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Is every 2012 WWE Hall of Fame inductee accounted for?
Officially, the WWE has announced only three inductees for this year's Hall of Fame ceremony. The first was the recently retired Edge who despite being out of the ring for only a short amount of time is an 11-time world champion and will also happen to be starring in a WWE Studio movie as well as...
WWE planning second 'Greatest Rivalries' DVD according to Jim Ross
As soon as the WWE announced the "Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart" project, I was eager to get my hands on it. It promised to be the perfect mixture of fact and fiction that makes for some of the best professional wrestling. And sure enough it was. My colleague Keith Harris was...
WWE responds to Republican Christopher Shays attack with the same tired talking points
As we reported here just over ten days ago, the race to choose the next Republican candidate for the retiring Joe Liebermann's Connecticut Senate seat is heating up, with Linda McMahon's main rival, Christopher Shays, aggressively going after her Achilles' heel of dead former WWE...
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012: Yokozuna expected in, Randy Savage out
Our friend Mike Johnson at the pro wrestling site with spyware has recently reported that the next big name likely to be announced for WWE's Hall Of Fame class in 2012 will be the late Yokozuna, joining the already announced names of Mil Mascaras, Edge and The Four Horsemen of Ric Flair, Barry...
Cageside Quote: Dolph Ziggler wants to be known as the greatest pro wrestler of all time
When one thinks of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time, names like Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Macho Man Randy Savage and Ric Flair come to mind. These are men who were talented performers, great in-ring workers, and were all entertaining with a microphone in their hand. By the time he's done...
On this date in WCW history: Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs Sting rematch on Nitro after the debacle at Starrcade 1997
Yesterday we went over the main event of Starrcade 1997, which featured the most heavily hyped match-up in WCW history, as Hollywood Hulk Hogan took on Sting in a battle of good vs. evil, the leader of WCW vs. the leader of the nWo. And after 15 minutes of an overbooked mess of a match, Sting was...
On this date in WCW history: Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs Sting at Starrcade 1997
I gave Jesse the day off from his "On this date in history" series because I wanted to speak from personal experience on what happened on this particular date in WCW history. The infamous match between Hollywook Hulk Hogan and Sting at at the Starrcade pay-per-view (PPV) on Dec. 28, 1997. We all...
That was awesome! (clap clap clapclapclap): Kane uses Rob Van Dam to demolish a cage
Professional wrestling lives and dies by convincing people that something is real when it's not. That's why stuff like CM Punk's infamous pipe bomb promo this past summer and 1997's Montreal Screwjob are so fascinating. It challenges the preconceived notion that whatever you're seeing on your TV...
On this date in WCW history: The 'nWo 2000' forms on Monday Nitro
On December 20, 1999, just one day after Bret Hart had his brains scrambled by Goldberg at the WCW Starrcade pay-per-view, "The Hitman" was back in action on Monday Nitro to rematch him for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship Title. Interfering late in the match on Hart's behalf would be...
On this date in WCW: Goldberg stamps an expiration date on Bret Hart's career
That's according to "The Hitman," in this infamous column from the Calgary Sun, where he details the not-so-super kick that put him on queer street for the remainder of his WCW career. "Making his way back into wrestling circles is Bill Goldberg, who is most famous for his incredible undefeated...
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