the Horsemen fandom, he was a big favorite of the members themselves. This is his story.

FACT to the Future: Useless Wrestling Facts That Take You Way Back

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It is time to travel back or forward to a bunch of useless wrestling facts, stats and trivia tidbits that will help us learn more or less about the history of pro wrestling….or probably not. Some of these we are well aware of and others maybe not so much. In either case, they are meant to be fun and enjoyable. So without any further waste of time…let’s learn.

Top Five Worst Things About The Monday Night Wars

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The Monday Night Wars that took place in wrestling in the 1990’s brought about many great things. Ratings, attendance and pay per view buy rates went through the roof. It made superstars out of the likes of Steve Austin, the Rock and many others. Many wrestlers made more money during this period of time than any other point in their careers. With all that said, today on the blog, we look at the top five things that were not so great about the Monday Night Wars between WWF and WCW.

The King is Dead, Long Live the King: The Night Jerry Lawler Died

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Sometimes real life interferes with fiction in pro wrestling and we are all left to question the validity of the situation. Did what we see or hear a part of an elaborate storyline or is this actually happening for real? On September 10, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on a random episode of Monday Night Raw…WWE Hall of Famer Jerry ‘the King’ Lawler died. No, it wasn’t any part of an angle or storyline…it was all too real.

This Week in Wrestling 2022 Week 49

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It’s Saturday and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 49th entry of 2022. Today Brian crunches the numbers of pro wrestling on TV and wonders if the business has once again plateaued and shares all the best wrestling content from this week.

Great Ideas That Didn’t Last: Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff Named as Executive Directors of Raw and Smackdown

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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’. 

Sex Sells: Edge and Lita’s Live Sex Celebration

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As the old saying goes…”Sex Sells” and that certainly was a motto the WWF followed during the Attitude Era. This, however, didn’t happen during that period of time, but during the Ruthless Aggression Era in 2006. While WWE was a bit more toned down from the Attitude Era, there were still remnants of it lingering in the company. This segment, was just one of those remnants that had Edge and Lita simulate sex for all the WWE fans to witness live.

When the Bad Guy Turned Good: The Face Turn of Razor Ramon

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Heel and babyface turns happen very often in the wild world of professional wrestling. Some turns work well, while others not so much. The best turns are the ones that happen more naturally, with fans deciding who to cheer and who to boo. It is then up to the booker to give said wrestler that nudge and allow them to be accepted as either a heel or a face.

This Week in Wrestling 2022 Week 29

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It’s Saturday and today we have ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 29th entry of 2022. Today Brian looks at the news that Monday Night Raw will possibly get a little edgier and more adult with a TV 14 rating and shares all the best wrestling content from this week.