A match made in heaven, a match made in hell. These lines refer to the Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth wedding and the Hogan/Warrior vs. Triangle of Terror match. This is the fourth annual Summerslam pay per view and the card is stacked full of grueling rivalries. Tonight both the tag team titles and Intercontinental titles will be on the line as well as, for … Continue reading Summerslam 91
Superstars and Stripes forever was the tagline for this PPV and it was fitting in the battle between American and Iraq represented by Hulk Hogan and Sgt Slaughter. This is the seventh Wrestlemania event and features a lot of the biggest stars to ever step foot in a WWE ring. The main event features Sgt Slaughter defending his World Heavyweight title against Jack Tunneys hand … Continue reading Wrestlemania 7
Welcome to my second stat pack. A stat pack is a blog full of statistics based on the pay per views reviewed so far. The last pack was posted after the fifth PPV review and this one is posted after the tenth. So what’s gone down since the last stat pack? Well we’ve had two Survivor Series’, Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania IV and a Summerslam. 1988 … Continue reading Stat Pack Vol 2
We’re back for the final PPV of 1988 and it’s a Survivor Series 1988 review. Now I love a Survivor Series as seen last year when it was ranked as WWE’s #1 PPV up to that point in my eyes. This year is much the same with four Survivor Series matches including one big twenty man tag team match. So fifty of WWE’s top superstars … Continue reading Survivor Series 88
Hello and welcome to this Summerslam 88 review. This is the first ever Summerslam and I have high hopes for it. Coming off the back of Wrestlemania IV we’re starting to see higher production values, more captivating storylines and a higher tempo of action. Randy Savage is the reigning World Heavyweight champion and the biggest storyline heading into this pay per view is his … Continue reading Summerslam 88
The fourth installment of Wrestlemania is very different to any of the previous events. This show is based around a 14 man tournament for the vacant World Heavyweight title. But why is it vacant? Well, Andre the Giant beat Hulk Hogan in their match for the title at The Big Event but only because “The Million Dollar Man”Ted Dibiase paid the referee a lot … Continue reading Wrestlemania 4
Well after a week off from reviewing I’m back with the next stop on our journey and this time it’s the first ever Survivor Series from Thanksgiving 1987. The theme for this PPV is two teams looking to eliminate the other team one by one in four matches. The first match has an Intercontinental flavour to it, the second a womens title flavour, the third … Continue reading Survivor Series 87
Hello and welcome to my sixth blog and first ever Stat Pack. I’ve decided to have a week off from Pay Per View reviewing and instead this week I’ll give you some stats, facts and figures based on my reviews of the first five WWE PPVs. So everything you read in this blog will be referring to Wrestlemania, Wrestling Classic, Wrestlemania II, The Big … Continue reading Stat Pack Vol 1
Hello folks, I’m back with the next step of our journey through WWE pay per view history and the next stop is one of the most pivotal events of all time. Wrestlemania 3. This show in my eyes was the peak of the Rock N Wrestling era featuring the culmination of some of the biggest rivalries in WWE history. It had the largest indoor attendance … Continue reading Wrestlemania 3
Hey folks I’m back and this time I’m reviewing WWE’s second PPV (or first depending on how you look at it). 8 months after the original installment of Wrestlemania, we have Wrestling Classic. So what do we know about Wrestling Classic heading into the PPV? Well, we know that there is a 16 man tournament. There is no prize as such but it would … Continue reading Wrestling Classic
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