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  1. The Fantastics - A Career Retrospective

    THE FANTASTICS - A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE Mid South Wrestling (1984) While in the Mid-Southern territory, Terry Taylor was teamed with a promising young wrestler named Bobby Fulton, who at the time was a jobber on TV. To capitalize further on the success of The Fabulous Ones, they were named...
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  2. Tracy Smothers - A Career Retrospective

    TRACY SMOTHERS - A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE Early career (1984) After growing up a fan of Memphis wrestling, Tracy Smothers was trained by Steve Keirn and Stan Lane and made his debut in 1982. He later made an appearance at the combined promotional effort Pro Wrestling USA, making his debut at a...

  3. A WWE Timeline - 2020 to 2029

    2020: Ronda Rousey returns in the fall NXT takes firm command of Wednesday nights and forces a move by AEW to Saturday WWE counterprograms that Saturday move with NXT UK RAW finishes the year averaging 1.7M viewers. Smackdown is at 2M Undertaker retires 2021 In response to continue a...

  4. What If - Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat stays with the WWF post 1991?

    In January 1991 former Intercontinental Champion Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat was brought back to the WWF. Aside for a casual reference by Gorilla Monsoon to "Ricky Steamboat", for all intents and purposes he was essentially a new character. Dressed like a literal dragon and breathing fire...

  5. 2001 - The Fate of Eric Bischoff

    Preface: This is a sequel of sorts that I did in March 2001 to PW Torch's Chris Zavisa, who did a hilarious fictional piece called "Billionaire Ted's Indecent Proposal", published in early 1996 in the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter. Pictures are added for this posting. It was past 2:00 am in...

  6. A Look Back on the WWE careers of The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega as of 2020

    The Young Bucks - Matt and Nick Jackson were signed to $1.75M contacts each in January of 2019. Their characters were essentially unchanged from their NJPW personas and they were immediately placed on Smackdown. Programmed into a feud with The New Day, the Bucks were pinned at WrestleMania 35...
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  7. A Better 1995 King of the Ring Tournament

    JUNE 25, 1995 CoreStates Spectrum Philadelphia, PA King of the Ring Qualifier "Made in the USA" Lex Luger (w Davey Boy Smith) vs Tatanka (w Ted Dibiase) In a final blowoff to their feud, Luger wins in 7 minutes to advance to the tournament during the Free For All segment. KING OF THE RING...
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  8. Owen Hart's WWF Run: 1999 and beyond

    This scenario begins with the premise that Owen Hart's harness works and that he faces Charles Wright at Over the Edge as planned: Over the Edge 1999: Owen Hart wins the Intercontinential title RAW after Over the Edge: Owen abandons The Blue Blazer gimmick and says he only used it to get the...

  9. How TNA's collapse has benefited WWE (and ROH)

    TNA, circa 2010: Following a brief, failed attempt by TNA to go head to head with WWE in 2010, the company made the decision that in order to get to the next level, they needed to take Impact! out of Universal Studios and into larger, conventional arenas. At a macro level this made sense -...

  10. Examining WWE financial figures (2015 - 2017)

    In light of the WWE's Q1 release I feel it would be interesting to examine the trends over the last 2.5 years and see where they may or may not be pointing to. Revenue: Q3 2014: 120.2M (Network 22.4M, Television 42.2M) Q4 2014: 140.5M (Network 27.2M, Television 50.5M) Q1 2015: 176.2M (Network...

  11. A Most Unexpectedly Stacked Roster - WWE in June 1993

    I heard this mentioned on a PWO podcast last year - the June 15th WWF Superstars taping was a unique blend of Old and New Generation talent. I decided to go to Historyofwwe.com and had a look. Indeed, for a brief moment, much of the talent that would drive WCW's ascent and the WWF resurgence...

  12. Actual vs Revisionist History - What WWE knew of Luger's WCW negotiations

    Revisionist History: Lex Luger blindsided Vince McMahon when he turned up on the first Monday Nitro on September 4th. Luger violated a handshake agreement and left without notice Actual History: Pro Wrestling Torch #349, dated Aug 19th, 1995: "It's unsubstantiated at the moment, but it's worth...

  13. The WWF ruined Lex Luger as a main event player

    From his debut in Jim Crockett Promotions in 1987 he was a unique individual. Not burdened with a goofy or fantastic gimmick, Luger was presented in a straightforward fashion - a dominant athlete with the size and physique of Hulk Hogan (and later Ultimate Warrior) and the intensity of Paul...

  14. The Big Show is ripped!

    Just ran across this from his Facebook page. Seriously, if he can maintain this he should get one more run at the top. Part of pro-wrestling...er sports entertainment is the physical spectacle. Big Show is going from a non-descript giant wrestler to someone who has the physique of a Brock...

  15. The Brooklyn Brawler - A Career Retrospect

    Steve Lombardi - yes, enhancement talent. However very quietly, he had an active in-ring career that spanned well over a thousand matches and fourteen years of regular touring, coupled with an additional sixteen years of occasional appearances. Ironically, next to The Undertaker no other WWE...

  16. A Better Sgt Slaughter face turn post SummerSlam 91

    A thing that frustrated me as a WWF fan in my youth was the abrupt face-turn of Sgt Slaughter after SummerSlam. I felt that it lacked any real effort to get Slaughter over as a babyface, other than Remus saying that "I want my country back". In the storyline, he had aligned himself with Iraqi...

  17. A History of Wrestler Spoofs By A Rival Promotions

    Virgil: August 1987. Rib on Dusty Rhodes, booker of the rival (and primary competitor) Jim Crockett Promotions. Based on his real name, Virgil Runnels. Randy Hogan: February 1988. Jobber in Jim Crockett Promotions that is redubbed Randy Hogan, complete with Fu-Manchu moustache. The Big...

  18. An Alternate History of the WWE (2016 - 2022)

    Pulled Wikipedia Core (19:04, 1 January 2026): World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (d/b/a WWE) was an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company that dealt primarily in professional wrestling, with ancillary revenue sources also coming from film, music, product...

  19. Career Retrospect - Bob Bradley

    Robert Markovich, better known as Bob Bradley and the second Battle Kat was a long-time wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation, World Class Championship Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, and the National Wrestling...
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