Mickey's 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 [Continue Reading]
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Mickey's Retro Ramblings
My Mall is Dead and These Are the Autopsy Photos
A few years ago my mall died. I know I’m not alone in this fact as numerous malls have closed [Continue Reading]
Mickey's 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 [Continue Reading]
Mickey'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 [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
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 [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
I Was In Love 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 [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
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 [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
1992’s Christmas Creatures TBS Movie Marathon
Back in the early 1990s, when cable TV still felt like a treasure chest and not just a scrollable blur [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
The McDonald’s Superhero Burger of 1995
The McDonald’s Superhero Burger of 1995 wasn’t just a sandwich, it was a towering monument to adolescent appetite, pop culture, and the sacred ritual of late-night cruising. [Continue Reading]