WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XIV Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XIV Review
January 29, 2014 (Edited May 27, 2025)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Saturday Night's Main Event XIV
Tagline: None
Date: January 2, 1988
Location: Landover, Maryland
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped December 7, 1987)
Arena: Capital Center
Attendance: 13,000
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Other: None
Broadcast: NBC

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XIII Review

WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XIII Review

December 16, 2013 (edited May 7, 2025)
By Ryan Porzl

Event: Saturday Night's Main Event XIII
Tagline: None
Date: November 28, 1987
Location: Seattle, Washington
Live or Tape: Tape (Taped November 11, 1987)
Arena: Seattle Center Coliseum
Attendance: 16,000
Announcers: Vince McMahon & Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Interviewers: “Mean” Gene Okerlund
Other: None
Broadcast: NBC

Paul Heyman's Biggest ECW Fumbles

Paul Heyman's Biggest ECW Fumbles

April 30, 2025

By Ryan Porzl

For over 40 years, one of wrestling's more colorful and famous individuals is Paul Heyman. Heyman has done a bit of everything in wrestling from managing to commentating to promoting to booking. He spent the last 40 year on and off as a manager under his own name and as Paul E. Dangerously where he managed some of the biggest names in the business. Modern day fans mostly know Heyman for his associations with acts like Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, and Roman Reigns. However, Heyman will likely be remembered by many for his time in ECW. Originally coming in as a manager, Heyman eventually became the promotion's booker and eventual owner. Heyman's time running ECW was largely praised making his share of stars and legends to his ability to come up with great storylines to his ability to get the best out of his talents. However, while Heyman had his successes with ECW, he was far from perfect. Even someone as praised as Heyman has made his share of bad mistakes from lackluster decisions to flat out bone headed and stupid ones. Here now, we'll look at the biggest fumbles Heyman made in ECW.

Note: I don't own any pictures. Credit to WWE or whomever owns them.

A Look At All Japan Pro Wrestling's 1999

A Look At All Japan Pro Wrestling's 1999

April 11, 2025

By Ryan Porzl

Anyone who is an expert on wrestling history knows All Japan Pro Wrestling and that it's one of wrestling's greatest promotions. Having it's first show on October 21, 1972, the promotion was founded by one of Japan's greatest legends in Shohei "Giant" Baba and as of writing, has lasted over 52 years making it one of wrestling's long running promotions. In fact, with the exception of promotions such as the WWE, the Mexican based CMLL, and fellow Japanese promotion New Japan, almost no promotion has lasted as long as the house that Baba built. However, it hasn't always been smooth sailing to say the least. With a promotion that's been around for more than half a century, it has experienced many highs and triumphs to hosting legendary shows featuring many of the greatest wrestlers and greatest matches the sport as ever had. At the same time, the promotion has seen it's shares of setbacks and turmoil, specifically three exoduses which either damaged or damn near killed the promotion. Obviously, when it comes to the latter, people look at the year 2000 as that was the year everything hit the fan when top star Mitsuharu Misawa left All Japan and took almost everyone from talent to crew with him as well as their main Television time slot to start Pro Wrestling NOAH. However, as fascinating as 2000 is, we're going to take a look at the previous year. 1999 was almost as big and tumultuous as 2000. The year featured some changes with some young talent beginning to get opportunities while established names would sort of take a step back. Backstage, the promotion's founder and patriarch would pass away, one of the all time greats bid farewell to the ring as well as the promotion, and two important figures would start a power struggle that led to the eventual NOAH exodus.

Note: I don't own the picture. Credit to All Japan

Wrestling Legends Who Debuted in the WWE Before You Remember

Wrestling Legends Who Debuted in the WWE Before You Remember

March 22, 2025

By Ryan Porzl

The WWE obviously has had it's share of legends come through their doors over the last 70 years. Many of which became legends or saw their legendary careers enhanced by the WWE. However, what some may not know is many legends in the WWE actually would debut a lot earlier for the promotion before their legendary runs. In some cases, they first arrived when they were rookies paying their dues. In this article, we'll take a look at some WWE legends who debuted and worked for the promotion before you probably thought they did.

I don't own any photos, I found them on Google. Credit to WWE or whomever owns them.

Credit to Cagematch for dates.

WWF Survivor Series 1987 Review

WWF Survivor Series 1987 Review
September 21, 2013 (Edited March 8, 2025)
By Ryan Porzl

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Event: Survivor Series 1987
Tagline: The Biggest Event Since Wrestlemania III
Date: November 26, 1987
Location: Richfield, Ohio
Live or Tape: Live
Arena: Richfield Coliseum
Attendance: 21,300
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Body" Ventura
Interviewers: "Mean" Gene Okerlund & Craig DeGeorge
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View

The Best Thrown Together Tag Teams In Wrestling

The Greatest Thrown Together Tag Teams In Wrestling
February 12, 2025

By Ryan Porzl

Professional wrestling has been around for more than a century and one of the things it's known for is tag teams. Outside of a start up promotion, it's almost impossible to find a wrestling promotion without a tag team division or a tag team championship. Over the decades, wrestling has seen it's share of legendary teams. Many teams usually have the same origin as either siblings/family members or were trained by the same trainer or have the same background. Then there are legendary teams that had humble beginnings. These teams were basically consisted of two wrestlers who a promotion didn't have any plans for and decided to put them together and hope for the best. In this article, we'll look at the greatest tag teams in wrestling history that were thrown together..

Note: I don't own the pictures. Credit to the WWE, AEW/ROH, and TNA