The Definitive, Too-Sweet Ranking Of The 33 Original nWo Members
Via WWE Network On Wednesday, because we are old, we celebrated the 19th birthday of the formation of the New World Order at WCW’s Bash at the Beach ’96 pay-per-view. To continue that birthday...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 7/1/96: Hollywood Greg Valentine
WWE Network Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. If you’d like to read about previous episodes, check out the WCW Monday Nitro tag page. – In case you missed it,...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 7/8/96: We’re Going To Disney World
WWE Network Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. Also make sure you’ve watched Bash at the Beach ’96. If you’d like to read about previous episodes, check out the...
View ArticleLearning To Play The Game: 10 Facts You Might Not Know About The Early Career...
WCW Promotional Image This past Monday, The Game, The Cerebral Assassin, The King of Kings… Triple H turned 46. For the past 15 years, Triple H has been a constant, inescapable part of WWE. Between...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 7/15/96: The Hollywood Sign
WWE Network Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. If you’d like to read about previous episodes, check out the WCW Monday Nitro tag page. – In case you missed it,...
View ArticleScott Hall Went Full Creepy Uncle To Paige On Twitter And People Freaked Out
Via YouTube Kids these days are so sensitive. Remember the Attitude Era when men could strip women down to their lingerie in the ring and get cheered? Remember the good days when women who rejected...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 7/22/96: The Sexy Beach Pals
Via WWE Network Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. If you’d like to read about previous episodes, check out the WCW Monday Nitro tag page. – In case you missed...
View ArticleScott Hall Loved Jon Stewart’s Run-In At SummerSlam, Would’ve Wrestled Jay Leno
WWE Network If you watched Saturday’s WWE Network from Madison Square Garden, you might’ve seen former Daily Show host Jon Stewart in the crowd hanging out with Lance Storm and cosplaying Fidel Castro....
View ArticleHere’s 35 Seconds Of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts And Diamond Dallas Page...
Share This Video The Resurrection of Jake the Snake is emotional enough to make a guy like Stone Cold Steve Austin cry “four, five, six times.” It’s also got enough F-bombs in it to fill a 35-second...
View ArticleHere’s Scott Hall’s Idea On How To Save The WrestleMania 32 Main Event
Via YouTube WWE wants to set an indoor attendance record at AT&T Stadium in Arlington for WrestleMania 32. That’s somewhere in the ballpark of 100,000 people, and with injuries ravaging the roster,...
View ArticleThe nWo Reunited To Help Scott Steiner Open A Shoney’s
YouTube One of our favorite and most bizarre ongoing stories is the transformation of Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner from genetic Freakzilla to mild-mannered local restauranteur. To put a bow on that —...
View ArticleScott Hall Thinks Hulk Hogan Will Be Back With WWE Soon
WWE Network Hulk Hogan has been persona non grata with WWE for over a year now, ever since he was sacked right before a racist rant leaked associated with his sex tape and subsequent lawsuit against...
View ArticleScott Hall Isn’t A Fan Of Bret Hart, Who Is ‘Really Selfish’
WWE Network Bret Hart (until turning over a new leaf recently, supposedly) is one of the pro wrestling legends who has never been afraid to call it like he sees it, which most of the time involves him...
View ArticleScott Hall Shared A Picture Of His Christmas Tree, But Forgot To Crop Out The...
Getty Image Scott Hall has never been any stranger to controversy throughout his life and his career, and that has continued to this very day. In fact, one of the most recent times he’s come to...
View ArticleEric Bischoff Believes Scott Hall Never Needed A World Title Run
WWE Network Scott Hall is one of the most popular, well-known and beloved pro wrestlers of all time. And yet somehow, despite being a pillar of WWE during the “New Generation” era, and one of the three...
View ArticleThe Best And Very, Very Worst Of Vintage WCW Promo Photos – Part 2
On Monday, we shared with you the best (Cactus Jack) and very, very worst (Hail) of World Championship Wrestling’s 8×10 promo photos from the 1990s. If you thought Dave Sullivan petting a rabbit was...
