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.
We've seen it happen before: WWE finds itself in creatively stagnant times, or quite possibly even in the midst of general tumult, and yet they still manage to pull a great show out of their ass....
SummerSlam 1996 was certainly an unusual animal, a night in which the heels went over in six of the eight matches (including Steve Austin defeating Yokozuna in the Free For All match). One of the two...
When did the Attitude Era begin? Scholars, professors, and experts have debated this fine point for more than a decade, and there seems to be no official consensus. If you're inclined to believe WWE...
Has it been 20 years already? The summer of 1998 was a time of rap metal, Surge soda, way-too-baggy jeans, and trash TV by the bucket load. And there was no trash TV like crash TV, as WWE Attitude was...
You know professional wrestling is in a very weird sort of zone when a major promotion is able to land a sitting Governor for a high-profile gig. Never mind the fact that said Governor was an...
Younger fans may occasionally read some chatter from veteran wrestling viewers that's heavy on torch-carrying for WWE in the year 2000. There's a reason for that - plausibly, there are about six or...
The 2001 SummerSlam would have been considered a pretty good show under most circumstances, but the time period only uncovers a ripe sore for wrestling fans. The colossal failure/missed opportunity...
There are good shows, there are great shows, there are transcendent shows, and then there's SummerSlam 2002. Looking back at the 2002 SummerSlam more than a decade-and-a-half later, and it's hard to...
Seemed appropriate that a rather lukewarm, underwhelming SummerSlam would be soundtracked by the title song from one of the most maligned Metallica album in their catalogue (St. Anger, not Lulu). St....
On paper, SummerSlam 2004 looked like a kick-ass show. You had Chris Benoit defending the World Heavyweight Title against rising star Randy Orton, a Kurt Angle/Eddie Guerrero WrestleMania rematch,...
You know how some dream matches exceed expectations, and others are wild disappointments? The Hulk Hogan/Shawn Michaels battle of the icons at SummerSlam 2005 registered somehow, but it's not exactly...
The year 2006 took place more than a decade ago, and with hindsight, we come to realize just how truly bizarre WWE was in that year. While the likes of John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, and Edge...
It's fair to say that 2007 SummerSlam wasn't a particularly memorable event, just a trumped-up B-show with some notable returns for major stars, but little else to write home about. It'd be more...
What's the most underappreciated SummerSlam of all time? The 1995 show was a thumbs-up event in trying times, while 1989 ranks among WWE's best pay-per-views of the Hulkamania era. You could just as...
WWE as we know it today wouldn't have been the same without its many expeditions into the galaxy of stars, be they film stars, music stars, sports stars, or flavour of the month celebrities. Things...
