Category Archive for "Active Inductions" | WrestleCrap

INDUCTION: NXT Halloween Costume Contest – Featuring the BEST – and WORST – Wrestling Getups Ever!

30 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 27 October 2016, 21:09

NXT, 2010 If there’s one thing in pro wrestling I will always love and never get tired of, it’s shows celebrating Halloween…and particularly costume contests inside a wrestling ring! I don’t care that I’ve inducted like 47 of them over the years, I will continue to hunt them down and every year you can pretty much bet that I will find Continue Reading...

Induction: The WWE Divas meet the Hollywood Medium – Séance Fiction

19 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 20 October 2016, 20:00

E! Network, 2015-2016 In keeping with the Halloween spirit, this week’s induction is guaranteed to send chills up and down your spine… This week, we look at the E! Network’s Hollywood Medium and his séances for the departed souls of wrestlers’ loved ones. What you’re about to read is a collection of tales of ghosts, spirits, and messages from beyond Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Kevin Nash, The Promoter – Don’t Worry, Your Halloween Costume Will Be Better

49 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 13 October 2016, 20:00

WCW, 1999 Halloween is always one of my favorite times of the year. It’s no Christmas, don’t get me wrong, but it’s still something I look forward to even though the days of eating pounds of chocolate obtained via trick or treating are long since past. These days, I search out new ways to enjoy the holiday. For instance, I’ve never Continue Reading...

Induction: Tiger Ali Singh – The Million Rupee Man

47 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 06 October 2016, 20:00

WWF, 1997-1999 Have you ever contemplated how rare success is in pro wrestling? For every hardcore legend like Mick Foley, there are a thousand stupid kids beating their brains out in their backyards. For every charismatic muscle man like Hulk Hogan, there are a hundred Tom Magees. And for every wrestler like The Rock who surpasses his father’s legacy, there Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: The NEW Monday Night Wars: 2010 Gooker Award Winner

58 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 05 October 2016, 15:00

TNA, 2010 Text by RD Reynolds Well, TNA, congratulations. Dixie Carter, come on up and claim your prize. It took eight years to finally snag it, but you did it. The Gooker is finally yours. In a lot of ways, this day was inevitable. I mean, for how many years have folks been lambasting this company for putting on horrible shows, Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: MTV Beach Brawl – Who Will Be KING OF THE BEACH?

39 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 29 September 2016, 20:00

WCW-MTV Special, 1999 When MTV first hit airwaves, I was a plucky twelve year old kid, and while I wasn’t around on day one for the initial broadcast, you can bet I spent hours upon hours with my eyeballs stapled to the set. Those early days…man, those were some good times. It’s there that I learned that I had but Continue Reading...

Induction: In Your House: Great White North – Nine thugs, one bad pay-per-view

67 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 22 September 2016, 20:00

WWF, 1995 In just a few days, WWE will be holding a pay-per-view event. It doesn’t really matter when you read this, as WWE seems to run one every two weeks nowadays, but the one I have in mind is Clash of Champions. It’s all part of WWE’s expansion to a 19-event schedule on the WWE Network, with each minor Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Zeus on The Arsenio Hall Show – Straight Outta Compton!

39 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 15 September 2016, 20:00

Syndicated TV Show, 1989 When I first came up with the idea for WrestleCrap, I kinda had in my back pocket what I knew would make up the core of the site originally. You had your Shockmaster and your Black Scorpion and your Red Rooster and your Papa Shango and all the other horrible characters you’d expect. Ridiculous angles? Those Continue Reading...

Induction: Sting in WWE – WWE’s all-time most anticipated reminder that WCW sucked.

60 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 08 September 2016, 20:00

WWE, 2015 “I always had this feeling that Vince wanted me more to undermine WCW than he did as a talent.” – Sting, “Legends with JBL”, 2016 If there was ever any wrestler synonymous with WCW, it was Sting. No one else had been with the company from its beginning to its end without ever working for the competition. Not Continue Reading...

The InVasion: 2001 Gooker Award Winner

31 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Fri, 02 September 2016, 00:00

WWF, 2001 When Bryan Alvarez and I decided to write The Death of WCW, he said something that I will never forget. After laughing about all the horrible stuff the company did to cause its own demise, we started to get down to business and really think about the company and its rich history. “You realize,” Bryan told me, “that as Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell – The Night That Killed WCW Once and For All

49 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 01 September 2016, 20:00

WWF, 2001 Amazing, isn’t it? Amazing that in the FIFTEEN YEARS since it first happened, I have never inducted this match. You’d think I would have done so – after all, this match was the single 15 minute segment that effectively killed any hope or prayer of WCW actually being used by the WWF following the buyout. But I never Continue Reading...

