Eldridge Wayne Coleman, a professional wrestler better known to millions as WWE legend “Superstar” Billy Graham, died Wednesday of undisclosed causes. He was 79, and had reportedly been battling a number of health issues.
The news was made public by fellow pro-wrestling legend Ric Flair, and confirmed by Dave Meltzer, a reporter for the Wrestling Observer, later confirmed the news.
The Superstar Billy Graham Just Left Us,” Flair wrote. “Thank You For All Your Influence On My Career!”
I am so sad. My entire life, and tons of others from Flair to Hogan to Jesse to tons you wouldn't know and tons you would changed because of him. Valerie, I just wish you the best, you're a saint and more people than you know are aware of it. https://t.co/xr48yzf20G
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) May 18, 2023
Graham’s wife Valerie wrote on Facebook earlier this week her husband had...
The news was made public by fellow pro-wrestling legend Ric Flair, and confirmed by Dave Meltzer, a reporter for the Wrestling Observer, later confirmed the news.
The Superstar Billy Graham Just Left Us,” Flair wrote. “Thank You For All Your Influence On My Career!”
I am so sad. My entire life, and tons of others from Flair to Hogan to Jesse to tons you wouldn't know and tons you would changed because of him. Valerie, I just wish you the best, you're a saint and more people than you know are aware of it. https://t.co/xr48yzf20G
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) May 18, 2023
Graham’s wife Valerie wrote on Facebook earlier this week her husband had...
- 5/18/2023
- by Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
Jamin Pugh, the pro-wrestling star better known by his ring game Jay Briscoe, died on Tuesday from undisclosed causes. He was 38 years old.
Tony Khan, the owner of Ring of Honor and rival pro-wrestling promtion Aew, made the announcement on Twitter.
Sadly, Jamin Pugh has passed away. Known to fans as Jay Briscoe, he was a star in Roh for over 20 years, from the first show until today.
Jay and his brother Mark dominated Roh, reigning as champions to this day. We'll do whatever we can to support his family.
Rest In Peace Jamin
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) January 18, 2023
“Sadly, Jamin Pugh has passed away. Known to fans as Jay Briscoe, he was a star in Roh for over 20 years, from the first show until today. Jay and his brother Mark dominated Roh, reigning as champions to this day. We’ll do whatever we can to support his family. Rest In Peace Jamin,...
Tony Khan, the owner of Ring of Honor and rival pro-wrestling promtion Aew, made the announcement on Twitter.
Sadly, Jamin Pugh has passed away. Known to fans as Jay Briscoe, he was a star in Roh for over 20 years, from the first show until today.
Jay and his brother Mark dominated Roh, reigning as champions to this day. We'll do whatever we can to support his family.
Rest In Peace Jamin
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) January 18, 2023
“Sadly, Jamin Pugh has passed away. Known to fans as Jay Briscoe, he was a star in Roh for over 20 years, from the first show until today. Jay and his brother Mark dominated Roh, reigning as champions to this day. We’ll do whatever we can to support his family. Rest In Peace Jamin,...
- 1/18/2023
- by Joshua Vinson
- The Wrap
Scott Hall is being remembered by his fellow wrestlers following his death on Monday at the age of 63.
The two-time WWE Hall of Famer was best known as the iconic heel Razor Ramon, and for being one third of the revolutionary staple New World Order alongside Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan.
More from TVLineWWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall Dead at 63 After Hip Surgery ComplicationsWrestler Tommy Dreamer Reportedly Suspended For Dark Side of the Ring Comments on Ric Flair AllegationsJohn Cena Will Narrate Peacock Series About WWE's Most Diabolical Villains
Hall had been on life support since Saturday after...
The two-time WWE Hall of Famer was best known as the iconic heel Razor Ramon, and for being one third of the revolutionary staple New World Order alongside Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan.
More from TVLineWWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall Dead at 63 After Hip Surgery ComplicationsWrestler Tommy Dreamer Reportedly Suspended For Dark Side of the Ring Comments on Ric Flair AllegationsJohn Cena Will Narrate Peacock Series About WWE's Most Diabolical Villains
Hall had been on life support since Saturday after...
- 3/15/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Hall of Fame wrestler Scott Hall died Monday at the age of 63, WWE has confirmed.
The former WWE Intercontinental Champion had been on life support since Saturday after suffering serious complications from hip replacement surgery, per PWTorch.
More from TVLineWWE Legend Scott Hall Remembered: Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash Pay TributeWrestler Tommy Dreamer Reportedly Suspended For Dark Side of the Ring Comments on Ric Flair AllegationsJohn Cena Will Narrate Peacock Series About WWE's Most Diabolical Villains
Longtime friend and former tag team partner Kevin Nash paid tribute to Hall on Monday, announcing his family’s intent to remove him from life support.
The former WWE Intercontinental Champion had been on life support since Saturday after suffering serious complications from hip replacement surgery, per PWTorch.
More from TVLineWWE Legend Scott Hall Remembered: Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash Pay TributeWrestler Tommy Dreamer Reportedly Suspended For Dark Side of the Ring Comments on Ric Flair AllegationsJohn Cena Will Narrate Peacock Series About WWE's Most Diabolical Villains
Longtime friend and former tag team partner Kevin Nash paid tribute to Hall on Monday, announcing his family’s intent to remove him from life support.
- 3/15/2022
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Stars: Devon Sawa, Tasha Reign, Danny Trejo, Julian Sands, Ashley Wisdom, Kim Director, Sean Waltman, Lee Ving, Eli Roth, James Cullen Bressack, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska | Written and Directed by Glenn Danzig
I’m not sure what’s more surprising, that I’m reviewing a movie called Death Rider in the House of Vampires or that, after Verotika, somebody put up money for Glenn Danzig to make another movie. But here we are.
As the film opens Death Rider is riding through a desert filled with warning signs and crucified bodies. He leads another horse, with a bound, topless woman on it. She is his entrance fee to Sanctuary, one female virgin. She looks like she probably couldn’t remember when she actually was a virgin but that’s besides the point.
After riding for what seems to be hours and running into some trouble from Bela Latigo he arrives...
I’m not sure what’s more surprising, that I’m reviewing a movie called Death Rider in the House of Vampires or that, after Verotika, somebody put up money for Glenn Danzig to make another movie. But here we are.
As the film opens Death Rider is riding through a desert filled with warning signs and crucified bodies. He leads another horse, with a bound, topless woman on it. She is his entrance fee to Sanctuary, one female virgin. She looks like she probably couldn’t remember when she actually was a virgin but that’s besides the point.
After riding for what seems to be hours and running into some trouble from Bela Latigo he arrives...
