Get The Funk Outta Town: The Funk Brothers in the WWF

Brian Damage

The Funk family are one of the truly iconic families in all of professional wrestling. Starting with the patriarch Dory Funk Sr who was a legendary wrestler/promoter for decades. He had two sons, Dory Jr and Terry who superseded their father in the business. Both achieved tremendous success wrestling throughout the territories and all over the world. The Funk brothers also both won the NWA world title in different periods of time. It only seemed inevitable that when the WWF expanded nationally…the Funks would be on Vince McMahon’s radar.

Top Five Wrestlers and Personalities We Miss

Amerigo Diehl, Lowlife Louie Ramos and Brian Damage

This week’s Top Five is about pro wrestlers we truly miss seeing on our TV screens each and every week. Men and/or women wrestlers that either retired or passed on that we no longer get the privilege of being entertained by anymore.

Top Five Greatest Opponents Against Ric Flair

Lowlife Louie Ramos and Brian Damage

On the heels of last week’s entry in which we asked who were Hulk Hogan’s greatest rivals, who are or were the top five biggest and or best rivals to ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair?

Lay The FACTdown: Hitting You with Useless Wrestling Facts, Stats and Trivia Tidbits.

Brian Damage

Finally, Ring the Damn Bell has come back with useless wrestling facts! It’s time to drop some facts, stats and trivia on the business we all love or at least used to. Some of you Rooty poo, candy asses (No insult intended) know some of these facts, while others may not know any. Whatever the case may be, let us dive right in and maybe learn a little something…or nothing.

Top Five Reinvented Wrestlers

Lowlife Louie Ramos, B Dangerous and Brian Damage

This week’s top five is inspired by the recent success of Matt (Don’t call me Zack Ryder) Cardona and his venture into the world of death matches. We look at wrestlers who may or may not have had great success under a certain gimmick or character…but have had a long career with the ability to reinvent themselves and adapt to the ever changing world of professional wrestling. 

Wrestling With Sin: 342

Brian Damage

This is the 342nd 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.

Top Five Shocking Moments in Pro Wrestling

Lowlife Louie Ramos, Brian Damage, B. Dangerous and Amerigo Diehl

This week we look at top five shocking moments in pro wrestling. Whether it was a surprising debut, heel/face turn, winning a title that you thought would never happen or retirement outta nowhere. We pick our personal top five moments that truly shocked us.

Wrestling With Sin: 334

Brian Damage

This is the 334th 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.

Top Five Best Bleeders in Pro Wrestling

Lowlife Louie Ramos and Brian Damage

Blood in pro wrestling seems to be a lost art nowadays, “Adding color” is a great way to make a bitter feud look violent and terrifying. So who are your top five best blood lusting wrestlers of all time?

*Warning some of the pictures below are graphic in nature….personal discretion is advised.*