Archive for the ‘Wrestling’ Category

Remembering The Greatness That Was The Survivor Series

Friday, November 16th, 2007

This Sunday, World Wrestling Entertainment presents the 21st Survivor Series. When WWE (then known as WWF) only ran four pay-per-views a year this one used to be my favorite. Something about it being held on a Thursday, the Thanksgiving theme and team format always made it fun to watch. Sadly, the ...

Swiss Beats

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Without a doubt, Claudio Castagnoli, is one of the brightest young stars in wrestling. The Swiss-born Castagnoli crafts his trade all over the independent wrestling scene but can be seen on a national stage through the Ring of Honor wrestling promotion. While the 26-year-old Castagnoli has already held several world titles he ...

Shawn Stasiak Has One More Run Left In Him

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

The last time wrestling fans saw Shawn Stasiak he was banging into walls and talking to himself as the lone citizen of "Planet Stasiak." Talk about the gimmick from hell. Stasiak, the son of wrestling legend, Stan "the man" Stasiak, always struck me as a wrestler who, for whatever reason, ...

Respect Has Been Earned: Ring Of Honor Is Here to Stay

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Bored by the soap opera-like product being churned out by the like of World Wrestling Entertainment and/or TNA Wrestling? Well, you need to check out Ring of Honor pronto. A throwback wrestling promotion if there ever was one, ROH continues to produce the best matches of the year and are ...

The State of Pro Wrestling

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Last week, I apologized for this kind of lame title but it's actually starting to grow on me and since our "state of boxing" disucssion with Larz from No Mas garnered so much interest we reached out to Bryan Alvarez, editor of the acclaimed Figure Four Weekly newsletter and the ...

Kurt Angle discusses his DUI, his future in MMA, Lesnar signing and more

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

What a year its been for Olympic Gold medalist Kurt Angle. First, he leaves World Wrestling Entertainment after a legendary seven-year run. WWE claimed they fired him for repeated drug suspensions; Angle claimed he pulled a fast one on Vince and tricked him into releasing him. Rumors then begin to ...