If there was one word that could be used to describe 1996 in wrestling, it would be ‘workhorse’. This is because the best matches that took place in that year involved the best in-ring workers from ...

Previously on the Best and Worst of WCW Monday Nitro: Jerry Flynn debuted! Get hype! Also on the show, Masahiro Chono joined the nWo to form nWo Japan, Kevin Nash accused the Faces of Fear of giving ...

J. R. Plienis, McDonogh, Sr., Heavyweight (31-0): Plienis (235 pounds), a three-time All-Metro ranked No. 2 nationally, overcame career-threatening knee surgery to nail a school-record 25 first-period ...

The WrestleMania XII main event is canonised by WWE to this day as a classic, a true highlight reel moment in the career of Shawn Michaels. This promotion of the match has trickled down to the fandom.

When wrestling fans are asked to name the industry’s most influential year, a few come to mind. There’s the 1985 Rock ’N’ Wrestling Connection with WWF on MTV, the same year WrestleMania debuted.

So I have an idea: since I’m reviewing pay-per-views in chronological order, I might as well do a year-end recap at the end of every retro year. So far, we’ve covered the second half of 1996 where a ...

Central Connecticut State University wrestlers were excited about their fourth- place finish in the East Coast Wrestling Association championships over the weekend when they got the news: after 28 ...

In July 1996, wrestling fans witnessed a moment that felt like a punch to the gut. At Bash at the Beach, Hulk Hogan, yes, that Hogan, the red-and-yellow, say-your-prayers-and-eat-your-vitamins guy, ...

The Kliq had a chokehold over Vince McMahon, which they used - allegedly! - to throttle the life out of anything that did not involve them and that they could get away with. Watch the Razor Ramon & ...