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In 1901 in San Francisco, California, tag team wrestling was introduced for the first time. The hope was that this new concept would improve the quality of sports entertainment, and that it did. Since that time, it has become one of the primary staples of the business. There’s no telling where professional wrestling would be today without tag team wrestling.  However, at some point, almost all tag teams break up in order for the two wrestlers to branch off into singles competition. Often times, one of the members will go onto have a successful singles career, while the other fades away into obscurity; ...

They say the greatest stories cannot be written, they must be lived.In the beginning, it was a dream that inspired two boys to dedicate themselves to becoming professional wrestlers. Then, as they grew into young men, they realized they were fully capable of achieving this dream through hours of training and hard work.Finally, they achieved that dream. They achieved greatness and changed what a WWE Superstar was supposed to be in the process. Their paths would cross each step of the way up the ladder, until finally, a once friendly rivalry became one of bitter hatred both on and off television.Welcome to Wrestling’s Greatest Rivalries. This ...

Today begins part one of a two part article covering the rivalry of "The Animal" Dave Batista and "The Phenom" The Undertaker that was originally sparked in 2007. These two men needed very few words to embark on one of the most memorable series of a matches in the history of professional wrestling. This is a part of a series called Wrestling's Greatest Rivalries, that can be found over at WrestleEnigma.com. WrestleMania BuildupOn January 27, 2007, The Undertaker won the Royal Rumble by lastly eliminating “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels. This was the first time The Undertaker had won this match, which some ...

The word "legend" is often thrown around lightly. Many who aren’t deserving of such a connotation will have this word steeped upon them to stroke their ego. However, Bruno Sammartino is not one of those people.Sammartino defines the word. He’s "the living legend."Born in Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy, Sammartino was the youngest of seven siblings, four of whom died during his youth.His town of Pizzoferrato, was seized by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi soldiers, forcing him and his family to hide in a mountain called Valla Rocca during the latter portion of World War II. His mother would sneak into town, risking her freedom and ...

In June of 1983, a young college student with a passion, hitchhiked his way to Madison Square Garden so he could attend his first wrestling show. Main eventing that evening was Jimmy “The Superfly” Snuka and Don Morocco inside a steel cage.To conclude the match, Snuka climbed up the cage, posed atop and then jumped off for his legendary Superfly Splash onto Morocco for the win. Seeing this live, the spectacle, the pageantry, the story it molded, solidified this kid’s dream of becoming a professional wrestler one day. This is when he realized with the amateur wrestling experience he had ...

WrestleMania; a Showcase of the Immortals; The Grandest Stage of Them All. It is truly the biggest stage in not only World Wrestling Entertainment, but sports entertainment as a whole.The lights are brighter. The audience is larger. The stage is more expensive. All the wrestlers in the locker room are sure to give it their all, as this is the moment they’ve been waiting for their entire lives. The moment they craved when they first decided to lace up a pair of wrestling boots and step into the squared ring for the very first time.Today, I present to you a ...

Hello and welcome to the ninth installment of WWE Flashbacks. In my last volume, I went back in time to remind you of the Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin feud that catapulted both Austin’s career and the beginning of the beloved Attitude Era.Today, Flashbacks returns as Part 4 of a four-part series reviewing the epic rivalry that CM Punk and John Cena have had, and to foreshadow what is to come when they inevitably step inside the ring once again.If you missed Part 3, click the link to read how CM Punk targeted The Rock to begin his crusade ...

Storytelling;  the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and to instill moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters and narrative point of view.Without a story, professional wrestling is two oiled-up men rolling around in a ring. With a story, professional wrestling is nothing short of an art. It is poetry in motion. It is yet another medium, similar to music, movies and forms of entertainment that has been used to paint a beautiful picture for us—the ...

Alberto Del Rio's meteoric rise through the WWE looked to finish it's historic destiny at WrestleMania XXVII. After Del Rio had won the Royal Rumble, he challenged the World Heavyweight Champion at the time, Edge, to a match at the previously mentioned WrestleMania.Edge retained his world title, in what ultimately was his last match in the WWE.After another failed attempt to his achieve his goal, the Mexican Aristocrat was sent packing in the WWE's A-Show, Monday Night Raw.Rumors began swirling that Del Rio was going to face John Cena for the WWE Championship. However, that has yet to happen.Instead, Del Rio attempted to revive a ...

Thursday night, I posted my ideal Raw roster after the WWE Draft. So now, I am back to switch things around and do the exact same thing for the WWE's B-Show; Friday Night SmackDown. SmackDown is the main reason the WWE moved the draft from July to this coming Monday Night. After losing Edge, SmackDown lacked a top face or really a fully established main event name period.Without further delay, Lights. Camera. Action!Begin Slideshow