Brian Damage
We all know Dustin Runnels as the WWE’s iconic character known as ‘Goldust.’ For over 20 years, with a break in between here and there, Dustin has perfectly portrayed the bizarre Goldust. While Dustin is known most for his work as Goldust, it wasn’t his first stint with the WWF/E and that’s the focus of today’s piece. Continue reading
Brian Damage
This is the 117th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series‘. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media. Continue reading
Brian Damage
‘A Moment in Time‘ makes a return today, after a brief hiatus, to look at the events surrounding Tatsumi ‘The Dragon’ Fujinami winning the WCW/NWA title back in the early 90s, a reign that was never recognized by World Championship Wrestling. Continue reading
Brian Damage
She was ‘Stunning’ Steve Austin’s first ever valet during his WCW sting. However, after just one series of TV tapings, she disappeared from television. Today, though, in this latest piece in the series, we ask ‘Whatever Happened to‘ Vivacious Veronica. Continue reading
Benjamin Trecroci
Last week we debuted a new series looking at the history of Clash of Champions, starting with the inaugural event from March 1988. Today we follow that up by looking at Clash of Champions II: Miami Mayhem which took place on June 8, 1988, at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. There were 2400 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.8 rating on TBS.
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Brian Damage
Renowned as one of the top tag teams of all time, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, as the Rock n Roll Express, were one of the most popular acts of the 80s. In fact, Morton came very close to being NWA champion. Today, Brian takes a look at what led to that and why Morton said no to being world champion. Continue reading
Craig Wilson and Brian Damage
It’s that time again as we look back at This Week in Wrestling. In this edition, Craig talks the new WWE UK Championship while Brian shares some of the most interesting pictures and videos he’s stumbled upon over the last seven days.