- 9/10/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s SmackDown review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big Gauntlet Match to get to, so…
Match #1: Bayley & Sasha Banks def. Naomi & Lacey Evans The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The unlikely duo of Naomi & Lacey Evans caught Bayley and the returning Sasha Banks last week on Friday Night SmackDown, defeating them in tag team action, but the SmackDown Women’s Champion & The Boss looked to retaliate tonight in this rematch. Naomi received a much-needed tag from Lacey and went on a tear, launching herself over the top rope to wipe out Bayley and pulverizing Sasha with a series of blistering kicks. Naomi went for the split-legged moonsault, but Bayley interfered from the apron, and Sasha took advantage by striking with Meteora to defeat The Glow.
My Opinion: 2.4 out of 5 – Hey, at least Bayley/Sasha Banks won. This wasn’t worth watching.
Match #1: Bayley & Sasha Banks def. Naomi & Lacey Evans The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The unlikely duo of Naomi & Lacey Evans caught Bayley and the returning Sasha Banks last week on Friday Night SmackDown, defeating them in tag team action, but the SmackDown Women’s Champion & The Boss looked to retaliate tonight in this rematch. Naomi received a much-needed tag from Lacey and went on a tear, launching herself over the top rope to wipe out Bayley and pulverizing Sasha with a series of blistering kicks. Naomi went for the split-legged moonsault, but Bayley interfered from the apron, and Sasha took advantage by striking with Meteora to defeat The Glow.
My Opinion: 2.4 out of 5 – Hey, at least Bayley/Sasha Banks won. This wasn’t worth watching.
- 3/8/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
WWE legend X-Pac understands why people are upset Chyna is going into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of D-Generation X ... and not individually ... but he insists it's still a Victory for her. "I totally understand where they're coming from," Sean Waltman tells TMZ Sports ... "Of course, she deserves to go in by herself." But, Waltman -- who was engaged to Chyna in real life in 2003 -- says the WWE only has a...
- 2/19/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Join our newsletter to get more stories like this When it comes to the WWE Hall of Fame, there are a lot of deserving people not included yet, but a Chyna WWE Hall of Fame induction is long overdue according to her mother. Chyna was a major star in the WWE during the Attitude Era and arguably the most popular woman in the company. However, when she died in 2016, Chyna was still not in the WWE Hall of Fame. Why is Chyna not in WWE Hall of Fame? There are a number of reasons why the Chyna WWE Hall of […]
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- 12/29/2018
- by Shawn S. Lealos
- Monsters and Critics
What do Scott Baio, Eddie Deezen, Michael Pare, Todd Bridges, Didi Conn, Corben Bernsen, Lorenzo Lamas, and Tawny Kitaen have in common? They’re coming to St. Louis This Weekend!
Over 25 Celebrities / Pop Culture stars & icons will be invading the St. Charles Convention Center the weekend of August 17-19th, 2018! Celebrities from the Iconic film “Grease” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Growing Pains”, “Happy Days”, “He-Man & the Masters of the Universe” to WWE/WWF stars and Much more to come!
The Con’s site can be found Here
Ticket information can be found Here
Check out this line-up of celebs!
Scott Baio– Best known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days (1977–1984) and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983), as well as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder (1993–1995), and the titular hero of the musical...
Over 25 Celebrities / Pop Culture stars & icons will be invading the St. Charles Convention Center the weekend of August 17-19th, 2018! Celebrities from the Iconic film “Grease” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Growing Pains”, “Happy Days”, “He-Man & the Masters of the Universe” to WWE/WWF stars and Much more to come!
The Con’s site can be found Here
Ticket information can be found Here
Check out this line-up of celebs!
Scott Baio– Best known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days (1977–1984) and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983), as well as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder (1993–1995), and the titular hero of the musical...
- 8/13/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
What do Scott Baio, Eddie Deezen, Michael Pare, Todd Bridges, Didi Conn, Kathy “Cissy” Garver, Corben Bernsen, Lorenzo Lamas, and Tawny Kitaen have in common? They’re coming to St. Louis This Summer!
Over 25 Celebrities / Pop Culture stars & icons will be invading the St. Charles Convention Center the weekend of August 17-19th, 2018! Celebrities from the Iconic film “Grease” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Growing Pains”, “Happy Days”, “He-Man & the Masters of the Universe” to WWE/WWF stars and Much more to come!
The Con’s site can be found Here
Ticket information can be found Here
Check out this line-up of celebs!
Scott Baio– Best known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days (1977–1984) and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983), as well as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder (1993–1995), and the titular hero...
Over 25 Celebrities / Pop Culture stars & icons will be invading the St. Charles Convention Center the weekend of August 17-19th, 2018! Celebrities from the Iconic film “Grease” to “Pirates of the Caribbean” to “Growing Pains”, “Happy Days”, “He-Man & the Masters of the Universe” to WWE/WWF stars and Much more to come!
The Con’s site can be found Here
Ticket information can be found Here
Check out this line-up of celebs!
Scott Baio– Best known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days (1977–1984) and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983), as well as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder (1993–1995), and the titular hero...
- 6/19/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
[[tmz:video id="0_tp3v7oar"]] Ric Flair is doing so well in his recovery, he's now taking phone calls from his famous wrestler friends ... including Stone Cold Steve Austin who says the two had a great convo earlier this week! "All I can say is that I had a great conversation for about 5 minutes and we were both laughing," Austin said Wednesday on Sean Waltman's "X-Pac 12360" podcast . Steve says Flair's still got a ways to go after undergoing major...
- 8/31/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
X-Pac has Two Words For Ya .... No Jail!!! (Also, suck it). The wrestling star scored another big legal victory this week when the judge in his DUI case cut him a break and ruled he won't have to go to the pokey for violating his probation in a 2004 arrest. As we previously reported, X-Pac (real name Sean Waltman) didn't complete all of the terms of his 2004 plea deal (either community service or rehab) so a...
- 6/18/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
12:30 Pm Pt -- We just spoke with X-Pac -- who's obviously Pumped about the situation! The WWE legend reacted to the good news and even gave us on update on his yeast infection. X-Pac was telling the Truth ... officials say the pills he was carrying at Lax tested Negative for meth -- and now his drug case is essentially over. We broke the story, X-Pac was arrested at Lax on April 29 after drug dogs...
- 5/26/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_17phjori"]] WWE legend X-Pac -- real name Sean Waltman -- is so determined to prove he's not a meth dealer, he took a lie detector test and passed with flying colors ... but there's a catch. We broke the story, X-Pac was arrested at Lax on April 29 after drug dogs found pills in his luggage that officials believed to meth. He was booked for possession of narcotics with intent to sell. X-Pac previously claimed the pills were Not meth,...
