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WWE Royal Rumble Mixtape: Picking The Best Matches in the History of the PPV
On January - 20 - 2011
Decided to start a new feature for all of the major pay per views. I wanted to try and piece together the ultimate card for a particular pay per view. Since the Royal Rumble is a lil under a fortnight away then I believe it is a perfect time.With a pay per view Mixtape I pick the best matches in the history of the event but with a few parameters:No wrestler can appear twice on the card. The full card has to be within the normal allotted time of the event. (In this case, under 3 hours.)Only one match per title. ...
WWE: Wrestler Tweets of the Week (Nov 29th- Dec 5th)
On December - 9 - 2010
Tweeter is a phenomenon for the online community. It has also been a great social tool for professional wrestlers to correspond with each other and their fans.
So if you don't have a twitter account or you don't follow wrestlers, here are some of the better postings of the week.
Biggest Misunderstanding
Colt Cabana
Username: twitter.com/DrColtCabanaThe wrong way to tell your friend Jordan, that you've arrived safely to the State of Florida... "I'm in Orlando Jordan"
Damage Control and Calming the Fire
MVP
Username: twitter.com/THE305MVPNo need for alarm. I did not get fired . I asked for & received my release. I felt it was time to ...
Wrestling With Chutzpah: The Top 8 Jews In Professional Wrestling
On December - 8 - 2010
It's Hanukkah, or so I'm told by my Jewish friends. I haven't seen anything on TV about it, until last week when CM Punk wore a Colt Cabana shirt, which was a helpful reminder.So I thought it would be fun to go through and showcase the prominent Jewish athletes and professionals in Sports Entertainment.Some are still working in the business, others have retired.Ranking them only by importance to the business and what they accomplished while working in the ring. It isn't a list of who was the most Jewish. That'd be an awkward list, I mean how would I be ...
WWE Near Fall: Debunking Stereotypes of The Wrestling Fan
On December - 2 - 2010
The loyal fans of WWE are the best there can be. The common perception of a professional wrestling fan is they are poor and uneducated, an unpopular medium, and a small fraction of the TV audience, yet these are all broad concepts that are misinformed.
Professional wrestling started as a circus act in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. At the time the bouts on the card would last from 45 minutes to over an hour. That was before wrestling matches were staged and had a fixed outcome.
The popularity steadily grew afterwards and had a boom in the 1960’s with the ...