by Alex Knapp WWF Super WrestleMania Year: 1991 (SNES), 1992 ( Sega Genesis) Systems: SNES and Sega Genesis Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: LJN (SNES), Flying Edge (Genesis) Have you noticed that there’s been a huge dearth of wrestling games over… Read More ›
“Macho Man” Randy Savage
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF European Rampage Tour
by Alex Knapp WWF European Rampage Tour Year: 1992 Systems: MS-DOS PC, Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64 Developer: Arc Developers Publisher: Ocean Software Every now and then, the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment takes the time to acknowledge that… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: Angelo Poffo Battles Jerry Christie
by Daniel Johnson Angelo Poffo vs. Jerry Christie Angelo Poffo played a brilliant heel during his time in Fred Kohler’s NWA territory running out of Chicago, Illinois. He would dress fancifully like Gorgeous George (the old school wrestler not the… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF WrestleMania
by Alex Knapp WWF WrestleMania Year: 1988 System: Nintendo Entertainment System Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim By the latter half of the 1980s, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was the unquestioned king of pro wrestling. Vince McMahon’s ambitious growth had seen… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWE All Stars
by Alex Knapp WWE All Stars Year: 2011 Systems: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 2 Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Being a fan of wrestling video games hasn’t been an easy thing within the past decade or so. Just… Read More ›
Hawkeye’s Hangout: NXT Takeover—Fatal 4 Way Preview
by Kyle Childers It’s that time again kids, that special time when WWE puts on it’s favorite Ring of Honor shirt and dips it’s fingers in Cheeto dust to pretend to be indie for the night, it’s NXT Takeover: Fatal 4… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: TJ Powers Becomes a Superstar at PWI
by Daniel Johnson “Superstar” TJ Powers vs. Rex Diamond Pro Wrestling International (PWI) has a an ad for the PWI Hotline before this bout between “Superstar” TJ Powers and Rex Diamond, just in case you were wondering if this was… Read More ›
5 Great WCW Pay-Per-View Openers You Don’t Appreciate
by Daniel Johnson In a recent interview indie star Alex Avgerinos spoke of what it is like to wrestle on the opener of an important card saying, “[I]t’s actually the next best thing from the main event.” This was perhaps… Read More ›
WWE Survivor Series 2013 Write-Up
by Daniel Johnson On a cold night in Boston, Massachusetts this past Sunday, WWE produced a show that was a good deal better than fans might have expected from looking at the card on paper. Still, WWE Survivor Series 2013… Read More ›
ISW Free Match Monday: Addy Starr Tastes Some Lego
by Daniel Johnson Addy Starr vs. Shitty In this clip from ISW Burger King of the Ring the sandwich artist formerly known as Flip D. Berger, Shitty takes on Addy Starr in a cornerstone of ISW, a Lego deathmatch. Addy… Read More ›