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To many wrestling fans, the annual Royal Rumble is the most enjoyable PPV of the year. Sure, WrestleMania may have the glitz and glamour, but the Rumble show usually has at least one or two great matches on the card, not to mention the over-the-top titular match itself.
The reason that fans love the Royal Rumble match is down to a whole variety of reasons; there’s the anticipation of possibly seeing a debuting face; there’s the hope of an old favourite of yesteryear appearing; there’s the chance that the match is used to make somebody into a main event player; and there’s even the slightest of hope (which is seemingly getting slighter with each passing year) that will be given an unpredictable finish.
Quite often, though, the real key to a Royal Rumble match is its anchor; a superstar who slugs it out and...
To many wrestling fans, the annual Royal Rumble is the most enjoyable PPV of the year. Sure, WrestleMania may have the glitz and glamour, but the Rumble show usually has at least one or two great matches on the card, not to mention the over-the-top titular match itself.
The reason that fans love the Royal Rumble match is down to a whole variety of reasons; there’s the anticipation of possibly seeing a debuting face; there’s the hope of an old favourite of yesteryear appearing; there’s the chance that the match is used to make somebody into a main event player; and there’s even the slightest of hope (which is seemingly getting slighter with each passing year) that will be given an unpredictable finish.
Quite often, though, the real key to a Royal Rumble match is its anchor; a superstar who slugs it out and...
- 1/23/2016
- by Andrew Pollard
- Obsessed with Film
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In today’s WWE Universe, the Survivor Series has turned into just another pay-per-view (or “WWE Network special presentation”, however you want to say it), but, back in the day, it was one of the premiere events on the WWE calendar.
An Original Four event, the Survivor Series featured an entire card stacked with teams of four wrestlers taking on another team in an elimination tag match. In its earliest incarnation, the “survivors” of the matches on the card would meet in the main event in an Ultimate Survivor Match to determine the king(s) of the Survivor Series.
However, with the Attitude Era came changes in the product and WWE felt that the late 1990s audiences didn’t have the attention span for Survivor Series matches, which sometimes ran as long as 40 minutes to tell a proper story. This made the event far less important and less...
In today’s WWE Universe, the Survivor Series has turned into just another pay-per-view (or “WWE Network special presentation”, however you want to say it), but, back in the day, it was one of the premiere events on the WWE calendar.
An Original Four event, the Survivor Series featured an entire card stacked with teams of four wrestlers taking on another team in an elimination tag match. In its earliest incarnation, the “survivors” of the matches on the card would meet in the main event in an Ultimate Survivor Match to determine the king(s) of the Survivor Series.
However, with the Attitude Era came changes in the product and WWE felt that the late 1990s audiences didn’t have the attention span for Survivor Series matches, which sometimes ran as long as 40 minutes to tell a proper story. This made the event far less important and less...
- 11/6/2015
- by Mike Shannon
- Obsessed with Film
The 25th anniversary of WWE's SummerSlam takes place this Sunday, August 19 in La. To celebrate this landmark occasion in wrestling, our friends at WWE have shared their greatest moments in SummerSlam history since its 1988 debut at Madison Square Garden. Below are their favourite moments over the last 25 years. Have a read through and then share your own SummerSlam memories in the comments box.
Ultimate Warrior demolishes Honky Tonk Man, ending his 18 month Intercontinental Championship - 1988
"Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake was originally slated to challenge the Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship, but because of an injury suffered at the hands of Outlaw Ron Bass, Beefcake could not compete. A replacement was named the night of the first ever SummerSlam, but Honky Tonk Man didn't even want to know who it was. He was so confident that he (more)...
Ultimate Warrior demolishes Honky Tonk Man, ending his 18 month Intercontinental Championship - 1988
"Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake was originally slated to challenge the Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Championship, but because of an injury suffered at the hands of Outlaw Ron Bass, Beefcake could not compete. A replacement was named the night of the first ever SummerSlam, but Honky Tonk Man didn't even want to know who it was. He was so confident that he (more)...
- 8/17/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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