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After the great success the first time around, I decided to methodically plot out a second and concluding chapter to the untold WrestleMania stories book. All of the urban legends, myths, tales, and mayhem of WrestleMania has been compiled throughout this document in the most in-depth way possible.If you missed out on the first installment, you can find it here.Part One of this series chronicled 27 Tall Tales from the first 13 events. So with 13 more to go over before the big one this year on April 3, it seemed only appropriate that we continue our quest with the ...

WrestleMania. The title alone is a household name, yet the "Showcase of the Immortals" hasn't always been the focal point of the wrestling industry.Over the past 27 years, the Vince McMahon-led WWF/WWE has gone from being a major property to a global phenomenon, and no event personifies the lineage and love of the business quite the way WrestleMania does.As we enter our 27th installment of the Super Bowl of Wrestling, so many vivid matches and memories come to mind. Each and every year, fans are treated to some of the biggest and best moments in sports entertainment.But every dark cloud ...

As we cross the frontier into the 24th annual Royal Rumble match, many of us have stopped to ponder whether or not this first-time 40-man battle royal can live up to any of the 23 previous matches before it.Truth be told, the Rumble has consistently been one of the best matches to watch every year.This is not to say that there haven't been a few duds in the system as well. If anything, ranking the Rumbles is an arduous task that I feel needs to be taken on with particular tact and grace.Since I have both (and sometimes neither), I ...

"Red Herring (noun): Something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand; a misleading clue." —Dictionary.com   "Winning the Royal Rumble is my destiny." —Alberto Del Rio With the 2011 Royal Rumble firmly on the horizon and a much-anticipated 40-man battle royal afoot, fans and reporters alike continue to speculate on just who will win the match and earn themselves an automatic bid to the main event of WrestleMania XVII. Likewise, fans are just as pensive and quick to lambaste WWE Creative for their unimaginative and plodding booking of one of the biggest matches of the year. Amidst the chaos that is ...

Throughout the past 23 years of Royal Rumbles, more than 600 superstars have attempted to achieve greatness and become the next immortal to win the battle royal. Some men have stepped up to the plate with more courage and valor than anyone could have anticipated.But for others, the opportunity was a complete miss. No, I'm not talking about the superstars who entered the match only to be swiftly eliminated.I'm referring to those men who didn't even appear for their Rumble prom like they were supposed to. Whether it be a booked decision or something creative had up their sleeve, the ...

Allow me to preface the following article by saying that I am, without doubt, one of the biggest connoisseurs of the Royal Rumble you will ever meet. This is my event. Never in my life have I embraced a match concept quite as well as the battle royal, and when it comes to the Rumble, I won't hesitate to list off some of the most random and inane factoids one can produce. I know every number one. I know every number thirty. I even recognize eliminations and times the WWE simply does not. Truth be told, if there's one event I ...

Some of the greatest moments in wrestling history have come at the WWE's Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. At the conclusion of the Royal Rumble match, there is a feeling of celebration and realization that the competitor who won the contest is likely on to bigger and better things.But for the last remaining participant with that competitor, the odds are not always in their favor. Rather, coming so close to victory only to have it snatched away by another superstar has led to some pretty interesting outcomes over time.In this slideshow, we'll continue our Royal Rumble history lesson with a look ...

Greetings, Bleacher Report colleagues and friends. As you know, 2010 is nearing a close and we are rapidly approaching what is sure to be a fantastic 2011 in the world of professional wrestling. With that in mind, I've been preparing a massive slideshow for the Fifth Annual Golden Turnbuckle Awards, and I need your help! The Golden Turnbuckle Awards have been going on for years now through the website WrestlingEpicenter.com, as well as the radio station KASC 1260 AM out of Tempe, Arizona. While I have moved on to writing online from my radio professional career, I'd like to extend this ...

Let the Road to WrestleMania begin, right? As many of you know, the Royal Rumble is singularly my favorite event and match of all-time. While the Internet will be flooded with reports, rumors, and preposterous predictions over what will happen at the first pay-per-view of 2011, I'd like to humbly submit my own commentary with some historical perspective.After all, it was just under a year ago I started writing for Bleacher Report with, you guessed it, five Royal Rumble articles ranking the Top 50 moments in Rumble history. This article, however, brings in some statistical nightmares and tries to make ...

As we draw closer and closer to a promising 2011 in the professional wrestling business, we often forget about one of the greatest moneymakers for each and every franchise. I am, of course, speaking of officially licensed merchandise and memorabilia of your favorite wrestlers. Whether you’re celebrating a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Crazy Kwanza, tip-top Tet, or a solemn and dignified Ramadan, there’s always something to go around for the wrestling fans in the family. So with that in mind, we’re not going to look at any awesome ideas. No, that would be to easy. For this countdown, we’re going ...