CM Punk and John Cena delivered in their match for the WWE Championship once again. There was no doubt that they would. Unlike SummerSlam (2011) the event was far from a one match show with Randy Orton/Dolph Ziggler in particular… Read More ›
The Rock
Young Chemistry
One trait that the pairs of Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat, Steve Austin and The Rock, Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar all have in common is amazing chemistry. Notice how the last pair is the most recent, but still seems… Read More ›
Females Fighting for a 5 Star Match…And Their Hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMla5Q3qUg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5j30ymkbqM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf3uEk2r-5c This bout proves that the key to having a truly classic match whether it is ranked by Dave Meltzer as a 5 star match or not is to have not only superior in-ring work, but high stakes… Read More ›
The Funk Brothers Rip Through Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI0jj85QX9I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQ3ZPHF0xg This match has a little bit of it all and features four guys who though brought up wrestling stateside seemed quite at home working in Japan. I enjoy Terry Funk’s performance in this match the most as he… Read More ›
The Ultimate Warrior vs. Homosexuality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=641raCOp11s&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5MP02PnQ4w&feature=relmfu If you can believe it after watching this, the buildup surrounding the event made this match even odder to watch when it first happened. After years of putting down the wrestling business and making anti-homosexual remarks that at… Read More ›
6 Worst WWF Intercontinental Champions of the 1990s
Although created in the 1970s, the WWF Intercontinental Championship really came into its own in the 1980s with feuds such as Santana/Valentine, Savage/Steamboat and Rude/Warrior setting a high standard of excellence. Yet, the feuds for this title arguably only grew… Read More ›
A Prerequisite for Basic Thuganomics
Because I posted an early Rock match yesterday I figured I would even things up by posting an early John Cena appearance as well. While WWE announcers will very rarely bring up Cena’s comic rap gimmick now and again, don’t… Read More ›
The Pre-Great One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSgmg1DaZ0A Since tomorrow is Wrestlemania and possibly The Rock’s last match (though you can never say for sure) I thought I would post this clip looking back at his early days. Yes, before he was The Rock, he was Flex… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 