Years ago, when I was in single digits, my Grandmother took us to a local Round Table Pizza where I’d dump quarters into Pac-Man, Centipede, Paperboy, Marble Madness…whatever might have been in rotation at the time. What really caught my eye, however, was the sleek looking pinball machine in theContinue Reading
BY MATT PERRI Vince knew he had to top NWA in scope. He also had to top the last Wrestlemania in terms of size and match importance. Hogan faced the biggest challenge of his career in the form of Andre the Giant — somebody who Bobby Heenan had pushed asContinue Reading
Both the WWF and NWA were going head to head like fighter jets in Top Gun because I have no other analogy I can use and that was the first thing that popped into my head because it was on last night. This Starrcade was called “The Sky Walkers” whichContinue Reading
Jim Crockett Promotions did something cool here: their big Starrcade event would be broadcast from TWO locations, not just one. The main event would, once again, be Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair for the World Championship. Let’s get it going… The show opens with rock music, a roaring crowd andContinue Reading
Looking to follow up on the success of Wrestlemania, the WWF entered the Pay Per View market with their very first PPV event, The WWF Wrestling Classic. The main attraction here was a huge 16-man elimination tournament. Also, the WWF did a fan sweepstakes where a fan would receive aContinue Reading
Yep. We already did this one. But we’re doing it again because I’m reviewing the WWE Network PPV’s in order of release date. Besides, it will be fun to revisit this stuff. If you want to read the old one (meaning the one you read a few weeks back), it’sContinue Reading
Another year, another Wrestlemania…barring a catastrophic incident, I should be hitting Wrestlemania 28 tomorrow, full speed ahead… So… (Breaks into song) What’s playin’ at the Roxy? I’ll tell what’s playin’ at the Roxy… Hey! Guess who had the WWE Championship again because he just hadn’t been champion enough times??? TRIPLEContinue Reading
Here we go… I’ve got one more after this. I figure if I can finish this one and do XXVII on Sunday BEFORE Wrestlemania 28, then all is well and I will have finished my project. (If you keep seeing bi-polar reporting, it’s because I wrote these two years agoContinue Reading
Welcome to the 24th Wrestlemania review… I’m just four away from being done here…it would be a LOT faster if I could just NOT do research or explain the matches but I feel I owe anyone reading these. Will I make my deadline by Sunday afternoon??? I think so…tune inContinue Reading
This year, Wrestlemania took place at the huge Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Because the dead bodies were mounting, Vince McMahon instituted a “Wellness Policy” where all of his performers were screened for drug and steroid use. This served to prove that McMahon was running a clean operation and, also,Continue Reading