Embracing the fun in Wrestling
This is part 4 of a multi-part series on CM Punk. You can find part 5 here. We began in the latter months of 2011, as we remembered the trials that CM Punk had suffered, from his infamous ‘Pipe Bomb’ promo to losing the WWE Championship, having the ‘Summer of Punk’ derailed, and finally winning his title back from …
WrestleManias are built on moments. One of my favorite parts of the iconic TLC 2 at WrestleMania X7 is a tiny “blink and you’ll miss it” moment, and it’s something you’ll never quite understand without knowing the context, but it makes me shake my head and laugh every single time. I’ll help set the stage a bit. We’re less …
If 1985 was the year the mainstream accepted professional wrestling, 1986 was when the medium found its identity within that mainstream. While Wrestlemania 2 might not have been a critical or creative success, it made a lot of money at the box office. More importantly, it helped push the WWF’s brutal national touring schedule. During this era, the Fed …
Passion and fighting spirit are two of the major tenants of the Japanese wrestling culture. Show after show, wrestlers give it their all in awe inspiring displays of talent and tenacity. This is true of the men and the women. Like their male counterparts, the joshi are renowned for their toughness. During the joshi boom of the 80s and 90s, one of …
AEW’s weekly YouTube show ‘AEW Dark’ has presented a platform for independent wrestlers to showcase themselves to an audience of over 200,000 each week. For fans of AEW Dark, they have been given the experience of seeing a number of talented superstars like Will Hobbs, Top Flight, and Red Velvet get their start within an AEW ring. Each week …
Boxing Legend Mike Tyson returns to AEW Dynamite Wednesday Night. Mike Tyson appeared at the Double or Nothing PPV in May 2020, however there were no fans in attendance that night due to the pandemic. Wednesday will be different, as a live crowd will welcome Iron Mike to Daily’s Place. “There’s nothing better than an impassioned, live wrestling crowd. …
Coming off the heels of Wrestlemania, the WWF and pro wrestling itself could do no wrong. In the months leading up to Wrestlemania 2, the WWF’s penchant for bigger and better left them with a show that on paper should have been epic but turned into a bloated mess. The week after Wrestlemania 1, the WWF surrendered its TBS …
By the end of Tuesday night we were already four hours of amazing wrestling and we still had the joy which was Dynamite to come! We’ve been lucky enough to have some amazing wrestling this week, so I’m just going to jump straight in! Highlights of the Week ELEVATION: Elevation clocked in at just under two and a half …