View ArticleThis Week In Horrible-Looking People: 31 Hilarious TNA Wrestling Glamour Shots
Poopies? = Welcome to a special Memorial Day edition of This Week In Horrible-Looking People, With Leather’s comprehensive guide to the worst, most ridiculous and amazing pro wrestling 8×10 promo...
View ArticleGallery 1988's Black Velvet Wrestling Portraits Are Absolute Masterpieces
Via Jensen Karp When he’s not making Chet Haze look like an even bigger idiot on Twitter, Jensen Karp is the owner of the wonderful Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, which has been the location of some of...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW Bash At The Beach ’96
Via WWE – Sup guys. David D. here. You may know me from my writing over at The Smoking Section and also as Brandon Stroud’s NXT bro and also lots and lots of comments about Sasha Banks. I’ve always...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW Hog Wild 1996
WWE Network Hi everyone! It’s me again with another installment of Vintage Best and Worst. I don’t have much to say besides I hope you’ve been enjoying so far. I’ve been taking all the suggestions into...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW Fall Brawl 1996
WWE Network “…The most important thing ever.” It’s me again with another installment of Vintage Best and Worst. This time we’re tackling the most important thing to ever happen to anything ever. As...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW Halloween Havoc 1996
WWE Network Aaaand we’re back. David D. here with another retro review. You should know the drill by now: Follow me on Twitter @DavidDTSS. Hug your mom and believe in the Shield or something. You can...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW World War 3 1996
— Hi guys, it’s David D. here with another retro recap. — WWE Network update: I’m in early 2000 WCW and I thought I’d enjoy seeing the car crash but it’s so bad I can’t even enjoy the destruction. I...
View ArticleWant To Feel Old Again? Hulk Hogan Turned On WCW And Formed The nWo 18 Years...
Via WWE Last month, Stone Cold Steve Austin’s legendary Austin 3:16 promo turned 18 and made us feel like grandpas. Hot on its heels is the other important pro wrestling event from the summer of 1996:...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW Starrcade 1996
WWE Network Hi, folks. – I’m back with WCW’s biggest pay-per-view of 1996 and it’s a doozy. If you can, like, share and tell your mom about these things I’m writing. – Remember to follow me on Twitter...
View ArticleHey Yo: The nWo Is Definitely Having A Reunion At RAW On Monday Maybe
If you caught RAW last night, then you may have noticed WWE promoting a big Hulk Hogan birthday celebration with “special guests.” I was just assuming we’d get Brutus Beefcake but it looks like WWE...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WWE Raw 8/11/14: The Lonely Grave Of Megan Miller
WWENOTHING WEIRD HAPPENS THIS WEEK Pre-show notes: – With Spandex is on Twitter, so follow it. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also follow me on Twitter. – This is how I watched...
View ArticleVintage Best And Worst: WCW Souled Out 1997
WWE Network Hi guys… We’re back with another Vintage B and Dub. I’m sorry it’s taken so long but this has been without a doubt one of the most insane/sad/happy/depressing/I don’t know last six weeks of...
View ArticleMovember To Remember: The 30 Greatest Mustaches In Pro Wrestling History
Via WWE It’s December 1st, which means Movember is over and you can shave that unsightly growth off your face. In celebration of another year Movembered, we decided to comb the history of professional...
View ArticleKevin Nash Will Miss Raw Reunion For Beating Up His Son On Christmas Eve
Via wwe network It’s time to keep those “Well THAT’s not too sweet!” jokes a rollin’, because things still aren’t going well for Kevin Nash. In light of his recent arrest for fighting his 18-year-old...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WWF Monday Night Raw 2/15/93: Naked And Famous
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View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WWE Raw 1/19/15: I’ve Been Looking So Long At These...
WWE Pre-show notes: – Important Update Of An Update: The RSPW Awards are going on right now, and With Spandex is up for Best Wrestling Media. If you haven’t already voted for us, I’ll make you a deal:...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WWF Monday Night Raw 3/15/93: The One That Gets...
WWE Pre-show notes: – You can watch this week’s snowed-in Raw episode — seriously — on WWE Network here. You can read about previous episodes on the Best and Worst of Raw tag page. – With Spandex is on...
View ArticleWWE Immortalized Hulk Hogan With A Banner At Madison Square Garden (And It’s...
