This recap is brought to you by the quarantine! Yeah, I was looking for something I hadn't watched in a while and I settled on this one. I was a big NWA fan back in the day so I saw this when it happened, but I haven't watched it in a long time. The Clash … Continue reading Retro Recap – Clash of the Champions 8
MLW Superfight Recap
This was the first pay per view outing for Major League Wrestling (MLW), one of the smaller wrestling companies out there making it's way alongside Impact, Ring of Honor, and the restarted NWA. I started watching MLW a few months ago and found it to be mostly just fine with a few really interesting people. … Continue reading MLW Superfight Recap
Back in Time
Earlier this week a new wrestling show debuted, NWA Power, run by the oldest professional wrestling organization the NWA. For those who may not know the NWA at one time was the only kind of national wrestling body in existence; it was an alliance (the A in NWA) of regional promoters who recognized a single … Continue reading Back in Time
RIP Bobby Heenan
I didn't really appreciate Heenan in my younger days as a fan, when he was an active manager. Yeah I saw that he was good at his job and was really funny with the insults but I didn't think he was better than Jim Cornette or Paul E. Dangeroulsy (Paul Heyman to all of you … Continue reading RIP Bobby Heenan
Retro Recap – WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Fall Brawl 1996 was the second WCW pay per view after Hulk Hogan's shocking heel turn, and held a major plot point in the WCW vs NWO storyline that was underway. It was also a glimpse at how the company would go on to treat one of its most iconic groups, the Four Horsemen, and … Continue reading Retro Recap – WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Retro Recap – WCW Beach Blast 1992
The year was 1992, and WCW was still going through life without Ric Flair. The first few months were a disaster of course but they managed to rebound pretty nicely when 1991 closed out and moved into 1992. Superbrawl II in February was a good show, and Wrestle War in May saw a successful return … Continue reading Retro Recap – WCW Beach Blast 1992
Retro Recap – Halloween Havoc 1991
Halloween Havoc was the follow up to what may be the worst pay per view, WCW or otherwise, ever: the 1991 Great American Bash. That show, mere days after WCW fired Ric Flair and literally had to reshuffle an entire card that didn't look very good to start with, was a total dumpster fire on … Continue reading Retro Recap – Halloween Havoc 1991
Bring back the territories?
I was in a really great twitter thread a few days ago about some old NWA stuff that carried over into a discussion on smaller wrestling companies operating today and whether or not between them and the indies out a new territory system could be forged. Which led to an episode of the Rant with … Continue reading Bring back the territories?
Retro Recap: WCW Souled Out 1998
Souled Out 1998 was the second edition of what started as an NWO pay per view event during the WCW/NWO angle that ran from late 1996 through 1999-ish. It was the first show after Starrcade 1997, which was both WCW's biggest show ever and it's biggest failure to deliver. After an event that left most … Continue reading Retro Recap: WCW Souled Out 1998
Stroke of Genius 