Author: Marc Madison (Editor in Chief)

Cyndi Lauper’s involvement with pro wrestling wasn’t a cute one-off cameo—it was one of the catalysts that dragged the WWF out of smoky arenas and into mainstream pop culture. Lauper’s run as part of the “Rock ’n’ Wrestling” movement alongside Wendi Richter, Captain Lou Albano, Hulk Hogan, and MTV had helped to set the stage for WrestleMania and, at the time, changed how non-fans looked at professional wrestling.​ Below is a sourced, quote-heavy look at what she did, who she did it with, and how those people talk about her impact. How Cyndi Lauper Got Pulled Into Wrestling The whole…

In the WWE RAW after Elimination Chamber, we have the fallout in this preview of RAW in Advance for 03/2/26. With the event featuring a winner of the Women’s and the Men’s Elimination Chamber matches, we were also witness to the winner of the WWE World Championship match between CM Punk and Finn Balor. Between these matches, the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship match But on the road to WrestleMania, it feels as though things are changing on the fly and at breakneck speed. With the injuries to Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed, it appears the vision (pun intended) for the…

On February 24th, 1997, was the night ECW came to Monday Night Raw. The episode began with a tag team match-up between the Godwinns and The New Blackjacks. From there, however, the episode became memorable as it came less than a year after the ‘takeover’ of the nWo in World Championship Wrestling. During the night’s first match, Jerry Lawler shared that ECW would be at Monday Night Raw. So while the ‘invasion’ portion wasn’t as apparent as some may think, it certainly broke the proverbial fourth wall. For weeks, Jerry’ The King’ Lawler spoke disparagingly about what he often referred…

Harlem Heat wasn’t just another tag team—they were WCW’s most reliable draw in the tag ranks for the better part of a decade. “Long as I can remember, my brother had my back. We lost our parents when we were young… Even behind those prison walls, my brother still had my back.” WWE Hall of Fame 2019 Video (0:01-0:32) Booker T and Stevie Ray, real brothers from Houston, turned a repackaged gimmick into a record-setting run that carried WCW’s tag belts through multiple creative regimes. “We wanted to represent something bigger than ourselves. Harlem Heat was a way to showcase…

Tag team wrestling is usually where careers are built, not where made men go to experiment. This series flips that idea. Every pairing in this blog is built around a simple premise: what happens when already-proven main event stars link up and share a corner? The focus isn’t on one promotion, one era, or one style. Instead, it stretches across companies and decades, from territory days to the Monday Night War boom and beyond. Some of these teams were short-lived attractions, others held major tag titles, and a few existed mainly to launch or deepen world title programs. What unites…

On February 11th, 1984, Tito Santana and Don Muraco met at the Boston Garden in a WWF Intercontinental title match that quietly reset the direction of the company’s mid‑card. It was not a stadium show or a pay‑per‑view. It was a house show in front of roughly 14,500 fans, and the finish didn’t even make TV at the time. Yet the result elevated Santana, shifted Muraco’s role, and defined how the Intercontinental Championship would be used for the next few years. Tito Santana and Don Muraco  – Setting and Stakes By early 1984, Don Muraco was deep into his second…

20 Tag Teams That Defined the 1980s Professional Wrestling proved how much the foundation of collaboration and teamwork was a key to a wrestler’s success.  The 1980s were the golden age of tag team wrestling, an era when the squared circle wasn’t ruled by one man alone, but by duos who blended power, precision, and personality. Across the globe — from the WWF and NWA in North America to the AWA, WCCW, and Japan’s AJPW and NJPW, tag teams were drawing houses, headlining cards, and defining the sport’s spectacle. They were larger-than-life, balancing charisma and chaos as they wrestled with…

The bodyslam looks simple: lift, turn, drop. In practice it’s one of professional wrestling’s oldest and most important tools — a visual shorthand for power, drama, and momentum. Over more than a century the bodyslam has evolved from a catch-wrestling throw into dozens of variations (powerslam, chokeslam, scoop slam, etc.), produced some of wrestling’s biggest pop-culture moments, and become shorthand outside the ring for “dominating” an opponent. This is the history of that move: where it came from, who shaped it, how it mutated into the forms fans know today, and why it still matters. The Bodyslam – Origins: From…

On January 31st, 1999, Giant Baba passed away. Before he passed he had long created a legacy still talked about today. Shohei “Giant” Baba was born on January 23, 1938, in Sanjo, Niigata, standing out from childhood due to the gigantism that eventually took him to around 6’10”. Before wrestling, he chased a very different dream: professional baseball. He signed with the Nankai Hawks as a pitcher in the 1950s, but issues including eye problems and uneven performance cut his career short, forcing him to rethink his future. That setback led him to Rikidōzan, the father of Japanese pro wrestling.…

The feud between Dusty Rhodes and Steve Corino in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was one of the most intense and deeply personal rivalries in the company’s history. The storyline emerged in the early 2000s, when ECW was known for its hard-hitting, brutal, and sometimes controversial storylines. The pairing of Rhodes, the legendary “American Dream” and multi-time World Heavyweight Champion, with Corino, a self-proclaimed “King of Old School,” created a compelling contrast in both style and character. The rivalry between the two wrestlers began to take shape in 2000, when Corino began portraying a heel character who openly disrespected the history…