36Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 10 December 2015, 20:03
WWE, 2006 It’s rare for WWE to recruit a mainstream celebrity so reviled that the general public thinks the wrestling organization is lowering its standards by associating itself with such riff-raff. Prepare to take a trip back to the alien world of 2006, when John Cena was still cheered by some adult males, and being married to Britney Spears entitled Continue Reading...
58Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 26 November 2015, 20:00
As long as there has been a Survivor Series, there have been replacement team members in the elimination matches. When you have eight or ten men booked in the same match, you’re bound to lose one or two to injury or pink slips by the time the pay-per-view rolls around. It’s a staple of the WWF’s annual Survivor Series pay-per-view Continue Reading...
40Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 19 November 2015, 20:00
MTV, 1996 Suggested by Fellow Crapper Chad Adams! We come up with induction ideas in all kinds of different ways here at WrestleCrap.com. Sometimes it’s dumb stuff I remember from when I first started watching (1985 or so), sometimes I comb through Gooker award losers, sometimes I just find something stupid on the WWE Network. My favorite way of getting Continue Reading...
25Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 12 November 2015, 20:00
TV, 1983 Every TV show needs a wrestling episode and, despite its reputation for groundbreaking storytelling, the Alvin & The Chipmunks 1980s cartoon series was no exception. The Chipmunks’ wrestling episode (well, half-episode. Each episode had two separate stories) started off with David Seville dragging the Chipmunks along for some heavy-duty shopping, only for the three singing rodents to daydream Continue Reading...
36Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 05 November 2015, 20:00
WWF, 1990 It seems like this year, more than any other I can recall, I’ve thought a lot about the early days of WrestleCrap.com. Maybe it’s due to it being the fifteenth year of the site, maybe it’s due to me becoming an old fossil. Could also be my binge watching of Prime Time Wrestling. Whatever the reason, the words “sewer Continue Reading...
28Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 29 October 2015, 20:06
WWE, 2005 It’s Halloween time, and you’d think that we here at Wrestlecrap would roll out some scary themed inductions to mark the occasion. Well, have no fear! …No, have some fear, because it’s Halloween… React with as much fear as you deem appropriate for this most frightening of all wrestling feuds: The Undertaker vs. the Ortons! Wax dummies! Demonic Continue Reading...
33Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 22 October 2015, 20:00
WWF, 1995 Holiday-themed wrestling shows…is there anything better in life? Specifically, look at that Monday Night Raw jack-o-lantern above. Smoke billowing, candle flickering…gotta say, that is pretty darn cool. If I had any skill, I’d try to carve that out and put it on the Reynolds Ranch front porch. Then again, I always take pride in the candy we give out (so Continue Reading...
16Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 15 October 2015, 20:10
WWE, 2009 With Hell in a Cell coming up in a few weeks, there’s a strong possibility that The Undertaker will lose by tapout. But did you know that it wouldn’t be the first time? No, I don’t mean when he tapped out to Lesnar and only the timekeeper saw it. And no, I don’t mean the time in 2002 Continue Reading...
30Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 08 October 2015, 20:00
WWF, 1988 In the late 80’s, tag team wrestling was arguably the hottest I’d ever seen in my life. You had great tandems all over the place, from the Midnight Express to the Road Warriors, the Hart Foundation, the Horsemen, the Rockers, the British Bulldogs, and about a thousand others I’m not thinking of at the moment. Those of you Continue Reading...
37Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 01 October 2015, 20:05
WWE, 2008 Often in wrestling, writers will book an old angle all over again, but stupider. In 2000, The Rock led a walk-out against the ruthless heel authority figures for firing Mick Foley. Eleven years later, Jerry Lawler led a walk-out against the fan-friendly authority figure for negligence and anal bleeding. In 2006, DX dropped simulated fecal matter on the Continue Reading...
55Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 24 September 2015, 20:00
WWF, 1991 I don’t follow politics. I’ve seen good men who have and witnessed their rapid decline, as they get furious about things that they cannot possibly hope to change. Don’t get me wrong, I do vote, but I don’t live and die by the nightly news or checking out The Drudge Report. And to be fair, I don’t even know Continue Reading...
34Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 17 September 2015, 20:42
WWE, 2008 Ever since Vince McMahon bought out WCW in 2001, WWE’s TV ratings trends have been fluctuating between the proverbial “free fall” and the proverbial “graceful descent with a parachute.” In that sense, 2008 was a year like most any other year in the company’s post-Attitude Era period, with Raw viewership dropping to the low 3s by mid-year after Continue Reading...
33Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 10 September 2015, 20:00
WWE, 2007 Once upon a time, many years ago, Saturday Night’s Main Event used to be a major happening. It was an age before Raw, one where the primary television outlet for the WWF was their weekly syndicated show, Superstars of Wrestling. Yes, Prime Time was around, but most folks followed the exploits of their favorite performers on a show that usually aired on Continue Reading...
48Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 03 September 2015, 19:57
WWE NXT, 2014 You only get one chance to make a first impression, and for Becky Lynch, even her wrestling debut at age 15, her global experience, and her year in WWE developmental couldn’t save her from bad ideas. Bad ideas like making your wrestling persona the biggest mick this side of the Atlantic. Hey, I’m an O’Donnell. I can Continue Reading...
35Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 27 August 2015, 20:00
WWF, 1991 I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but there would be no WrestleCrap.com without Prime Time Wrestling. That’s not because the show was bad; it’s because the show was so fantastically awesome. It’s what led to me becoming a pro wrestling fan in the first place. It started with a British Bulldogs vs. Hart Foundation match. I’d never seen anything Continue Reading...
25Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 20 August 2015, 20:00
Or: If a tree falls in the forest, and no one’s there to hear it, does anyone pay to watch it wrestle Glenn Jacobs? WWE, 2008 Like most Wrestlecrap inductions, this one is about Kane, who, with seven Wrestling Observer awards for Worst Feud under his belt, is one hell of a good sport when it comes to bad storylines. Continue Reading...
34Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 13 August 2015, 20:00
2010, WWE I know, I know – today’s induction is nothing new. In many ways, it’s a rerun of what probably was the genesis of WrestleCrap.com in the first place. You know. This guy. If you ever wanted to know the absolute best reason to plunk down your $9.99 a month to get the WWE Network, ignore whatever creepface JBL Continue Reading...
28Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 06 August 2015, 20:00
WWF, 1991 Today’s induction involves Hulk Hogan, some leaked documents, a big scandal, and a black man. No, I don’t mean the Hulkster’s racist rant that recently came to light. I mean Hogan’s appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show amid rumors of steroid abuse. It just goes to prove that old saying: “The more things change, the more they stay Continue Reading...
46Submitted by Art0Donnell on Sun, 26 July 2015, 15:00
WCW, 1997 Let’s face it: it has almost always been good to be Eric Bischoff. Before he was getting paid big bucks to spend bottomless pits of someone else’s money in TNA, he was… well, doing exactly that in WCW. The difference was that starting in 1996, the spending spree was really paying off, with the New World Order angle Continue Reading...
50Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 23 July 2015, 20:19
WCW, 1999 It’s safe to say that the Randy Savage of 1999 was not the same Macho Man wrestling fans remembered from the 80s or even the early 90s. Now substantially bulkier for reasons I won’t speculate about, this Randy Savage was no longer a high-flyer. Instead of Miss Elizabeth at his side, Macho Man now had a three-woman entourage Continue Reading...
36Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 09 July 2015, 20:18
WCW, 1999 When head writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara jumped from the WWF to WCW in the fall of 1999, many expected big changes for WCW and its fortunes. For the masterminds behind the Attitude Era, what WCW needed more than new stars was sex, sex, sex. Not content with just infusing sexual content into the storylines and characters Continue Reading...
64Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 02 July 2015, 08:01
TNA, 2011 As I sit down to write this, I’m looking in my rear view mirror at what may be the final TNA Impact Wrestling PPV ever. The company looks to be in a complete free fall, with wrestlers leaving, rumors swirling, and the hardest of the hardcore fan base claiming that there’s no possible way this company could possibly Continue Reading...
53Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 25 June 2015, 20:00
WWE, 2011 By the time you read this, the cast of the new Tough Enough will have been selected, the first episode will have aired, and Hank will have been eliminated. The abysmal success rate of Tough Enough over the years should be a hint that the whole Tough Enough format — where WWE picks a handful of youngsters with Continue Reading...
26Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 18 June 2015, 19:45
TV Show, 1991 From the “things you never knew about Mrs. Deal and she’s happy about it” file comes this interesting tidbit: she’s a huge Zorro mark. Doesn’t matter what the context is, be it TV shows or comic books or movies, whatever. She loves the man. Which is ironic in that she never lets me sport a mustache. Seriously, Continue Reading...
51Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 11 June 2015, 20:15
WWF, 1997 It’s rare for WWE to create a television program that stands out from all its other content. ECW on Sci-Fi was basically just Smackdown filmed from a different angle, Smackdown these days is simply Raw: The Director’s Cut, and the fifth season of NXT played out like episodes of Raw, with the roster of Superstars, written as if Continue Reading...
35Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 04 June 2015, 18:00
I’m trapped in a plane. Well, I call it trapped. I’m 6’5″, rolling in economy, crammed against a window that has offered me a couple hours of sleep on this 8 hour flight. The night before? Oh, I was up fixing a server that died on me while I was out of town. Got no, and I mean zero, sleep. Continue Reading...
37Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 28 May 2015, 20:00
Movie, 2015 After inducting Trish Stratus’s barking like a dog, I’ve decided to keep up the theme and write about another time that dogs and wrestling met, mated, and produced an unviable embryo. So what better subject matter than Russell Madness, one of the most insane family movies ever produced? You’d think that a film about a dog who conquers Continue Reading...
41Submitted by RD Reynolds on Thu, 21 May 2015, 22:23
Workout DVD, 2009 It was about a year ago that I jumped on the Ice Bucket Challenge bandwagon, and released this video: It was a silly attempt at making folks laugh, and the fact that RD Jr. can be heard giggling in the background throughout it is something that makes me consider it a success. Of course, others didn’t view Continue Reading...
35Submitted by RD Reynolds on Wed, 20 May 2015, 19:00
A Special Look Back at the First Days of NWA-TNA After the WrestleCrap induction of the wrestling penises (or is that pen-i?) known as The Johnsons a couple of weeks back, I have been bombarded with requests for some of the more…how can I put this nicely?…idiotic characters and angles that plagued the first few weeks of NWA-TNA’s Continue Reading...
65Submitted by Art0Donnell on Thu, 14 May 2015, 20:42
WWE, 2001 It’s rare to be able to put a price tag on piece of Wrestlecrap, and it’s even rarer that a piece of Wrestlecrap influences the affairs of the federal government, but tonight’s induction accomplished both feats. Vince McMahon’s degrading in-ring segment with Trish Stratus ended up shooting his wife’s chances at a United States Senate seat straight to Continue Reading...