- 5/19/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
WWE legend X-Pac found himself wrestling with the law over the weekend, leading an arrest for possession of methamphetamine. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said that the 44-year-old grappler — real name: Sean Waltman — was taken into custody by customs at Los Angeles International Airport. Police were called in for support, and he was booked into custody for possession of methamphetamine. Waltman, who was formerly engaged to since-deceased wrestler Chyna, also allegedly had marijuana in his possession. Also Read: WWE Wrestler Rosey, Brother of Roman Reigns, Dies at 47 In addition to the alleged drug possession, Waltman also had.
- 5/2/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
[[tmz:video id="0_4cbintbu"]] WWE legend X-Pac says the capsules he was carrying at Lax were Not crystal meth -- it was medicine to treat a yeast infection -- and he's 100% confident lab tests will back his story. TMZ Sports spoke with X-Pac -- real name Sean Waltman -- who says he understands why people might not believe his explanation ... but insists he's neither using nor selling narcotics, period. The 44-year-old admits he's had issues with meth in the...
- 5/2/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
X-Pac had so much meth on him when he was busted at Lax this weekend, officials say they believe the intent was to sell it overseas ... this according to the police report obtained by TMZ Sports. As we previously reported, the WWE legend was arrested on April 29 before boarding an international flight to the U.K. -- and now, we've learned it was the airport drug sniffing dogs that did him in. Turns out, X-Pac...
- 5/2/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Former WWE legend Chyna, real name Joanie Laurer, has died aged 45.
The sportswoman was found at a property in Redondo Beach, California, on Wednesday evening (April 20), with police called at around 7.30pm.
Her passing was confirmed with a statement on Chyna's official Twitter account, which read: "It is with deep sadness to inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero. She will live forever in the memories of her millions of fans and all of us that loved her."
According to TMZ.com, officers are now investigating Laurer's passing as a potential overdose, due to her history with drug addiction.
She battled her demons for years and even made an appearance on reality show Celebrity Rehab back in 2008.
Laurer first made a name for herself when she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), as it was then called, back in 1997. She performed under the...
The sportswoman was found at a property in Redondo Beach, California, on Wednesday evening (April 20), with police called at around 7.30pm.
Her passing was confirmed with a statement on Chyna's official Twitter account, which read: "It is with deep sadness to inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero. She will live forever in the memories of her millions of fans and all of us that loved her."
According to TMZ.com, officers are now investigating Laurer's passing as a potential overdose, due to her history with drug addiction.
She battled her demons for years and even made an appearance on reality show Celebrity Rehab back in 2008.
Laurer first made a name for herself when she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), as it was then called, back in 1997. She performed under the...
- 4/21/2016
- GossipCenter
Relativity Media/WWE
When transferring biographies to the big screen, Hollywood tends to think of professional wrestlers as just behind reality show chefs and retired mathematicians in terms of how many exciting their lives are. That’s despite the fact that there’s often more drama and tragedy outside of the ring than there is in any weekly WWE programming.
But let’s pretend for just a minute that we live in a more perfect world, where the big wigs in Los Angeles loved D-Generation X just as much as you did, and are finally ready to make a movie full of crotch chops with a soundtrack by Rage Against the Machine. Who do you cast to play X-Pac? Huh, hoss? Who Do You Get To Play Sean Waltman?
Choosing the perfect actor to play a real, flesh and blood person is a lot harder than it may seem (as...
When transferring biographies to the big screen, Hollywood tends to think of professional wrestlers as just behind reality show chefs and retired mathematicians in terms of how many exciting their lives are. That’s despite the fact that there’s often more drama and tragedy outside of the ring than there is in any weekly WWE programming.
But let’s pretend for just a minute that we live in a more perfect world, where the big wigs in Los Angeles loved D-Generation X just as much as you did, and are finally ready to make a movie full of crotch chops with a soundtrack by Rage Against the Machine. Who do you cast to play X-Pac? Huh, hoss? Who Do You Get To Play Sean Waltman?
Choosing the perfect actor to play a real, flesh and blood person is a lot harder than it may seem (as...
- 10/14/2015
- by Jacob Trowbridge
- Obsessed with Film
If you were a fan of wrestling in the nineties, especially WWE you would see the likes of Razor Ramon, Diesel, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and Shawn Michaels battle each other and just saw it as the usual practice. Then you discovered the Internet and the wrestling websites that gave an often-incorrect version of what happened behind the scenes. This included stories of “The Kliq”. With WWE: The Kliq Rules, WWE finally reveals their version of the story.
I say their version; because the WWE releases are a sanitised history that works with what the company want you to know. Based on the infamous Madison Square Garden moment, which almost buried Triple H’s career, we finally get to see the shaky footage in its entirety and hear the story from the people themselves. This includes the reason it happened and the effect it had behind the scenes.
It is quite...
I say their version; because the WWE releases are a sanitised history that works with what the company want you to know. Based on the infamous Madison Square Garden moment, which almost buried Triple H’s career, we finally get to see the shaky footage in its entirety and hear the story from the people themselves. This includes the reason it happened and the effect it had behind the scenes.
It is quite...
- 9/7/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
wwe
SummerSlam is WWE’s mini-WrestleMania, traditionally being the second biggest wrestling show of the year. The company are looking to reaffirm that status in 2015, making this year’s event a four hour show with a whole weekend of activities around it. It will be “WrestleMania in August” according to WWE CFO George Barrios in the recent company conference call.
But who would SummerSlam’s equivalent of a Mr WrestleMania be?
In the twenty-seven year history of the August spectacle, there have been some performers who came to define the show more than others. Some of these men are so legendary that they are still active and working this year’s event!
The following are the twelve wrestlers who worked the most SummerSlam matches.
13. Hulk Hogan – 6 Matches WWE.com
There is a wide range of wrestlers who managed to rack up six matches at SummerSlam, but Hulk Hogan gets...
SummerSlam is WWE’s mini-WrestleMania, traditionally being the second biggest wrestling show of the year. The company are looking to reaffirm that status in 2015, making this year’s event a four hour show with a whole weekend of activities around it. It will be “WrestleMania in August” according to WWE CFO George Barrios in the recent company conference call.
But who would SummerSlam’s equivalent of a Mr WrestleMania be?
In the twenty-seven year history of the August spectacle, there have been some performers who came to define the show more than others. Some of these men are so legendary that they are still active and working this year’s event!
The following are the twelve wrestlers who worked the most SummerSlam matches.
13. Hulk Hogan – 6 Matches WWE.com
There is a wide range of wrestlers who managed to rack up six matches at SummerSlam, but Hulk Hogan gets...
- 8/18/2015
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
Youtube
Former WWE diva Chyna has spoken up against claims that she was nearly taken down by security during Roddy Piper’s funeral on Tuesday in Portland.
