|Date: 29 February 1992|Venue: Milwaukee Auditorium |City: Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Attendance: 5,000 |Buys: 160,000 There’s a rundown of the title matches to kick us off before Tony Schiavone and Eric Bischoff welcome us to the show. They then throw to Missy Hyatt who is backstage and looking to interview tonight. Jim Ross is in the ring and introduces his co-commentator for the night, Jesse Ventura. Jushin “Thunder” … Continue reading SuperBrawl II
|Date: July 14, 1991|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 9,320 |Buys: 145,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show opens up with a PPV shot of a fan entering the show. Jim Ross then welcomes us to The Great American Bash 1991. P. N. News & Beautiful Bobby vs. Stunning Steve Austin & Terrence Taylor – Scaffold Match Previous PPV matches: This is a first time PPV … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1991
|Date: February 24, 1991|Venue: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum |City: Phoenix, Arizona|Attendance: 6,800 |Buys: 160,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tony Schiavone voices a very basic and quick opening package. Tony then welcomes us to Wrestlewar before running down the card and throwing to the commentary team of Jim Ross and Dusty Rhodes. Ricky Morton, Tommy Rich & The Junkyard Dog (c) vs. State Patrol (Sgt Buddy Lee … Continue reading Wrestlewar 91
|Date: July 7, 1990|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,000 |Buys: 200,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a video package depicting some of WCW’s stars as old paintings of presidents. Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome us to the show. Brian Pillman vs. Buddy Landell Previous PPV matches: This is a first PPV match between these two men. Great American Bash PPV … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1990
|Date: May 19, 1990|Venue: D.C. Armory |City: Washington D.C.|Attendance: 7,500 |Buys: 160,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger After a short video it’s Tony Schiavone that welcomes us to the show. He’s the host and he runs down the title matches before introducing a marching band. Tony then throws to commentators Jim Ross and Bob Caudle. The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) & Norman vs. Kevin Sullivan, Cactus … Continue reading Capital Combat 1990
Welcome everybody to the fourth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rebooking Wrestlemania 4. This show is different to any Wrestlemania in history in that it is headlined by a 14 man tournament to crown a new WWF Champion. I’m going to dig deep into this one as I feel there were some dream matches that we didn’t get to see. Let’s see how … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 4
Welcome everybody to the third of my re-booking series, this time I’m re-booking Wrestlemania 3. This card had some really good matches and feuds and the card is a lot stronger than the previous 2 Wrestlemania’s. But I’ll get into the heart of the card and re-book the matches that I think could have been improved. It’s easy to do in hindsight. First let’s have … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 3
This is my second blog in this series of re-booking Wrestlemania. This second Wrestlemania had 12 matches over 3 cities and I had a lot of fun re-booking this one. I honestly believe my card would have been better but who am I to argue with Vince McMahon? So first off, here is the card that aired: Nassau ColiseumPaul Orndorff vs. The Magnificent MuracoRandy Savage … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 2
For this post I am going back in time to pick apart the 1980’s PPV scene in WWE. I have extracted loads of statistics from the first real decade for WWE PPV and broken it all down here for you. I hope it makes for an interesting read and maybe you’ll learn a thing or two! 1980’s PPV Ranking 1. Survivor Series 89 (61/100)2. Survivor … Continue reading WWE 80’s Stat Pack
Welcome everybody to my 71st WWE Stat Pack! I have been watching every WWF/WWE PPV from the very beginning, back from Wrestlemania 1 and reviewing each and every show. Every 5 or 10 PPVs I have put together and updated a stat pack which records all the major stats, facts and figures from the big shows. This stat pack covers everything from the first Wrestlemania … Continue reading Stat Pack Vol 71
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