This past friday, Hulk Hogan was honoured with a whole night dedicated to his appreciation. No, I didn’t just sit around watching old WCW episodes. WWE held a special show at Madison Square Garden to...
View ArticleWWE Has Filed Trademark To Make The NWO/Bullet Club Hand Gesture Theirs 4 Life
WCW promotional image This hand gesture is officially too sweet for the likes of you. Well, it’s official. WWE has reached that level of hubris where you start thinking you can claim ownership of...
View ArticleHe Hated Snakes? 13 Facts About The Cold-Blooded Life And Career Of Jake ‘The...
WWE Promotional Image Now seems like a perfect time to take a look back at the life and career of Jake Roberts. It’s nearly Easter, after all, and few pro wrestling resurrections have been as dramatic...
View ArticleCelebrate Baseball’s Opening Day By Watching Macho Man Sock A Few Dingers
It’s MLB Opening Day! That means it’s time to sit down, watch a million games, and get really into fantasy baseball stats that admittedly confuse the heck out of me. So, what better way to celebrate...
View ArticleKevin Nash Says The Undertaker Almost Jumped To WCW During The Monday Night Wars
WWE Promotional Image The NWO Wolfpac of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman recently sat down with Sports Illustrated for, uh, some reason, and things went about how you’d expect a 2015 interview...
View ArticleScott Hall Wants NXT To Say Hello To The Bad Guy
YouTube WWE Hall of Famer seems to be doing okay now, for the most part. There were some very dark days before Diamond Dallas Page famously stepped in and helped him straighten things out, but it’s...
View ArticleScott Hall Was Escorted From A Wrestling Show For Allegedly Being Too Drunk
In what has become sadly unsurprising news, Scott Hall was escorted from a New Jersey independent wrestling event this past weekend for allegedly being too drunk to continue his appearance. In the...
View ArticleWWE Hall Of Famer Scott Hall Is Sending Himself Back To Rehab
Via youtube Following what appeared to be a drunken relapse at an independent wrestling show in New Jersey, Scott Hall has announced he will be checking himself into a rehabilitation facility: Happy to...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 5/27/96: The Debut Of The Mauler
WWEAlso, this guy Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. If you’d like to read about previous episodes, check out the WCW Monday Nitro tag page. – In case you missed...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 6/10/96: Look At The Adjective
Via WWE Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. If you’d like to read about previous episodes, check out the WCW Monday Nitro tag page. – In case you missed it, the...
View ArticleThe nWo Formed 19 Years Ago Today And Yes, We Are All Old
Happy 19th birthday to the New World Order, who formed on July 7, 1996, at WCW’s Bash At The Beach pay-per-view. This clip from WWE Fan Nation allows you to relive all the important moments of their...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of WCW Monday Nitro 6/17/96: A Good American Bash
WWE Pre-show notes: – Click here to watch this week’s episode on WWE Network. If you want to watch The Great American Bash ’96 (and you should), you can click here for that. If you’d like to read...
View ArticleHulk Hogan Teased An nWo Reunion With A ‘Paid Announcement’ Promo
YouTube It’s been 22 years since Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash flipped the wrestling world on its head when the nWo formed at Bash at the Beach, and apparently the Hulkster is ready to turn...
View ArticleGoldberg’s Undefeated Streak Ended In The Dumbest Way Possible 20 Years Ago...
WWE Network Our best and worst of Nitro column is currently chronicling the early days of Bill Goldberg’s undefeated streak and rise to the top of WCW, but let’s jump ahead to the end of that streak,...
View ArticleThe Creators Of ‘Dark Side Of The Ring’ Addressed Controversies Around Their...
WWE If you haven’t been watching, the docu-series Dark Side of the Ring on the Viceland network is telling fascinating wrestling stories from a perspective we rarely get to see (a non-WWE perspective,...
View ArticleCody Hall, Son Of Wrestling Legend Scott Hall, Lost Bookings In Japan After...
DDT Cody Hall, the twenty-eight-year-old son of Razor Ramon, has been bouncing from wrestling company to wrestling company in Japan over the past five years. Yesterday, his third company exit was...
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