Farewell to a Super Hero: The Origins of The Blue Blazer

Brian Damage

May 23rd, 1999 is to this day, one of the darkest days in not only WWE history, but in the entire business of professional wrestling. At WWE’s pay per view chillingly titled ‘Over the Edge,’ ‘The Blue Blazer’ Owen Hart plunged seventy eight feet from the top of the rafters at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. It was supposed to be a grand entrance for The Blue Blazer character as he was to descend down from the rafters using a safety harness. Instead, the harness gave way and Owen tragically died at the young age of 34.

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A Giant Cover Up? Remembering the Very Brief WWF Career of ‘Trapper John’

Brian Damage

If you have ever followed the career of Vincent Kennedy McMahon, you would know that Vince always had a love affair with giants. The bigger the wrestler, the better. Over the years, the WWF/WWE have featured wrestlers like Big John Studd, Kurrgan, The Great Khali, the Giant Gonzalez, the Giant Silva, The Big Show and, of course, most importantly Andre the Giant. Today we look at another giant and the brief run of ‘Trapper John’.

In Rod We Trust: The WWE Storyline That Almost Happened

Brian Damage

In the storyline-verse of WWE, 2007 was not a good year for Vince McMcMahon. He would have his head shaved by his arch nemesis Donald Trump at WrestleMania and then lose the ECW title to Bobby Lashley at One Night Stand in June of that year. Seemingly distraught, embarrassed and depressed, WWE scheduled a Mr. McMahon appreciation night for Monday Night Raw on June 11, 2007 to buoy his spirits. It didn’t work and Mr. McMahon walked away from his WWE empire and entered into his limousine. Once McMahon entered the vehicle and shut the door, the limo exploded.

Remembering Tony Schiavone’s One Year Journey with the World Wrestling Federation

Brian Damage

The name Tony Schiavone is synonymous with professional wrestling, particularly World Championship Wrestling during the Monday Night Wars. However, he had a fleeting run – a cup of coffee, if you will – with the World Wrestling Federation in the late 80s and that is the focus of today’s piece.

Remembering The York Foundation in WCW

Brian Damage

It all started after a lunch meeting with WCW announcer Tony Schiavone at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Turner make up artist, Terri Boatright, grew up a wrestling fan. She was doing make up for the likes of CNN news anchors and guests when she caught the eye of WCW booker Ole Anderson. Anderson came up with a gimmick he thought would be perfect for Boatright. Anderson arranged a meeting between Terri and Schiavone to talk things over.

Trouble in Paradise: Remembering Kofi Kingston’s Mega Push in 2009

Brian Damage

When we look at Kofi Kingston, we see a happy, go lucky superstar who is a founding member of New Day. Throughout the existence of the New Day, Kofi along with Big E and Xavier Woods have delighted fans with their sparkling charisma and success in the tag team ranks. Kofi and the gang have been known to fling a few pancakes into the crowds as well. While New Day is arguably a Hall of Fame worthy faction in WWE and have generated a great deal of success, it wasn’t always meant to be this way.

Remembering The Short lived Ultimate Warrior’s Wrestling School (Warrior University)

Brian Damage

We are all painfully aware about the love hate relationship that both the WWE and the Ultimate Warrior had with one another for many years. It led the Warrior to leave and come back to the company a few times. It also caused a litany of court battles and lawsuits between the two sides. After their bad break up in 1992, Warrior decided to spend the next few years marketing himself and his character. He had his own line of Warrior merchandise including tee shirts, posters and a comic book.