In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
Oh, 1995 WWE - how you even got a nameless 11-year-old future list-writer to almost give up on the company. One cartoony gimmick after another was trotted out before diminishing crowds, while crowds...
Over the preceding four years, Shawn Michaels had grown up as a singles star before the dwindling WWE audience. Once demonstrating his controlled athletics and impeccable timing as a womanizing cad,...
Though the 2017 event would also take place in the Alamodome, WWE was in a much different place when they first brought the circus to town 20 years earlier. The 1997 Royal Rumble was presented by a...
Onward with the turnaround. By back-jumping many of his Royal Rumble foes in the preceding weeks, Stone Cold Steve Austin reinforced what most had perceived for a number of weeks and months, that he...
No one would ever argue that the 1999 Royal Rumble wasn't a memorable event, but it can be debated as to whether or not that's a good thing. Structurally, the show didn't peak until the final two...
After a string of lacklustre Rumbles, average Rumbles, moderately-dumb Rumbles, and disappointing Rumbles, we reach what is the best Royal Rumble event in close to a decade. The 2000 Royal Rumble...
Very seldom do you see three WWE pay-per-views in a row that are each worth all the acclaim that can be mustered, but in early 2001, such a run of brilliance was achieved. That stretch culminated with...
In the days before streaming services and YouTube, there were two ways to acquire songs - buy the damn CDs at your local retailer (as if), or illegally acquire them from something like Napster or...
If you think today's WWE product is a cesspool of creative bankruptcy and spiteful booking, take a gander at what the company was offering back in 2003. SmackDown, outside of Kurt Angle and Brock...
Two men have won the Royal Rumble match from the number one position, including Shawn Michaels. For obvious reasons, WWE has no desire to fill in the remainder of that thought, leaving empty the part...
Was the 2005 Royal Rumble the best Rumble ever? Overall, it's in the discussion, with an excellent Rumble match following an undercard where three of the four matches rated well above average. But...
Well, you can't say that January 2006 wasn't an eventful month for WWE. From Edge becoming the first man to ever cash in a Money in the Bank briefcase, using it to win the WWE Championship from a...
Now this is what I'm talking about - a night of just straight-forward good wrestling (mostly), a complete lack of BS and screwiness (mostly), and a big event feel that was enhanced by the final two...
The term "bland competence" comes to mind when I think of the 2008 Royal Rumble. By no means was the 20th anniversary of the Rumble a bad show, but rather it was one of those paint-by-numbers events...
To begin the final year of the decade, the now-PG WWE made the decision to hearken back to the grandiose edginess that defined the Attitude Era that kicked off the millennium. The 2009 Royal Rumble...
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