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It all seemed to unravel at once. Men dressed in black coming in and out of frame as Kane and Daniel Bryan battled the Prime Time Players for No. 1 contendership to the WWE Tag Team Titles. Fans in the front row directing their attention off camera towards the announce table. A sudden chant of "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" when it seemed it didn't belong. A noticeable silence from the commentators.And then came Michael Cole's dead serious "this is not a part of the entertainment" statement. Jerry Lawler had suffered a heart attack......Montreal already carried the ominous and notorious distinction of ...

1981. Mid-South Coliseum. Memphis, Tenn.Lance Russell stands with a microphone in an empty arena talking to the cameraman as the footage rolls.He's openly doubting that either Terry Funk or Jerry Lawler is going to show for the supposed challenge that Funk had set up the week before for an unsanctioned match. He treats the set-up like he does all of the matches he commentates: cool, calm and collected with his usual heavy drawl and reluctance to seem outrageous and overbearing."We'll see what happens," he tells the cameraman, and then casually lights up a cigarette when the same cameraman cues him ...

CM Punk has never strayed from being a wrestling historian during his many promos on Monday Night Raw. From the WWE ice cream bars to King Kong Bundy, Punk has made many references to wrestling past that are fantastic nods to the older fans and seeds of knowledge for the younger ones.This past Monday while in the midst of giving Jerry "The King" Lawler a verbal dressing down, Punk referenced Lawler's past exploits in the Memphis territory of wrestling, where Lawler's career blossomed and exploded.Well, to be fair, he referred to Lawler's opponents as "nobodies" and went as far as ...

When one refers to a wrestler as "the world's strongest man," it is generally a moniker associated with Mark Henry. However, to an older generation of wrestling fans, someone else comes to mind who, like Henry, was an Olympic powerlifter as well. And yet, Ken Patera only refers to himself now as just an "old man with a nice dog" (source WWE.com).As the global sports stage goes, the Munich Olympics of 1972 holds incredible distinction in the lexicon of great 20th century cultural events. After all, it holds the two contrasting images of triumph and tragedy; Mark Spitz winning seven ...

As far as Olympic medalists go in professional wrestling, Kurt Angle is the clear standout that wrestling fans point to when the topic comes up. How could you not? It was an integral part of Angle's character in the ring.But he wasn't the only WWE superstar to be an Olympic medalist. That honor also belongs to Allen Coage, better known in the WWE Universe as Bad News Brown.The first thing that comes to mind with Brown is his victory in the battle royal at WrestleMania IV, when Brown famously double-crossed fellow heel Bret Hart to win the coveted trophy that ...

Well, at least I marked out for Sean Mooney's return, I should say...I kept wondering how many of the young Cena fans had to ask their dads who that was interviewing Daniel Bryan. Probably the same scene when Slick came out to preside over the wedding of Bryan and AJ. (Many props to Slick for adjusting to the "What?" pauses as if he had been around for years.)Even the guy I was watching the show with had trouble placing who exactly Sean Mooney was. But what a nice touch it was to see Mooney back in the suit with a ...

When Stone Cold Steve Austin shook Vince McMahon's hand at WrestleMania XVII, there was a weird feeling to it. It just didn't seem right. The ultimate face of the Attitude Era joining the ultimate villain. Effectively, Austin had turned heel, and yet it was a run through 2001 that was completely ineffective and felt like an awkward fit.CM Punk's attack on The Rock and hesitance to stop Big Show's assault on John Cena seemed to be the beginning of his own heel turn after about a year as one of the top faces of the WWE.And yet, unlike Austin's turn, ...

Between the Brock Lesnar and Triple H confrontation, AJ and Daniel Bryan's aborted wedding, and an apparent CM Punk heel turn in his title match with John Cena, what seemed to get lost in the shuffle was The Miz capturing the Intercontinental Title from Christian during the 1000th episode of Raw....and effectively put himself back into relevancy in the WWE Universe.It wasn't too long ago that The Miz appeared to be in the doghouse of WWE after being fingered as the reason behind the low buy-rates of last year's Survivor Series as well as an ...

The suspension that took Chris Jericho off of WWE airwaves for 30 days this summer might have been the best thing for 22-year veteran.Going back in time to the May 24th incident in Brazil that involved him crumpling and kicking the country's flag, Jericho was about to enter into what seemed like a new feud with Randy Orton following the events of the Over The Limit pay-per-view.This had all been a part of the serious Jericho turn that first emerged during his last run with the company from 2007-2010, and after the wordless promos that accompanied his return in 2012. ...

Last night's episode of Raw once again plugged the many appearances scheduled for next week's 1,000th episode, from a DX reunion to the return of The Rock and Bret Hart, even a wedding with Daniel Bryan and A.J.One topic of discussion that hasn't been talked about in the weeks leading up to the historic show in St. Louis is who will be commentating the show in some kind of guest capacity other than regulars Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler. (Maybe because they don't have anyone, but where's the fun in that?)With that in mind, ...