Yesterday afternoon, Travis Orndorff announced that his father, former pro wrestling great Paul “Mr. Wonderful” Orndorff, had passed away after a battle with dementia. Many will write about his career and contributions to the pro wrestling business. Fans who didn’t live through the mid-80s pro wrestling boom may not grasp the impact of Orndorff’s feud…
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Every year, no matter the quality of the WWE product, I think most fans still get super excited for WrestleMania. It’s still the Super Bowl of pro-wrestling, and as this year’s installment will be the thirty-seventh, the legend continues to grow. Even if they don’t like to number it anymore. When you look back on…
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Hello, and welcome to the very first installment of Cup of Coffee in the Big Time, a recurring feature here on Fight Game Media where we take a look at professional athletes from around the world who found their way into the pro wrestling world. If there’s an athlete YOU would like to see profiled,…
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WWE’s annual Thanksgiving-time supershow is upon us once again, so we asked a few of the Fight Game Media writers (and a few of our readers!) which Survivor Series stands out in their minds before the 34th installment this Sunday. Join us at FightGameMedia.com Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m ET for live coverage of Survivor…
Read MoreYES SIR! One of the wackiest storylines the WWF did in the 90s and a lot of “hardcore” wrestling snobs hated it at the time (just read the old Observers) because it was too much fantasy. Whatever, I was 10 and I loved it and now at 28 I love it. Why? It actually had…
Read MoreWe all know about Bret vs. Austin, we’ve all talked at length about the HBK vs. ‘Taker series and we’ve all read all there is to read about the HBK/Razor Ladder match…. but what about the forgotten gems? The matches that maybe weren’t classics, but were really really enjoyable and have gotten lost in the…
Read MoreSo I got this DVD comp of the short but sweet, late eighties, heel run of Haku and Tama, The Islanders. Wasn’t totally sure what to expect going in but I was assured it was great, so I decided to dive right into it when it came in the post. May 30th 1987 Superstars Islanders…
Read More“Dr. D” David Shultz was one of professional wrestling’s crazy characters. The man worked various territories in the 70s and 80s, most notably Verne Gagne’s AWA and the World Wrestling Federation. Well on December 28th, 1984, right as the WWF was preparing to hit the mainstream, Dr. D sealed his fate in professional wrestling as…
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