Review: A Lion’s Tale worth pulling
On the back of Chris Jericho’s A Lion’s Tale: Around The World In Spandex, Mick Foley...
Read MorePosted by Jason Clevett | Oct 23, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
On the back of Chris Jericho’s A Lion’s Tale: Around The World In Spandex, Mick Foley...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Oct 13, 2007 | Interviews
Difficult choices come everyday, but none was more difficult for Krissy Vaine and Ryan...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Oct 12, 2007 | Interviews
“I just try and give 110% percent; I’m just happy to be a part of the team;...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 8, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Bret Hart’s long-awaited autobiography is indeed worth the wait. Confessional in tone and...
Read MorePosted by CHRIS SOKOL | Sep 17, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007
With the recent string of suspensions, WWE has been given no choice, but to rush talent back from...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 12, 2007 | Interviews
Rey Mysterio Jr.’s return to action in World Wrestling Entertainment has been most welcome:...
Read MorePosted by Hotshot Johnny Devine | Sep 7, 2007 | Johnny Devine
Wow, what a summer. So much has happened that I feel remiss about taking the summer off from...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Aug 27, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007, Summerslam PPVs
It’s time for the biggest party of the summer, according to the WWE, and what should be...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Aug 22, 2007 | Interviews
During the storyline to find his illegitimate son, Vincent K. McMahon took the time to help his...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Aug 16, 2007 | Other Reviews
When a wrestling historian hears about a new DVD from WWE that documents wrestling’s past, he or...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 13, 2007 | Canadian Hall of Fame
Mere weeks after Rene Dupre was released from WWE, his former tag team partner, Sylvain Grenier,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 30, 2007 | Interviews
WATERLOO, Iowa — It’s obvious once he started talking that Trevor Murdoch wanted to...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jul 23, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007
By NICK TYLWALK & DALE PLUMMER – SLAM! Wrestling The Great American Bash marks the...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Jul 5, 2007 | Not Another Collectible!
Those who are followers of my DVD reviews at SLAM! Wrestling know full well of the pitfalls of...
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | Jul 4, 2007 | Interviews
Rob Van Dam gave his first post-WWE interview Tuesday in Los Angeles and had lots to say regarding...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jun 25, 2007 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries
Chris Benoit, perhaps the greatest worker ever in the wrestling business, has died. Benoit, his...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jun 25, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007
If the WWE was looking to swipe back at critics with a “Vengeance,” they missed their...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 8, 2007 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
The irony is unavoidable. Dan Madigan, the man who wrote See No Evil, with WWE wrestler Kane as...
Read MorePosted by John M. Milner | May 31, 2007 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
“I love what I do from bell to bell,” Chris Benoit says. Although Benoit may admit to...
Read MorePosted by Andy McNamara | May 29, 2007 | Event Reports, House Show Reviews, WWE House Shows
TORONTO — Monday Night Raw is live in Toronto and a boisterous crowd could mean some strange...
Read MorePosted by Rod Desnomie | May 28, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
The world of sports entertainment (a.k.a. professional wrestling), like an onion, has many layers....
Read MorePosted by Brian Elliott | May 21, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007
Given that the Judgment Day pay-per-view was held in St. Louis, Missouri — at the Scottrade...
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | May 16, 2007 | Other Reviews
It’s been 20 years since the infamous (but not first) Hulk Hogan bodyslam of Andre the Giant...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | May 15, 2007 | Not Another Collectible!
In 2006, WWE and Topps made a big impact in the trading card market. That trend looks to continue...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | May 12, 2007 | Event Reports, House Show Reviews, WWE House Shows
HAMILTON, ON — It has been nearly ten years since the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton hosted a...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | May 11, 2007 | Interviews
Whether it’s landing in Toronto for an autograph session only to find out that his luggage...
Read MorePosted by Brian Elliott | Apr 30, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007
For many fans, the annual WWE Backlash event is one of the premiere pay-per-view events of the...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Apr 5, 2007 | Interviews, WrestleMania
DETROIT – Wrestlemania brings together a melting pot of fans from across the world. Although...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Apr 2, 2007 | Opinion, WrestleMania
DETROIT — When you watch an event on television, you see it. When you see an event live, you...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Apr 1, 2007 | WrestleMania
DETROIT – Rowdiness, cursing and blood are put aside for one night every year when the WWE...
Read MorePosted by CHRIS SOKOL | Mar 25, 2007 | Other Reviews
Rushed. That would be the one word used to describe WWE’s latest release, The New and...
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Mar 21, 2007 | Opinion
Fans and people inside the industry are usually pleased when the mainstream media gives pro...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 16, 2007 | Interviews
On the road to WrestleMania, Ken Kennedy (Mr. Kennedy to us average peons), stopped in at WWE...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 14, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
Arnie “The Golden Boy” Skaaland, who died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at the age of 82,...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Mar 13, 2007 | Interviews
Nick Bockwinkel will add one more accolade to his storied wrestling career on March 31st: WWE Hall...
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Mar 12, 2007 | Opinion
The WWE’s ads for WrestleMania once breathlessly touted the event as the birthplace of...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Mar 2, 2007 | Interviews
WINDSOR, ON. — Everyone remembers their first … WrestleMania that is. This year will...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Feb 15, 2007 | Interviews
WWE pulled a double whammy in early 2007 when they were awarded the Wrestling Observer’s...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | Feb 6, 2007 | Other Reviews
Before signing with the WWE in 2005, CM Punk was earning accolades on the indy wrestling circuit...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Feb 5, 2007 | Other Reviews
Amidst the understandable hype of a rash of new bio and documentary DVDs, WWE has released a...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 26, 2007 | Interviews
Armando Alejandro Estrada insists that John Cena’s pinfall victory over “Samoan...
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | Jan 22, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
Scott ‘Bam Bam’ Bigelow, known across wrestling circles for his time in the World...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Jan 16, 2007 | Other Reviews
Controversy. It’s a word that can certainly describe a lot of wrestlers or moments in...
Read MorePosted by CHRIS SOKOL | Dec 21, 2006 | Grappling with Gaming
The latest installment in the Raw vs. SmackDown! video game series, Raw vs. SmackDown! 2007, has...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Dec 19, 2006 | Other Reviews
I’m not sure if I was ever a Hulkamaniac. Sure, as a kid I enjoyed watching the Hulkster in...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Dec 3, 2006 | Documentary Reviews, Other Reviews
Reviewing one of the latest DVDs to come out of WWE headquarters, in a way, is an exercise in...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Nov 30, 2006 | Grappling with Gaming
We’ve all read about the legal troubles between THQ and World Wrestling Entertainment. With...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Nov 17, 2006 | Documentary Reviews, Other Reviews
Brian Pillman: Loose Cannon may be the best biography DVD that WWE has put out. Honestly, I...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Nov 14, 2006 | Not Another Collectible!
Over the last few Topps/WWE releases, you’ve probably become accustomed to seeing me give...
Read MorePosted by AMY LAWSON | Nov 8, 2006 | Interviews
Call her a Diva, call her the better half of C.M. Punk, but WWE’s Maria is out to prove that...
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