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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ric Flair is a 21-time or a 25-time or a 16-time World Champion - it depends who you ask. Ric's World Title reigns are a point of contention for many, and I'm sure there are legitimate reasons as to...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Almost 24 years have passed since the occurrence of SummerSlam 1994, a show that looks a little better in hindsight than it did at the time. The two most notable matches of said pay-per-view included...
It's the show with the bus - The Lex Express to be exact. Throughout the summer of 1993, WWE had attempted to turn Lex Luger into the next big All-American superhero in the mould of Hulk Hogan, which...
It's no surprise that the 1992 SummerSlam is considered one of the most memorable and beloved WWE events of all time. After all, how many major WWE pay-per-view productions have taken place in...
An event like the 1991 SummerSlam truly runs the gamut. On screen, the product was hitting on all cylinders as major star power, important title changes, intriguing feuds both ending and beginning,...
While SummerSlam 1990 isn't exactly considered one of the greater shows in WWE history, it does hold a special place in this writer's heart. I was a mere six years old when my father took my brother,...
