Wrestling Links (9-3-11)
WWE and CM Punk: Why History Has a Way of Repeating Itself Bleacher Report In 1997, Shawn Michaels and Paul Levesque met with Vince McMahon and discussed the need for the World Wrestling Federation (so called at that time) to move in a new direction. Gone were the days of highly-gimmicked characters, including plumbers and… See all […]
Wrestling Links (8-28-11)
// The 411 Wrestling Hot or Not: Hardy, Flair, Smackdown and Samoa Joe 411mania.com From Matt Hardy and Ric Flair getting into trouble to Smackdown and Samoa Joe getting closer and closer to their glory days it’s the 411 Wrestling Hot or Not! Hello and welcome to the 411 WrestlingHot or Not! My name is Seán Reid, and at times […]
Wrestling Links (8-4-11)
CM Punk and the Top 10 Guys Who Can Make Wrestling Cool Again Bleacher Report Punk also said that he wants to make wrestling cool again. That statement is a bit sad (even though it’s true), considering in order to make it cool again you have to admit that it was bad in the first place. Regardless, CM Punk’s […]
Wrestling Links (8-1-11)
WWE:Vince McMahon and the 25 Smartest Figures in Wrestling History Bleacher Report I first want to clarify that this is a list of pro wrestling smart figures in history. Which means people who had the right mind in how to run the business and people who came up with the right ideas. And there’s some who knew how long […]
Wrestling Links (7-9-11)
Impact Wrestling: Mr. Anderson becomes Immortal – finally Baltimore Sun (blog) It’s hard to believe that just a little over a month ago, I thought Mr. Anderson was one of the most compelling and entertaining characters in wrestling. Anderson was a legitimate tweener with no friends. An admitted “a**hole” who wasn’t above doing … See all stories on […]
Wrestling Links (4-20-11)
Ex-Olympic gold medalist-turned-pro wrestler Kurt Angle sentenced for reckless … Grand Forks Herald The pro wrestler found apparently intoxicated behind the wheel of his vehicle in the ditch south of Grand Forks last month has been sentenced for reckless driving Tuesday. Kurt Angle, shown in a law enforcement mug shot taken at Grand Forks County … See all stories […]
WWE TAKES CHEAP SHOT AT UFC PAY-PER-VIEW
— Yesterday, WWE.com put up a congratulatory note regarding Brock Lesnar’s UFC Heavyweight Championship win, along with the following cheap shot at UFC. They wrote: “Critics have noted that many of the fights on the UFC pay-per-view ended in the first round, leaving UFC producers scrambling to fill the three-hour event with content. The dearth […]
THE UFC RUMOR MILL KEEPS CHURNING: VINCE AND DANA POISED TO BUY THE UFC?
By: Rich Bergeron Leave it to a hard-nosed, hard-hitting, in-your-face sports news site like THE SPORTS MUFFIN to come out with the scoop of the year in MMA. Rumor now has it that Dana White and Vince McMahon are going to buy the Ultimate Fighting Championship and leave the Fertitta brothers to tend to their […]