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When you visit Wrestlingdotcom.com, it won't take you long to figure out that we are not your average Pro Wrestling site. Having been around for over 10 years as a leader in the industry, we know what you, the fans want to see and read. In our almanac, you will not find outdated stats about nicknames, false height and weights about wrestlers, but what you will find is detailed recaps of important points in professional wrestling history.
- Greatest Tag Teams: Money in the 90’s and Beer in the 2000’s
By Jerome Wilen
Money and Beer make up two of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling. One team was in the early 90’s and other are multi time TNA (Total Non-Stop Action) Wrestling Tag Team Champions.
Money Inc: Rewind to 1992
From 1992 – 1993 Money Inc. was a heel tag team that consisted of the [...]
Reported: Sunday, September 27th, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Tag Team Rewind: Booker T & Scott Steiner
Harlem Heat
Who would have thought that a member of the two top dominating tag teams of the mid 90’s that wrestled in World Championship Wrestling would team together as a part of the Main Event Mafia faction, and currently hold the TNA (Total Non-Stop Action) Wrestling World Tag Team Titles. Booker T from the [...]
Reported: Sunday, August 30th, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Greatest Tag Team feuds of the 80’s: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express & The Midnight Express
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express was a babyface tag team formed by Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson in 1983 in Memphis, TN. Their high flying moves in the ring along with their glam metal music gimmick took wrestling fans by storm.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express began their biggest feud in Mid-South Wrestling with [...]
Reported: Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Greatest Tag Teams of the 80’s: How Demolition Dominated the WWF
With their studded black ring attire, black hockey masks and face paint, Demolition dominated the tag team division in the World Wrestling Federation from throughout the mid 80’s.
Demolition – World Wrestling Federation 1987 – 1991
The team of Demolition began as Randy Colley and Bill Eadie as a heel tag team on the January 17, 1987 [...]
Reported: Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Superstars of Yesterday Series: Where are they Now?: Kevin Sullivan
For more than thirty years, “The Taskmaster” Kevin Sullivan terrorized opponents all over the world with his methodical, aggressive and hardcore in-ring and outside of the ring tactics.
Sullivan’s career began nearly four decades ago when he made a name for himself competing in Florida. In the years that followed, Sullivan’s career would weave its way [...]
Reported: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Superstars of Yesterday Series: Where are they Now?: Rick Martel
Rick Martel was one of professional wrestling biggest “bad guys” in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Martel got his start in pro wrestling back in 1975 in Florida at the young age of 19.
Martel held the American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Titles on two separate occasions with his then partner Garea.
Martel was [...]
Reported: Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Legends of Wrestling: Hulk Hogan from Hulkamania to the nWo
Most wrestling fans may be aware of the personal issues and outside of the ring life of Hulk Hogan. The following history of Hulk Hogan will focus on Hulk Hogan, the wrestler and all his great accomplishments in professional wrestling.
Hulk Hogan was born Terry Gene Bollea on August 11, 1953 in Tampa, Florida. [...]
Reported: Saturday, July 18th, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Legends of Wrestling: Bret Hart the Excellence of Execution
When you mixed electric pink with professional wrestling you ended up with the greatest technical wrestler in the history of the industry, Bret “The Hitman” Hart.
Hart was born Bret Sergeant Hart on July 2, 1957 in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Hart is the eight child to wrestling promoter Stu Hart. Hart was exposed [...]
Reported: Saturday, July 11th, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Legends of Wrestling: Rick “The Dragon” Steamboat
Written by Jerome Wilen
Richard Henry Blood, known as one of the most charismatic in ring performers, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat became one of the most popular professional wrestlers of 1980’s and early 1990’s. Hawaiian born, son of an English father and Japanese mother, Ricky attended Vern Gagne’s School of Wrestling in Minneapolis.
Ricky Steamboat – [...]
