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It’s understandable that Ivelisse Velez naturally portrays such a competitive fighter on Lucha Underground telecasts—she’s one in real life, too. The one-time WWE Tough Enough contestant is only 27 years old, but she’s been wrestling since 2002, almost exactly half of her life. Long before American women’s wrestling evolved... -
The December 14th edition of Raw may as well have been called Attitude Era: One Night Stand. Between a lengthy tribute to classic ECW brawls, an irate Vince McMahon, and a thrilling finale where the finish was juuuust in doubt enough to leave you hanging on each beat in... -
“We have suffered two terrible tragedies in the last week—the blinding of Chris Adams and the death of Gino Hernandez.” – Bill Mercer, World Class Championship Wrestling announcer, February 15, 1986 Adams and Hernandez are memorable names in Dallas lore, a notch below the mythos and mania surrounding the... -
We’re days away from yet another WWE video game release with WWE 2K16, the third entry for the wrestling giant under the 2K Sports banner. The first entry, 2K14, mesmerized two years ago with its detailed ’30 Years of WrestleMania’ mode (even with Jerry Lawler aping Bobby Heenan’s ‘fair to... -
PWMania reports that the ratings for WWE Raw once more scraped porcelain, hitting low at a 2.35. While that’s up from last week’s even worse 2.32 showing, it still marks the first time since April 7 and 14, 1997 that Raw finished with ratings below a 2.4 in consecutive...
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Mick Foley returns to the City of Brotherly Love on May 1 for a WWE Payback viewing party at Nick’s in the Northeast on Cottman Avenue. The Hardcore Legend... -
The “Ninth Wonder” has left this world. Joanie Laurer, aka Chyna, was found dead at her California home on April 20, 2016. The official cause of death has not... -
One of my favorite video games is a PC series called Civilization. It’s a turn-based strategy game that takes the player through history, starting with one unit: a Settler.... -
When I found out that Balls Mahoney passed away, I didn’t think of a favorite match or moment. I didn’t play his entrance theme on loop nor did I...