20Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 10 January 2019, 20:31
This induction is dedicated to the late “Mean” Gene Okerlund, whose hijinks and horniness left and indelible mark on this pay-per-view broadcast. WCW made a lot of odd choices throughout its existence, not the least of which was tinkering with its annual Starrcade event, the oldest televised supercard in the wrestling world, by devoting the entire 1991 event to Battlebowl. Continue Reading...
69Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 03 January 2019, 20:00
Another crappy twelve months of wrestling are in the books! Ok, ok, so there was a LOT of good stuff in 2018, we admit. But you cannot deny some real stinkaroos snuck into rings as well. The question remains though – what was the very worst of the very worst? That’s what the Gooker Award is all about. For the Continue Reading...
42Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 20 December 2018, 20:33
Television Special, 1964 Christmas time again! That means but one thing at WrestleCrap.com…we forgo an induction of horrible wrestling to focus on a horrible Christmas movie instead! It’s a tradition, one that we have now categorized as “Ye Olde Christmas Movies” on the site…access them all by clicking here! Without any further adieu, let’s dig into another pile of Christmas crap! Continue Reading...
25Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 13 December 2018, 21:30
XPW, 2002 This week’s induction is going to be on the lean side due to a last-minute change of plans. See, up until last night, my plan was to induct the low-budget film, “Florida Bush League Wrestling”, a mockumentary made around 2000 that some distributor appears to have bought the rights to and then smothered with a laugh track. Think Continue Reading...
25Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 06 December 2018, 19:13
WWF, 2001 Before we get into today’s induction, we wanted to once again let you know about our Patreon. I know, I know, we beat you over the head about it, but it’s the key to WrestleCrap’s survival and better yet, you get EXCLUSIVE WrestleCrap content! This week, for instance, we are offering a Patreon only re-induction of the legendary Continue Reading...
35Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 29 November 2018, 22:27
WCW, 1998 “I cannot in clear conscience allow these two men to once again batter each other beyond the point of exhaustion, past the threshold of pain, and at the expense of risking torturous injury. Therefore, I will not sanction a rematch in the near future.” That’s the memo WWF’s figurehead President Jack Tunney sent out immediately after Wrestlemania VI Continue Reading...
20Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 21 November 2018, 18:15
WWF, 1994 Two weeks ago, I inducted the worst War Games match ever, featuring the Ultimate Warrior and friends doing everything they possibly could to completely destroy what was one of wrestling’s truly legendary matches. At the end of that article, I noted that in two weeks I would induct the follow up to that fiasco, Warrior vs. Hogan II. Continue Reading...
28Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 15 November 2018, 20:53
AWA, 1989 In the American Wrestling Association’s dying days, the company, faced with rapidly declining revenue and an exodus of stars, settled on a long-range booking plan called the Team Challenge Series, in which the entire roster was split up into three teams that competed against each other for points, with the eventual winners receiving a “million dollar prize”. A Continue Reading...
28Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 08 November 2018, 20:00
WCW, 1998 It’s interesting how different events and matches are glorified over time by wrestling fans, myself included. For instance, the Royal Rumble. Just typing those two words together causes my mind to spin back to 1992, and the legendary event where Ric Flair won not only the match but the WWF World Title in the process. It wasn’t just Continue Reading...
20Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 01 November 2018, 20:05
Tomorrow, WWE puts on “Crown Jewel”, their most controversial event ever. All over the mainstream news, we’ve been hearing about how WWE is getting paid big bucks by a repressive regime to carry out an outrageous PR campaign for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But this is far from the first time that wrestlers have been used in stealth propaganda for Continue Reading...
21Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 25 October 2018, 20:00
WCW, 1993 Every year about this time, I go back and find a women’s costume battle royal to mock. There’s a million of them in every promotion known to man, and they are all ridiculous. It’s less a tradition, more a way of life, one I was fully planning on continuing by inducting another this year. Seriously, what could be Continue Reading...
22Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 18 October 2018, 21:48
USWA, 1990 The late Chris Champion was known for many gimmicks here on Wrestlecrap. Whether it was one half of the time-traveling New Breed, who jumped from the year 2002 to invade the NWA in the late 1980s… …or Yoshi Kwan, who sported a Fu Manchu mustache and hailed from China, despite Champion famously being full-blooded Not-Chinese. But in Memphis, Continue Reading...
20Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 11 October 2018, 20:00
WCW, 1997 Of all the things I miss about WCW (and while you may not believe it, trust me, I miss a lot about that company), I think I miss their holiday PPV set pieces most of all. Be it Spring Stampede, Fall Brawl, Great American Bash…they always did a really nice job of tying in whatever major happening was Continue Reading...
22Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 04 October 2018, 20:04
2011 While searching Amazon Prime recently, I was pleasantly surprised to find, of all things, episodes of Memphis wrestling in the video library. But there was even more content available for any connoisseur of both great wrestling and bad wrestling: a collection of death matches between Cactus Jack and Terry Funk, some truly awful-looking wrestling movies I’d never heard of, Continue Reading...
64Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 27 September 2018, 20:00
WWF, 2001 If wrestling has taught me anything, it’s that being a second generation star isn’t always a guarantee of success. Sure, we can all name a lot of guys who were better than their old men – Bret Hart, Randy Orton, Randy Savage all spring immediately to mind. But there’s seemingly an equal list of goofs that shouldn’t have Continue Reading...
18Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 20 September 2018, 20:00
CBS, 2018 There are no original ideas in reality television. Wife Swap? Ripped off from Chappelle’s Show. The Amazing Race? Heavily influenced by Around the World in 80 Days. And Undercover Boss? Lifted directly from the “Blue Collar Drummond” episode of Diff’rent Strokes. On paper, the idea of an Undercover Boss episode for WWE sounds fascinating: imagine Stephanie McMahon getting Continue Reading...
16Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 13 September 2018, 20:00
WWF, 1995 As I sit here tonight pecking away at my keyboard at the Reynolds Ranch, I am doing so with a slightly sore mouth. Specifically, the back left bottom corner. No no, Eric Bischoff didn’t karate chop me in the mush a couple of weeks ago, but rather, my wisdom teeth are playing havoc with my gums once more. Continue Reading...
7Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 06 September 2018, 21:26
WWF, 1994 Well, I have to admit I was wrong. Heading into the Death of WCW debate between Eric Bischoff and Wrestlecrap’s own RD Reynolds, I took Eric’s word for it that RD would be so traumatized by the experience that every time he attempted to type, his keyboard would short-circuit from the ensuing flood of urine. That meant that Continue Reading...
25Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 23 August 2018, 22:39
WWF, 1998 As the Death of WCW panel at Starrcast approaches, it’s important to consider what actually killed WCW. Was it poor booking? Low ratings and buyrates caused by the poor booking? Huge financial losses caused by reckless spending and the low ratings and buyrates, caused by the poor booking? Or was it something as simple and totally unrelated as Continue Reading...
25Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 16 August 2018, 20:00
WCW, 1995 Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or you know, you just haven’t visited our fine site lately, you’re aware this Labor Day weekend in Chicago your old buddy and old pal RD Reynolds will be at the inaugural Starrcast convention. It’s setting up as four days of utter insanity,with a gooftastic WrestleCrap panel on Friday where our Continue Reading...
11Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 09 August 2018, 20:00
WCW, 2000 Starrcast is just weeks away, and RD Reynolds is gearing up to take on Eric Bischoff at the Death of WCW panel. Let’s just hope their confrontation remains verbal, because we all know the physical threat Easy E is. Why, he once defeated hardcore legend Terry Funk at his own game, winning the WCW Hardcore Title 1-2-3 in Continue Reading...
42Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 02 August 2018, 20:00
WWE, 2014-2015 Since day one here, we’ve maintained the wrestlers who are forced to portray ridiculous gimmicks or be thrust into awful storylines aren’t at fault for their predicament. Rather, they are the victims in this business. They are men and women who are trying to put food on the table by doing the best they can with whatever absurd Continue Reading...
20Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 26 July 2018, 20:00
WWE, 2003 With Summerslam – the biggest party of the summer, if you hadn’t heard – just weeks away, it’s time to revisit a forgotten feud from 2003’s edition of The Biggest Party Of The Summer (Summerslam). It was a mature feud for mature audiences – mature audiences who loved mature women. As you’ll recall, Kane, having recently been unmasked, Continue Reading...
15Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 19 July 2018, 20:00
WWF, 1985 There aren’t many things in life I regret; I can easily count on one hand the number of instances I wish I could change. But tonight’s induction is a spotlight on something I wish I could roll back the calendar so I could tweak my life slightly. I’ve been following pro wrestling since early 1985. Yes, I was Continue Reading...
27Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 12 July 2018, 20:00
WWE, 2008-2009 What do you do with a guy like Great Khali? Legitimately one of the tallest men to ever step in a WWE ring, Khali had a lot going for him – international appeal, an impressive physique, and an awe-inspiring stature. But he wasn’t quite the complete package, lacking a few key abilities that a sports-entertainer needed to get Continue Reading...
19Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 05 July 2018, 20:00
WWE, 2012 The original Great American Bash of 1985 is one of my earliest memories of professional wrestling. As I’ve noted before in other inductions, I’ve always been a fan of events taking into account holidays. When you think about it, what is more apropos of pro wrestling than the United States’ Independence Day, which takes place on the 4th Continue Reading...
10Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 28 June 2018, 21:37
Movie, 1986 It’s a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, and Dave Atkins is driving his pickup truck when the fuzz gets on his tail. With siren wailing, a police officer pursues him through the suburban LA streets on a motorcycle. Fighting traffic and the terrible glare that shows up in many of the shots, Dave thinks he has lost the Continue Reading...
27Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 21 June 2018, 20:00
WCW, 1999 One of the things I really loved about the early days of WrestleCrap.com was the sense of being able to prove to long-time fans that horrible wrestling angles and characters they thought they could have only imagined did in fact exist. As the site has grown to its current gargantuan state over nearly two decades, it’s tougher to Continue Reading...
