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On this date in WWF history: The Rock 'n' Roll Express debut on Monday Night RAW
Nothing says "Attitude Era" like a couple of geriatric high flyers who still listen to southern rock. But that didn't stop the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from trying to get a few more miles out of those old tires, inexplicably countering the nWo with the NWA. Complete with a screaming Jim...
Is UFC trying to recreate the magic of Starrcade 1985 over 16 years later?
UFC's highly successful matchmaker Joe Silva grew up watching wrestling in the Carolinas in the late 1970s and it's clear that he was highly influenced by what he saw. The latest example of this is the recent shocking news that UFC ambitiously plans to hold two televised events in different parts...
SMW invading WCW: The version Eric Bischoff didn't want you to see
In 1993, with his good friend Bill Watts running WCW, Jim Cornette decided to work with him to promote Smokey Mountain Wrestling, a territory he had started based out of Knoxville, Tennessee. It started with WCW showing a tape of the Rock 'n' Roll Express beating Cornette's Heavenly Bodies team...
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