WWF, 1991 (duh) by Emerson Witner A few months ago my brother texted me and wondered when I was going to induct Survivor Series 1991. At first I explained that a.) It’s not my site and b.) Survivor Series 1991 wasn’t that bad. He replied back that RD never writes anymore inductions (note from RD: more to come once I Continue Reading...
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Induction: Lita cheats on Matt Hardy: Starring Glen Jacobs as Matt.
48 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 02 May 2013, 19:00For parts one and two of this induction, click here and here. Since the summer of 2004, Amy Dumas’s “Lita” character had been tormented on WWE television with coercive sexual contracts, pregnancy, and a miscarriage. It would seem only natural that when she finally broke off her forced marriage to her own rapist, it would be a cause for celebration Continue Reading...
Induction Special: The 10 Worst Title Awardings in Wrestling History!
56 Submitted by Justin Henry on Thu, 18 April 2013, 19:00It began as an offhand challenge. Internet wrestling institution Scott Keith posted an old review of WCW SuperBrawl VIII on his BLOG OF DOOM, and inserted passages of hindsight to his long-ago written word. As the review was written in February 2000, 2 years after the airing of this SuperBrawl, Keith drops some 2000-related notes in the original rant, and Continue Reading...
Induction Special: The Fandango Effect: Gimmicks Spared from Induction by Great Performers
67 Submitted by Justin Henry on Thu, 11 April 2013, 19:00Color us here at WrestleCrap surprised. When Fandango’s vignettes began playing, ol’ RD was about to engrave the cha-cha dancer’s name onto the 2013 Gooker Award plaque well in advance. I myself have tallied many Power Crappings ballots that featured Johnny Curtis’ alter ego among the selections. It seemed Fandango was destined for induction from the minute his, “Mind if Continue Reading...
Induction: The Wrestlemania X Ladder Match: Hardware Heaven ’94
23 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Mon, 01 April 2013, 00:00A guest post written by Art0Donnell’s cousin, KofiJ0hnson WWF, 1994 Wrestlemania is supposed to be the biggest and best event of the year in the world of wrestling, but what happens when Vince McMahon runs out of exciting ideas and instead decides to build title matches around household items? The answer: the ladder match. Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels had Continue Reading...
Induction: Frank Trigg vs. AJ Styles: You can’t spell “suMMArily awful” without “MMA”
17 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 28 March 2013, 20:00Many people who aren’t wrestling fans are incapable of seeing the appeal of watching people pretend to beat each other up. This has always baffled me, since most all television, even so-called “reality” TV, is scripted. Anyone who has ever enjoyed fiction in any genre or medium knows the advantages of scripted entertainment and storytelling. When the action is written Continue Reading...
Induction: Crush vs. Undertaker: Bollywood Backlot Brawl
15 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 07 March 2013, 20:00Brian “Crush” Adams was nowhere to be found in the world of sports entertainment for the year and a half between Royal Rumble 1995 and his return under a “convict” gimmick in 1996. While most assume that Crush was home in his native Hawaii during this time, video evidence proves that he was, in fact, in Toronto, Canada. Also, he Continue Reading...
Induction: The Governor: Did This Angle Suck? You Betcha!
31 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 28 February 2013, 20:00The 2008 election between Barack Obama and John McCain was literally the most important U.S. Presidential election in nearly four years. While Barack Obama won the vote, the campaign saw a new breakout political star by the name of Sarah Palin, who either nearly won or cost the election for McCain, depending on whom you ask. The Alaska governor, who Continue Reading...
Induction: Alex “The Pug” Porteau: Hugs are Better than Pugs
32 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 21 February 2013, 18:56With the Monday Night Wars heating up in 1996, WWF was forced to abandon a staple of its flagship program: the squash match. No more on Monday Night Raw would the likes of Reno Riggins, Kenny Kendall, and Mike Bell be trotted out for a quick paycheck and a trouncing by WWF superstars. From then on, every match would feature Continue Reading...
Induction: Avatar: “Avatarded”. Yes, We Know That’s Not PC. But It Is Accurate, So Yeah…AVATARDED!
21 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 14 February 2013, 19:00WWF, 1995-1996 The tough part about being a new member of the Wrestlecrap crew is coming up with ideas for inductions that haven’t been done already. When I look back at the Wrestlecrap treasure trove that was the WWF in the mid-90s, it’s frustrating to know that all the atrocious gimmicks had already been written up on this site over Continue Reading...
