Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Mayhem Mania - Round 1


Welcome to Mayhem Mania! Not quite a game. Not really a contest. More like a competitive thought experiment. The object is to create the best WrestleMania card possible - NOT necessarily to predict what WWE will do.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

2014: The Year The Internet Won

"They cheer, they boo. That's how they tell us what they like, and we're good listeners."  -Vince McMahon, Playboy, Feb. 2001
It’s been said the fans that make up the Internet Wrestling Community are but a small fraction of the entire professional wrestling audience. At one point in time that was certainly true, but it feels laughably unlikely today.

It’s been reported World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon completely ignores the internet and the IWC. That also was certainly true in the past. It may still hold true today, but even if it does, McMahon’s opinion is irrelevant. Others in WWE are listening, and the IWC’s voice is more powerful and influential than ever.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Why A.J. Styles Is My Wrestler Of The Year


A.J. Styles began 2014 in a familiar place - inside a TNA Wrestling ring. Frankly, it's a place he'd become far too familiar with.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Let's Watch ECW #54

I'm taking a trip back in time to the early days of ECW. I'm starting with the first episode of Hardcore TV after "The Night The Line Was Crossed", which occurred on February 5, 1994. This is before "Extreme", back when ECW was still Eastern Championship Wrestling. Consider this your viewing guide to the ECW archives on the WWE Network.




ECW #54

Enjoy the spoils of Paul E.'s successful litigation against World Championship Wrestling!

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Let's Watch ECW #52

I'm taking a trip back in time to the early days of ECW. I'm starting with the first episode of Hardcore TV after "The Night The Line Was Crossed", which occurred on February 5, 1994. This is before "Extreme", back when ECW was still Eastern Championship Wrestling. Consider this your viewing guide to the ECW archives on the WWE Network.



ECW #52

The hype machine is fully activated for an upcoming event at the ECW Arena.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Cena vs. Orton - A Celebration


The WWE fashions itself as a universe inhabited by awe-inspiring superstars. These stars sometimes align to create wondrous and memorable celestial events. But, like the cosmic occurences observed in the infinite rhealms of outer space, some moments are known to repeat themselves.

Take for instance, the superstars known as John Cena and Randy Orton.