Author: M. Swift

Let’s check out WWE No Mercy 1999 from Cleveland’s Gund Arena. Drawing almost 18,750 fans, it was main evented by a showdown between WWE Champion Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin! The Best Like their match at Unforgiven 1999, the showdown between Chyna and Jeff Jarrett was entertaining and didn’t go off the rails thanks to Jarrett. Chyna was doing her thing and most of it is such that she can’t mess it up. Meanwhile, Jarrett plays up the asshole heel that everyone wants to see get stomped out perfectly. I actually prefer this bout to their Unforgiven 1999…

It’s time for some “Wrestling Salvage Yard” and this time we’re looking at Sid Vicious and his ECW run. Sid in ECW After leaving WWE in late 1997 and taking the time for neck surgery, Vicious hit the indies. In the 90s, it wasn’t unusual to see recently released main eventers or big stars roaming the indies for a brief period. They had been on national TV and these big PPVs where everyone can easily watch them just a couple of months prior. Now, they’re spanking your local heroes at your local high school or War Memorial Auditorium. Wrestling…

With less than 8,500 fans in attendance, we’re taking a look at WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas! The Best Eddie Guerrero taking on Saturn—no stakes just something resembling a story. This was pretty much the best match of the show but it gets mucked over by Flair coming out, attacking Eddie, and then we get Torrie out there and she is kissed by Flair—all of that wasn’t necessary and really screwed over the segment for the one actually good match on this show. Then again, these are the dumpster juice days of WCW. …

In Brandywine, Maryland, a woman was charged with the hit-and-run death of her boyfriend. According to the Prince George’s County PD, on August 20, 2022, they arrived at Floral Park Road where there was a report of a person stuck underneath a vehicle at around 8:45 PM. There they would find Shamatto Clarke (40) dead. Maryland Woman Charged with Running Over and Killing Her Boyfriend When the Prince George’s County PD looked further into the situation, they found that his girlfriend Udele Burno (38) had run over him and caused his death. The reason for Burno running over Clarke was…

“This you?” is a response to people who speak a little too loudly and spicily against certain things while engaging in or benefiting from those things. This brings us to Luke Bowen, the former political director for Texas Right to Life, an anti-abortion activist group—who was arrested in August 2022 in a child solicitation sting. Former High-Ranking Texas Anti-Abortionist Arrested in Child Solicitation Sting The Montgomery County Courier gained access to the criminal complaint against Bowen which shows that he was arrested on August 3, 2022 for knowingly soliciting “a minor, to meet the Defendant, with the intent that, P.…

We’re in September 1999 and it’s time for WWE Unforgiven 1999. This event featured a “Six-Pack Challenge” with Triple H, Mankind, Kane, The British Bulldog, Big Show, and the Rock facing off for the vacant WWE Championship. Serving as special guest enforcer is Stone Cold Steve Austin! One thing to notice about this show is that almost every match as a special guest referee. This was part of a side story where the WWE referees went on strike which meant backstage personnel had to step in and referee the matches. Unforgiven 1999 would draw just under 15,800—a strong attendance considering…

In a scene caught on video, an Ohio man shoots and kills his daughter’s ex-boyfriend in July 2022. From the video—caught on a Ring doorbell camera—the ex-boyfriend arrives at the house and initially just tries the door. As the brief video continues, he begins ramming the door, obviously attempting to break in or force his way into the residence. Ring Camera Shows Ohio Man Gunning Down Daughter’s Ex-BF During an Attempted Break-In Throughout the video, you can hear those inside telling James Rayl (22) to get off the porch and warning him that someone is armed. When the door eventually…

In a bit of “Well that’s odd that this exists” news, Micky Dolenz of the 1960s band and TV show the Monkees has filed a lawsuit to access FBI records targeting his band. Yes, the FBI kept tabs on the Monkees. Micky Dolenz the Last Living Member of the Original Monkees Demands the FBI Records Made During the 1960s For a bit of context, in the 1960s, the FBI was keeping tabs on anything considered to be subversive or left-leaning. This was the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, so anything related to the Civil Rights Movement, protesting the Vietnam War,…

There has been recent development around the legal affairs of the late “King of Pop” Michael Jackson as his estate won their claim that some property was stolen following the singer’s death. The Estate of Michael Jackson Wins Decision to Prevent Stolen Property from Being Sold Jeffre Phillips was hit with a preliminary injunction to prevent him from selling personal effects taken from Jackson’s home in 2009. It is alleged that he took items such as clothes, a driver’s license, an iPhone, the pajamas Jackson wore at the time of his death, and pill bottles—pills include. Also included were some…

In Minnesota, a former county prosecutor in North Dakota beat his ex-wife viciously in front of their five kids. Two of their sons would try to get help for their mother. Former North Dakota County Prosecutor Beats Ex-Wife to Death in Front of Their 5 Children The assault occurred on August 23, 2022 with Marshall County deputies responding to a call in Warren, Minnesota. They would arrive at the home of Anders Odegaard (31) who answered the door in his boxers and had blood in his hair. He would tell the deputies “I don’t feel right.” It was then that one…