Induction: The WWF Sumo Match – Yoko and Quake battle for squatter’s rights

32 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 25 August 2016, 20:00

WWF, 1994 WWE Raw has seen a lot of unconventional competitions over the years, from arm wrestling to posedowns to musical chairs, but its first non-standard bout came in May 1994, when future friend of Wrestlecrap John “Earthquake” Tenta and Yokozuna squared off in a “sumo match-up”. This was not to be your typical WWF match, and to hammer this Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Adrian Adonis’ Assistants, Mr. Bruce and Jack Darling – Just What You’d Expect from 1986 (or 2016) WWF!

40 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 18 August 2016, 20:00

WWF, 1986 From the “You Don’t Need to Be Gary Spivey to Know This Won’t End Well” file comes this tidbit, courtesy of our pals over at f4wonline.com: No. No no no no no no no no no. NO. Wait, that wasn’t quite large and bold enough. NO! Please please please, WWE, please…just…don’t. Please? I’m asking nicely? I say that because Continue Reading...

Induction: Sable Unleashed – What was she doing on the leash in the first place?

24 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 11 August 2016, 20:00

WWF Home Video, 1999 Sable was without a doubt the WWF’s top “diva” during the Attitude Era. But back in early 1999, times were hard on a male wrestling fan with a difficult-for. Excuse me, I mixed up my words. I meant that times were difficult for a male wrestling fan with a… uh, never mind. My point is, back Continue Reading...

Induction Special: The Commitment Ceremony Revisited- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Billy

34 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 11 August 2016, 16:00

WWE, 2002 As part of a three-part induction special, I have decided to revisit the Billy & Chuck wedding, which bridges the gap between last week’s HLA induction and next week’s induction of the HLA match. The original induction of Billy & Chuck’s commitment ceremony is available rightchere for Crappers with access to the Archives. Have you heard of the Continue Reading...

Induction: HLA – 2 Girls, 1 Cup… of Crap! Uh, Wrestlecrap.

73 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 11 August 2016, 15:00

WWE, 2002 WWE is no stranger to publicity stunts. Whether it be the “sale” of Raw to Donald Trump, the “Battle of the Billionaires,” or basically any angle involving Donald Trump, Vince McMahon has been known to make desperate grabs for mainstream media attention, typically at the expense of regular viewers who watch his programming in spite of (and not Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Ric Flair on Lizard Lick Towing – A Repo Reality Show With NO Barry Darsow? FOR SHAME!

27 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 04 August 2016, 20:00

Reality TV Show, 2013 I remember when I was a kid wondering why there were never television shows that just followed normal people around during their daily lives. Surely, I thought, there are folks in this world that are interesting enough all by themselves that they wouldn’t need scripts or props or sets to make for entertainment worthy of my Continue Reading...

Induction: NXT Kids – No kangaroos were harmed in the making of this pilot

16 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 28 July 2016, 20:09

WWE, 2015 WWE is always cooking up new programming for its Network. Many of these shows target specific demographics, like women (Unfiltered with Renee Young), middle-aged men (Legends’ House), and really immature teen boys whose moms don’t know how to use the parental controls (Camp WWE). And of course, kids. Early this year, WWE taped an episode at Full Sail Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: The Nitro Girls Website! All You Chameleon Fans, Your Day Has Finally Arrived!

41 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 21 July 2016, 20:00

WCW, 2000 I know it sounds impossible to believe, but I am forever on the lookout for new ideas for the site. In my quest for such freshitude, a while back I did the first ever WrestleCrap Deadsite Induction (stealing the idea from our friend Matt over at Dinosaur Dracula), in which I jump into a time machine and go back Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: The Tables vs. Ambulance Match – Who Knew These Two Inanimate Objects Hated Each Other?

25 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 07 July 2016, 20:00

WCW, 2000 WWE is trumpeting the fact of late that they’ve just put the last 80 or so eps of WCW Monday Nitro on the Network. Good for them. Better for us. Actually, I should say BEST for us, because if you are on this here website, that means that you yearn to see the absolute worst of pro wrestling and Continue Reading...

Induction: Racket Girls – Sleaze? In women’s wrestling? Impossible.

