Jamie Lithgow
Back in 1997 Harrison Ford was in cinemas playing the part of the ass-kicking US President who battles Russian hijackers on board Air Force One. Sounds outlandish, but imagine living in 1997 and being told who the actual president will be in 2017! Anyway, asses were also kicked in the world of wrestling so let’s head down south in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
Monday morning at Ring The Damn Bell means it’s time to travel back in time to 1997. It was a simpler time when P. Diddy was still called Puff Daddy and Oasis were top of the UK music charts. Better still, there was plenty of wrestling action to enjoy so let’s get to business in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
20 years ago this week, Will Smith was recruited by Tommy Lee Jones to a top secret Government agency to defend the galaxy from the worst scum of the universe. That’s right, to make us all feel old, Men In Black is 20 years old. Also 20 years old is a memorable angle from Monday Nitro. Let’s find out more in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Brian Damage
Factions in professional wrestling have been around for years and years. Fans have their favorites and not so favorite groups. The key to a certain faction’s success is getting the right wrestlers to be added to the group. Wrestlers who gel together can make a faction look unbeatable. When faction’s just add wrestlers without giving any thought to their purpose, it can spell disaster. This piece focuses in on factions who almost had members added but for various reasons it didn’t happen. Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
This weekend back in 1997 played host to one of the most bizarre incidents in boxing, and sporting, history. During their rematch for the WBA Heavyweight Championship, challenger Mike Tyson bit off part of champion Evander Holyfield’s ear. Tyson was disqualified, obviously. Anyway, let’s see if Eric Bischoff was still telling fans to “bite me” in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
Last week we started our nostalgia trip with the sad reality that ‘Batman & Robin’ really happened. Well, better news this week because the absurdly silly, but thoroughly entertaining, ‘Face/Off’ starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta hit cinema screens. So, let’s see what absurd forms of entertainment wrestling provided for us in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
I usually like to introduce our weekly trip down memory lane with some fun nostalgia from 20 years ago. Alas, this week in 1997 marked the cinematic release of ‘Batman & Robin’, which was anything but fun. Thankfully, the world of wrestling provided plenty of highlights so let’s get to it with this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
