Author: Pete Moon (Assistant Editor)

In the history of professional wrestling, there are thousands of competitors who came to the squared circle from other athletic backgrounds. For example, Kevin Nash and The Undertaker both played basketball before stepping between the ropes. Macho Man Randy Savage and Sycho Sid had promising careers in baseball. Jim Neidhart, Goldberg, and Roman Reigns were professional football players. When you look at all the stories of pro wrestlers from different sports backgrounds, they tend to carry a common trait. They all failed to impress at the highest level of their sport. Ernie Ladd, however, is a different story. __________________ Ernie…

The January 31st episode of RAW is WAR began with a pyrotechnics display followed by the entrance of The New Age Outlaws as The Radicalz debuted on WWF Raw. Road Dogg gave a typical spiel about how great it is to be tag team champions and how he and Billy Gunn were bound to beat anyone who came to the ring. After a commercial break, Al Snow and Steve Blackman came out for a WWF World Tag Team Championship match. The result seemed a foregone conclusion, with The New Age Outlaws as part of the recently reunited D-Generation X and…

Following Jesse “The Body” Ventura’s floundered comeback bid in 1986, he had some tough decisions to make. The blood clots in his lungs severely impacted his wrestling ability, but Jesse Ventura was still one of the best promos in the business. Putting his mic skills to use, The Body would move behind the desk, co-hosting WWF programming alongside the likes of Vince McMahon and Gorilla Monsoon and becoming one of the most iconic heel commentators. During this time, he also hosted The Body Shop, an interview segment akin to Piper’s Pit. “Many people have asked me, how did I become…

Yeah, you read that right. In the world of professional wrestling, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope of the Insane Clown Posse are unsung heroes, and we challenge many to deny it. “But Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope can’t wrestle!” fans might be ready to retort. Well, ECW, WWF, and WCW certainly didn’t see things that way. ‘But JCW is nothing but some backyard trashbag league,’ I hear you typing in the comments section. The Insane Clown Posse – We Need To Talk About The Greatest Show If Juggalo Championship Wrestling truly was a backyard league, why have wrestlers…

In the world of Lucha Libre, there is one name that stands above all others, and that name is El Santo. The average pro wrestling fan probably hasn’t heard that name before. However, when he was alive, El Santo was a bigger star in Mexico than Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and John Cena ever were in the United States. El Santo was not the first wrestler to compete under a mask. That honor goes to “The Masked Wrestler,” an anonymous competitor at the 1865 World’s Fair. Santo wasn’t even the first masked wrestler in Mexico. That trend took off after…

While the team that dons the maple leaf in The Olympics is commonly referred to in press and commentary as “Team Canada,” that wasn’t always the way. The first use of ‘Team Canada’ to refer to a team representing Canada was in the 1972 Summit Series. The 8-Game ice hockey series pitted the inaugural Team Canada against a team from the Soviet Union. Team Canada scored an upset victory in game 8, bringing hope to a world on edge due to the Cold War and easing relations with Soviet Russia. The nickname stuck, and ever since, any team representing Canada…

Shane Douglas Throws Away the NWA Championship. In July of 1991, relations between World Championship Wrestling and The National Wrestling Alliance began to break down. Ric Flair, then recognized as both WCW and NWA World Heavyweight Champion, debuted for the World Wrestling Federation, taking the WCW/NWA belt with him. WCW insisted Flair vacated the title upon his departure in July. This is the story of how Shane Douglas threw away the NWA Championship. Meanwhile, the NWA wouldn’t strip Flair of the title until he officially signed with the WWF in August. WCW would crown a new champion on July 14th,…

Before I took up the pen for this here little ol’ website about wrasslin’, I worked for a traveling carnival. One of the very few days off I had while working on the road was a day in Windsor, Ontario. As I wandered around downtown in “the City of Roses”, I encountered a poster for an IMPACT Wrestling live show at St Clair College. In that moment, I remembered “Oh yeah, Scott D’Amore is from here.” My mind flooded with memories from the early years of TNA and the stories I had heard from Border City Wrestling, one of the…

AEW’s tour of Canada rolls on as Dynamite comes to the SaskTel Center in Saskatoon as we preview AEW Dynamite IGNITE for 07/12/23! The fans in Saskatchewan and around the world can expect a night of exciting action. We will see semifinal matches in the Women’s Owen Hart Memorial Cup and the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament, along with the debut of a hot young indie prospect. All that and the reveal of the final members of The Elite and Blackpool Combat Club in the lead-up to AEW Blood & Guts. Let’s find out more in this week’s installment of…

It’s another exciting week in All Elite Wrestling as the promotion makes its debut in Edmonton, Alberta, as we preview AEW Dynamite IGNITE for 07/05/23. We will see the kickoff of the Gold Rush Blind Eliminator Tournament while both the Men’s and Women’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament roll into the quarterfinals. All that and a special rematch from Double or Nothing. AEW talent will be looking to pick up more of the all-important momentum on Wednesday, as both Blood & Guts and All In and loom on the horizon. But who exactly can we expect to see on Wednesday night?…