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.
More than 30 years have passed since the then-World Wrestling Federation would televise what would soon become the most highly-anticipated gimmick match that the company would ever sanction: the Royal...
In 1989, WWE brought the Royal Rumble concept to pay-per-view for the first time, and it has occupied a date on the January PPV calendar since. The titular match bloated to its would-be standard of 30...
Recalling the event from my non-cynical youth, there will always be two things that stand out about the 1990 Royal Rumble: the Orlando crowd that was molten and electric for every single happening on...
Professional wrestling has never shied away from playing up geopolitical disputes and foreign rivalries in its storytelling, and WWE would "go there" in the early-nineties with one of their more...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got it all wrong when it came to determining the nominees for the 64th Academy Awards in 1992. How Ric Flair and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan were not...
The 1993 Royal Rumble would feature five matches that weren't exactly ambiguous. Only one semi-screwy finish in the batch, as WWE (in uncertain times with a rapidly-morphing roster) needed to...
Well, you can't say that the 1994 Royal Rumble wasn't memorable. When a wrestling event depicts two men winning a match that only one person can win, a wrestler attacking his brother's injured leg,...
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...
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