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Ring of Honor (ROH) video wire for Nov. 28: The countdown to Final Battle 2011
Before I die, I would love to see at least one wrestling event at the Greensboro Coliseum. That place is thick with history and much like the Hammerstein Ballroom is associated with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the North Carolina venue can't be mentioned without thinking of Jim Crockett...
That was awesome! (clap clap clapclapclap): The Dudley Boyz put Mae Young through a table
Cagesider SilverNBlackZack! is a proud papa just like me but while my daughter is still in diapers and rocking out to Dora the Explorer, his is old enough to go to her first wrestling show. Good to know he's raising her right. So when he took me up on my standing over for any Cagesider to make a...
Will the revamped Tough Enough return for a second season? 'Stone Cold' hopes so
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin made the trek up to the Great White North -- or at least his phone line did -- and had an interview with The Aftermath, a podcast from The Score. The Score is like ESPN's maple syrup loving cousin except better because they pay attention to professional wrestling. But as...
On this date in WCW history: Bam Bam Bigelow debuts on Monday Nitro to call out Goldberg
On November 16, 1998, former WWF superstar Bam Bam Bigelow showed up on WCW Monday Nitro to flip over a few chairs, scream unintelligibly into the stick and demand an audience with Goldberg. Be careful what you wish for. While the announce team goes a little hard on the sell, it did happen to be...
ROH reportedly drawing similar ratings to TNA in Sinclair Broadcasting's markets
Good news for Ring Of Honor Wrestling fans, it seems like their new television show on Sinclair Broadcasting affiliates has been an initial ratings success. Dave Meltzer reported in his latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter that ROH's TV show is drawing similar ratings to TNA in (at least some of)...
Why hasn't WWE been able to create more superstars?
Here's an interesting question: Who was the last true superstar that WWE has created? Although he's as famous now as he's ever been, I don't think they get credit for CM Punk. He had a rather large presence before ever showing up in ECW and was actually buried repeatedly before finally breaking...
That was awesome! (clap clap clapclapclap): Rey Mysterio hits a hurricanrana off the... hood of a car?!
Today's "That was awesome!" comes courtesy of Cagesider Finian1 (whose avatar made me laugh for a solid five minutes). He suggested the time Rey Mysterio nailed fellow Mexican luchadore Psychosis with a hurricanrana off the hood of a car. I'll admit. Despite being a member of La Raza, I can't...
That was awesome! (clap clap clapclapclap): Bam Bam Bigelow throws, Spike Dudley surfs
Wrestling had just become so awful in the early to mid-1990s that I didn't even bother to keep up with the product. In the dark period of professional wrestling that was that time, I have the internet to thank for renewing my fandom when it had grown stagnant in the years prior. Well, the...
On this date in TNA history: Pierre Carl Oulette debuts as 'X'
On November 5, 2003, former "Quebecer" Pierre Carl Oulette, made his Total Nonstop Action (TNA) debut as "X," a masked nobody that inexplicably won the X-Division Battle Royal by defeating Low Ki, Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy, Johnny Storm, Chad Collyer and Christopher Daniels. He would be...
On this date in WCW history: Billy Kidman joins Raven's Flock
On Oct. 13, 1997, Billy Kidman walks into the stands looking like he just escaped from under the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Present. His loyalty was no longer to that of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), it was to Raven, as he was now an official member of Raven's Flock. "What kind of mind...
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