by Alex Knapp WWF Attitude Year: 1999 Systems: PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim As the 1990s approached an end, the WWF was back in the saddle again. Rocked by the steroid trials of the early 1990s,… Read More ›
Vince McMahon
The 5 Worst WWE Title Reigns of 2014
by Daniel Johnson WWE was all over the place with its title reigns this year in terms of quality. If a decade ago an oracle was to predict in 10 years that idiot from the WWE $1,000,000 Tough Enough would… Read More ›
Indie Flashback: John Hennigan Wrestles Petey Williams at FWE in 2013
by Daniel Johnson John Hennigan vs. Petey Williams Back in 2013 Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) held the FWE Openweight Grand Prix, a tournament spread out over two events featuring some top indie talent. The opening rounds were held at an… Read More ›
WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable: TLC—Tables, Ladders, Chairs…and Stairs (2014)
by Daniel Johnson, Kyle Childers, Dave Pendleton, Doug Nunnally and Justin Watry Editor’s Note: Doug Nunnally is a music journalist who has also covered pro wrestling and is joining the WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable for a guest appearance. Nunnally’s work can… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWE ’13
by Alex Knapp WWE’13 Year: 2012 System: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: THQ Before THQ went out of business, they had one last outing in their long relationship with WWE. The previous year had seen them… Read More ›
5 Late 1990’s WCW Matches That Didn’t Deserve Pay-Per-View Time (But Got It)
by Daniel Johnson The Monday Night Wars era is arguably the most exciting period in wrestling history. Not just that it is arguably the most exciting period there ever will be is wrestling. That may sound like hyperbole or looking back… Read More ›
Random Ramblings: TNA is Poison for WRESTLE-1’s Young Lions
by Daniel Johnson A bright spot for TNA, a company which just narrowly escaped death by signing a television deal with Desitnation America, is there relationship with WRESTLE-1, a Japanese promotion headed by legendary star, The Great Muta. Yet, for… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: 4 Ideas for WWE Game Story Modes
by Alex Knapp Well, WWE 2K15 is upon us. Sure, the last-gen versions were released this past month, but really, with how beefed up the graphics are and the major addition of the MyCareer feature, the next-gen versions are the… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WCW Nitro
by Alex Knapp WCW Nitro Year: 1997 System: PlayStation Developer: Inland Productions Publisher: THQ When WCW caught on fire after the formation of the New World Order (nWo), it not only pulled the wrestling business as a whole out of… 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 ›