Tag Archives: WCW

Brian Fritz talks with former NWA and WCW announcer Tony Schiavone about his “What Happened When” podcast on MLW Radio, his “return” to wrestling, memories of Saturday nights on the Superstation, the troubling final few years of WCW and what he’s looking forward to discussing on the podcast. Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous ...

Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, and make it possible for us to do even more! WWE Ronda Rousey says she wants to be the WWE Divas Champion. “What I would love to do: I got an Olympic medal, I would want to retire from MMA as ...

Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, and make it possible for us to do even more! Wrestling fans everywhere will thank you. WWE Lana is expected to be out of action the rest of the year after suffering a wrist injury. [WWE.com] Lana is determined to come ...

Like virtually every six-year-old in America, my Saturday mornings were monopolized by network TV cartoon shows. For most kids, there was a ‘favorite’ that you looked forward to each week: Super Friends, The Smurfs, Muppet Babies, or Alvin & The Chipmunks. I may have been in the minority, but my favorite was Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n Wrestling. And to put ...

Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, and make it possible for us to do even more! Wrestling fans everywhere will thank you. The Big Story: We’re all still mourning the death of WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Between the Ropes has breaking news audio on ...

Enjoy what we do? Support Between the Ropes on Patreon! Your generous donation will help keep our lights on, and make it possible for us to do even more! Wrestling fans everywhere will thank you. Becky Lynch is taking a few weeks off to allow a hip-flexor injury heal up. Get well soon, NBEXT. #WWENXT's @DevinTaylorWWE recently caught up with ...

The Confederate battle flag has a long and unfortunate history in professional wrestling. The rebel flag has been worn by the Fabulous Freebirds, the Godwinns, the Briscoe Brothers and many others. They’ve painted their faces with the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia. They’ve worn it on sequined robes and trunks. Some have even fashioned it into masks. And it’s time ...

WWE is reporting that “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes has passed away at the age of 69.

Providing your daily fix of wrestling links from around the blogosphere.  TNA is losing a member of its creative team who is leaving for a job outside of wrestling. [PWInsider.com] James Storm says he has been told there is nothing to worry about regarding Destination America cancelling Impact Wrestling. [WrestleZone] Ring of Honor is releasing action figures with Figures Toy ...

In a sad bit of news to wake up to, classic wrestling icon Verne Gagne has passed away. He was 89 years old.

WWE toymaker Mattel was a bit of a last-minute addition to this past weekend’s Wizard World Las Vegas. As usual, Mattel WWE toy designer Bill Miekena revealed some previously unseen action figures.

Ric Flair is a national treasure. The Nature Boy should be celebrated in song, and that’s exactly what rapper Killer Mike did in 2011 with his song “Ric Flair” on Pledge. It only took Killer Mike four years to release the music video, but it’s worth the wait. Much like Slick Ric, the video is perfection (and NSFW for language, Killer ...

“The King of Old School” and Ring of Honor commentator Steve Corino joins the pocasts as he talks about his work with Ring of Honor, if he thinks he would still be in the wrestling business at all if he didn’t work for the company, why now is his favorite time working in wrestling, his one regret from over the ...

Welcome to What We’re Watching, a new feature where we discuss… what we’re watching. It’s just that simple. You can expect to see a wide range of shows discussed in the weeks to come, as we plan to cover some international wrestling, and perhaps even the occasional non-wrestling television show. In our first edition, I thought that given the date ...

Not on board the WWE hype train yet? Well buckle-up, because things just got a little more interesting. On Friday, a tweet came out implying we might see some new faces on Monday Night RAW.  Speculation at the time was about NXT stars finally making the jump to WWE’s flagship show. Late Saturday, another social media response – eerily similar to ...

Shane Helms joins the podcast to talk about this Saturday’s OMEGA show in Smithfield, NC — Loco in Joco 2! — that includes himself, Matt and Jeff Hardy and a host of others, being friends with the Hardy’s for so long, being so active on social media, remembering the Monday Night War, if Twitter had been around then, how much ...

Tragedy struck the wrestling communicating earlier in the week with the death of Sean O’Haire, and rumors that he ended his own life placed an even darker shadow on the situation. Now, TMZ has an even more startling revelation.

TMZ.com claims to have talked to local police, who told the crash “news” site (term used loosely) that Sean O’Haire committed suicide. They reported that O’Haire was found sitting next to his bed, with a rope tied around his neck and the bedpost. He was discovered by his father.

Tragedy struck the professional wrestling community again yesterday when it was reported that Sean O’Haire, a former champion in WCW and WWF/WWE, had passed.

Words were exchanged recently between ex-TNA, WWF, and WCW writer Vince Russo, and Impact Wrestling network Spike TV.