In this week’s TBT, we’re going to look at one of the matches which defined the WWE’s Attitude Era – the I Quit Match between the Rock and Mankind for the WWF/WWE Championship at Royal Rumble 1999. In comparison to deathmatches, street fights and other similar stipulations, I Quit matches are relatively rare. Although the…
2005 was a great year for wrestling. WWE was reviving ECW and booking hot feuds involving John Cena, Batista, and Eddie Guerrero. Kenta Kobashi was helping popularize Japanese wrestling in Pro Wrestling NOAH, and TNA was on fire from every angle. Today, we’re talking about the match that helped establish the latter company as a…
The Challenger: Rob Van Dam The Champion: John Cena When and Where: 11 June 2006, ECW One Night Stand
15 September 1996. The pay-per-view was WCW Fall Brawl. The main event was a WarGames match between Team WCW and Team nWo. Team WCW: Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Lex Luger & Sting Team nWo: Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & a mystery partner. What played out is stuff of pro wrestling legend.
This week, we’re taking a look at one of the greatest matches in wrestling history: Bret Hart vs The British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Title at SummerSlam ’92. Even in 2020, SummerSlam ’92 remains one of WWE’s most successful pay-per-views. It drew an attendance of over 80,000 – despite taking place at Wembley Stadium in…
Ladder matches are an integral part of professional wrestling history, appearing in almost every mainstream promotion on the planet. The origins of the ladder match are a little blurry, with some sources stating that the stipulation began in Stampede Wrestling in the early 1970s. Others claim that various territories throughout the U.S. introduced ladder matches…
Once upon a time, there was a very real, almost surreal Japanese event which saw Rob Van Dam beat Toru Yano in a hardcore match, Finn Balor beat Kota Ibushi, Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kenny Omega and Andrade Cien Almas team with Gran Metalik to face Jyushin Thunder Liger. No, it wasn’t some All Japan supershow booked…
Remember that moment at Money In The Bank 2017 when Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles came face to face, according to commentary, for the first time? Well, this wasn’t the first time these two megastars met in the ring (but we all know how WWE likes to pretend that nothing outside of their world exists)….
