Author: Clint Dye

We’re back with a new RetroView as our journey through the final years of WCW continues with the WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 pay-per-view.  The show opens with the dying days of the WCW logo, only the second or third pay-per-view with the new logo so far. Goldberg and Sid Vicious grudge over the United States Championship begins the pre-show hype video.  This is followed by highlights of the build-up to Hulk Hogan versus Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship finishes off the video.  Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the show.  As always, the Halloween Havoc entrance set is top-notch, with…

For two decades, SCWPro Wrestling has been providing fans with exciting, action-packed pro wrestling as SCWPro presents its 20th Anniversary show. From humble beginnings inside a barn in Davenport, Iowa, SCW has grown into one of the premiere wrestling promotions in Iowa and Illinois. SCWPro 20th Anniversary Show Big-time names in the world of pro wrestling, like Vader, Scotty 2 Hotty, and even WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, have made their way through the SCW curtain. Check out Seth Rollins discussing SCW here: This Saturday, the SCW 20th Anniversary show emanates from the Blue Grass Community Center in Blue…

In the blockbuster film The Dark Knight, the Joker famously quips to his archnemesis Batman – “I think you and I are destined to do this forever.” Not only does this represent the relationship between the Caped Crusader and Clown Prince of Crime, but it sums up one of the greatest rivalries in professional wrestling history. The career-spanning feud between The Rock and Triple H. The Brahma Bull and the Cerebral Assassin are drawn to each other, forever destined to cross paths. Their rivalry is driven by the personal and professional motivation to prove who is the better man. It’s…

Before the story between Diamond Dallas Page and Randy Savage could be told, the story traces back to the birth of the nWo.When the New World Order infamously declared war on World Championship Wrestling in the summer of 1996, a line in the sand was drawn. On the front lines for WCW, ready to meet the invading Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) and eventually Hulk Hogan, were Sting, Lex Luger, and Macho Man Randy Savage. What we would later be reminded of is a feud between DDP and Macho Man Randy Savage. After the WCW trio fell in their…

Professional wrestling fans, young and old, let’s take a trip back in time to October 6, 2006, and the onset of a rivalry between Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe. It was on this night that one of, if not the greatest TNA rivalry, was born. During that night’s episode of IMPACT, former WWE Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle, made his TNA debut. To say this was a huge deal for TNA was an understatement. Angle was one of the most decorated performers in all professional wrestling and had recently left the WWE. For today’s rivalries, we’re looking at the three best…

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…