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He’s The Booker, I’m The Blogger: Starrcade 1983 Review

We have a new feature on this website and as you can see from the above title, we’re going to look at old PPVs (thank you WWE Network) and give you a side-by-side view from the booker perspective as well as the hardcore fan/blogger perspective.

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King Of The Ring – King Of All Kings Tournament: Harley Race Vs. Ken Shamrock

On Monday, we posted the introduction to our King Of All Kings tournament in which we take all past King Of The Ring winners and place them in a tournament with past WWF kings (except Jerry Lawler and Hacksaw King). Our first match-up is Handsome Harley Race vs. Ken Shamrock. It’s an interesting shoot fighter…

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Greatest Wrestlers Of The WrestleMania Era Final List

Our project started many months ago, and for the last two and a half months, we’ve been counting down who we believe are the greatest wrestlers of the WrestleMania era. We talked about how we ranked them in the introduction. I want to thank Duan, Alan, Big D, Jason, and Cadillac Don for all of…

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Greatest Wrestlers Of The WrestleMania Era: #4 – “Nature Boy” Ric Flair

The other biggest star of the 1980s, Hulk Hogan, didn’t fare all that well in our list. I wrote about why Hogan may have fallen down the list, and my theory was that the last 10 years of his career have left a bitter taste in the mouths of wrestling fans. It’s not like Ric…

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Greatest Wrestlers Of The WrestleMania Era: #11 – Terry Funk

When the WrestleMania era started, Terry Funk was, by all measures, in the twilight of his career. Aged 41 and having done more in his career than 99% of wrestlers (including a short lived retirement in 1983), most men would have faded into the sunset, content with their undeniable status as a legend of the…

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Greatest Wrestlers Of The WrestleMania Era: #17 – Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat

Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat had the reverse career of many guys on our list who wrestled both in WCW/NWA and WWE. Guys like Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Mick Foley and Eddie Guerrero gained more notoriety after leaving WCW for WWE and became bigger stars. Or, guys like Curt Hennig and Ted DiBiase gained great fame…

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Former World Champion Gene Kininski passes away

GG and I spoke about this on a recent edition of FGB Radio and the unfortunate has happened. Former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kininski passed away earlier this morning, losing his battle with cancer. He was 81. He was born right outside of Edmonton, Alberta Canada and played college football and wrestled. Kininski portrayed…

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“Dr. Death” Steve Williams passes away

I am extremely sad to report that one of my favorite, most bad-ass wrestlers of all time, “Dr. Death” Steve Williams has sadly lost his battle with cancer and passed away last night at the age of 49. Steve Williams will be remembered by the hardcore fans for his series of incredible matches in All…

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Big D Interviews Larry Zbyszko

Our own Big D interviewed “The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko on his Superfriends podcast. They talked about a bunch of topics including the end of the AWA, the Western States Heritage Title, The Monday Night Wars and why he left TNA. Check it out on Stevie J’s site at AngryMarks.com.

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Win big bucks from the NATURE BOY! WOOOOOO

Ric Flair’s North Carolina Lottery Commercial. It’s not WOOO its WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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