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I grew up in a tiny village without cable or a satellite dish, so my first real exposure to Dusty Rhodes was WWF era polka dot Dusty. I knew who he was before that, but I didn’t truly know *who* he was, if that makes any sense. I won’t lie and say he was my …
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So this just happened. PRESS RELEASE DESTINATION AMERICA BRINGS MORE ACTION TO THE RING ACQUIRING THE RIGHTS TO RING OF HONOR’S WEEKLY TELEVISION PROGRAMMING (Silver Spring, Md.) –Destination America announced today that it has signed a national broadcast deal with professional wrestling league RING OF HONOR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., bringing …
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It’s been a while, so let’s talk a little wrestling. 1. The Elimination Chamber match for the IC Title should main event the May 31st Elimination Chamber PPV. This is one of those little things with me, so yes. The show is called Elimination Chamber. If you’re going to name your show after a match …
WWE has been doing pay-per-view events for 30 years. That makes me feel very old. And unless I’m forgetting something, I’ve seen every one of those pay-per-views at least once. That makes me feel very…um…something. For the better part of the last 2 decades, they’ve been pumping them out at a rate of at least …
Verne Gagne’s WWE Hall of Fame video. Verne Gagne, who I think it’s safe to say is near the top of the list of most important people in wrestling history not named McMahon, died Monday at the age of 89. Not only was he a legendary college, Olympic and pro wrestler himself becoming one of …
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Sorry I haven’t been posting as much lately. I decided to rest my brain a touch and also to actually make some good progress on my goddamn VC to do list. Yes, the one I’ve had in mind basically since we moved the place over from Blogger in…2012? Yeah, 2012. Jesus. And amazingly, I think …
I’m not sure what prompted it, but it’s nice to see the Fight Network picking up its wrestling game again. After announcing TNA a few weeks ago, the station has now made some sort of deal with Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore. It looks like a temporary promotional deal to plug the show coming up …
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It’s been a while, so let us talk some wrestling. I’m watching NXT, and the crowd brought to mind something I’ve been meaning to mention. Can we please knock off the “this is wrestling” chants? It’s one of the stupidest chants I’ve ever heard. We all know what we’re watching. We don’t need you to …
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They didn’t tell us how many years, but TNA and the Fight Network just announced that they’ve signed a multi-year deal to bring Impact and some of the company’s other shows back to Canadian television. Since TNA’s relationship with Spike TV ended, there was no way to see Impact up here aside from torrents if …
Haven’t done this in a bit and we’re almost to Wrestlemania, so let’s play some Fact or Fiction. 1. Despite receiving the big push and judging on what you’ve seen from him, Roman Reigns is the wrong guy to main event WrestleMania 31. Totally, but I’m not going to bother bitching about the Daniel Bryan …