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History of Wrestling: Tommy Rich's World Title Run
Tommy "Wildfire" Rich started his career in 1974 in the Georgia territory at the age of 18. After a few years working the area, he moved on to Memphis, where he wrestled as a heel managed by Jimmy Hart. A year later, he returned to Georgia and redebuted as one of the hottest faces working in the...
Greatest Summerslam Matches: (#20) Mankind vs HHH vs Steve Austin- '99
Summerslam 99 is remembered for a few matches that mostly defined what it was like to watch WWE programming during this time period. In the undercard you had Steve Blackman taking on Ken Shamrock in a Lion's Den Match. The greatest "huh?" tag team of all time, Kane & X-Pac, took on the...
Countdown: 20 Greatest Summerslam Matches of All Time
We are exactly 20 days away from Summerslam 2009, on pay per view August 23rd. Starting today, we at Ring Psych are going to countdown the 20 greatest Summerslam matches of all time. It's not too late to make a suggestion, so feel free to leave comments. Your opinion matters to us. Thank you.
History of Wrestling: "Mike Awesome taps! Mike Awesome taps!"
In September 1999, Paul Heyman was in a sticky situation. As owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling, he had just learned that his ECW Heavyweight Champion, Taz, had signed with the WWF. With a very limited amount of time to drop the strap to a wrestler capable of carrying the company, Heyman...
History of Wrestling: Super J Cup 94
On April 16, 1994 New Japan Pro Wrestling held a card in Tokyo that would be considered by many as the greatest wrestling show of that year. Super J Cup 1994 was a one night tournament that featured 14 of the best junior heavyweights from around the world. NJPW flew in Chris Benoit, Dean...
History of Wrestling: The Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge
When Yokozuna (Rodney Anoa'i) made his WWF debut in 1992, the head office saw a new main-eventer. Yokozuna would go on to beat Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Title, lose and regain the belt from Hulk Hogan all in under a year from his first match in the WWF. To celebrate his win, his...
History of Wrestling: "What you gonna do when Ric Flair runs wild on you?!?"
It was the feud that every wrestling fan had been waiting for. It was the closest that fans at that time thought they would ever get to a WWF vs WCW battle. Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair. Much like the Invasion angle 10 years later, it could only disappoint. Ric Flair had been wrestling for WCW (and...
History of Wrestling: Kenta Kobashi's best match?
Back around 1996, I decided that I had read enough about how great Japanese wrestling was and wanted to see a few matches for myself. Being a longtime reader of the Death Valley Driver Video Review, it didn't take long to make a list of what everyone considered to be top shelf stuff. Now, if you...
History of Wrestling: "I need to speak to Tony"
In 1988, the Alabama territory had a feud in the promotion that was considered by many wrestling fans to be one of the best in the country that year. Tom Pritchard was the babyface Alabama Heavyweight Champion, upholding the fine values that Alabama is known for worldwide. His opponent, "Dirty...
History of Wrestling: Superstar Billy Graham in Florida, "I will break these chains..."
Superstar Billy Graham entered the Florida territory in 1984 after having an unsuccessful couple of years at the box office in the WWF. Having abandoned the classic blond goatee, tie dyed look for black tights and a dubious karate moveset, he worked several short programs in different...
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