Archive for October, 2011
TNA Wrestling: Will TNA Finally Realize Its Potential at Bound for Glory?
On October - 15 - 2011
June 19, 2002: Jeff Jarrett and his father, Jerry, promote the first Total Nonstop Action weekly pay-per-view event. January 22, 2003: Raven debuts with TNA at the Asylum, home of the company's weekly pay-per-view events. June 4, 2004: TNA Impact debuts on Fox Sports Net. June 23, 2004: Jeff Hardy debuts in Total Nonstop Action, facing AJ Styles in what many consider a dream match. November 7, 2004: TNA Wrestling holds its first monthly pay-per-view, Victory Road, headlined by Jeff Hardy vs. Jeff Jarrett in a Ladder Match for the TNA World Championship. October 1, 2005: TNA Impact moves to ...
Breaking News: Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins Launches Wrestling Company
On October - 15 - 2011
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame has launched his own wrestling promotion, Resistance Pro. While the frontman may not be an atypical representative of the wrestling world, he's actually a big fan. Corgan will work behind the scenes and act as a lightning rod for publicity. He seems to at least marginally know what he's doing as he's hired some quality talent. Colt Cabana, Harry Smith (David Hart Smith), the Briscoe Brothers, El Generico and death match veteran Necro Butcher have all been signed to Resistance Pro. Resistance Pro helped get their name out by attending the Wizard World Comic Con ...
TNA Bound for Glory: The Top 5 Matches Going into the PPV
On October - 15 - 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011 could be the biggest night in TNA history.With huge matches left and right, Impact Wrestling cannot mess this night up.If it all goes down the right way, this could be a moment that all pro wrestling fans will remember.Many people say that Impact Wrestling has nothing on WWE, and I agree for now.However, if they have a phenomenal pay-per-view at Bound for Glory, we could see the power balance begin to tip, especially with the massive heat turning against WWE as of late.Now let's look at the top five matches at the PPV.Begin Slideshow
WWE: Ranking the 10 Most Memorable Divas Never to Capture a Championship
On October - 15 - 2011
Trish Stratus. Lita. Victoria. Mickie James. Sable. Michelle McCool.These women are among the most memorable and beloved women in the history of sports-entertainment. For Women's Champions, they dominated the Divas division in World Wrestling Entertainment during their time with the company. They are highly-decorated women, having held the championships of their division on multiple occasions.For every WWE Diva to capture gold, however, there are dozens of others who were never given the opportunity to wear a championship. Some of those women were Diva Search failures who stayed long enough to have their names spoken by a WWE announcer, then were ...
The Top 10 Greatest Tag Teams of the Modern Era of Wrestling
On October - 15 - 2011
Tag team wrestling has long been a staple of the wrestling industry. Many legendary tag teams have emerged throughout history, from teams like the Minnesota Wrecking Crew to the Bruiser and the Crusher, even to modern teams like Edge and Christian.This list is focusing on tag teams starting in the '80s and working through to the modern era. Many will likely disagree with this list, but that is the beauty of something like this. So sit back, enjoy and feel free to debate over who should/shouldn't be considered in the top 10.Begin Slideshow
TNA Wrestling: Big Moves Made by TNA and Spike TV the Week of Bound for Glory
On October - 15 - 2011
While TNA is gearing up for their biggest pay-per-view of the year this weekend—Bound for Glory—both the company and the network that airs their flagship television show made moves this week that could have an Impact (no pun intended) on the company down the line.On Tuesday, Spike announced that Jon Slusser has been named to the newly created position of senior vice president, sports and multi-platform programming for the network. The move resulted in the dismissal of Brian Diamond, Spike's former Senior VP of Sports and Special Programming.Diamond had been one of TNA's biggest supporters at the network.In a press release, ...
WWE Brock Lesnar/Steve Austin Controversy: Pre-Planned or Pointless?
On October - 15 - 2011
For the past week, Brock Lesnar and Steve Austin have been trading comments back and forth. It all started when Brock was giving an interview to help promote his appearance in the WWE '12 video game. The interviewer asked him who he would return to face if it could be anybody. Here is how Brock responded. There's a guy that's been on a winning streak for a long time that somebody needs to step up to the plate and finish the winning streak. But then there's another side of me that says if there was a chance for me to ...
WWE: Would Being Cast as Thor Have Made Triple H a Movie Star?
On October - 15 - 2011
Triple H has dabbled in acting, but he is no way a critical or box office success. In fact, his best role to date may still be his small part in Blade 3 as a vampire. Rumors were heavy during pre-production for Thor that Triple H was being considered to be the leader of Asgard. Chris Hemsworth was instead cast and the movie portrayed a young Thor finding his place in the kingdom. Triple H was said by the director to have been high on a very short list of those who could play the Mjolnir-wielding superhero. Thor is set ...
Hulk Hogan’s Antics Prove It’s Time for TNA Star to Get out of Public Eye
On October - 15 - 2011
With TNA's answer to WWE's WrestleMania set to go off on Sunday in the form of Bound for Glory, TNA star Hulk Hogan has been out in force this week. Hogan has made several public appearances on ESPN as well as on FOX News.Hogan is also promoting his new video game Hulk Hogan's Main Event for XBOX 360 Kinect as well as his new show Hulk Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling on truTV. Hogan is still a busy man at the age of 58, but it has become apparent that it is time for him to stay out of the public ...
WWE: Was the Sin Cara vs Sin Cara Feud Given Enough Background?
On October - 15 - 2011
Last night we saw yet another in a long line of Sin Cara attacking Sin Cara moments. At this point the two masked men have separated their identities by using color, but last night Sin Cara Negro took the mask from Sin Cara Azul. These two have been going back and forth, but very little has been said on screen about the feud. They will throw tidbits about the history between the two in Mexico, but with neither man getting much promo time this feud seems more confusing than entertaining. For weeks people were not sure which Sin Cara to ...