Yes, I enjoy professional wrestling. I’ve enjoyed it since the days of weekend broadcasts on WRGB with heroes like Haystacks Calhoun and Chief Jay Strongbow defeating the likes of Stan Stasiak and Ken Patera. As the years progressed, I’ve watched professional wrestling in one form or another – whether it was the WWF / WWE…
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Hulk Hogan don’t work for me, bruddah.
I will give Hulk Hogan his flowers. He revolutionized the appeal of professional wrestling. He was a larger than life character in a sport full of larger than life characters. He had charisma in buckets. He was marketable like no one would believe. He could sell out an arena in nothing flat. For over twenty…
Read MoreIt only took 14 years for John Cena to respond back.
If there was ever a defining moment in professional wrestling where fans just went, “Did that actually happen? That wasn’t part of a script? What in the ever-loving soul of Bruno Sammartino is going on here?” – it would have to be the events of June 27, 2011. During a live telecast of the WWE’s…
Read MoreCan we give Harley Cameron ALL the belts?
There are moments when, as a pro wrestling fan, I see nuggets of storylines evolve into something bigger and better and broader. A one-note character with limited microphone skills and limited in-ring abilities slowly morphs into a capable squared circle tactician who can spit fire with promo time. And such is the case with AEW’s…
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