Induction: Wrestling on Morton Downey Jr.: Sex, Lies, and Headlocks (but mostly lies)
39 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 07 February 2013, 19:00Syndicated TV, 1989 To wrestling fans, Morton Downey, Jr. is best known for his Wrestlecrap-inducted appearance on Piper’s Pit at Wrestlemania V. For those Wrestlecrappers (like myself) who are too young to remember Mr. Downey, he was one of the original “shock jocks” of the radio. (He would also be the namesake of a boss in Nintendo’s Super Mario World: Continue Reading...
Halftime Heat: Featuring the Stupidest Finish in Wrestling History!
23 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Sun, 03 February 2013, 15:19WWF, 1999 Text by RD Reynolds Not sure you’ve heard, but sources have told this reporter that the forever long NFL lockout is finally over, and that football is back. For folks like myself, Blade, Justin, Jed, and the rest of the WrestleCrap crew, this is great news, as we are all huge football fans. Whether it be cheering for the Continue Reading...
Just a quick note that I’ve posted all the past Gooker Award Winners for your reading “pleasure”. Check them out from the main menu under the Inductions section or by clicking rightchere!...
Induction: HardCORE Justice: The One Night Stand We’d All Regret The Next Morning
36 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 24 January 2013, 20:00TNA, 2010 ECW’s history over the past decade has been a tumultuous one, to say the least. Frankly, given its bankruptcy, multiple reunion shows, revival by WWE, and setbacks such as December to Dismember, Vince McMahon’s title win, and the cancellation of ECW on Sci-Fi, ECW has been the subject of more false finishes than a Ring of Honor match. Continue Reading...
Induction: The Kiss-My-Ass Match: This Stipulation Needed an ASSterisk!
21 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 17 January 2013, 20:00WWF, 1999 Long-time fans of wrestling will often criticize today’s PG-TV WWE product as being too tame, boring, and not nearly edgy enough to harken back to the glory days of the Attitude Era. To be sure, that era of wrestling featured the gritty persona of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the over-the-top antics of D-Generation X, and the cooler-than-thou promos Continue Reading...
Another 12 months of horrible wrestling is past us…and you know what that means: it’s time to vote for the absolute worst of the worst! What will win the 2012 Gooker Award? Without further adieu, here’s the nominees! The Various Loves of AJ Lee: Want to simultaneously kill time on three hour Raws and a character that people at the Continue Reading...
Induction: Fighting Fit with Roddy Piper: Just so you know, he is NOT Your Dad. Be thankful.
24 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Sun, 06 January 2013, 17:22Fitness Video, 1992 Text by RD Reynolds Thanks to Fellow Crapper Danny Hanlon for donating this tape! Does that stupid calendar say January again? I hate January! Look, yeah, it’s my birth month and all that jazz, but really, it’s one of my least favorite months of the entire year. For starters, I love Christmas, and having to take down Continue Reading...
WCW vs. Charmed: Witches vs Wrestlers? My Money’s On Alyssa Milano!
0 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 21:05WB Network, 2000 Text by Steve Taylor & RD Reynolds From 1999 to 2000, pro wrestling reached unheard of heights in TV ratings as fans flocked to watch The Attitude Era of the tnen-WWF and to follow the exploits of the nWo in WCW. Countless batteries were worn out on remotes across the country in attempts to watch both Raw and Nitro, what with us all Continue Reading...
Kronik vs. The Brothers of Destruction: A Legendarily Bad Match Turns Out To Be…Yeah, Pretty Horrible
10 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 21:04WWF, 2001 Text by RD Reynolds I feel like I’ve been doing this a lot lately, but confession time: I’ve never seen this match. I’ve heard about it. Oh boy have I heard about it. It’s been called one of the worst matches ever, one of the worst matches The Undertaker has ever been involved in, which is something I personally Continue Reading...
Six Sides of Blindfolded Steel:The Most Brutal Blindfold Match Ever!
5 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 21:02TNA, 2007 Text by RD Reynolds If you’ve been following pro wrestling for, oh, ten minutes or so, you know there is no shortage of goofy match types. Right off the top of my head, we get tag team matches, triple threat matches, strap matches, chain matches, dog collar matches, inferno matches, tuxedo matches, cage matches, blindfold matches. Oh, and those Continue Reading...