28 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 30 June 2016, 20:00

Movie, 1951 This week’s topic may just be the oldest thing ever inducted into our hallowed halls. It’s older than WWE. It’s older than the WWF. It’s older than the WWWF. It’s even older than the Capitol Wrestling Corporation. It’s… …it’s a T&A flick from 1951. “Racket Girls”… …or, “Pin-Down Girl”… …or, “Blonde Pick-up”… …was a 70-minute long excuse for Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Throw Mickie From The Train – You Didn’t Tie Her to the Tracks? FAIL

50 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:00

Impact Wrestling, 2014 This here website loves Mickie James. I dare say that no single person in the business has been mentioned more by us; we’ve been doing WrestleCrap Radio for over ten years, and in nearly every episode she has been referenced. While Blade Braxton obviously obsesses over the poor girl, I just find her to seemingly be a Continue Reading...

Induction: The Teddy Long-Kristal Marshall Wedding – Holla Holla Matrimony

37 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 16 June 2016, 20:00

WWE, 2007 Today’s induction certainly is a timely one. Just two weeks ago, the subject of this story was featured on Raw, only to be put down, berated, and completely undermined as a viable character by Stephanie McMahon. No, I’m not talking about Charlotte or Kevin Owens or Seth Rollins or Lana or AJ Lee or Kaitlyn or Big Show. Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: The Bungee Cord Match – If You Like Dangling Feet, This is the Match For You!

44 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 09 June 2016, 20:00

Global Wrestling Federation, 1992 It’s somewhat amazing that after over sixteen years of running WrestleCrap.com, I still come upon horrible matches, stupid angles, and ridiculous characters I’ve never seen. The bout I’m inducting today falls into that category. It’s not that I’d never heard of it; as a guy running a site about the very worst in pro wrestling, I Continue Reading...

Induction: Gene Snitsky, Accidental Abortionist: A Miscarriage of Justice

44 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Fri, 03 June 2016, 14:00

WWE, 2004-5 (For part 1 of this induction, click here) As a rule, wrestling pregnancy angles never end well. First of all, they are very difficult to follow through on: the “pregnant” woman must for up to nine months avoid taking bumps, wear baggy clothes or some sort of prosthesis to appear to be with child, and sell the angle Continue Reading...

Induction: The Saga of Matt Hardy and Lita and Kane: You people found this less awful than the Diva Search?!

33 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Fri, 03 June 2016, 12:59

Nary a year goes by without a wedding taking place in a wrestling ring. This year, Bully Ray tried to tie the knot with Brooke Hogan. Last year, it was Daniel Bryan being jilted at the altar by AJ Lee. Wrestling weddings are so commonplace and so consistently wacky that, frankly, about the only thing you would never expect from Continue Reading...

Claire Lynch: The 2012 Gooker Award Winner

86 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Fri, 03 June 2016, 12:50

TNA-Impact, 2012 It was funny, prior to the Gooker voting this year, the very great Justin Henry and I were discussing the various candidates. Make no mistake, there were some doozies in 2012, from all the goofiness with the Aces & 8’s to AJ Lee’s various lovers to Natalya’s nonstop flatulance. Despite the multitude of choices, he explained to me Continue Reading...

Induction: WCW’s Asylum match – La Cage aux Folles

17 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 02 June 2016, 20:00

WCW, 2000 As I’m sure you all know, it was way back in the 1880s that Ferdinand von Lindemann and Karl Weierstrass proved in their eponymous theorem that you can’t square a circle. Still, that hasn’t stopped wrestling announcers from calling the ring a “squared circle” anyway for the past century or so. This week’s induction, however, gave new meaning Continue Reading...

INDUCTION: Afa and Albano on Miami Vice – Capt. Lou Takes Chokeholds Too Far

15 Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 26 May 2016, 20:00

NBC, 1987 Text by Guest Author LeVar Ravel It was the 1980s. America had fallen in love with a sharp-dressed detective in sunglasses and his racial minority sidekick fighting bad guys, with heaping helpings of drugs, murder, and mayhem all amidst the sunbaked glitz of Miami. You know the show. What you may not know is that there was actually Continue Reading...

Induction: Pierre, The Hardcore Reindeer – Did we ever see him and The Barbarian in the same place?

36 Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 19 May 2016, 20:00

WWF, 1999 The year 1999 was a hard one for Al Snow. For one thing, that was the year Wal-Mart stopped selling his action figure because it came packaged with a toy mannequin head. See, according to two professors of Communications, the woman’s presumably severed head promoted “the brutalization of women” to young, impressionable boys. It sounded as silly and Continue Reading...