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Remembering Barry Blaustein

Remembering Barry Blaustein

In the fall of 1994, I was resting up in a small motel, way off the strip in Las Vegas, getting ready for a match with Sabu, when I heard a knock on my door. I was surprised to see... Read More

 
Funk Versus Flair: The Last Great Feud Under the NWA Banner

Funk Versus Flair: The Last Great Feud Under the NWA Banner

In November of 1988, Jim Crockett Promotions sold all of their wrestling assets to Ted Turner. Even though the company was under new ownership, they still competed under the Nation... Read More

 
The Von Steigers

The Von Steigers

Feeding off of the resentment still harbored by Americans toward Germans in the decades following World War II, the Canadian-born Lorne Corlett and Arnold Pastrick transformed them... Read More

 
Matt Borne: The Tragic Genius Behind Doink the Clown

Matt Borne: The Tragic Genius Behind Doink the Clown

Matt Borne was one of professional wrestling’s most gifted yet troubled performers—a man born into wrestling royalty who possessed extraordinary in-ring skill, creativity, a... Read More

 
Deja View: Before Dustin Rhodes Was Fired By WCW for Blading, There was Dusty Rhodes

Deja View: Before Dustin Rhodes Was Fired By WCW for Blading, There was Dusty Rhodes

Professional wrestling can be a very cyclical business. Many times you could be watching a match, a gimmick or a storyline and think to yourself…”I have seen this before.”... Read More

 
The Scoop

The Scoop

NEWS The May 1st episode of “WWE Friday Night SmackDown” from Tulsa averaged 1.153 million viewers on the USA Network, down 9% from the previous week. It’s the lowest... Read More

 
Not All In The Family: The Worth of the Von Erich Name

Not All In The Family: The Worth of the Von Erich Name

If you are a fan of pro wrestling, it is hard for you not to at least be familiar with the Von Erich family from World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980’s. The Von Erichs ... Read More

 
The Scoop

The Scoop

NEWS The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame have announced their 2026 award winners that will be honored during their Hall of Fame Induction Weeken... Read More

 
The Scoop

The Scoop

NEWS A&E starts back on Sundays with a WWE block. From 7-9pm will be part one of a two part biography series on the Von Erichs, followed by “LFG” at 10pm. Gabe S... Read More

 
The Scoop

The Scoop

NEWS Exodus Prime announced his impending retirement via social media last week: “I’m for real. This is my farewell tour. It was a fun ride but I’ve done everything I... Read More

 
A Moment In Time: The Berzerker Attempts to Murder the Undertaker

A Moment In Time: The Berzerker Attempts to Murder the Undertaker

Not every wrestler is remembered equally with others. Some wrestlers were more popular or more charismatic than others. Some had more memorable gimmicks or better matches. For John... Read More

 
ECW Barely Legal 1997: A look back at ECW’s first PPV

ECW Barely Legal 1997: A look back at ECW’s first PPV

On April 13, 1997, ECW Barely Legal, the promotion’s first-ever pay-per-view, aired. Dave Meltzer covered the event in the April 21, 1997 edition of the Wrestling Observer New... Read More

 
The Scoop

The Scoop

NEWS WWE uploaded the full Ricky Saints, Ethan Page, Tony D’Angelo, & Joe Hendry vs. DarkState (Cutler James, Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, & Saquon Sugars) 8-Man ... Read More

 
The Gimmick Table: The Origin of The Super Invader

The Gimmick Table: The Origin of The Super Invader

A gimmick is something that is intended to hook the attention of fans to a wrestler. They may be outrageous or steeped more in reality. Whatever the case may be, some have succe... Read More

 

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The Feud of the Decade: Bruno Sammartino and Larry Zbyszko

The Feud of the Decade: Bruno Sammartino and Larry Zbyszko

To love professional wrestling, one needs to have a certain mind frame; most fans by now understand that what th... Read More

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