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.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Sunday, September 24, 2017
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.
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.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
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.
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