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INDUCTION: WWE Niagara Falls – Beware the PILEDRIVER!
15 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 16 September 2021, 20:01
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Headlies: Gable Steveson To Fight Chad Gable For Use Of The Name Gable
4 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 13 September 2021, 08:00
Minneapolis, MN – WWE’s latest signing, Olympic hero Gable Steveson has already issued his first challenge to none other that WWE star Chad Gable. Steveson, a collegiate star who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, is a blue-chip prospect. WWE is doing everything they can to keep him happy, including a Name, Image, and Likeness deal. Part of Continue Reading...
Induction: Sin Cara – Una comedia de errores
10 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 09 September 2021, 20:15
When Triple H became an Executive Vice President in WWE, his first order of business was to poach Mexico’s biggest star: Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde, known to the world as Místico. With Rey Mysterio plagued by injuries, the newly-christened Sin Cara promised to be invaluable asset to WWE, boosting ratings and live event attendance in Latin America while making a Continue Reading...
Headlies: Young Bucks, Lucha Brothers Match Changes Earth’s Rotation
0 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 06 September 2021, 08:00
Hoffman Estates, IL – AEW’s tag team title match at All Out between the Young Bucks and Lucha Brothers was so action packed that it literally changed the world. Scientists have determined that the fast pace of the match, combined with the excessive amounts of flips and twists, actually caused Earth’s rotation to change. The energetic tag team cage match Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: Weight Training with the Barbarian – Today the WBF Stands for World Barbarian Federation!
7 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 26 August 2021, 20:00
WBF, 1990 Going to go away from the norm this week – what I am bringing to you is NOT the very worst of wrestling. I know some folks have an issue when I do this, feeling that WrestleCrap should only be reserved for the absolute dirt worst that professional wrestling has attempted to shove down our throats so as Continue Reading...
Induction – The “Step By Step” Wrestling Episode – This show B.L.O.W.s
23 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 19 August 2021, 20:00
TV sitcom, 1996 Have you ever looked back on things you enjoyed during childhood, or at least things you thought didn’t suck, and been disappointed? For me, a prime example is the ’90s family sitcom Step By Step. Throughout its six seasons on TGIF, it was consistently the second-least funny show on ABC’s Friday night lineup – and that’s only Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: Maxivision – Whatcha Gonna Do When Unlicensed Nintendo Games Run Wild On You?
20 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 12 August 2021, 08:00
Infomercial, 1994 Yeah yeah, I know I promised my next induction would be the continuing TNA trials of AJ Styles, but I think everyone reading this will forgive me when I lay down what we’re going to be covering tonight: unlicensed Nintendo games being shilled by Hulk Hogan…on a 1990s infomercial no less! Ain’t no way y’all complainin’ ’bout dat! Continue Reading...
RD & Vince Russo Team Up for an all-new show: Joker’s Mustache!
3 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 05 August 2021, 10:29
As I had mentioned a few weeks back, I am back on the air with my new podcast partner…VINCE RUSSO??!! Yes yes, believe it or not he and I are teaming up to look at every single episode from the 1960s Batman TV show. It is on the Relm Network, so yes, it is behind a pay wall, but it’s Continue Reading...
Get EXCLUSIVE WrestleCrap Goodies with Patreon!
1 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Tue, 06 February 2018, 16:40
Hey hey, fellow Crappers! It’s your old buddy and your old pal, RD Reynolds here once again to tell you about our all new Patreon page. And by once again, I mean for the first time ever. Ahem. For the past seventeen years, we’ve very rarely asked for support for the site. We’ve had the archive discs and books to Continue Reading...
The WrestleCrap Archives – Now Online and Available Via Patreon!
86 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 22 December 2016, 09:30
Many of our fellow Crappers have been asking for online access to the archives for years. Finally, finally…IT IS HERE! Yep, right here. Or if you’d like, you can see the upper left button on the page: Archives! The entire WrestleCrap archives, everything we’ve ever posted from April 1, 2000 (!!!), is now available to you ONLINE. Every induction, every Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: Of all the shirts you could buy at the concession stand, you picked that one?
0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 17 September 2021, 02:00
From a 1993 episode of Raw, some fan actually bought a long-sleeved IcoPro bodybuilding supplement shirt. Wow, that was $25 well spent, random fan!...
Someone Bought This: Hulk Hogan flies like a kite… because he is one!