Sean Waltman, who used to wrestle in WWE regularly as X-Pac, noted that Chyna went up to Triple H to say sorry for the things she said to him and claimed that security was there to take her down. That’s the story that we ran on Thursday. Waltman was very open about what he perceived to take place there, but just like any situation like this, there is another side to the story.
Chyna posted a Youtube video talking about what she was accused of doing and she denied that any altercation took place. Here’s part of what she said followed by her video:
“I whispered in his ear how deeply sorry that I am for anything that I said under emotional distress.
Former WWE diva Chyna has spoken up against claims that she was nearly taken down by security during Roddy Piper’s funeral on Tuesday in Portland.
Sean Waltman, who used to wrestle in WWE regularly as X-Pac, noted that Chyna went up to Triple H to say sorry for the things she said to him and claimed that security was there to take her down. That’s the story that we ran on Thursday. Waltman was very open about what he perceived to take place there, but just like any situation like this, there is another side to the story.
Chyna posted a Youtube video talking about what she was accused of doing and she denied that any altercation took place. Here’s part of what she said followed by her video:
“I whispered in his ear how deeply sorry that I am for anything that I said under emotional distress.
- 8/14/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
Louis Lanzano/AP
It was reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Chyna and Triple H were both at Roddy Piper’s funeral in Portland on Tuesday, but that they didn’t interact at all. Former WWE superstar Sean Waltman (who is most well known as X-Pac or Syxx), went on Twitter to claim that Chyna was nearly taken down by security.
She was very close to being taken down by security, whether she knows it or not, after the threats & lies she's told about him.
— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) August 13, 2015
The reason for the issues with Chyna and Triple H is because she claimed that Triple H hit her about 15 years ago when they were dating. She made those claims more than once too, which led to Triple H releasing statements through the media to deny those claims on two separate occasions in the past few months.
Waltman has also...
It was reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Chyna and Triple H were both at Roddy Piper’s funeral in Portland on Tuesday, but that they didn’t interact at all. Former WWE superstar Sean Waltman (who is most well known as X-Pac or Syxx), went on Twitter to claim that Chyna was nearly taken down by security.
She was very close to being taken down by security, whether she knows it or not, after the threats & lies she's told about him.
— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) August 13, 2015
The reason for the issues with Chyna and Triple H is because she claimed that Triple H hit her about 15 years ago when they were dating. She made those claims more than once too, which led to Triple H releasing statements through the media to deny those claims on two separate occasions in the past few months.
Waltman has also...
- 8/13/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
wwe
Triple H has released a statement with regards to his ex-girlfriend Chyna claiming once again on Opie Radio that he hit her when they were in a relationship in the early 2000s.
The following statement was issued to PWInsider after her appearance;
“The false statements and reckless allegations Joan Laurer (aka Chyna) continues to make about a physical dispute are a complete fabrication. As I’ve said in the past, while Joan has had significant struggles in life, this does not justify making such claims.”
It’s understandable why Triple H would want to reply to this because it’s a popular radio show and a lot of people heard it. Chyna was the in-studio guest on the show, then her ex-boyfriend Sean Waltman (X-Pac) called in and called her out for lying about some of the things she was saying like how Waltman raped her, which he vehemently denied.
Triple H has released a statement with regards to his ex-girlfriend Chyna claiming once again on Opie Radio that he hit her when they were in a relationship in the early 2000s.
The following statement was issued to PWInsider after her appearance;
“The false statements and reckless allegations Joan Laurer (aka Chyna) continues to make about a physical dispute are a complete fabrication. As I’ve said in the past, while Joan has had significant struggles in life, this does not justify making such claims.”
It’s understandable why Triple H would want to reply to this because it’s a popular radio show and a lot of people heard it. Chyna was the in-studio guest on the show, then her ex-boyfriend Sean Waltman (X-Pac) called in and called her out for lying about some of the things she was saying like how Waltman raped her, which he vehemently denied.
- 6/11/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
A “Paul Heyman Guy” is described as someone who Paul Heyman has taken under his wing and played a significant factor in their rise to super stardom. Needless to say, pretty much everyone wants to be one. Who wouldn’t to be associated with one of the greatest minds in the wrestling business?
However, the reason the term “Paul Heyman Guy” has reached the heights that it has is because of its exposure on WWE programming; hence, you won’t hear the phrase “I’m a Triple H Guy” on TV, although many wrestlers consider themselves to be one. Whether it was him signing someone to a contract or simply him believing in their abilities, there have been a number of names over the years whose careers were heavily influenced by The Game.
Triple H will go down as one of the greatest stars in the history of this industry.
A “Paul Heyman Guy” is described as someone who Paul Heyman has taken under his wing and played a significant factor in their rise to super stardom. Needless to say, pretty much everyone wants to be one. Who wouldn’t to be associated with one of the greatest minds in the wrestling business?
However, the reason the term “Paul Heyman Guy” has reached the heights that it has is because of its exposure on WWE programming; hence, you won’t hear the phrase “I’m a Triple H Guy” on TV, although many wrestlers consider themselves to be one. Whether it was him signing someone to a contract or simply him believing in their abilities, there have been a number of names over the years whose careers were heavily influenced by The Game.
Triple H will go down as one of the greatest stars in the history of this industry.
- 6/5/2015
- by Graham GSM Matthews
- Obsessed with Film
Listen to any major star who has carved a living for themselves in the wrestling world, male or female, and they will gladly tell anyone with ears that they need to start using them. The very definition of the word ‘advice’ is, ‘guidance or recommendations concerning prudent future action, typically given by someone regarded as knowledgeable or authoritative’.
There are 2 key elements to that meaning, most notably the fact that it concerns what is coming in the future, along with the fact it is delivered by somebody who has past experience, or the best intentions for the recipient. Often, the best advice comes from people who have someone’s well-being at heart, and thus don’t want them to fall into a trap they perhaps did, or see something they could improve on to make the best of what they have.
Probably one of the best examples of this would...
There are 2 key elements to that meaning, most notably the fact that it concerns what is coming in the future, along with the fact it is delivered by somebody who has past experience, or the best intentions for the recipient. Often, the best advice comes from people who have someone’s well-being at heart, and thus don’t want them to fall into a trap they perhaps did, or see something they could improve on to make the best of what they have.
Probably one of the best examples of this would...
- 5/8/2015
- by Jamie Kennedy
- Obsessed with Film
wwe.com
The Undertaker almost left WWE and signed with WCW in 2000, according to Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. The Nwo stars were talking with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard, and they stated that Taker was close to signing when his WWF contract was expiring.
“We had ‘Taker close. All of a sudden he wasn’t the Deadman. He became the American Badass for a reason. That Deadman wasn’t going to f***in’ come to WCW. He would have been the biker character and gone by Mark Calaway,” Nash states.
