Sacred Grounds - Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens was initially designed and constructed to be the new home arena of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, but it quickly emerged as one of the most important venues for professional wrestling in Canada. We relive the history of these sacred grounds.
Fully Loaded 1999
Billed as the End of an Era, Fully Loaded 1999 was built around the McMahon-Austin feud that started a year and a half previous, coming to a head. We relive this entire event.
WCW's Hardcore Division
While WCW had no definitive start date for their ‘Hardcore’ division, an influx of former ECW talent certainly played a part in early 1999. Today, we cover when hardcore wrestling became the flavour du jour of WCW at the end of the millennium.
The Strange Feud Between Sting And Vampiro
From the moment that World Championship Wrestling signed and debuted Vampiro, it was inevitable that he would come toe-to-toe with the icon Sting. From their partnership to a betrayal, a blood bath and even a Human Torch match, we cover every detail of this strange feud.
Dark Side Of The Ring - The Steroid Trials FULL RECAP
In the '90s, the US government attempted to take down Vince McMahon and the WWF amid a series of steroid scandals.
Ken Shamrock's Run with WWE
In 1988, a young Ken Shamrock was trained to be a wrestler by Buzz Sawyer and eventually at a school run by Nelson Royal and Gene Anderson. After a short wrestling career, he opted to transition into the world of mixed martial arts where he became the UFC’s biggest star. By 1997, Shamrock decided to venture back into wrestling with WWE where today, we highlight his run with the company.
Reimagined: The Supermodels
In 1996, Don Callis was brought into WWF for a tryout as a wrestler, which led to him being signed one year later. The original plans were for Don to be teamed with Rick Martel to form a tag-team called, The Supermodels. The plans fell through with Rick leaving for WCW, but we reimagined what their run together could have been.
Dark Side Of The Ring - Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black's XPW FULL RECAP
XPW merged promoter Rob Black’s passions for hardcore pornography and deathmatch wrestling, but after he waged a war with federal authorities, his empire imploded
Dark Side Of The Ring - The Many Faces of Luna Vachon FULL RECAP
Luna Vachon was one of wrestling’s most radical performers who battled addiction and mental illness while seeking to redefine women’s wrestling.
Deadly Game: Survivor Series 1998 Recap
Survivor Series 1998 featured a one-night WWF World Championship tournament after the title was vacated. Vince McMahon spent the entire evening ensuring that Steve Austin would get eliminated. At the same time, his hand-picked choice of Mankind emerged as the winner, but an unexpected twist crowed a new Corporate Champion.