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Kevin Sullivan, RIP
“Lightning does not strike twice in this universe.”– Kevin Sullivan While taking a break at work yesterday morning, I was thumbing through X and started seeing a headline crawl across …
Pro Wrestling
Retro Ramblings
What If Sting Slammed Yokuzuna in 1993 Instead of Lex Luger?
I was always a fan of the Marvel Comics series What If?, where they would take classic stories, give them a twist, and give us readers a look at what …
Retro Ramblings
Mike “Virgil” Jones, RIP
Damn. Two RIP posts in back-to-back days. Just yesterday I wrote about the passing of Ole Anderson. It’s been a tough stretch for old-school wrestling fans. They say these things …
Retro Ramblings
Ole Anderson, RIP
Alan Rogowski, better known as Ole Anderson, passed away yesterday. Details as to the cause of his death have not been made public, but his obituary states that he passed …
Time Capsule
1989 WWF Survivor Series Program
Since 1987, the WWF’s Survivor Series has been a Thanksgiving tradition. For a few years, it took place on Thanksgiving night, then moved to Thanksgiving Eve for a while. After …
Retro Ramblings
October 28th, 1989
October 28th, 1989 is one of those days that stuck with me. It was a Saturday, which meant cartoons in the morning, but what made it truly memorable was everything …
Retro Ramblings
WWF Thumb Wrestlers
The WWF Thumb Wrestlers were my consolation for not having the LJN figures. Now I really didn’t mind not having the full-sized LJN figures as they weren’t very fun to …
Retro Ramblings
Wrestling in 1993
Recently, Jeff and I along with the help of Jason recorded and published a new episode of the Gnarly 90s podcast with a look at the year 1993. We touched …
Retro Ramblings
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 …
Retro Ramblings
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 …