The article adds that Taker was a free agent and unhappy with the direction of his character in WWE. It is unknown if the ‘American Badass’ was what he was unhappy with, or in fact if the character change was part of Vince McMahon’s attempts to keep Taker by giving him something more realistic.
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The Undertaker almost left WWE and signed with WCW in 2000, according to Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. The Nwo stars were talking with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard, and they stated that Taker was close to signing when his WWF contract was expiring.
“We had ‘Taker close. All of a sudden he wasn’t the Deadman. He became the American Badass for a reason. That Deadman wasn’t going to f***in’ come to WCW. He would have been the biker character and gone by Mark Calaway,” Nash states.
The article adds that Taker was a free agent and unhappy with the direction of his character in WWE. It is unknown if the ‘American Badass’ was what he was unhappy with, or in fact if the character change was part of Vince McMahon’s attempts to keep Taker by giving him something more realistic.
What’s...
- 4/24/2015
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
So here we are, only a week away from the official launch of the Road to WrestleMania, the 2015 Royal Rumble. The Rumble is one of my personal favourite wrestling shows annually, and has been since I started watching professional wrestling 22 years ago. Let’s see if this episode of Raw, being promoted as a “Reunion Edition”, will be able to get some extra interest on that show.
Brock Lesnar, along with Paul Heyman, comes out first and Brock calls out Rollins due to what Seth did to him (curb stomp anyone?) at the close of last week’s show. Instead of Rollins, Triple H comes out and tries to calm Brock down. Lesnar asks Trips if he wants to fight. Heyman amusingly screams “he pays the bills” to Brock during all of this. Stephanie, along with Kane and Big Show comes down, and tries to appeal to Lesnar to calm down too.
Brock Lesnar, along with Paul Heyman, comes out first and Brock calls out Rollins due to what Seth did to him (curb stomp anyone?) at the close of last week’s show. Instead of Rollins, Triple H comes out and tries to calm Brock down. Lesnar asks Trips if he wants to fight. Heyman amusingly screams “he pays the bills” to Brock during all of this. Stephanie, along with Kane and Big Show comes down, and tries to appeal to Lesnar to calm down too.
- 1/20/2015
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
wwe
Tonight’s WWE Raw show is scheduled to be a ‘Raw Reunion’, with several major returns planned. The show will be from Dallas, Texas, and major names appearing will be Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels.
The show will be built around nostalgia and it could feature an nWo and D Generation X face off. All the major talent from the two factions will be there, leading the internet wrestling community to speculate on an nWo vs Dx angle being established. Perhaps it could even lead to a match at WrestleMania 31, as Hulk Hogan continues to talk about competing this year. The nWo vs Dx would certainly be a big money draw.
In all likelihood, any returns on tonight’s Raw will be for one night only. There does seem a very good chance of the nWo reuniting, but it will be limited to this Raw and no further dates.
Tonight’s WWE Raw show is scheduled to be a ‘Raw Reunion’, with several major returns planned. The show will be from Dallas, Texas, and major names appearing will be Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels.
The show will be built around nostalgia and it could feature an nWo and D Generation X face off. All the major talent from the two factions will be there, leading the internet wrestling community to speculate on an nWo vs Dx angle being established. Perhaps it could even lead to a match at WrestleMania 31, as Hulk Hogan continues to talk about competing this year. The nWo vs Dx would certainly be a big money draw.
In all likelihood, any returns on tonight’s Raw will be for one night only. There does seem a very good chance of the nWo reuniting, but it will be limited to this Raw and no further dates.
- 1/19/2015
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
Sean Waltman has had a very interesting pro wrestling career over last 25 years. He first became known in WWE in 1993 first as the 1-2-3 Kid thanks to his massive upset win over Razor Ramon on Raw. It was a star making match that put him on the map and led to him being a regular performer in multiple wrestling companies over the next two decades. He was best known by his later WWE name, X-Pac.
What’s so impressive about X-Pac is that match with Hall took place when he was just 20 years old. In addition to being really young, he was considered small at about 6’0″ and he must have weighed around 175 pounds at that point. He got bigger later in his career, but in those early days he was tiny. It made him the perfect underdog that was able to win some matches too.
It’s...
Sean Waltman has had a very interesting pro wrestling career over last 25 years. He first became known in WWE in 1993 first as the 1-2-3 Kid thanks to his massive upset win over Razor Ramon on Raw. It was a star making match that put him on the map and led to him being a regular performer in multiple wrestling companies over the next two decades. He was best known by his later WWE name, X-Pac.
What’s so impressive about X-Pac is that match with Hall took place when he was just 20 years old. In addition to being really young, he was considered small at about 6’0″ and he must have weighed around 175 pounds at that point. He got bigger later in his career, but in those early days he was tiny. It made him the perfect underdog that was able to win some matches too.
It’s...
- 1/15/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
wwe.com
The Wrestling Observer reports that Scott Hall has spurned a ‘get well soon’ card for a child with terminal cancer. It’s the latest in a sting of incomprehensible incidents around Hall’s actions and attitude.
Despite having made vast riches in the wrestling boom period, despite asking fans to pay for his own recent surgeries, Hall couldn’t even spare his signature for the sick child’s card. The Observer notes that this move will have infuriated Bill Goldberg, who already disliked Hall, and who was taking the cause of the child personally.
The young boy is six year old Danny Nickerson. He lives in Boston and the Observer states that he may not have much time left. Several big name wrestlers were asked to sign a card for him at a Phoenix Autograph event. All of them obliged, including Ric Flair, Bill Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Bret Hart and Edge.
The Wrestling Observer reports that Scott Hall has spurned a ‘get well soon’ card for a child with terminal cancer. It’s the latest in a sting of incomprehensible incidents around Hall’s actions and attitude.
Despite having made vast riches in the wrestling boom period, despite asking fans to pay for his own recent surgeries, Hall couldn’t even spare his signature for the sick child’s card. The Observer notes that this move will have infuriated Bill Goldberg, who already disliked Hall, and who was taking the cause of the child personally.
The young boy is six year old Danny Nickerson. He lives in Boston and the Observer states that he may not have much time left. Several big name wrestlers were asked to sign a card for him at a Phoenix Autograph event. All of them obliged, including Ric Flair, Bill Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Bret Hart and Edge.
- 7/31/2014
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
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On June 17th, Tna Wrestling posted a brief poll on their website to determine which style of ring they would permanently use from here on out — a classic four-sided ring, or the six-sides of yesteryear.
According to Tna, whichever ring received the most fan votes would be used from now on, starting with the television tapings in NYC on the June 25 – 27th weekend. The poll was originally set to end at midnight on Thursday, after a live edition of Impact. However, the voting time period was extended through Sunday, so as to incorporate the UK fans who wouldn’t see Impact until then.
