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The "Macho Man" Randy Savage

R.I.P. Macho Man Randy Savage

By On May 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Professional Wrestling, Random Stuff

It’s with a heavy heart that I have to say goodbye today to one of my all time favorite wrestlers – The “Macho Man” Randy Savage.  Randy (real name Randall Poffo) passed away earlier today after a car accident.  Apparently he had a heart attack at the wheel while driving.  He was 58 years old.

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WrestleMania IV – Tournament To Crown A Champion

By On November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania IV
Date: March 27, 1988
Venue: Trump Plaza (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Attendance: 18,165

This is the first of the WrestleMania DVDs that are broken into 2 parts.  In my version it’s a double sided DVD with only a couple of matches on the flip side.  There are 16 matches [...]

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WrestleMania III – Front Page Action

By On November 5, 2009 · 2 Comments · In The WrestleMania Project

Event: WrestleMania III
Date: March 29, 1987
Venue: Pontiac Silverdome (Pontiac, Michigan)
Attendance: 93,173

This is the first WrestleMania that I remember a hype for outside of the wrestling world.  In addition to the pre-event hype, I remember vividly seeing on front page of the Cleveland Plain Dealer sports page [...]

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WrestleMania 2 – Let’s Try That Again

By On October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

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 [...]

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WrestleMania – The Original Grandaddy

By On October 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In The WrestleMania Project

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, [...]

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Top 10 WrestleMania Matches

By On April 13, 2009 · 2 Comments · In The Tops

WrestleMania 25 is just recently in the books.  It wasn’t great but there were a couple of REALLY good matches.  WrestleMania weekend for me always means going back and reliving some of those great matches from past events.  It’s rare that this list is modified, but thanks to the Dead Man and Mr. [...]

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WrestleMania 25 Recap – Lackluster Show With A Couple Of Standouts

By On April 7, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Commentary, Random Stuff, Rants

Pip, my brother and I got together and carried on our tradition of watching WrestleMania together.  This was the 25th anniversary of the show so were expecting big things and a great show.  What we got (with a couple of exceptions) was neither.  Overall I’d have to say it was a pretty bad show [...]

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