Remembering The WWE’s Two Man Power Trip

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On April 1st, 2001 at Wrestlemania X-Seven, Stone Cold Steve Austin shocked the wrestling world when he turned heel during his match with the Rock. After the match, we saw the unthinkable, when once bitter rivals in Austin and Mr. McMahon shake hands to close out the show. It was suppose to be a shocking, earth shattering heel turn. One that would top any and all great heel turns. If Hulk Hogan turning heel and forming the New World Order skyrocketed World Championship Wrestling to new and greater heights that the company has never seen…imagine what a Stone Cold heel turn could do?

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This Week in Wrestling 2018 Week 33

Brian Damage

It’s Saturday so time for the latest installment of ’This Week in Wrestling’, the 33rd of 2018. Today, Brian remembers Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart while sharing all the best viral content he’s stumbled upon this week.

From The Pages of A Wrestling Magazine: Whatever Happened to These Stars of the Future?

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Growing up as a wrestling fan in the 1980’s, certainly had its challenges. Cable television was still in its infancy and the internet really wasn’t a thing yet. Depending upon where you lived, the nearest wrestling territory is what you were able to see each week.

Remembering The Very First WCW Monday Nitro and some of its Backstage Stories

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We are all aware that WCW’s Monday Nitro telecast helped shape the way we currently view professional wrestling on television. It was a show that almost pushed the rival WWF on the brink and sparked the infamous Monday Night Wars. The show itself wasn’t years in the making, but a split second decision by WCW owner Ted Turner over an idea by Eric Bischoff. The birth, the planning and the stories of that first Monday Nitro are all interesting, to say the least, and is the focus of today’s piece.

Remembering the WWF’s Blue Steel Cage from the 1980’s

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When you think of steel cage matches in pro wrestling, you think of the violent, bloody and barbaric nature of them. You may immediately think of the mesh fence type structures that have been synonymous with cage matches. Whether it was Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka leaping off the top of the cage at Madison Square Garden or the violent confrontation between Harley Race and Ric Flair at Starrcade. That’s what many fans old school and new school see and remember.

Remembering Tatanka’s WWF Undefeated Streak

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Who doesn’t like a good undefeated streak in pro wrestling? If done properly, a wrestler’s unbeaten streak could elevate not one, but two people at the same time. The one who has the streak and the wrestler who finally ends it. Today, we look at an undefeated streak that lasted nearly three years in the World Wrestling Federation.

The Lazarus Effect: How A Wrestling Company’s Death Can Spawn A Rebirth

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Professional wrestling organizations fold seemingly every day. Bad business decisions, lack of money and audience interest can all play a part in a promotion going under. As fans, we have all seen it numerous times. Pro wrestling is a very cyclical industry however and what was old can be new again.