I was sending a text message the other day. As I was typing the word, “being,” my phone did something that I thought was amazing – it tried to autocorrect it to nWo. I might like wrestling a little too much… For those who remember the glory days of the New World Order, nothing else [...]
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I have written about professional wrestling in various online forms since roughly 2005 or so. I have never received so much attention and excitement from people leaving comments than when I initially wrote about The Rock’s return to WWE in February 2011. In terms of being a “big deal,” The Rock coming back to WWE [...]
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CM Punk: Best in the World is not a documentary about a professional wrestler making his mark in WWE. This 3-disc set produced by World Wrestling Entertainment is the story of a man who overcame all of his obstacles and wound up living his dream. His dream just happens to be being a professional wrestler. [...]
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Over the summer, Ring of Honor came to Charleston, WV, and I attended the show. It was a television taping for their weekly syndicated show, titled simply “ROH TV”. More on that later. Ring of Honor formed in 2002 following the demise of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling the year prior. The “Big [...]
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The biggest event of the WWE calendar is WrestleMania. Every storyline, angle, feud, what-have-you builds throughout the year and culminates at what they’ve dubbed “the grandest stage of them all,” and “the showcase of the immortals.” Two words have become synonymous with WrestleMania over the last several years: The Streak. The Undertaker, who competed in [...]
READ MORE »WWE Velocity was a late-night show that aired Saturday nights on SpikeTV during the mid 2000s. It was recap program that went over what happened the previous week on Smackdown. Matches featuring midcard talent and “jobbers” (unsigned guys who come in just to lose) were shown between the recap segments. Above is a video of [...]
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I was watching WWE Monday Night Raw on August 27th (naturally, of course). The main event was CM Punk versus Jerry Lawler in a steel cage match. The point of this match was to help further Punk’s recent heel turn. The crowds weren’t really booing him, so I guess WWE wanted to use Lawler – the lovable [...]
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