A Look Back At The Universal Wrestling Federation 30 Years Later

A Look Back At The Universal Wrestling Federation 30 Years Later
November 1, 2016
By Ryan Porzl

In March 1986, Wrestling Legend and Promoter Bill Watts attempted to go national when he transformed his Mid South Wrestling promotion into the Universal Wrestling Federation. On paper, Watts seemed to have just about everything to make it work. He was a great promoter and booker who could book episodic TV, he had some of the best wrestlers in America, many great young prospects, and raided World Class Championship Wrestling of some of their best. Unfortunately, The UWF would last until April 1987 when Watts sold to Jim Crockett who eventually shut it down in December 1987. Many have blamed the oil recession that occurred in the fall of 1986 as being the big reason why as The UWF was headquartered in the Mid South which was hit the hardest by it. However, if you look at it, The UWF likely was doomed regardless and we'll take a look at what they had going for them as well as against them.

Super Castlevania IV OST: Ending

Bloody Tears: Super Castlevania 4 Music

Simon's Theme: Super Castlevania 4 Music

Happy 25th Anniversary to the classic Super Castlevania IV which came out on this day 25 years ago in Japan and December 4th in America. Though a remake of Castlevania, the game was actually different as the game was not identical or an updated version that you would expect from remakes. In a way, it's a remake only in story. I usually agree with The Angry Video Game Nerd in that it's the best Castlevania game with the graphics being rich for Super Nintendo and the music was some of the best in the series. However, as the video game box said "Just Be Sure To Tell Your Next Of Kin Before You Begin".

MMA Fights To Look Forward To In November 2016

MMA Fights To Look Forward To In November 2016
October 27, 2016
By Ryan Porzl

A few years ago, I wrote about looking at the MMA world every month and having wanted to do something like this for a while, I decided to try and showcase the fights that fans should look forward to during the month. For now, I'll look at most of the top MMA companies like UFC, Bellator, WSOF, ONE, and Rizin since I'm most familiar with them.

Oh yeah, going back to The Rock n' Roll Hall of Assholes (Credit goes to Eddie Trunk). I love how they are so picky with the musicians. For the most part, they usually want to just put the originals in as if the originals are the only ones who made any sort of contribution. There are few times when they pick one of two later members like Matt Sorum with Guns n' Roses but that's it. Nice to see that no matter how much you contribute to a band whether it be touring, songwriter, and playing on an album, you likely don't mean shit. My favorite example of this cherry picking bullshit is Black Sabbath as they only put the originals in. Really? No Ronnie James Dio, Vinnie Appice, Ian Gillian (who has since gone in as part of Deep Purple), Glenn Hughes, Bob Daisley, Eric Singer, Ray Gillian, Tony Martin, and Cozy Powell? Nice to see these legends get snubbed.

I fucking hate the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Just read the potential nominees. Tupac? He was a fucking rapper. Janet Jackson? Meanwhile, No Blue Oyster Cult, Ozzy Osbourne as a solo artist, Dokken, Slaughter, Winger, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Dio, Gary Moore, Motorhead (extra fuck you to the HOF for not inducting them when Lemmy was alive despite having plenty of chances), Thin Lizzy, Quiet Riot, Lita Ford, The Michael Schenker Group, Whitesnake, and Rainbow to name some. Also, bout time The Cars, Journey, and Yes became nominees. The Sex Pistols were right. It is a piss stain.