I feel like I say this around this time every year, but we have hit the festive period and now thoughts turn to the most frantic hour in sports entertainment, the Royal Rumble. Apparently, I went and reviewed the first-ever Royal Rumble last January and this time, I’d like to do more than just theContinue reading “Retro Review: 1989 Royal Rumble”
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Retro Review: Survivor Series 2014
What better way to fight off the tryptophan than with a little Retro Review, looking at the Thanksgiving tradition, the Survivor Series. While the show is no longer on the holiday or holiday eve, we can still call it that. Though honestly, I think they could run on Thanksgiving and draw. Just if you runContinue reading “Retro Review: Survivor Series 2014”
Retro Review – WWE Summerslam ’88, Now In New Podcast Scented Review
You read that right, the Retro Reviews are going auditory. Today, Dan looks back at the first ever Summerslam from 1988. In case you wanted to cut right to the chase, your Must-See matches from the first Summerslam:– WWF Intercontinental Championship: The Honky Tonk Man (c) vs. Ultimate Warrior– Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan & MachoContinue reading “Retro Review – WWE Summerslam ’88, Now In New Podcast Scented Review”
Retro Review: 1988 Royal Rumble
It is officially the favorite time of the year for the show: Royal Rumble season. All of us have the same anticipation for the year’s free-for-all that’s always filled with surprises, twists and turns and usually a lot of chops. So I figured we could make January Rumble Month here in the Retro Review segmentContinue reading “Retro Review: 1988 Royal Rumble”
Retro Reviews: ECW Return of the Funker
This week takes us back to the land of extreme and the birthplace of hardcore; the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia. Before ECW made it to pay-per-view, their major shows were monthly supercards at the corner of Swanson and Rittner. Those matches would would usually end up airing over the following several weeks of HardcoreContinue reading “Retro Reviews: ECW Return of the Funker”
Retro Review: WWECW December to Dismember 2006
It’s been a while since I’ve tortured myself with a card that is widely recognized as being outright bad. And tis the season so why not travel back to the last time the WWE tried to start a third brand, 2006’s December to Dismember. ECW had returned over the summer and as we got towardsContinue reading “Retro Review: WWECW December to Dismember 2006”
Retro Review: WrestleWar 1992
The fourth and final edition of WrestleWar took place on May 17, 1992 from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida. The show would be replaced by Slamboree the next year and the War Games match itself would move to September to become the headlining match of the newly created Fall Brawl PPV. As inContinue reading “Retro Review: WrestleWar 1992”
The Finisher 