Author: M. Swift

“Das Wunderkind” Alex Wright was a WCW lower midcarder who was often featured early on WCW Nitro broadcasts and regularly on WCW Saturday Night. In this Wrestling Salvage Yard, we look at his career and if he could’ve gone to the next stage. Wrestling Career in the U.S What stood out about Wright—besides his generic, loud green trunks and dancing intro—was his advanced wrestling ability at a young age. Wright is a second-generation wrestler who debuted in 1991 at 16. He wrestled throughout Europe before joining WCW in 1994. Most of his career saw him as a part of the cruiserweight division. Wright was booked…

We’re still going through 2005 Impact Wrestling with TNA Hard Justice 2005. Does it keep up Impact Wrestling’s momentum or is May 2005 a stumbling block? Low-Tier The opening with Team Canada’s Eric Young and Petey Williams taking on the team of Apolo and Sonny Siaki was a solid Impact match but a meh PPV bout. Actually, the same could be said for the mixed tag match with the team of Chris Sabin and Traci facing Michael Shane and Trinity. I just feel it should’ve had less time. I’m a fan of Monty Brown, DDP, and TNA-era R-Truth but the tag match featuring…

Stone Cold Steve Austin—without quotes—is a wrestling legend. He was one of the two main driving forces in pushing WWE during the early part of the Attitude Era. The Original Super Nova of American Wrestling The man’s career is storied and saw him go from a bright prospect to a rapidly rising technician in WCW, to a tough, rule-breaking brawler in WWE. As proof of how rapidly his star rose, all of that happened in under ten years. He was WWE World Champion a little under nine years into his career. You might say “Aww, that’s nothing special” but he…

Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy. The Human Torpedo. Gordy was one of those talented big men. He was ageless and could’ve had a longer career if it weren’t for drugs. He was someone who could do it all in the ring despite his size. He was Vader without the charisma and star power and Bam Bam Bigelow without the monster look. Could Terry Gordy have been salvaged or is it the same case as his son, Ray Gordy? Let’s find out. Career Spotlight However, he had an incredible run in All Japan as part of the Miracle Violence Connection with “Dr. Death” Steve…

We’re heading back Into the Vault with some more Impact Wrestling in 2005. This time it’s TNA Lockdown 2005! The concept here was that every match was a steel cage bout—the infamous Six Sides of Steel. Also featured was a Lethal Lockdown match. Low-Tier I really hate putting the final match of Chris Candido under here but the match was hindered by him getting injured during the bout. In 2005, Candido was still very capable in the ring and was the lynchpin here. With him suffering an injury, it was going to be hard for Apolo and a young Lance Hoyt…

In the late 90s and early 00s there were several wrestling TV shows you may have missed. Some were must-see but aired locally or regionally. Other shows weren’t worth watching but were easily accessible. Then you had the shows you had to get the tapes to catch them. It was a period where almost every company managed to produce TV. I mean chopping up a monthly show into weekly TV is the go-to in most cases. Let’s look at five wrestling TV shows that aired during this time that you probably missed out on—or fortunately avoided. Stampede Wrestling TV The Harts’ Stampede…

The OMG moments in WWE get a ton of love. It’s important to have at least one or two OMG moments during each PPV. I love the little things in matches, though. Let’s look at some minor and reoccurring OMG moments and spots in WWE history that never fail to excite the fans and some that get looked over in matches. John Cena’s New Move: Random OMG Moments Detected Cena wrestles a very color-by-the-numbers style. Like Bret, he has his Five Moves of Doom that are hit in sequence before the fifth move: the Attitude Adjustment. While his style works in big…

Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis was a rivalry WCW missed out on for the cruiserweight division. Sure, they had some matches but Rey Rey mixed it up with everyone in the division at some point. Also, you have to consider that the WCW cruiserweight division was mostly competitive. It didn’t have an actual feud until Jericho vs. Malenko brought a storyline to the belt. While Mysterio is respected as one of the best North American high flyers of all times and the best of 90s, Psicosis usually gets nods. Only those who know his work actually rank him beyond “He was good.” So, which one was actually better between these two stars from…

We’re still in March 1996 and it’s time to head Into the Vault for WWE WrestleMania XII! This is considered one of the best WrestleMania shows of the 90s. Let’s check it out! Low-Tier The Ultimate Warrior vs. Triple H is…man, I don’t know if I can roast Hunter for this. He actually did nothing wrong to deserve this match. It should’ve never happened. However, I almost didn’t make it to do this review since my soul left my body temporarily from laughter. This was a bad squash but hilarious. Seriously, who said it was a good idea to bring Warrior back past 1991…

WCW really loved its PPVs with a lot of matches. We’re back with another Into the Vault 1996 with WCW Uncensored 1996! Low-Tier Kicking off the lower tier of the show is Madusa vs. Col. Robert Parker. While both were still good at this period, Parker was kind of in a state of semi-retirement. He was definitely still doing southern indies but he was mainly working as a manager in WCW. There was little for Madusa to do at this time but tie up managers. Let’s just go ahead and add The Giant vs. Loch Ness to this as well. It wasn’t good and I…