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WrestleMania X – Ten Years In The Making

Published July 16, 2010 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania X Date: March 20, 1994 Venue: Madison Square Garden (New York, New York) Attendance: 18,065

We kick off the show with images from the original WrestleMania. Little Richard sings America The Beautiful poorly. Pretty sure he was lip syncing and he looks like a damn wax statue. Scary dude. We get Jerry “The King” Lawler and Vince McMahon on the mic.

Owen Hart defeated Bret Hart We get a great recap here pre-match. Probably the best of the series so far. We’re then treated to a weak ass fireworks display and then FINALLY nearly 15 minutes after the… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania 2 – Let’s Try That Again

Published October 22, 2009 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania 2 Date: April 7, 1986 Venue: The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, The Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, and The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California Attendance: 40,085 (combined)

As you can see above, this is the first (and I believe only) WrestleMania event to come to us from different locations. Essentially we get 3 “main events” – one from each of the locations. On the mic we get Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James (really WWF – this is the best “celebrity” you could come up with?) from New York. In Chicago… Continue reading →

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WrestleMania – The Original Grandaddy

Published October 6, 2009 | By Chewie

Event: WrestleMania Date: March 31, 1985 Venue: Madison Square Garden (New York, New York) Attendance: 19,121

If you’ve never seen this show before and you’re a fan of modern day WWE stuff the first thing you’ll notice is the production value here absolutely blows. But don’t judge them too harshly. First off, this show was 25 years ago and it was the first time something like this had ever been done.

The first voice we hear is Gorilla Monsoon and he’s sitting next to Jesse “The Body” Ventura. As an old school wrestling fan this is definitely my favorite combination… Continue reading →

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Never Forget… Let’s Roll

Published September 11, 2009 | By Chewie

I feel compelled to write something today – the 8th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and the fourth plane in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 2,993 people died that day and millions more were affected.

Amanda and I were living in Washington, D.C. and I remember it like it was yesterday. The Internet came to a crawl because everyone was trying to figure out what was going on. Phone lines were jammed and cell phones were unusable. A co-worker’s father was in the Pentagon that morning. He was… Continue reading →

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