On Monday, June 23rd at 8pm, the winning ring was announced. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the six-sided ring will see its return. The traditional squared circle lost to the six-sides in a landslide, as most Tna fans have been clamoring for its return since its original departure in...
On June 17th, Tna Wrestling posted a brief poll on their website to determine which style of ring they would permanently use from here on out — a classic four-sided ring, or the six-sides of yesteryear.
According to Tna, whichever ring received the most fan votes would be used from now on, starting with the television tapings in NYC on the June 25 – 27th weekend. The poll was originally set to end at midnight on Thursday, after a live edition of Impact. However, the voting time period was extended through Sunday, so as to incorporate the UK fans who wouldn’t see Impact until then.
On Monday, June 23rd at 8pm, the winning ring was announced. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the six-sided ring will see its return. The traditional squared circle lost to the six-sides in a landslide, as most Tna fans have been clamoring for its return since its original departure in...
- 6/24/2014
- by Douglas Scarpa
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
Throughout wrestling history, names often come up in discussions as being the “greatest of all-time”. In-ring workers get that label, managers get it, announcers get it, and even promoters get it. It’s easy to discuss the best, and it’s even easy to discuss the worst, as they all stand out in our memories for a multitude of different reasons.
What about the people who aren’t always as easy to remember? Those are the unsung heroes. Those are the people who never quite got the full credit they deserve for what they were able to contribute to the wonderful world of professional wrestling.
Skilled wrestlers who were never really used for anything during their careers? Innovators who never got the proper credit for what they innovated? Behind-the-scenes men who helped change wrestling while others got all the credit?
Whatever it is, it’s time these people...
Throughout wrestling history, names often come up in discussions as being the “greatest of all-time”. In-ring workers get that label, managers get it, announcers get it, and even promoters get it. It’s easy to discuss the best, and it’s even easy to discuss the worst, as they all stand out in our memories for a multitude of different reasons.
What about the people who aren’t always as easy to remember? Those are the unsung heroes. Those are the people who never quite got the full credit they deserve for what they were able to contribute to the wonderful world of professional wrestling.
Skilled wrestlers who were never really used for anything during their careers? Innovators who never got the proper credit for what they innovated? Behind-the-scenes men who helped change wrestling while others got all the credit?
Whatever it is, it’s time these people...
- 6/22/2014
- by Aaron Hyden
- Obsessed with Film
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There are some things in life that you never imagine even in your wildest dreams that you'll end up doing. Sitting in a small theatre in London with 400 like minded fans listening to Shawn Michaels talk was definitely one of those things for me, but this last week my good lady wife Deborah (who also took the pictures accompanying this column) and I ended up doing just that.
We'd been to see the Wolf Pac last year and thoroughly enjoyed an evening of banter between Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall (aka Diesel, X-Pac and Razor Ramon) once the initial poor organisation woes were overcome, but will all due respect to these three guys, this was Shawn Michaels, the Heart Break Kid. This was Mr Wrestlemania!
I'd kind of expected Hbk to be a decent guy, and a great speaker, based on...
There are some things in life that you never imagine even in your wildest dreams that you'll end up doing. Sitting in a small theatre in London with 400 like minded fans listening to Shawn Michaels talk was definitely one of those things for me, but this last week my good lady wife Deborah (who also took the pictures accompanying this column) and I ended up doing just that.
We'd been to see the Wolf Pac last year and thoroughly enjoyed an evening of banter between Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall (aka Diesel, X-Pac and Razor Ramon) once the initial poor organisation woes were overcome, but will all due respect to these three guys, this was Shawn Michaels, the Heart Break Kid. This was Mr Wrestlemania!
I'd kind of expected Hbk to be a decent guy, and a great speaker, based on...
- 5/2/2014
- Shadowlocked
WWE.com
A lot of people have been talking about Benjamin Morris’ 538 piece, “Are Pro Wrestlers Dying at an Unusual Rate?”
Like Morris, I am neither an actuarial scientist nor a demographer. So, our interpretations of the data should be taken with a grain of salt. My results were somewhat different from Morris’ due to a difference data set and changes in how we calculated actuarial predictions.
Differences in methodology from Morris
I also used Social Security Actuarial Life Tables, but my “expected mortality rates” for the age groups were not the same as Morris’. For each wrestler, I calculated what their age would have been as of today. Then, based on gender, I looked up the number of lives (out of 100,000) that were expected to still be alive and converted that to a percentage. His analysis looked at wrestlers who were on 20+ WWF PPVs through 2002. I went with a...
A lot of people have been talking about Benjamin Morris’ 538 piece, “Are Pro Wrestlers Dying at an Unusual Rate?”
Like Morris, I am neither an actuarial scientist nor a demographer. So, our interpretations of the data should be taken with a grain of salt. My results were somewhat different from Morris’ due to a difference data set and changes in how we calculated actuarial predictions.
Differences in methodology from Morris
I also used Social Security Actuarial Life Tables, but my “expected mortality rates” for the age groups were not the same as Morris’. For each wrestler, I calculated what their age would have been as of today. Then, based on gender, I looked up the number of lives (out of 100,000) that were expected to still be alive and converted that to a percentage. His analysis looked at wrestlers who were on 20+ WWF PPVs through 2002. I went with a...
- 4/22/2014
- by Chris Harrington
- Obsessed with Film
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It’s been rumored for months now and we reported about it a couple of weeks ago, but it appears to be official now that Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon will be the next inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2014. The announcement is expected on WWE Monday Night Raw from Brooklyn tonight, though the reveal has been confirmed early by the following newspaper advert;
A report from PWInsider suggests that the current plan is for members of The Kliq to induct Hall. That infamous group included Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman (X-Pac). No word if all of them will present Hall or if it will be just one of them. If it was one of them, Nash appears to be the most likely since he two formed the Outsiders together. However, if all...
It’s been rumored for months now and we reported about it a couple of weeks ago, but it appears to be official now that Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon will be the next inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2014. The announcement is expected on WWE Monday Night Raw from Brooklyn tonight, though the reveal has been confirmed early by the following newspaper advert;
A report from PWInsider suggests that the current plan is for members of The Kliq to induct Hall. That infamous group included Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman (X-Pac). No word if all of them will present Hall or if it will be just one of them. If it was one of them, Nash appears to be the most likely since he two formed the Outsiders together. However, if all...
- 3/24/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
As I write this we are only a couple of weeks away from the thirtieth WrestleMania event, which is being held on April 7th 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The excitement for wrestling fans, and more-so, WWE fans, often reaches it’s height in the weeks leading to the so-called “showcase of the immortals” and what was once, prior to Vince McMahon feeling like it made the event sound “old”, “the grand-daddy of ‘em all”.
