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Tag: 90s wrestling

Cardinal Sin: WCW’s Greatest Mistake Part 1

Cardinal Sin: WCW’s Greatest Mistake Part 1

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021

“We want Flair!” “We want Flair!” The Baltimore crowd made their feelings abundantly clear at the Great American Bash 1991. WCW Executive Vice President Jim Herd had been in charge of World Championship Wrestling for over two and a half years. Though he kept open communication with media and fans, he became public enemy number one. Herd’s ascension to …

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We Give of Our Selves: On Cactus Jack’s Unsettling Sermon from ECW TV

We Give of Our Selves: On Cactus Jack’s Unsettling Sermon from ECW TV

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

Mick Foley’s “The Problem with Hardcore” promo is some of his finest work—brilliantly conceived; brilliantly executed.

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The Year of Years: Revisiting Manami Toyota’s Magical 1995

The Year of Years: Revisiting Manami Toyota’s Magical 1995

June 16, 2020

A quarter-century ago, when R&B group TLC dominated the airwaves and Tiger Woods was but an amateur golfer, Manami Toyota put together one of the finest bell-to-bell years in pro wrestling history. Toyota was 24 at the time, and already a star, already a master of her craft. The shrieking, long-haired warrior with a dropkick like a battering ram …

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