1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 10 September 2021, 02:00From 1995 it’s an official WCW Hulk Hogan kite. “Flight control reel”. Yeah, good luck controlling this thing with just the string that’s attaching it to the handle you’re holding!...
Someone Bought This: Heidenreich?
0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 03 September 2021, 02:00Crapper Milan Vasi writes: Hey Paul, so I was at Dollar Tree here in Hamilton,ON Canada ( home of the crappy WWE toys ) and these were fresh out of the box and on the shelf. Featuring Roman Reigns,John Cena, The Undertaker and………..HEIDENREICH???????? ( well Brock Lesnar but my god if that isn’t a HEIDENREICH figure then I don’t know Continue Reading...
Headlies: WWE Creative Has Lots Of Ideas For Karrion Kross
3 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 30 August 2021, 08:00
Boston, MA – WWE CEO Vince McMahon has revealed the Creative has lots of ideas for their latest call-up, Karrion Kross. Since being called up to the main roster, Kross has been without his valet Scarlett and lost to Jeff Hardy, Last week, Kross began wearing a mask and warrior outfit, drawing comparisons to The Sultan and Farooq Asaad. According Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: Visit WWF.com and remember to do it with attitude!
0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 27 August 2021, 02:00This shirt advertising WWF.com is a primo example of The Attitude Era. I mean really… “Download This!”? I’m picturing a pouty 13 year old yelling that while flipping off his 7th grade English teacher Mrs. Baer just before she sends him to detention....
Headlies: Legendary Chicago Wrestler Debuts On Rampage
1 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 23 August 2021, 08:00
Chicago, IL – After weeks of gossip, hearsay, and rumors, legendary Chicago wrestler One Man Gang made his debut on AEW: Rampage. The live crowd, already buzzing in anticipation, roared with excitement when the familiar notes of Living Colour’s “Cult Of Personality” began playing. The moment they have been waiting years for had finally come true. After years of retirement, Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: WCW can’t even get simple characters right on trading cards
2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 20 August 2021, 02:00This is Mr. Wall Street’s WCW trading card. AKA: Irwin R. Schyster. AKA: I.R.S. AKA: Mike Rotunda AKA: Mike Rotundo. Phew… Anyway, let’s take a look at the back of the card which features a little blurb about him: Wait, “his multi-million dollar inheritance”? Uh, but I thought he made all of his money in the stock market? Hence the name Continue Reading...
Headlies: The 5th Labor Of Jericho: Don’t Embarrass Yourself
0 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 16 August 2021, 08:00
Odessa, FL – This week, AEW star MJF unleashed his most daunting task for rival Chris Jericho to endure: Don’t embarrass yourself for a full 24 hours. Over the past few weeks, Jericho has had to endure the “Labors Of Jericho” set by MJF. After taking on Shawn Spears, Nick Gage, Juventud Guerrara, and Wardlow, MJF revealed the dastardly plot. Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: Ken Patera’s unique wardrobe choice for his WWF Magazine cover
0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 13 August 2021, 02:00WWF Magazine: Hey Ken! Good news! We’d like to photograph you for the cover of the upcoming WWF Magazine! Ken: Okay, I’ll do it… but I insist on wearing my 1984 Olympic muscle shirt that shrunk in the wash. WWF Magazine: Okay, I guess we can allow that. Ken: and I want to cut up so it shows my nipples. Continue Reading...
Headlies: Tony Khan Still Trying To Edit This Week’s ‘Dark’ Episode
2 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 09 August 2021, 08:00
Jacksonville, FL – AEW boss Tony Khan has been working into the late hours, frantically trying to edit this week’s episode of AEW: Dark. Khan volunteered himself to edit the Youtube show this week after a large public outcry followed a disgustingly inappropriate rap from Max Caster. Unfortunately for Khan, the task has taken longer than expected. “I never wanted Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: 7-11 and the lazy caricature artist
3 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 06 August 2021, 02:00In 1985 7-11 put out a series of WWF Slurpee cups including this one featuring Wendi Richter! I know it’s a caricature so it’s supposed to be a little silly and exaggerated, but this really doesn’t look anything like her. Look- this is Wendi Richter: Whoever drew her caricature for the cup… …seems to think she’s an Asian woman with Continue Reading...
Induction: Natalya vs. The Riott Squad – Featuring Jim “The Table” Neidhart
16 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 05 August 2021, 20:00
WWE, 2018 This week’s induction involves three misfits, one heir to a wrestling dynasty, and a whole lot of exploitation. On one side of this feud, you had Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, and Ruby Riot(t), a trio who’d been called up out of the blue from NXT as the “Riott Squad” a year earlier. While on the surface, the group Continue Reading...
