Author: Clint Dye

Back to WCW 1999, we go on the newest WCW RetroView. Today we’re looking back at WCW Uncensored 1999.  Headline the annual extreme WCW event is Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage First Blood Match.  Tony Schiavone immediately begins selling how big the main event is as the show begins. He calls it the most unbelievable, most dangerous, mind-boggling pay-per-view of the year.  WCW breaks out an overabundance of pyro for this show. Schiavone is joined by Mike Tenay and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan.  Not only is the title up for grabs in the main event, but Flair’s…

Edge and AJ Styles. Two wrestlers known the world over for their exploits inside the squared circle. Both were former world champions who have carved their own unique legacies in the world of professional wrestling. On Sunday, April 3rd, 2022, during night two of WrestleMania, these two bonafide legends would meet one-on-one for the very first time. This stands out as the true dream match between two of the biggest names in the industry in the last quarter century. Edge and AJ Styles – You Think You Know Phenomenal? One fans have fantasized over for years. Especially after Edge made his…

On April 2nd, 2006, at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago, one of WrestleMania’s most memorable matches took place. At WrestleMania 22 match, a Hardcore Match between Edge and Mick Foley took place. The result of the match changed both men’s careers forever. In the case of one man, his career trajectory catapulted him into another stratosphere in the WWE. Edge and Mick Foley The Build-Up The Rated R Superstar Edge’s ascension up the ranks of the WWE was a gradual one. He began his WWE career as a loner who made his way to the ring through the audience. Before long,…

On Wednesday, March 17th, 2021, for the very first time, All Elite Wrestling had two women close the show in the night’s main event. Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker closed out Dynamite in an Unsanctioned Lights Out – Anything Goes Match.  The two ladies delivered a wild, bloody brawl that saw them use everything but the kitchen sink in efforts to win the match.  This match got me thinking about the first time WWE Monday Night Raw had two women in the main event. Let’s go back to December 6, 2004. Lita and Trish Stratus, long-time rivals, were set to meet…

It’s time for the next WCW Sunday Night RetroView as I continue my stroll through an interesting time of World Championship Wrestling, 1999, and WCW SuperBrawl IX.  Beginning the show is a towel-clad Torrie Wilson in a hotel room speaking to someone about ordering room service. The mysterious person hands her a plane ticket and a ticket to SuperBrawl before the show intro video package begins.  In the video, package are rotating images of Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Goldberg, Lex Luger, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, and Kevin Nash. All the while, audio of various world title victories plays. Tony Schiavone welcomes us to…

Have no fear, WCW fans; the latest RetroView is here as we explore WCW Uncensored 1997. This was a monumental pay-per-view for the company during the height of the nWo. The three-team main event match has huge stakes. If Team WCW (Lex Luger, Steiner Brothers, The Giant) wins, then the nWo has to return all the championships they have. __________________ Plus, the rebel group won’t be allowed to wrestle at WCW events for 36 months. If Team nWo (Hollywood Hogan, Outsiders, Macho Man Randy Savage) wins, the group can challenge for any championship at any time. If Team Piper (Roddy Piper,…

After finally getting to the formation of the nWo in my last edition of WCW RetroView, I figured it was time to reset. Having already covered WCW in its glory days of the nWo (1996-1998) I figured it was time to look at the other end of the spectrum, WCW Souled Out 1999.  The period of time after the nWo had long run its course and look back ad see how WCW navigated those waters. So with that in mind, today’s WCW RetroView is Souled Out 1999.  This was the first event after Goldberg’s winning streak was ended, and the infamous “Fingerpoke…

For over a year, APW has been building to this moment as Absolute Pro Wrestling presents SUPER SLAM. This Saturday, during SUPER SLAM, the first-ever APW Tag Team Champions will be crowned. When APW was in the beginning stages, co-founder Brandon Eubanks had a vision. Eubanks saw APW as a place where tag team wrestling would thrive in a division chock-full of talented teams. “I want APW to be where the tag teams come to test themselves because we have the best tag teams.” – Brandon Eubanks Saturday night, three teams that have earned this opportunity will decide who goes…

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, wrestling fans of all ages, this Saturday’s Madhouse Wrestling Championship Match in the main event of Madhouse Wrestling 5 Repeat Offenders, is brought to you by the letter R.  For current Madhouse Heavyweight Champion Clay Cooper, the letter R stands for RETAIN. Since becoming Madhouse Champion, Cooper has been the definition of a fighting champion. Madhouse Wrestling 5 Repeat Offenders In his first title defense, Cooper retained against both, former Champion AJ Smooth and Matty Star in a thrilling triple threat match. During Madhouse’s final show of 2022, Cooper retained the championship against a…

We’ve finally reached it. The moment that changed not only WCW, but pro wrestling forever. Our latest WCW RetroView looks back at WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 and the night the New World Order was formed.  The show begins with a great video package dubbed “The Hostile Takeover.” It shows all of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash’s invasion moments. Including Hall’s first appearance on Monday, Nitro and Nash powerbombing Eric Bischoff off the stage at the Great American Bash.  Tony Schiavone, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Dusty Rhodes welcome us to the show. Schiavone immediately ponders on who the mysterious…