I started watching wrestling in 1992 and the first show I ever watched was WrestleMania 8, held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The show featured two spectacular matches, being Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper and Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair. Randy Savage would remain my favourite wrestler of all time from this event on. Looking back on this event in 2014, and these matches still hold up today. Great selling, wonderful story telling, and top notch wrestling from these four men.
I started watching wrestling in 1992 and the first show I ever watched was WrestleMania 8, held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The show featured two spectacular matches, being Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper and Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair. Randy Savage would remain my favourite wrestler of all time from this event on. Looking back on this event in 2014, and these matches still hold up today. Great selling, wonderful story telling, and top notch wrestling from these four men.
- 3/19/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
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It was announced at Tuesday’s Smackdown tapings that Carlos Colon will be the next inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame. Colon is the father of former WWE Superstar Carlito, current WWE Superstar Diego (formerly Primo) and uncle of Fernando (formerly Epico). It’s expected that his two sons and his nephew will present him at the Hall of Fame ceremony. Will they be dressed as Los Matadores? Probably not.
Carlos Colon is a Puerto Rican wrestling legend that had a very successful in-ring career wrestling all over the world and as a promoter for World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Even though he didn’t wrestle that many matches in WWE (he was in the 1993 Royal Rumble), he made an impact in the wrestling world through his work in Puerto Rico and it’s wonderful that WWE is choosing to acknowledge that at this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony.
It was announced at Tuesday’s Smackdown tapings that Carlos Colon will be the next inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame. Colon is the father of former WWE Superstar Carlito, current WWE Superstar Diego (formerly Primo) and uncle of Fernando (formerly Epico). It’s expected that his two sons and his nephew will present him at the Hall of Fame ceremony. Will they be dressed as Los Matadores? Probably not.
Carlos Colon is a Puerto Rican wrestling legend that had a very successful in-ring career wrestling all over the world and as a promoter for World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Even though he didn’t wrestle that many matches in WWE (he was in the 1993 Royal Rumble), he made an impact in the wrestling world through his work in Puerto Rico and it’s wonderful that WWE is choosing to acknowledge that at this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony.
- 3/12/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
How do you go from being a complete nobody in the wrestling business, to pretty much owning the entire industry in the space of less than 20 years?
Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque must have to pinch himself every day. The low level jobber lumbered with a terrible gimmick ended up becoming the most powerful and influential pro wrestler in history. He has gone from being an unproven kid with a few thousand dollars, to being a 13 time world champion with a billion-dollar corporation operating under his will. Is it all down to natural coincidence? Or was the rise of Triple H all an orchestrated plan masterminded by Shawn Michaels – a plan whereby Michaels himself cleverly plotted to protect his own interests and those of his friends.
The group that would come to be known as ‘The Kliq’ were five lower-to-upper mid card guys who got together to talk wrestling. They would...
Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque must have to pinch himself every day. The low level jobber lumbered with a terrible gimmick ended up becoming the most powerful and influential pro wrestler in history. He has gone from being an unproven kid with a few thousand dollars, to being a 13 time world champion with a billion-dollar corporation operating under his will. Is it all down to natural coincidence? Or was the rise of Triple H all an orchestrated plan masterminded by Shawn Michaels – a plan whereby Michaels himself cleverly plotted to protect his own interests and those of his friends.
The group that would come to be known as ‘The Kliq’ were five lower-to-upper mid card guys who got together to talk wrestling. They would...
- 12/6/2013
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
October 27th 2009 was a day that I imagine very few people saw coming. This was the day that Tna Wrestling, a company that has long been a very distant number two wrestling promotion who are very much in the background compared to the monolith that is WWE – announced they had signed The biggest professional wrestler in the business, Hulk Hogan.
Now of course Hogan was way beyond actually wrestling anything aside from maybe a very rare match with very few bumps taken, but his presence clearly would attract a whole new audience to the Tna product wouldn’t it? See Tna had been trying to raise awareness for their product for many years. Usually they seemed to try and accomplish this by trying to attract former WWE wrestlers and hoping they would help them get over the 1.0 ratings hump that they’d been stuck with seemingly forever. They tried with Christian,...
Now of course Hogan was way beyond actually wrestling anything aside from maybe a very rare match with very few bumps taken, but his presence clearly would attract a whole new audience to the Tna product wouldn’t it? See Tna had been trying to raise awareness for their product for many years. Usually they seemed to try and accomplish this by trying to attract former WWE wrestlers and hoping they would help them get over the 1.0 ratings hump that they’d been stuck with seemingly forever. They tried with Christian,...
- 10/4/2013
- by Col Rothwell
- Obsessed with Film
This past Monday on Raw Is War, the World Wrestling Federation went through a little bit of the regeneration following Wrestlemania 14 and the departure of Shawn Michaels as the leader of the miscreant militia known as D-Generation X, replenishing its ranks with a new army. Under the guise of the new leader Triple H, their new lewd crew and rude troop claims to bring the war the front lines of the WWF and beyond. But is this the last stand of the degenerates? In wrestling, reforming groups after the original has gone it’s course is never really a good thing. I.e. the Four Horsemen in WCW or in Ecw The Triple Threat or Raven’ s Flock.
Sometimes you can’t go home again. It’s ironic, though I say that as Sean Waltman, otherwise known as 123 Kid previously in the WWF and most recently Syxx in WCW, made...
Sometimes you can’t go home again. It’s ironic, though I say that as Sean Waltman, otherwise known as 123 Kid previously in the WWF and most recently Syxx in WCW, made...
- 4/1/2013
- by Paul Jordan
- Obsessed with Film
Former WWE star X-Pac tells TMZ ... he lost so much blood after tearing his anus apart during a wrestling match in Minneapolis last weekend ... he nearly died.Pac -- real name Sean Waltman -- says he didn't notice the blood at first ... and even finished the match ... but during the after-party he felt something was really wrong. Pac says he went to the bathroom and discovered an enormous pool of blood in his singlet.That's...
- 3/26/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Former WWE star X-Pac tore himself a new one last weekend ... literally ... after one of his signature wrestling moves took a Bloody turn.According to his ex-gf's Instagram, Pac -- real name Sean Waltman -- was wrestling at an indie event in Minneapolis Saturday night when he performed his Bronco Buster ... a move where he leaps into a straddle position on some guy's face (below).Problem is ... the other guy moved -- putting X's nuts...
- 3/25/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Watching the WWE’s The Attitude Era release made me realise three things about what many (myself included) still consider to be the finest period in the company's long and (mostly) illustrious history.
The first was that its raw, gritty and at times envelope pushing content was a world away from the sanitised, family friendly fare that the WWE delivers today. Bad language, bad behaviour, (blurred) nudity, borderline sexism and homophobia, and pure unadulterated rebellion were the order of the day in the dying years of the twentieth century, though to be fair the WWE (or WWF as it still was back then) made no attempt to disguise the fact that they were pursuing the male college demographic, even giving their shows a suitable TV-14 rating and warning viewers about the potential content.
