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
The rub was that, after the 2015 Royal Rumble, we were supposed to cancel our WWE Network subs, en masse. I guess that partially worked. WWE did make a bit of a change and erased some of the bullshit we’ve been seeing. They also changed Fastlane so that the mainContinue Reading
This was Vince’s McMahon’s first attempt to reach out to a wider audience. As Crockett Promotions was trying to expand, so was the WWF. Jack Tunney had already been pushing shows out in Canada for a few months and there was a major feud bubbling between Paul Orndorff and HulkContinue Reading
So, WrestleMania 2 came and went. Hogan overcame bruised ribs to beat Bundy in the big cage match and successfully defended the World Championship. Mr. T and Piper fought in their boxing match, culminating in a win by DQ for Mr. T. Andre the Giant beat 29 other Superstars, bothContinue Reading
Another NEW Wrestlemania review! So, not content with matching Crockett Promotions, Vince McMahon had to one-up the NWA. Instead of putting Wrestlemania 2 into two arenas, he put them in THREE. Each had a mini-supercard with four matches. The first arena was the Nassau Coliseum in New York. The secondContinue Reading
This was the final month on the run-up on THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA 2! Mr. T is seen hitting a punching bag as Gene narrates that Mr. T is, indeed, hitting a punching bag. Mr. T calls Gene FOO’ and tells him to GETOUTTAHERE while he punches his bag. SNMEContinue Reading
Hogan is drinking health shakes to start us out because he’s gotta wrestle Terry Funk tonight. Mean Gene drinks with him. Piper and Body are poolside with a bunch of 70’s porn stars, checking out the Hillbillies through binoculars. Something’s wrong with this. SNME Titles. We are LIVE(!) from Tampa,Continue 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
I’m gonna rip through these shows one by one. This was the “Halloween Episode” despite the fact that it was a few days late. These shows were so stupid and corny…yet, as I mentioned in the last review, there’s something so very comforting about them. It’s nice to re-live these.Continue Reading