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TSC: WrestleMania VIII

The Road to WrestleMania has begun with a bang, the ‘severely injured’ John Cena returned to WWE at the Royal Rummmmmmble with the No. 30 slot and fought for 3 hard minutes to secure his place in the main event of…No Way Out? Hmmm…anyways, somebody has to get the title off Orton before WrestleMania, I […]

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TSC: WWF Royal Rumble 1988

The Royal Rumble is a week away, one of the only PPV’s each year that I consider ‘must see’, having kept the original concept throughout the years (unlike the Survivor Series, which used to be ‘must see’ and is now ‘sh*t’).

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TSC: No Holds Barred

Being that its the Christmas/New Year period, I was considering penning a wonder, descriptive piece on Xanta Klaws (or whatever the hell he was called), Balls Mahoney’s favourite festive seasonal individual. Instead, I decided not to. So, on with the show…as it were.

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TSC: Greatest Wrestlemania?

A few weeks back there was a poll asking which was your personal favourite WrestleMania. As usual, 17 (which is hugely overrated to me, and nothing special) won, and events like the first 6 or 7 were cast aside and pretty much buried.

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TSC: What If…

What if? It’s a question that I’d say is asked semi-regularly when it comes to pro wrestling. “What if Hulk Hogan had never come back to the World Wrestling Federation?” “What if Vince had never gone National?” “What if WCW and ECW had never gone out of business?””

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TSC: The Ultimate Warrior

I was watching some old tapes (yes, I said TAPES!!! VHS goodness baby!) and although I consider the Ultimate Warrior a huge star, it really emphasised to be just how big a star he was in the World Wrestling Federation throughout his tenure there.

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TSC: Power and Glory

Its time again, already?! I’m sat here as usual, typing this out on the day its due in, its like being back at school all over again. If there were a smaller kid I could push over and copy, I would!

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TSC: Rick Martel

If there is one thing about the past history of professional wrestling that bothers me (well, there are tons of things that bother me, but I’ll pick just the one, for now), its that Rick Martel, between 1989 and 1991, didn’t have a run with the Intercontinental title.