Category Archives: professional wrestling

Yes, It Really Happened: Steve Strong Vs. The Devil & Mel Sharples

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Mike

Originally written in 2015  for another website. Go ahead and file it in the “so bad, it’s good” category. After all, “Basher Malone,” a 1988 episode of the cult classic horror series Tales from the Darkside isn’t exactly without its … Continue reading →

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Yes, It Really Happened: When Santino Marella Covered Amy Winehouse

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Mike

Written in July 2015 for the site Suicide Dive, this piece was originally entitled, “Yes, It Really Happened: Santino Marella Covers Amy Winehouse On Monday Night Raw.” Ask a philosophy major to draw a Venn diagram depicting the relationship between … Continue reading →

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Wally George vs. professional wrestling

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Mike

Written in July 2015 for the site “Suicide Dive,” this piece was originally entitled, “Yes, It Really Happened: When Politics Met Wrestling” and it included this preface: “Yes, It Really Happened” is Suicide Dive’s weekly throwback to weird, lesser-known angles and … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Old School: A Look Back with “Leaping” Lanny Poffo

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Mike

Foreword (February 2015) My first-ever “serious” article about pro wrestling was written on a dare by someone who was, at that time, the top-ranked wrestling writer on a sports website that specialized in publishing user-generated content. I took that particular … Continue reading →

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