R.I.P. Fabulous Moolah
I guess it has been a few weeks since I’ve written one of these and sadly that means it was time for the wrestling world to lose another one of its great performers. The Fabulous Moolah passed away. Unlike many in the business, Moolah lived a pretty long and full life. She had been nearly [...]
R.I.P. Brian Adams
I guess since it has been a few weeks, someone up above (or down below depending on who you ask) decided it was time to take another wrestler from the world. Brian Adams was found dead today. So far there has been no information as to the cause of death or any details. Brian was [...]
R.I.P. Chris Benoit
This one hits a little harder than most of these I’ve reported as I was a big Chris Benoit fan and thought he was easily one of the best workers in the business in the past decade. Taken from the WWE website… World Wrestling Entertainment is deeply saddened to report that today Chris Benoit and [...]
R.I.P. Sensational Sherri
I used to occasionally write about wrestling on this site when something about one of the shows compelled me to do so. Lately wrestling has been so bad that I stopped writing about it except for the all too often times that a wrestler I enjoyed watching on TV in the past passes away. Sherri [...]
R.I.P. Bad News Brown(Allen)
It seems I have to post one of these every few weeks and wrestlers are dropping faster than old punks. Allen Coage, better known to wrestling fans as Bad News Brown, or Bad News Allen depending on where he was working (Bad News Brown was his WWF name) passed away. Unlike a lot of recent [...]
R.I.P. Mike Awesome
I just learned that former ECW champion, Mike Awesome, passed away on saturday. He was found hanging in him home from an apparent suicide by some friends of his that were coming to pick him up. Mike, whose real name was Mike Alfonso, was only 42 years old. My condolences go out to his friends [...]
R.I.P. Bam Bam Bigelow
I just learned that Bam Bam Bigelow, the famous pro wrestler passed away. No information on what happened has been released at the moment. I once met Bam Bam when I worked at Midway Games and we had him at a distributor function put on to promote the Wrestlemania arcade game. He seemed like a [...]
R.I.P. Earthquake
I just learned that John Tenta, known to the world as the pro wrestler Earthquake, passed away this morning after losing his two year bout with cancer. He was only 42 years old. It’s always sad to learn of a wrestler passing, especially one I grew up watching, but it is even more sad when [...]
WWE Raw in Chicago
Last night, thanks to the kindness of Youngdave and Missy giving me a ticket to go, I went to WWE Raw at the Allstate Arena. After enjoying some very slow service at a place called Ram for a meal, we parked in the Matt C. econo-lot (ie: in front of his house a couple blocks [...]
R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero
Koga just emailed me the shocking news that Eddie Guerrero died at the far too young age of 38! It is believed he suffered a heart attack while in his hotel room. This is really shocking and very sad, Eddie was one of the most entertaining people in the WWE and one of the only [...]
R.I.P. The Crusher
I got an email from Lewdd this morning informing me The Crusher died. I remember seeing him wrestle near the end of his run in the AWA back in the 1980s, often times teaming up with Dick the Bruiser. Both of those guys were fairly old at this point, but they were pretty entertaining and [...]
Sumerslam 2005
Last night I had a bunch of people over to watch the Summerslam PPV. Everyone chipped in for the purchase price and since so many people turned up, it was very cheap for all involved. We grilled up a bunch of food and had a good feast during the show, part of which I missed [...]
R.I.P. Lord Alfred Hayes
Wow, this week isn’t a very good one. First we lose Scotty, and now Lord Alfred Hayes! Koga just IM’d me to let me know and pointed me to this link. I never got to see Lord Alfred wrestle as far as I can remember. I remember him as an announcer on the old WWF [...]
Vengeance PPV
Tonight I went to Famous Freddie’s to see the WWE Vengeance wrestling PPV. It was a Raw-only show and while those are usually better than the Smackdown only shows, I typically find the single brand shows to be pretty sub-par and they do little to make them feel any different than the weekly TV show. [...]
ECW One Night Stand
Last nite I went over to a bar that was showing the ECW One Night Stand PPV for free, the only requirement was you had to purchase one drink from the bar. Seeing as how I couldn’t afford to have a few friends over and chip in to get it, this cheap way seemed like [...]
Why NWA TNA will never take off
Well, there is a lot of reasons but the biggest reason why it will never be anything besides a second rate infomercial is simple… Jeff Jarett The guy is the least suited to be the world champion/main eventer in any federation. His finisher is the most retarded in the history of the business and no [...]
The problem with wrestling today
While watching Raw this week I got to thinking about something that has been bothering me about the product for quite some time, something that I feel is partially responsible for the reason they don’t have as many bankable stars or even viewers as they have in the past. The reason is simple, with the [...]
How about trying something new guys?!
I’m watching NWA TNA Impact from the other day on my Tivo, and the first segment is a pretty much exact recreation of an old WCW NWO segment where they beat up guys outside and someone jumped off the stairs and Nash catches them and chucks them like a spear into the trailer. This TNA [...]
Last nite’s Raw gone wrong
Dear WWE, Let the record reflect that the really entertaining tag match you had with Regal/Eugene vs. The “new Quebecers” (La Resistance) was totally ruined by the “dusty finish”. The crowd were way hot for the match and Regal in particular, and the match was working. Then you pull that crap where at the commercial [...]
Mick Foley at Harper College
Awhile back, Lady Combustion came home and told me that Mick Foley was going to be speaking at Harper College, where she happens to take classes at part time. She suggested we go and see it. I had almost forgotten about it until earlier this week when she reminded me, and found out that the [...]
RIP Big Bossman
I got an email from Koga, who pointed me to this link with some sad news. Another wrestler is gone. The Big Bossman. I remember when he was Big Bubba when he wrestled down south and then he had a really good run in the WWF as Big Bossman. He started out as a heel, [...]
In the “who wrote this” category…
Did anyone see last week’s Smackdown? I swear, until he started reading the poetry, the scene with Michael Cole and HEIDENREICH was eerily similar to the shower rape scene in American History X! I mean HEIDENREICH had Cole pinned to the wall and was humping him every now and then. It was the gayest, and [...]
First Earthquake and now Dr. Death?!
I just read this article about Dr. Death Steve Williams’ battle with cancer. My thoughts are with you Dr. Death, I hope you beat it.
Good luck Earthquake!
Many of you old WWF fans (now known as WWE) may remember Earthquake. Well, Earthquake in real life is a man named John Tenta and he has been battling cancer for a little while now. Seems John got some sad news and the prognosis is not good. I hope he outlives the prognosis and somehow [...]
