Wrestling With Sin: 207

Brian Damage

This is the 207th 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.

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The McMahon Effect: What is it and Why it is Here to Stay

Brian Damage

It use to be that when a promoter designates a certain wrestler to be “the man” for his/her wrestling promotion…the fans would follow along. Whether it was somebody like Lou Thesz, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler, The Von Erich boys, Bruno Sammartino etc…if they were the hand picked “chosen one”…fans would get in line and cheer for them. This was the case for so many years in professional wrestling.

Top Five Most Boring Wrestlers

Jamie Lithgow, Craig Wilson, Benjamin Trecroci, Amerigo Diehl & Brian Damage

If you watch enough wrestling then sooner or later you will see a really boring match, maybe even a really boring show. Not every wrestler or promotion can hit a home run every night, but today’s Top Five focuses on those performers who sent us to sleep every time we saw them wrestle. Grab a coffee, it’s our Top Five Most Boring Wrestlers…

Wrestling With Sin: 175

Brian Damage

This is the 175th 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.

Oh You Didn’t Know? More Facts, Stats and Stuff in the World of Pro Wrestling

Brian Damage

Welcome back to yet another edition of pro wrestling’s useless facts, stats and stuff like that. Some of these facts you may have heard about, maybe some you haven’t. All in all, however, it’s just a fun piece to do. So sit back, relax and let’s learn a little about nothing.

Justice is Swerved: The Failed Run of Sid Justice in 1991-1992

Brian Damage

The year was 1991 and the World Wrestling Federation was beginning a tailspin due to various scandals involving sex and steroid abuse. Hulkamania was starting to fizzle out and Vince McMahon was beginning his search for the WWF’s next big thing. He seemingly found it when McMahon was able to snatch Sid Vicious away from his rival in WCW.

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

Brian Damage

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.