Headlies: New Vince McMahon Series Receives NC-17 Rating
1 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 02 August 2021, 08:00
Hollywood, CA – In an unprecedented move, the Motion Picture Association of America has preemptively given the upcoming Vince McMahon scripted series an NC-17 rating. The unprecedented decision has sent shockwaves throughout the wrestling and entertainment world. While still in early development The United States Of America Vs. Vince McMahon has garnered a significant amount of attention from the entertainment Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: A toy line with the worst possible name
2 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 30 July 2021, 02:00In 1997 Jakks-Pacific released a line of WWF statues that were pretty unremarkable except for the fact that they were called… “Heroes Of Wrestling”. Gee, what does that remind you of? Okay, so this toy line came out a year before the terrible independent wrestling show (you can read all about that in The WrestleCrap Archives) but I still thought it was a funny Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: The Second Labor of AJ Styles – Where “Chain Wrestling” Meets Three Stooges Selling!
19 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 29 July 2021, 20:00
NWA-TNA, 2003 As I write this induction, it’s just hours before what has proved over the last couple of years to be one of my favorite times of the week, that being AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights. It is a fun show most of the time and I really look forward to chatting with everyone over on old man social media. If Continue Reading...
Headlies: Nick Gage Defeats Chris Jericho In A Dance Competition
1 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 26 July 2021, 08:00
Charlotte, NC – Deathmatch legends Nick Gage defeated Chris Jericho in a dazzling, if not unexpected, fashion this weekend. Instead of pitting the two in combat, AEW star MJF harkened back to his infamous dance routine with Jericho to inflict maximum pain. What Jericho and the world did not know was that the GCW star is a world-class dancer. Gage, Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: Diesel loves the fans, and the fans love his shirts!
0 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 23 July 2021, 02:00These are two shirts WWE sold during the infamous Diesel face mega-push of 1995 that almost bankrupted the company. Both are hideously ugly, but I especially love the “Smiling Diesel” one because he looks like he’s being forced at gunpoint to smile for the photo....
Induction: Hulk Hogan’s autobiographies – Have pythons, will (time) travel
29 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 22 July 2021, 20:00
2002, 2009 I first bought Hollywood Hulk Hogan, the Hulkster’s 2002 autobiography, late last year (along with The Rock Says…). Obviously, I was shopping for WrestleCrap induction fodder. But weeks went by, and nothing arrived; my shipment had gotten lost in transit. Naturally, I used my refund to re-order the books, which arrived the next week. A few weeks later, Continue Reading...
Headlies: Fans Excited To Finally Boo WWE In Person
5 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 19 July 2021, 08:00
Fort Worth, TX – WWE fans were elated to finally see WWE events live this weekend and boo the product vociferously. Following over a year of pandemic protocols, WWE has opened its doors to the general public for live events. After enduring cinematic matches, arson, zombie attacks, and magic, fans now have the chance to see their favorite WWE Superstars Continue Reading...
Someone Bought This: The WCW Nitro Grill referee shirt really eats it!
1 Submitted by "The Big Cheese" Paul Kraft on Fri, 16 July 2021, 02:00Bryan over at the WCW Worldwide blog found this WCW Nitro Grill referee shirt amongst other Nitro Grill stuff, and boy oh boy is it ugly! You’d look really stupid wearing it just about anywhere, including a wrestling show. This shirt would only be useful if you want to look like you work at a Footlocker shoe store. And really, Continue Reading...
Update Update! RD Reynolds Returns to Podcasting!
15 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 15 July 2021, 20:00
What a crazy time in my life! As most of you probably know, my alter ego (the guy who pays the bills) changed jobs after a 27 year run at my old company. I am at a new company and a new job that I absolutely LOVE so far! The bad news is that I will not Continue Reading...
Headlies: Malaki Black Begins Eliminating Older AEW Wrestlers
1 Submitted by Jordan Mishkin on Mon, 12 July 2021, 08:00
Gatlin, NE – Newcomer Malaki Black has begun culling All Elite Wrestling’s older roster members in a devious and slightly cultish plot. After his vicious attack against Arn Anderson, the enigmatic Black systematically dismantled Tully Blanchard, Konnan, and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. No older members of the roster have escaped Black’s grasp. On a cross-country trip to promote a new Continue Reading...