I heard the news this morning of the passing of Macho Man Randy Savage. I have to say that I was really devastated, as he was one of my all time favorites. When I started watching wrestling, he was just starting to get into that weird phase of his WWF run where he was a part time announcer and part time wrestler. I have seen a lot of people referring to that period as his "neon cowboy" period. I remember really enjoying his outfits back then, but I didn't really know his wrestling as much. In...
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Wrestlemania 27 just ended roughly an hour ago and if I had to describe it in one word, I would say "unpredictable." I say that because every year I get together with some friends and make predictions. This year, I was sure I would get a clean sweep, but I did awful. A lot of the matches went in the complete other direction. In some cases, I really questions WWE's thinking and in others I didn't mind being wrong. The video packages were well done and the backstage skits were pretty funn...
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Last night I was trying to think about what I could wright about. I figured if I wrote another Random Thoughts right now it would be somewhat repetitive. So I thought I would write about the new twist on Undertaker's gimmick.
   
    Since his return on 2.21.11, Undertaker has been referred to as the "Last Outlaw." In the past few days I got to thinking what WWE is saying by using that nickname. Are they saying WWE is more socially acceptable now than it was in the attitude era? Are th...
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I was on the WrestlingFigs boards the other day and someone posted the following article.

http://www.cagesideseats.com/2011/3/7/2035024/working-conditions-in-tna-a-detailed-analysis

As I read this article, I was horrified by what I learned. It really made me feel for the wrestlers working in TNA. The article notes that TNA has more of a family and wholesome image than WWE. I gotta admit that they had me fooled into believing that. Now I realize how they just spin things to look that way. I...
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