Brian Damage
There are some finishing maneuvers that are synonymous with top tier talent in pro wrestling. For example, the Stunner with Stone Cold Steve Austin or the Tombstone Piledriver with the Undertaker. Before these stars perfected their famous finishers, they dabbled with other ways to take out an opponent. Today’s top five, looks at early finishing moves of future wrestling legends.
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Brian Damage
Many wrestlers over the years have stated that portraying a heel (Villain) in professional wrestling is much more enjoyable than being a babyface (hero). Mainly because they can do so much more and stretch their characters to new limits. A great heel will do things that fans might fine objectionable, but that may be the entire point of being a heel. Today on the blog, we look at the top five best heel moments that are still fondly remembered today, while having a strong impact on fans back when.
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Brian Damage
Injuries are a natural part of the pro wrestling business. When a wrestler suffers a legitimate injury they are taken off the road and or TV to have time to heal up. In some cases, a storyline or angle is created to explain their extended absence from the ring. Today’s Top Five looks at the top segments or angles explaining a wrestler’s legitimate injury.
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Brian Damage
Many times, when a wrestler changes from a hero to a villain aka ‘Heel turn’ it’s because the said wrestler wasn’t completely connecting with fans. Other times, a heel turn is used to simply surprise or shock an audience. In either case, sometimes heel turns simply flop because the fans just won’t accept the wrestler as a bad guy/girl. Today’s Top Five looks at some of the heel turns that failed to stick…for whatever reason.
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Brian Damage
In pro wrestling, art often imitates life. What may be hot in the news, can lead promoters to take advantage and create storylines and gimmicks based on said news items. There are times, however, where real life tragedies are just too powerful to capitalize on and lead promoters and bookers to amend or even erase gimmicks and storylines completely. Today’s Top Five looks at some of those gimmicks and storylines that were greatly affected by real life situations.
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Brian Damage
In the past, we have looked at how many celebrities in Hollywood, music and sports are secret or even “outed” as pro wrestling fans. In some cases, these celebrity fans hook up with wrestling personalities. Some times it works out and other times it fizzles out. Today’s top five looks at some of these celebrity and pro wrestling hook ups over the years.
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Brian Damage
As the old song states…”Breaking Up is Hard to Do.” While that may be true, a great break up in pro wrestling, if done right, can be very compelling. Today on the blog, we take a look at my top five personal favorite break ups of established teams and friendships in the wrestling business.
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Brian Damage
There are many moments in professional wrestling where a particular match or moment changes a mid card wrestler into a bonafide star. Today’s Top Five looks at moments and/or matches that completely changed a wrestler’s status in a promotion for the better.
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Brian Damage
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.
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