The second thing that stood out was that the Superstars of the era were genuinely larger than life personalities,...
The first was that its raw, gritty and at times envelope pushing content was a world away from the sanitised, family friendly fare that the WWE delivers today. Bad language, bad behaviour, (blurred) nudity, borderline sexism and homophobia, and pure unadulterated rebellion were the order of the day in the dying years of the twentieth century, though to be fair the WWE (or WWF as it still was back then) made no attempt to disguise the fact that they were pursuing the male college demographic, even giving their shows a suitable TV-14 rating and warning viewers about the potential content.
The second thing that stood out was that the Superstars of the era were genuinely larger than life personalities,...
- 3/20/2013
- Shadowlocked
There was no time like it. Being an 11 and 12 year old kid and watching the WWF (which it was at the time) was a thrill unlike any other. The Monday Night Wars was a time in wrestling that will never be duplicated. I honestly couldn’t wait until Monday nights so I could watch Raw with my brothers. It was, sincerely, a feeling I don’t think I’ll ever be able to replace. I could barely wait to watch Sunday Night Heat, which is basically what Main Event is these days.
My parents weren’t too thrilled at times, specifically when I’d run around the house screaming the two words that Dx had for us, I didn’t really know what it meant. I distinctly remember the monthly occurrence of begging my parents to order the pay per view for that month. They were rarely receptive, but when...
My parents weren’t too thrilled at times, specifically when I’d run around the house screaming the two words that Dx had for us, I didn’t really know what it meant. I distinctly remember the monthly occurrence of begging my parents to order the pay per view for that month. They were rarely receptive, but when...
- 3/8/2013
- by Peter Duffy
- Obsessed with Film
Wrestling fans whether it be ones that like WWE, like Tna, Roh or any other smaller companies out there have to admit there was a time when the WWE were at the top of the game, hell Tna didn’t even exist yet. It was the time of the Monday night rating wars when both Tna and WWE (or WWF as it was known back then) had to up their game to show they were the best, to get that precious Nielsen rating to prove they were the best wrestling company. We all know the WWE Attitude era, it was even brought back in the WWE ’13 game because it’s still a time that is popular with a large selection of the fans. This is why The Attitude Era is such a fun set of discs to watch.
Coming on three discs for DVD or 2 Blu-ray discs it includes firstly...
Coming on three discs for DVD or 2 Blu-ray discs it includes firstly...
- 2/16/2013
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
If rumours are to be believed ‘The Kliq’ are to join the already announced Mick Foley, and Bob Backlund as inductees in the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame. The group, who actually never wrestled together and are more accurately a backstage group, were comprised of Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman.
The Klique lists some of the most well known and successful names from wrestling history. Surely their inclusion in the Hof is a no brainer?
The group began life as a close knit group of superstars who looked out for each other behind the scenes and used their influence to engineer contracts and storylines in their favour. In most other professions this may be called a union, but a union is something that has never been able to be formed in the pro wrestling industry. As such they were seen as a clique (as they...
The Klique lists some of the most well known and successful names from wrestling history. Surely their inclusion in the Hof is a no brainer?
The group began life as a close knit group of superstars who looked out for each other behind the scenes and used their influence to engineer contracts and storylines in their favour. In most other professions this may be called a union, but a union is something that has never been able to be formed in the pro wrestling industry. As such they were seen as a clique (as they...
- 1/23/2013
- by David Pustansky
- Obsessed with Film
Last night’s 1,000th episode of WWE’s Money Night Raw comes from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri with Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler on commentary.
The show kicks off with a new intro. Another video then plays that looks back at some of the memorable moments from the past 1,0000 episodes, including some of the saddest moments in the history of the show such as Eddie Guerrero’s tribute night. The video plays for four minutes with lots and lots of clips.
Vince McMahon kicks off the show from the middle of the ring. A “thank you Vince” chant starts and Vince welcomes us to Monday Night Raw and then introduces D-Generation X and the music plays as Shawn Michaels and Triple H comes to the ring.
Michaels says he needs to catch his breath from all the running around. Hbk says something feels missing and...
The show kicks off with a new intro. Another video then plays that looks back at some of the memorable moments from the past 1,0000 episodes, including some of the saddest moments in the history of the show such as Eddie Guerrero’s tribute night. The video plays for four minutes with lots and lots of clips.
Vince McMahon kicks off the show from the middle of the ring. A “thank you Vince” chant starts and Vince welcomes us to Monday Night Raw and then introduces D-Generation X and the music plays as Shawn Michaels and Triple H comes to the ring.
Michaels says he needs to catch his breath from all the running around. Hbk says something feels missing and...
- 7/24/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Tonight is something of a television milestone, as WWE Raw will celebrate episode number 1,000. How do you celebrate such an incredible feat? By inviting basically everybody who has ever been on the program and cram in nearly 20 years of wrestling history, of course.
The guest list this evening includes former champions and crossover stars like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Mick Foley, and Brock Lesnar, as well as pro wresting legends from previous generations (Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, Mae Young, Sgt. Slaughter, Vader, Bob Backlund, and Road Warrior Animal among them). There’s also a ton of other stuff planned, like...
The guest list this evening includes former champions and crossover stars like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Mick Foley, and Brock Lesnar, as well as pro wresting legends from previous generations (Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, Mae Young, Sgt. Slaughter, Vader, Bob Backlund, and Road Warrior Animal among them). There’s also a ton of other stuff planned, like...
- 7/23/2012
- by Kyle Anderson
- EW.com - PopWatch
With the release of Thq’s newest addition to its wrestling franchise getting ever closer, fans around the world, old and new have reasons to be excited.
Attitude era stars, broken rings, the ability to create and share more than ever before… These are big promises and as always we very much expect the developers to deliver on the hype. So in eager anticipation we have gotten a little over excited and just for fun, gone through some of the facts, expectations and general thoughts of the game, A all the way through to Z.
A is for Attitude
Back when great personalities were breaking through on a regular basis, the Monday Night Wars were providing the best weekly television on our screens, promo’s consisted of real passion and creativity, the WWE title actually meant something and guys like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock were making themselves...
Attitude era stars, broken rings, the ability to create and share more than ever before… These are big promises and as always we very much expect the developers to deliver on the hype. So in eager anticipation we have gotten a little over excited and just for fun, gone through some of the facts, expectations and general thoughts of the game, A all the way through to Z.
A is for Attitude
Back when great personalities were breaking through on a regular basis, the Monday Night Wars were providing the best weekly television on our screens, promo’s consisted of real passion and creativity, the WWE title actually meant something and guys like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock were making themselves...
- 7/7/2012
- by Andrew Smith
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