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WrestleMania is, in no uncertain terms, the night of the year for the professional wrestling world. Never failing to deliver an eye-catching array of mega-matches and superstar from the likes of Hulk Hogan, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, the WWE’s 'Mania has been the preeminent event in the sports entertainment calendar since Vince McMahon introduced his brainchild to the world on March 31, 1985. While the Showcase of the Immortals immerses itself in the limelight year after year, there is another night, however, that consistently has as much impact as WrestleMania. It occurs a mere 24 hours later. Since its inaugural ...

With WrestleMania being the main pay-per-view for professional wrestling fans each and every year, other events in the calendar can be forgiven for getting lost in the shuffle. Happily, the Royal Rumble, WWE’s annual January offering, does not fall into this category and stands out in its own right as a supercard that often rivals “the Showcase of the Immortals” as the must-see event of the year. As 2014’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view comes into view, it is only right to mention the time, effort and forward-thinking that Vince McMahon’s company have traditionally put into the first event of the year. From a ...

“Life sucks… and then you die.” Vince McMahon’s most heelish of words on the May 11, 2000 broadcast of SmackDown were extraordinary even by the boundary-demolishing standards of the World Wrestling Federation in that era. The chairman’s expert delivery, accentuated by the in-ring presence of his McMahon-Helmsley cronies, was one of those exemplary moments that characterised the acclaimed ‘Attitude’ period of early-2000s WWF programming, so much so that the company itself named this segment as one of the top-100 moments in SmackDown history in a 2009 retrospective. What is not remembered so vividly, however, are McMahon’s other words throughout this famous promo. Amongst ...

“The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be...” - Wilfred Peterson (Author), 1900-1995 “I stand here on my own two feet, and I stand here defiant. I stand here confident. This is my house, and I run from nobody.” - CM Punk, WWE Night of Champions 2010  In his cornerstone summer of 2011, Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks awarded himself the moniker of “the Voice of the Voiceless”. Ironic, then, that a viable gauging of Punk’s impact upon WWE can be found in the media platform that ...

“In the real world of competition, the players want to compete and they want to compete at the very highest level. They don’t want to be a mid-card, much less in a preliminary match. They’re always fighting for the spotlight and that’s tough to reach…” - Vince McMahon, WWF RAW Magazine, March 2001 The current WWE lower-to-mid card is packed full of talent. Some are young professionals waiting for their breakout moment (Antonio Cesaro); some are former headliners that are winding down their careers (Christian). Most, however, are simply stuck there—irrespective of ability. Finding yourself in this group of WWE ...