|Date: July 23, 1989|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,500 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show opens with a cheesy 80’s video package before Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome us to the show. Kevin Sullivan vs. Mike Rotunda vs. Bill Irwin vs. Ron Simmons vs. Brian Pillman vs. Scott Hall vs. Ranger Ross vs. Sid Vicious vs. Rick Steiner vs. Dr Death Steve Williams vs. … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1989
|Date: May 7, 1989|Venue: Nashville Municipal Stadium |City: Nashville, Tennessee|Attendance: 5,200 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with catchy titles, showing everyone expected to wrestle tonight. It’s cheesy as hell. Jim Ross welcomes us to Nashville, he’s joined on commentary by Bob Caudle. The Oakridge Boys since the national anthem. Doug Gilbert vs. The Great Muta Background: There’s no background to this match as … Continue reading Wrestlewar ’89
Welcome everybody to the eighth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rewriting Wrestlemania 8. This show had a smaller card then previous years with only nine matches. But there are a lot of ways this show can be improved and I’m going to go through how I would rebook this card. First let’s look at how the show was booked. Results Stipulations Shawn Michaels (with Sensational … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 8
|Date: February 20, 1989|Venue: UIC Pavilion |City: Chicago, Illinois|Attendance: 8,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Jim Ross and Magnum TA welcomes us to the event, they run through the card for tonight before linking to a montage of some of the wrestlers on the show tonight. Bob Caudle is backstage with Michael Hayes who is amped up. He also hypes the card. Michael Hayes vs. Russian Assassin … Continue reading Chi-Town Rumble 89
Welcome to the second ever UK PPV Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all 19 of previous PPV’s held in the UK. This stat pack covers all of the UK Rampage’s, Insurrextion’s, Rebellion’s and all of the one off shows like Mayhem In Manchester, One Night Only, Battle Royal at the Royal Albert Hall, Capital Carnage and of … Continue reading UK PPV Stat Pack
Welcome to my third ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card posts, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1987 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a six show year as there were three Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot … Continue reading 1987 Super Card
Welcome to my second ever Wrestlemania Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Wrestlemania PPV’s dating back to Wrestlemania 1 in 1985 through to Wrestlemania 39 in 2023. With Wrestlemania XL only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to learn a thing or two about a PPV … Continue reading Wrestlemania Stat Pack
|Date: December 26, 1988|Venue: Norfolk Scope |City: Norfolk, Virginia|Attendance: 10,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a video package hyping up the matches between Ric Flair & Lex Luger, Barry Windham & Bam Bam Bigelow and The Road Warriors vs. Dusty Rhodes & Sting. Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the showm he’s the host along with Magnum TA. They throw to Jim Ross … Continue reading Starrcade ’88
Welcome to my second ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card post, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1986 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a five show year as there were two Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot … Continue reading 1986 Super Card
Welcome to the second ever Royal Rumble Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Royal Rumble PPV’s prior to 2024. With Royal Rumble 2024 only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to learn a thing or two about a PPV considered one of the big four that … Continue reading 2024 Royal Rumble Stat Pack
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