Op-Ed

AJ Styles was always a hot talent. A few years after his debut, he was tapped as someone with a lot of potential, a lot of upside. R-Truth was also viewed as a wrestler with potential in the time between his first…
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Jimmy Hart is a manager with a long career starting in Memphis during the 70s. His First Family faction was one of those early proper factions. You know, where it wasn’t just a collection of wrestlers under one…
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Extreme Championship Wrestling had a different approach to the World Championship than WWE and WCW. Let’s get into what made the champions in ECW so special. Most ECW Champions Were Simply Relatable WWE and…
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We talked about the five greatest tag teams in WCW and ECW, let’s get into the five best of the WWE Attitude Era. We have to keep it within the same period of time so let’s do it! APA/The Acolytes While Farooq and…
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The ins and outs of booking and promoting have always interested me. Hot-shotting World or heavyweight titles were always a curious piece of booking. As explained before, hot-shotting is when the belt doesn’t stay on a…
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In the 1990s, WCW was known for having a number of strong tag teams gunning for the World Tag Team titles. WWE had a few strong teams, usually keeping two or three regular teams around. Then you have ECW tag teams. …
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In a couple of shoot interviews in the 2000s and 2010s, legendary manager, storyteller, and podcast host Jim Cornette discussed his dislike of “hot-shotting” a major title like the WWE World Championship during the Attitude Era.…
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It’s been a fun year in professional wrestling and a huge reason for that was the birth of All Elite Wrestling as they changed the landscape. The change was immediate as the WWE took notice and began taking steps to eliminate any…
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In 1997, there was an ongoing feud between Rob Van Dam and Sabu and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. That feud evolved into ECW vs. USWA when Jerry Lawler challenged the company. I’ve been rediscovering this feud via…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about next-generation wrestlers who missed the mark or never came close to it. Wrestlers who were taken out early like Reid Flair and Richie Steamboat. Let’s look at five such…
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