INDUCTION: Jesse on Renegade: The Body’s Got a Machine Gun…And Midgets Ain’t Got Time to Bleed!
1 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:57Syndicated TV Show, 1992 Text by RD Reynolds So the other day I was online chatting with my buddy John. I’m not sure I’ve ever talked about John on the site before, but I’ve known him for a few years and I’ve come to view him as a really good friend. We met as we share a love for pinball, and Continue Reading...
WWE, 2008-2010 Text by RD Reynolds You know, I’ve been wanting to write this induction for a couple of years. It may not have been first on my list, but it was definitely ON my list, and I knew that one day it would come to pass that I’d be doing the screen grabs and pecking away on my MacBook Pro Continue Reading...
Classic Induction: The ConMan, Rob Conway: Just Look at Me…Ain’t I a Sight to See?
4 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:50WWE, 2005-2007 Text by RD Reynolds I’ve had people asking me for literally years to induct The Con Man, Rob Conway. I’ve always resisted. You know why? Because of this. The greatest entrance music in WWE in at least 15 years. In fact, I love it so much I am going to transcribe every single word of it! Just look at Continue Reading...
Lex Luger as SuperBoy: Look at that Image…Does This Induction Really Need Text?
1 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:48TV Show, 1990 Text by RD Reynolds; Gazillion thanks to Cory Hendricks for his assistance with this induction! The tiny white text up there below the big green text up there is 100% correct. I mean, seriously…look at this: What could I possibly type that would live up to such majestic imagery? I could write the next Grapes of Wrath and Continue Reading...
Trytan: TNA’s Warrior-Terminator-Somethingorother
2 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:44TNA, 2005 Text by RD Reynolds Even though it’s been a few years since I last wrote a book for them, I’ve maintained a good relationship with the folks at ECW Press. And with good reason, when you think about it – they gave me my first crack at writing a book when they had no viable rationale for doing so. Continue Reading...
The T’s Versus Boogeyman: Amazingly, It’s Not Even the Worst Mania Moment in This Induction!
3 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:42WWE, 2006 Text by RD Reynolds Over the years here at WrestleCrap, we’ve let a few inductions slip through the cracks that we didn’t consider, you know, horrible. I know some folks have viewed us as the final word as what is bad in wrestling, and we consider it a compliment. Unfortunately, it’s just not the case. Well, it’s not always the case. Continue Reading...
Secrets of Wrestling 1987: Including, Yet Not Limited To, Smoking Bags and Self-Induced Wedgies
2 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:37VHS Tape, 1987 Text by RD Reynolds Special Help for this Induction Provided by the Awesome Sucio from the F4WOnline.com Board .Be sure to check him out on Twitter by clicking rightchere! First things first: no, I have NOT posted this before. I can understand why you WOULD think that, as years ago I covered “EXPOSED: Pro Wrestling’s Greatest Secrets Revealed!” (hey look, a bonus Continue Reading...
The Truth Commission: Wisely Segregated From Good Gimmicks
2 Submitted by Justin Henry on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:28WWE, 1997-1998 Text by Justin Henry The ‘foreign heel’ is far from a foreign concept in the annals of wrestling history. From Nazi sympathizers like Hans Schmidt and Fritz Von Erich, to desert-dwelling madmen such as The Sheiks, both Iron and regular, to admirers of the Iron Curtain in Nikolai Volkoff and Vladimir Kozlov, you could fill a UN conference Continue Reading...
WrestleMania 27: A Bigger Folly For The Rock Than Doom
19 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:26WWE, 2011 Text by Justin Henry After writing countless Headlies for WrestleCrap, providing numerous one liners for the Headlie Trolla, calling in a few times to WrestleCrap Radio (my favorite instance was playing “Zombie Stu Hart”), and giving feedback to Uncle Deal himself, the time has come to check off another box on my WrestleCrap Bucket List. I’m writing an Continue Reading...
Chris Jericho and Lucy the Dog: Worst WrestleMania Main Event Build EVER
4 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 26 December 2012, 20:23WWE, 2002 Text by RD Reynolds With WrestleMania fast approaching, I was bouncing around in my skull any horrible WrestleMania stuff we hadn’t covered over the years. And there it was, way back in the recesses of my gray matter. Something I had long repressed because of just how much I hated the whole thing. The Saga of the Undisputed Champion Continue Reading...