MMA Fights To Look Forward To In October 2017

MMA Fights To Look Forward To In October 2017
September 30, 2017
By Ryan Porzl

Note that at the time I release these, the full card of certain events have not been released so there may be other fights I would recommend but aren't announced until after I complete this. Also, card subject to change.

Alice Cooper - Freedom

Happy 30th Anniversary to the Alice Cooper album: Raise Your Fist And Yell. An underrated and bad ass late 80s album from Alice which again saw Kane Roberts and Kip Winger appear after having appeared on the previous years Constrictor.

Knight Rider - Original Show Intro | NBC Classics

Happy 35th Anniversary to Knight Rider.

Debunking the Myth of WCW holding down their Younger Wrestlers

Debunking the Myth of WCW holding down their Younger Wrestlers
September 24, 2017
By Ryan Porzl

WCW was known for many things both good and bad from great wrestling, the cruiserweights, and the nWo to laughable gaffes and occasional incompetence. One of the things that the company was supposed to be known for was the fact they supposedly held down their younger wrestlers in favor of older wrestlers. However, this wasn't the case as younger wrestlers were given opportunities and there are reasons as to why they may not have gotten farther that was not the fault of the company. Having heard this myth for nearly 20 years, I decided that it should be debunked because while WCW wasn't perfect, neither were their wrestlers.

Kiss - Reason To Live

An underrated ballad from KISS.

Kiss - Turn On The Night

Kiss-Crazy Crazy Nights

Happy 30th anniversary to the KISS album Crazy Nights. Many KISS fans don't care for it as it has a rock/pop style to it but I love it. A great album.

Very sad to hear about the passing of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, arguably wrestling's greatest manager and one of the best color commentators. I can't say I was surprised as he wasn't in good health and had battled health problems including throat cancer since 2002. As a manager, few, if any, were as good as Heenan could cut a great promo, seemed to have great chemistry with almost everybody he represented, he really made you believe he was actually offering advice to his wrestlers, and he never took away from the match or chewed the scenery to the point where people forgot about the match which is important for any manager.

As a commentator, his pairing with Gorilla Monsoon is arguably the greatest and it along with Monsoon's pairing with Jesse "The Body" Ventura set the template of wrestling commentary over the last 30 years that every company big or small has tried to emulate. He also had a great wit and the best with one liners. As a wrestler, he could bump with the best of them and knew how to get the fans to love every minute a fan favorite whipped his ass.

Pro Wrestling Legend and former Heenan Family member Nick Bockwinkel said it best about him "Bobby could replace me in any match and the building would just as wild. Bobby could replace Ray Stevens in any match and the building would just as wild but I couldn't do what Bobby did and Ray couldn't do what Bobby did". To be fair to Bockwinkel, not many could do what Heenan did.

73 is a great age and he lived a long life but like with other legends, it's hard to imagine we now live in a world with no Bobby Heenan. His influence will be felt in wrestling for decades to come and many will continue to be inspired by him that enter wrestling.