Reported: Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 by Staff - (Read Story)
- Legends of Wrestling: Ric Flair – To be the man, you’ve got to beat the Man
Most wrestling fans may be aware of the personal issues and outside of the ring life of the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. The following history of Ric Flair will focus on Ric Flair, the wrestler and all his great accomplishments in professional wrestling.
I hope you enjoy this first in a series of Legends of [...]
Reported: Friday, June 26th, 2009 by - (Read Story)
- D-Von, Get the Titles: History of Professional Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team
By Jerome Wilen
Marketed as the most decorated tag team in professional wrestling, Team 3-D (Formally known as the Dudley Boyz. Brother Ray and Brother Devon debuted February 1, 1995 in then the Paul Heyman owned and operated Extreme Championship Wrestling.
The Extreme Championship Wrestling years
On March 15, 1997 at Hostile City Showdown, The Dudley [...]
Reported: Saturday, June 20th, 2009 by - (Read Story)
- The History of WWE: World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated media (focusing in television, internet, and live events), sports, and entertainment company dealing primarily in the professional wrestling industry, with major revenue sources also coming from movies, music, product licensing, and direct product sales. Vince McMahon is the majority owner and Chairman of [...]
Reported: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- The History of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling
In 1994, Jim Crockett’s non-compete agreement with Ted Turner, who purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from Crockett in 1988, was up and he decided to start promoting with the NWA again. Crockett went to Tod Gordon and asked him to hold a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the ECW Arena on August [...]
Reported: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- The History of WCW: Wrestling Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which, in its proper form, existed from 1988 to 2001. Although the name “World Championship Wrestling” had been used as a brand and television show name by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)-affiliated promotions (most notably Georgia Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions) since 1983, it [...]
Reported: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- The Bret Hart “Screw-Job”
The Survivor Series “screwjob” is an event in World Wrestling Federation which will remain in the minds of many for a long time. The following is a detailed account of what happened before, during and after the match in question. To best explain and describe one of the most infamous sagas in all of professional [...]
Reported: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- You Know You Watch Too Much Wrestling If…
When you go to a Japanese restaurant, you start a “USA! USA!” chant.
When you girlfriend dumps you, you tell her she couldn’t “play with the big boys”, and that she will never get past mid-card status.
When you search & search the bible for the book of Austin.
If you can actually remember Sting’s last public words
If [...]
Reported: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- nWo: The Complete Story
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Scott Hall appears on Nitro promising a “takeover”. The next week, Kevin Nash appears and promises the same thing. They attack people for the next month or so (most notably powerbombing Eric Bischoff through a table) until challenged by Sting, Lex Luger, and Randy Savage to a six-man tag at Bash at the Beach. Nash [...]
Reported: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- D-Generation X: The Complete Story
D-Generation X (commonly known as DX) is an on and off professional wrestling tag team (formerly a stable) wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment.
The group originated in the midst of the WWF’s “Attitude Era” from 1997 to 2000 and helped change the face of sports entertainment. Their gimmick was that of a group of rebels who [...]
Reported: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- Detailed Report on Death of Benoit Family
The following is an official timeline of the weekend Chris Beniot murdered his family then took his own life:
Written: June 26, 2007
Below is a detailed WWE/Chris Benoit timeline from Saturday to Monday:
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Chris Benoit was scheduled to appear at the WWE SmackDown/ECW live event in Beaumont, Texas.
3:30 p.m.
A co-worker received a voice [...]
Reported: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 by - (Read Story)
- Tribute to the Late Owen Hart
Owen Hart is someone who will never be forgotten, below is a memorial to the “King of Harts”.
Name : Owen Hart
Born : 07 May 1965
Height : 5′11″
Weight : 227lbs
Hometown : Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Finishing Move : The Sharpshooter
Wrestling Aliases : The Blue Blazer, “The Rocket” Owen Hart, “The Slammy Award-Winning” Owen Hart, “King of Harts” Owen [...]
Reported: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 by - (Read Story)
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