Archive for September, 2004

7 Guilty Pleasures

(Author’’s Note: I posted this entry earlier tonight but it buried at the end of the page for some reason. I am posting it here again. Whoever the editor is can delete the previous post)
The death of The Big Boss Man made me think about something: guilty pleasures.
Like I said in an earlier post, I [...]

Vince is at it Again…

Mark Magnus, a former OVW wrestler, has been working dark matches as of late with the WWE as “Muhammed Hussan,” an evil Muslim rulebreaker. He’s accompanied to the ring by his manager, another evil Middle-Eastern man.
This shit will no longer fly with me.
Vince played it off as cute and funny with the first Gulf War [...]

From tsn.ca … Bret Hart as the Genie.

That was to promote an Alladin musical he will be a part of in the month of december.
It’s a side of a Bret that I don’t ever want to see again.

Next World Title Challenger?

So, at the Taboo Tuesday press conference today, they announced that Triple H’s challengers list for the PPV will consist of Shawn Michaels, Edge, and Chris Benoit. (Randy Orton was originally on the list, but he lost his shot by getting pinned in a no DQ match vs. Batista on RAW.)
Who’re ya [...]

Seven Guilty Pleasures

The death of The Big Boss Man made me think about something: guilty pleasures.
Like I said in an earlier post, I was actually a Big Boss Man fan (even during the Big Show angle…I thought he was hilarious). He was a guilty pleasure of mine, so to speak, a guy that I enjoyed a lot [...]

Top Dropped Storylines

So looking at WWE.com’s list of Top Smackdown Moments, the one that of course sticks out to me is the same angle that solidified me being hooked on wrestling again (after spending most of the 90s not giving a shit either way): the Stephanie/Kurt kiss.
What a love triangle, and a perfect example of [...]

How incredibly fucking tragic.
When I was 7, I nearly got broken in half for loudly cheering for the Bossman when he fought Hogan at the Lee Civic Center in Fort Myers, Florida. 11 years later, I again nearly got mauled for loudly cheering the Bossman when he fought Austin at the height of his popularity [...]

Gone To That Big Bossman In The Sky…

Rest in peace, Mr. Traylor…

Draft Ric Flair! WOO!

What a great idea — if WWE’s “powers that be” allow such a scenario when the final logistics of Taboo Tuesday are decided — from InsidePulse.com’s Joshua Grutman!
Draft Ric Flair!
- Matthew

Get Well, Georgiann

Posted on 1wrestling.com’s by writer Georgiann Makropoulis:
- I have been thinking about writing this for two weeks now. I wasn’t sure if I was going to go public with this news or not, but thought it was important to be honest.
I have been diagnosed with cancer, which was a shock.
I will [...]