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On July 23, 1984, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) put on a one-hour, nationally televised event that would help usher professional wrestling further into the mainstream. The event took place at the mecca, Madison Square Garden in New York City. Known as The Brawl to End It All, the special aired live on MTV on the USA Network, capitalizing on the booming popularity of both rock music television and the WWF’s growing reach under Vince McMahon’s national expansion plan. The Brawl to End It All: WWF’s Pop Culture Power Play of 1985 This wasn’t just another wrestling show — it…
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Some guys are some of wrestling’s top indie refs around the U.S., in no particular order, begin with two longtime friends: the late/great Brian Hildebrand (who managed in Philly/Jersey as Evil Dr. Mean Mark Curtis) and Scottie Dickenson of the Boston area. Whenever I came to shoot/cover Dennis Coralluzzo’s shows, or those of ECW’s predecessor Joel Goodhart’s TWA or later ECW or any Philly/Jersey area indies (my second home). Both Brian and Scott were usually there for our hardcore midnight-till-dawn VHS-tape-watching parties of Sayama/first and best Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid, Funks vs. Sheik/Abby (also in Japan), Dory vs. Terry…
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On June 11, 2005, at a show aptly titled Something to Prove, the wrestling world was gifted something that felt more like a public execution than a choreographed performance between Samoa Joe and Necro Butcher. Fans of independent wrestling in 2005 didn’t just watch matches; they hunted for them. You traded DVDs, scoured message boards, and waited for the latest “must-see” tape from IWA Mid-South or Ring of Honor to drop. It took place in the “New Alhambra Arena” in Philadelphia—the building the world knows as the ECW Arena. The air was thick with the kind of humidity only a…
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The concept of the American dream is that anyone can come from nothing and make it big. But to escape the nightmare that was his life, Dennis Rodman choose to become one himself. Love him or hate him, you cannot ignore him. Dennis Rodman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1961. He was the oldest of three children that he knows about. His father abandoned them when they were still infants. His father alleges that Dennis has over two dozen half-siblings. Dennis believes it is twice as many. He doesn’t consider them to be family due to his father’s…
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Passing of the torch is a term often used in professional wrestling to suggest that a previous generation ushers in a talent from the current generation as the flagbearer of the future. While arguments are often conveyed on who is or isn’t willing to put talent over, what has happened throughout wrestling history is that, in the time-honored history of professional wrestling, wrestlers will often lose on their way out as a way to bestow that this man or woman is a person that fans energy, time, and money should be all put behind. Here are 15 notable examples of…
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In 2019, we were on the retirement tour, but at the same time, there’s a lot of memories, a lot of matches that probably have meant a lot to you, Lufisto. For instance, in Smash wrestling, I’m sure it holds a near-and-dear place in your heart. What can you say about your time here, your time in the ring, your time in Shine? Speak of that if you could. Lufisto: There are so many things I could say. There’s definitely memorable matches. I’ve had a long feud with Mercedes Martinez. I always believed she was, my wrestling soulmate, so she…
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