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The Excellence Of Elocution
WWE No Mercy PPV History
by E2K on 1 October 2004
On October 3rd, the wrestlers of Smackdown will participate in the seventh No Mercy pay-per-view event. The main event (JBL vs Undertaker) really doesn't capture the imagination very much, and thus far the card isn't shaping up to be the best. That's a real shame, since No Mercy has played host to some real classics over the years, as well as some very memorable moments in WWE history...
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How more is less
by E2K on 30 September 2004
In October 2004, WWE will stage two pay-per-view events; No Mercy and Taboo Tuesday. One is a Smackdown event, the other is a Raw event; one will be booked in the traditional way, the other will have its main event decided by us, the fans. However, that's where the differences end; in every other major respect, both events will be much the same. Both will have an over-stretched pool of talent trying in vain to put on a memorable show, and both will have a seen-before look about it. In this case, it seems that more will most definitely be less...
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Women's Wrestling: An Appreciation
by E2K on 29 August 2004
Women in wrestling. What do you think of when you hear those words? What images spring to mind? I bet it's the skimpy outfits, the bra and panties matches, the lack of in-ring ability. Right? Be honest! That's the way I viewed the women's scene not too long ago. You'd rarely see a proper non-gimmick women's match on TV, let alone pay-per-view, and when you did it was invariably met with little or no audience participation. It also, quite frankly, bored me to tears. The speed, the moves, the psychology, it just wasn't there. Hell, I'll admit it; the only time I was really interested in a women's match was if it involved the words "lingerie" and "Trish" in the same sentence. But things change...
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Ravishing Rick Rude Tribute
by E2K on 20 August 2004
Known for having a body chiselled out of stone, and gyrating for appreciative female fans in the ring, Ravishing Rick Rude had it all as a heel until a serious injury put him on the sidelines. Portrayed as the ultimate ladies man, Rude did a striptease in the ring as part of his entrance and belittled the male fans as fat and out-of-shape wherever he wrestled. His ring attire, long hair and incredibly toned body made him one of the most recognizable superstars of the era.
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 | THWD: The case for a WWE off-season
By Tink Holloway on 3 May 2008 |
| My goodness, how long ago does Wrestlemania seem already!? Despite the WWE’s attempts to link everything they could at Backlash with WM24, the night felt far detached from the bright lights of the Citrus Bowl. It’s a shame that there is so little time to take in what happened at the biggest event of the [...] |
| | THWD: MMA and Wrestling?
By Tink Holloway on 25 April 2008 |
| I’d like to make a survey asking fans of professional wrestling why it is that they watch it. I wonder how many of them would answer because it’s a form of combat? I only wonder about this because over the last 3 or 4 years I’ve become increasingly perplexed at the close proximity of sports-entertainment [...] |
| | THWD: UK - The WWE?s nice little earner
By Tink Holloway on 18 April 2008 |
| Ever since I was very young and watched my first WWE (F as it was at the time) pay-per-view, Royal Rumble 1994, I had always wanted to see it live. The way Vince McMahon would assure everybody that the arena had gone cold when The Undertaker came out and the fan reaction to Bret Hart?s [...] |
| | KR: The Road to WrestleMania
By Robert Heard on 29 March 2008 |
| Right, well it is well known that I am a Puro writer and have never written on the subject of American Wrestling. But a Puro blog on the eve of WrestleMania seems wrong, not in the least because WrestleMania is not a Japanese event at all?HustleMania is but then the less said about that the [...] |
| | KR: The BIG Statement with a BIG Show
By Robert Heard on 29 March 2008 |
| So WrestleMania, the biggest event on the calendar for wrestling fans will be a huge event. It will be the second ever to be held completely outdoors. It is reported it will pump twenty five million into the local economy and bring 60,000 people to Orlando as well.
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