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Ric Flair’s Last Match
As this post goes live, Ric Flair is just a couple of hours away from wrestling his last match as part of a special event called, appropriately enough, Ric Flair’s …
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Some of My Favorite Moments in Royal Rumble History
With wrestling being a big part of my childhood, I watched all of it I could. Most weeks, all we had available to consume were the weekly programs offered by …
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Construx Toys
Back in the golden haze of the 1980s, when Saturday mornings were sacred and the living room carpet doubled as a battlefield, I had a deep and abiding love for …
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My Comic Book Collecting Origin Story
Ever since I was a kid, comic books have been part of my life. Not in the obsessive, bag-and-board collector kind of way, but more like a steady companion. They …
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The Wendy’s I Remember
There was a time when Friday nights felt like magic. My dad would roll in from working out of town all week, and the whole family would pile into the …
Time Capsule
M.A.S.K. Comic Story and Catalog From 1986
In this time capsule, enjoy going back in time to 1986 to check out a fun little comic story featuring M.A.S.K. and a catalog for M.A.S.K. products.
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My Six Month Romance With Hardee’s New York Patty Melt in 1993
In the spring of 1993, when my teenage appetite was as bottomless as my love for fast food, Hardee’s introduced a burger that, for a brief and glorious moment, felt …
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The Goonies II Nintendo Game Was Good In It’s Own Way
There are certain games that stick with you, not because they were perfect, but because they were peculiar. The Goonies II for the NES was one of those games. It …
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LJN WWF Wrestling Superstars Action Figures
There was a time when wrestling wasn’t just something you watched. It was something you lived. And for me, that life came in the form of stiff rubber figures with …
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I Miss Fat Pro Wrestlers
The other day, I was flipping through my well-worn copy of Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling, and somewhere between …