For the final article, I thought I would break the standard news and quotes that we often do for something different. Wrestling to me is the greatest sport in the world. Is it a worked thing? Absolutely. Does it matter? Well, some people get mad and call it fake. But to me, that never mattered. I never once in my life believed that wrestling as a legitimate sporting event. But I didn’t need to. I believed in the men, and women, and the stories they told. I knew they were just stories, but I fell in love anyway. Wrestling can…
Author: David King
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Michelle McCool spoke about the creation of the Divas Championship. Sometimes this title has been called “The Butterfly Belt.” It’s been criticized by some as presenting the idea of divas over wrestlers. However it did resolve a problem at the time, of having a women’s title only on RAW. Charlotte Flair would be the final holder, winning what would eventually become the RAW women’s championship. This is what Michelle McCool said, “You get rejected and another one might go to somebody else, and that’s just how it goes. You kind of expected that. When you…
On Grillin JR, Jim Ross gave his take as to what went wrong for Don Callis in WWE. Callis worked in WWF as both a wrestler and a manager. He is most remembered for being “The Jackyl” in WWE. He was acting as the manager for the stable known as the Truth Commission, and later for the “Oddities.” He would be released in 1998. STOP STOP – Click the little RED bell in the bottom right of this article to get hot-breaking WWE + AEW News Direct to your mobile device. Absolutely 100% no sign-up required. This is what Jim…
WWE has given up on Baron Corbin, said Dave Meltzer. The company has tried gimmick after gimmick for years. Meltzer believes that WWE feels that Corbin is not top star material. He went on to say that the promo with JBL felt like a burial. STOP STOP – Click the little RED bell in the bottom right of this article to get hot-breaking WWE + AEW News Direct to your mobile device. Absolutely 100% no sign-up required. This is what Dave Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio. “They gave up on it. Obviously, this wasn’t the plan. The guy in…
Jon Moxley spoke on the Justin Kinner show. He was asked about his theme, “Wild Thing.” This is what Jon Moxley said, “None of that was my idea. A guy named Atsushi Onita, who’s a legendary death match Japanese wrestler, a lot of people compare me to him, he stole that from ‘Major League’ in the 90s, and he made it his, and he was known for it. Somehow it became my music, but I didn’t know until I was coming out. Tony Khan decided it would be cool. But I had imposter syndrome with it at first. Like ‘Oh,…
Bruce Prichard on Something to Wrestle described what it was like to work with Hulk Hogan in 1989. He worked with Hogan in a lot of behind the scenes in various positions in the company. However, he worked directly with Hogan as Brother Love several times on screen as well. This is what Bruce Prichard said, “I’d have to say this was probably Hulk’s hottest time and when you think about, Hogan was the man. Hogan was like, being in the ring with Hulk Hogan is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in my entire professional career. It was electricity. It…
On the Jim Cornette Experience podcast, he talked about the Bloodline. In the past, he was critical of some elements, but as of the Royal Rumble he feels that it is currently the storyline is perfect. What’s more he seems to love the fact that the big blow off match as at Elimination Chamber, and not WrestleMania. This is what Jim Cornette said. “With the Rumble being – they were allowed to have unmitigated allowance to kill this guy for as long as possible and nobody lifted a finger. In this case it was happening, it was going, it was…
Eric Bischoff, former President of WCW, and former RAW general manager stated that the Bloodline story is better than the NWO. He explained that it won’t impact the same as NWO did, but the storyline overall was better. This is what Eric Bischoff said on 83 weeks, “The truth is The Bloodline story, in terms of a storyline in and the ingredients and the elements and the discipline and the structure and the nature of it, is a far better story than the NWO. Will it have the same impact on the industry as the NWO did? Probably not. But,…
Yup, the Gunn Club, often referred to as the *ss boys, have won the AEW tag team titles. The Acclaimed lost their titles tonight. 140 days long, the Acclaimed have sat on top of the AEW tag title scene. But The Gunns have ended that reign. STOP STOP – Click the little RED bell in the bottom right of this article to get hot-breaking WWE + AEW News Direct to your mobile device. Absolutely 100% no sign-up required. Austin and Colten Gunn, AKA the Gunn Club, have finally taken their spot in the tag team title scene. The crowd was…
Seth Rollins on the Pat McAfee show let his feelings known what he thinks about Logan Paul. It should be noted that this is likely a worked commentary to build a match between them at WrestleMania. Regardless, this is what Seth Rollins said, “He doesn’t care about nothing but himself. I can respect the hustle, alright, I really do because it takes hustle to get to where he is at and to get the opportunities he’s got, but at the end of the day, it’s about passion. No one is going to suit up and play in the NFL football…