Padraic Toolan, Lowlife Louie Ramos, Amerigo Diehl, Brian Damage and Tom Casola
Extreme Championship Wrestling was certainly a very innovative wrestling promotion for its time. Today’s top five examines the wrestlers who made it such a revolutionary force in professional wrestling. This only involves the wrestlers themselves, so people like Paul Heyman and Tod Gordon are excluded from these lists. Continue reading
The year was 1997, and the WWF were in the middle of a ratings war with WCW. In the cross fires of this war, was a small, but resilient promotion called Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Many of ECW’s talent and ideas were being plucked bu both the larger, more prominent promotions. Despite ECW’s lack of money and exposure, hardcore wrestling fans knew all about it.
Brian Damage
March 26th, 2001 was one of the darkest days in pro wrestling history. On that date, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) folded and was sold to Vince McMahon and the WWE, its main rival. What could have been, what should have been? Those are questions that sadly, we really never got the opportunity to find out. Oh sure, we as fans got to see a very watered down version of WCW in the WWE, but it wasn’t the original plan. Continue reading
Brian Damage
For many, the Intercontinental title is an iconic belt. During the peak years in the 80s it was seen as the worker’s belt and later became the first run on the ladder for future superstars. But that didn’t stop the WWE briefly retiring it, the focus of today’s piece. Continue reading
Craig Wilson
To continue our build to this year’s Royal Rumble, it seemed as good a way to hype as any to take in some older bouts from the event’s history. Today we go back a decade and take in the 30-minute battle royal that took place at the 2007 edition of the annual spectacle. Continue reading
Craig Wilson
This. Is. Extreme. It was about time that ‘Matches from History‘ tackled something from ECW. With the WWE and WCW offering little in the month of April 1996, lets head over and see what happened 20 years and 7 days ago to this day at ‘ECW Hostile City Showdown 1996’
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Craig Wilson
As we continue our countdown to WrestleMania, we go back in time ten years and check in on the happenings at WrestleMania 22. Plenty of action, big spots and memorably moments on this one. So strap yourself in and get ready for WrestleMania 22… Continue reading
Craig Wilson & Russ Morgan
Few things light up a crowd more than a returning superstar and it’s those moments that are the focus of this latest Top Five as we discuss our favourite wrestling returns. Disagree with the picks or think they’ve missed someone out? Leave a comment below. Continue reading
Brian Damage
“Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties…”– John O. Brennan
Few fans can argue that one of the greatest eras in pro wrestling history was the well documented…Monday Night Wars between the WWE and WCW. Television ratings, pay per view buy rates and guaranteed contracts skyrocketed like never before. Wrestlers would jump ship from promotion to promotion with bigger pay checks being handed out like candy. Vince McMahon and Ted Turner spending millions just to get the advantage in the ratings that came out every Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading
Ring the Damn Bell 